Theresa Solomon was born in District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape, in 1945. Solomon lived in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, where she worked as a community activist from the 1970s to the 1990s before being elected Cape Town’s first black woman mayor from 1996 to 1998, after serving as deputy mayor the previous year.
Near Paternoster on the West Coast. One of the highlights being the Cape Columbine Lighthouse about 5km away along a gravel road. The Nature Reserve is especially pretty when carpeted with spring flowers and there’s something hugely romantic about lighthouses and their keepers!
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Cape Columbine Lighthouse is situated on a prominent headland +/- 5km from the picturesque fishing Village of Paternoster (“Our Father”), deriving its name from the heartfelt prayers of shipwrecked Portuguese sailors.
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Kilnerton Training Institution fondly called: 'KTI', during the Sixties was undoubtedly one of the premier Black schools of its time. Reflecting on the impact which its Alumni had on the Southern African sub continent.
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Kalahari Desert is basically, a large basin like Plain in the interior Plateau of Southern Africa. It occupies almost all of Botswana, the eastern third of Namibia, and the Northern most part of Northern Cape Province. In the South West it merges with the Namib, which is the Coastal Desert of Namibia.
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The new centre will celebrate-Africa’s Ancient History, highlighting one of the World’s oldest known dinosaur embryos ever discovered. With interactive exhibitions that blend: Palaeontology; Archaeology; Geology and Cultural Heritage. The centre aims to awaken curiosity and delight for all visitors.
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Prieska is a very small Town that is perched along the Orange River in the Northern Cape. It is 240 kilometres south of Kimberley and its famous Big Hole.
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This Area has a Plaque of Comrades Marathon achiever Arthur Newton. This is aslo the resting place of many other brave runner's during the race! Arthur, the ‘Great Heart’ Newton- as he is fondly remembered was the first multiple winner of the Comrades Marathon! He won this Ultra Marathon consecutively for five times between 1922 and 1927 and set new course records on five occasions!
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