Heritage, history and nature. Running (social), hiking. Soccer, comedy
Cape Town, South Africa
Joined March 2016
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A new exhibit at UN Headquarters in NYC illustrates the history of the Iziko Slave Lodge Museum in South Africa, telling the true stories of people who were trafficked and enslaved at the Cape of Good Hope. un.org/en/exhibits/page/now-…
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The Luthuli Museum is currently hosting the 87th National Conference: South African Museums Association - Opening dinner. The guests were welcomed by local young maidens with their traditional rendition.#luthulilegacy #luthulimuseum
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Meet the 81 years old Johannes Mosehla from Sekhukhune became the oldest ever for Comrades finisher at 9:26:10.He broke the record set by Wally hayward as the oldest person to complete the race in 1989 which he ran 10:58:03 at the age of 80
@SeshegoMarathon
@ComradesRace
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The journey…
6 months in!
16 runners runners from #RunningWithSoleAC lining up for #ComradesMarathon2023 #Comrades2023
It can only be Modimo le Badimo🕯️
To @budgetins & @dkms_africa @SouthernSunGrp @flysaa RE A LEBOGA
#RunningWithTumiSole
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"Reparation," "Repatriation," "Restitution," and "Return." This month, we focus on each of these often used words in an effort to better comprehend them and examine examples of each.
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Today was the start of ‘The World is Ending Again’, the latest in a series of conferences joining @WitsWiSER & @UofMAfrica. Generously supported by @MellonFdn.
Here’s the opening session, about the politics of museums and monuments. Featuring @Monument_Lab, @nbeesee & others. 1/
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📢 "Empire and the City: Migrations and Memories in the Lusophone World" 📢 Call for contributions! Elsa Peralta (anthropology), @jonas_pelle (cultural studies), and I (history) welcome abstracts for a multidisciplinary volume on post-imperial urban spaces, migrations & memories.
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NEWS:
@RunningWithTum1 is now OFFICIALLY A REGISTERED RUNNING CLUB.
Info on how to join the club will be shared in the next coming weeks.
The club approved name is Running With Sole Athletics Club
We’re on #RunningWithSoleAC & #RunningWithTumiSole
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Mary Mbewe from Mulungishi University reminds us that"In our interrogation of museums, we must consider the gendered circumstances in which collections were assembled"
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1. In its early years, NUMSA became the standard-bearer of social movement unionism with its 'shopfloor democracy' and 'worker-control'. This was meant to guarantee that officials of the union take mandates from the general membership...
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#SouthAfricanHistory #OTD
OTD in 1964, a bomb exploded in the "Whites Only" waiting room at Johannesburg's Park Station after the police failed to respond timeously to a telephonic tip off. The bomb was placed by John Harris 1/3
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How did enslaved Africans learn how to read and write while education was banned for them?
-A THREAD-
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#SACensus2022 data collection in WC has been extended to 14 May. Households can complete the questionnaire online here bit.ly/3fMSAuI (datafree).
The 10-yearly census is the only source of data on the profile of communities.
More here: bit.ly/3y1AHFx
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We have exciting news! The submission date has now been moved to 25 April 2022 to give you more time to submit your abstracts. We have also added two more tracks to choose from. Click on the link for more info on the abstracts exbo.co.za/abstracts/index.p…
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This is the scene at the Kasubi Tombs, 30 January 1971, a few days after Idi Amin came to power.
Amin had promised to bring home the body of Muteesa II, who had died in London in 1969. Many hoped that Amin's coup heralded the restoration of the Buganda kingdom.
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Mothupi Kgopa is a mathematician who launched his own scientific calculator called GELEZA. This comes after he was shocked at how expensive they cost.
He says no SA child should pay R300 for a calculator.
His calculators retails for R150
