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Mthatha news: Set your sights on museum trekking

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Set your sights on museum trekking: Included presently are the Mthatha-born Athi-Patra Ruga, sculptor Mary Sibande, in the atrium is Nicholas Hlobo’s spectacular iimpundulu zonke ziyandilenda, the lightning bird of Xhosa mythology, and from the Diaspora is the world- famous installation ... Source: "Mthatha" - BingNews. Mandla Mandela divorces his first wife: The case dragged on like a soapie in the Mthatha High Court as the pair fought over assets. During the time‚ she fought through the … [Read more...] about Mthatha news: Set your sights on museum trekking

Bayworld Port Elizabeth Night at the Museum a huge hit [video]

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Visit and explore more Port Elizabeth videos. Parents and children of all ages were enchanted and thoroughly entertained as Bayworld in Port Elizabeth hosted their annual Night @ the Museum treasure hunt event! Various museum exhibits at the facility came to life after dark - including dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus Rex; legends from history such as Marie Antoinette, Cleopatra and King Tutankhamen himself. Click HERE to find more 'Bayworld Port Elizabeth' videos. Bayworld Port Elizabeth … [Read more...] about Bayworld Port Elizabeth Night at the Museum a huge hit [video]

PE’s Airforce Museum deserves to be discovered – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: PE's Airforce Museum deserves to be discovered: I am often amazed at how many people didn't know that Port Elizabeth has a South African Airforce Museum.  Located behind the airport in a restored World War II hanger, the museum has a great collection of planes, choppers, equipment, uniforms, models and other paraphernalia.  It's easy to get to, just follow  Forrest Hill Drive through Forrest Hill and around to the back … [Read more...] about PE’s Airforce Museum deserves to be discovered – Featured Blog

Looking out the museum doorway – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Looking out the museum doorway: I'm finally busy going through and editing the pictures I took in Graaff-Reinet a few weekends ago and will start posting about our visit shortly.  One of the photos I found was this one of Miggie standing in the door at the Reinet House museum looking up towards the Drostdy Hotel.  She clearly likes being outdoors a lot more than going through museums. Source: Firefly The Travel … [Read more...] about Looking out the museum doorway – Featured Blog

International Museum Day: 10 Reasons to go back in time in the Bay – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: International Museum Day: 10 Reasons to go back in time in the Bay: Source: NMBT Blog. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily digest of PE Goodness straight into your inbox with the MyPE Monday to Friday Newsletter. … [Read more...] about International Museum Day: 10 Reasons to go back in time in the Bay – Featured Blog

Mthatha news: Flagship museum struggles to live up to Mandela’s legacy

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Flagship museum struggles to live up to Mandela’s legacy: These were the damning findings of the arts and culture portfolio committee after an oversight visit to the museum – which has a site in Mthatha and nearby Qunu – last September. In its report, which was tabled in the National Assembly this week ... Source: "Mthatha" - BingNews. Former Platinum Stars and SuperSport United winger Zongo wanted for rape: According to the same publication, the SAPS said he was 24 years old, but the … [Read more...] about Mthatha news: Flagship museum struggles to live up to Mandela’s legacy

Grahamstown in the news: PE museum to remember 607 victims of SS Mendi

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PE museum to remember 607 victims of SS Mendi: It was first exhibited at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in 1993. It consists of over 200 sketches. "It reimagines the tragic event in vast series of tableaus depicting the brave men of 5th Battalion the South African Native Labour Corps who ... Source: "Grahamstown" - BingNews. Outrage as sniper kills vervet monkey: Concerns have been raised about the safety of a suburban troop of vervet monkeys after a mystery sniper killed a male … [Read more...] about Grahamstown in the news: PE museum to remember 607 victims of SS Mendi

King Williams Town news: trufm Podcast, 6 Sep Heritage Month: Amathole Museum

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trufm Podcast, 6 Sep Heritage Month: Amathole Museum: The Amathole Museum, formerly the Kaffrarian Museum is a natural and cultural history museum located in King William's Town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The Xhosa Gallery, housed in the old post office building, concentrates on the ... Source: "King Williams Town" - BingNews. Call for ANC Old Guard to pass baton to youth: Speaking after the party’s provincial executive committee meeting in King William’s Town, Lali added … [Read more...] about King Williams Town news: trufm Podcast, 6 Sep Heritage Month: Amathole Museum

International Museum Day in the Bay – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: International Museum Day in the Bay by NMBT Blog: There is no shortage of museums in Nelson Mandela Bay, we have it all, in all shapes and sizes, colours and variations. International Museum Day was established in 1977 and every year this day is celebrated around the 18th of May to raise awareness of how important museums are in the development of society. Read more here: … [Read more...] about International Museum Day in the Bay – Featured Blog

Exploring (and not ghost hunting) the Somerset East Museum – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Exploring (and not ghost hunting) the Somerset East Museum by The Firefly Photo Files: I struggle to pass by a small town museum if I have time on hand and time on hand I had the last time I visited the Karoo Heartland town of Somerset East.  I immediately headed up to the Somerset East Museum standing in the shadow of the Boschberg Mountain at the top end of Beaufort Street.  I've been here before but it's been a few years so … [Read more...] about Exploring (and not ghost hunting) the Somerset East Museum – Featured Blog

Iraq Is Turning Saddam Hussein’s Palace Into a Museum – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Iraq Is Turning Saddam Hussein’s Palace Into a Museum by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: National Geographic News Click here to visit Expert Tours. Read more here: Sardine Run Port Elizabeth New bone-eating worm species discovered in the Mediterranean Sea by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: Scientists have found, for the first time ever in the Mediterranean Sea, a new species of Osedax, a genus of bone-eating worm that up until now had only … [Read more...] about Iraq Is Turning Saddam Hussein’s Palace Into a Museum – Featured Blog

Museum lane – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Museum lane by The Firefly Photo Files: Looking up Museum lane to the Somerset East Museum at the foot of the Boschberg.  The museum is at the top of Beaufort Street with the Dutch Reformed Church at the other end. Read more here: The Firefly Photo Files Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily digest of PE Goodness straight into your inbox with the MyPE Monday to Friday … [Read more...] about Museum lane – Featured Blog

Image from page 105 of “Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum” (1898) – African Penguins – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Image from page 105 of “Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum” (1898) – African Penguins by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: Image from page 105 of “Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum” (1898) – more African Penguins goodness curated by www.SardineRunPE.co.za Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: annalsofsouthafr69sout Title: Annals of the … [Read more...] about Image from page 105 of “Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum” (1898) – African Penguins – Featured Blog