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EASTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT DEDICATES HUMAN RIGHTS DAY COMMEMORATION TO 39th ANNIVESARY OF UITENHAGE MASSACRE

EASTERN CAPE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT DEDICATES HUMAN RIGHTS DAY COMMEMORATION TO 39th ANNIVESARY OF UITENHAGE MASSACRE

The Eastern Cape Provincial Government (ECPG) led by Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane dedicated the Human Rights Day Commemoration for 2024 to the 39th anniversary of Uitenhage Massacre on 21 March 2024 in Kariega.

MEC KONTSIWE LEADS PROVINCIAL SOCIAL COHESION DIALOGUE IN GQEBERHA

MEC KONTSIWE LEADS PROVINCIAL SOCIAL COHESION DIALOGUE IN GQEBERHA

As the country celebrates 30 years of democracy, the Eastern Cape hosted a Social Cohesion Dialogue on the 20th of March 2024.

Provincial premier Games Poster 2024
Provincial Human Rights Day Poster 2024
SOCIAL COHESION DIALOGUE Poster 2024 (1)
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East London Museum

East London Museum is a museum in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, notable for holding the type specimen of the coelacanth, a fish previously believed to be long extinct.

It was the workplace of Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the fish’s discoverer.It was established in 1921 and features natural and cultural history of East London and surrounds.

The museum is open week days and Saturdays. There are other galleries within the museum besides the display of the coelacanth. The museum offers displays of southern Nguni beadwork and traditional culture. The maritime gallery includes model ships and shipwreck artifacts.The museum includes one living exhibit, a working bee hive.

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 museum houses a large collection of mammals and includes the taxidermied body of Huberta, the hippopotamus.

Huberta exhibit

The Xhosa Gallery, housed in the old post office building, concentrates on the cultural history of all tribes of the Xhosa nation. The history section has artefacts, documents and photographs of local interest dating back to the 19th century. The Missionary Museum contains information on missionary endeavours in this area. The museum was founded in 1884 and was later opened to the public in October 1898. The name of the museum was changed from the Kaffrarian Museum to the Amathole Museum in 1999.

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NKOSI HLANGA REPATRIATION AND REBURIAL 2024 Poster

Nkosi Hlanga Repatriation And Reburial

Library Week 2024 poster

Opening of Cookhouse Public Library

SOCIAL COHESION DIALOGUE Poster 2024 (1)

Social Cohesion Dialogue