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Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje Born (1876-10-09) 9 October 1876 Doornfontein near Boshof, Orange Free State Died 19 June 1932 (1932-06-19) (aged 55) Pimville, Soweto, Union of South Africa Resting place West End Cemetery, Kimberley Nationality South African Occupation(s) Writer and political figure Known for Founder member of the SANNC Spouse Elizabeth Lilith M'belle Children 6 Plaatje's voice ...
Sol Plaatje University is a public university located in Kimberley, South Africa. Established in 2014, it is the first and only university located in the Northern Cape province. Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje , 1876-1932, after whom the university is named: intellectual, journalist, linguist, politician, translator, writer
Mhudi: An Epic of South African Native Life a Hundred Years Ago is a South African novel by Sol Plaatje first published in 1930,. The novel was republished many times subsequently, including in the influential Heinemann African Writers Series.
Sol Plaatje Municipality (Afrikaans: Sol Plaatje Munisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sol Plaatje) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is named after Sol T. Plaatje. It includes the diamond mining city of Kimberley.
Entrance at Sol Plaatje Museum. The Sol Plaatje Museum and Library is in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, in a house where Solomon T. Plaatje lived during his last years at 32 Angel Street, Malay Camp. It was here that Plaatje wrote Mhudi. [citation needed] The Sol Plaatje Educational Trust was set up in 1991 to serve as a custodian for ...
The Department of Basic Education (DBE) is one of the departments of the South African government.It oversees primary and secondary education in South Africa.It was created in 2009 after the election of President Jacob Zuma, when the former Department of Education was divided into the Department of Basic Education and the Department of Higher Education and Training.
Sol Plaatje Dam (formerly the Saulspoort Dam) is an earth-fill type dam located at the confluence of the As and Liebenbergsvlei Rivers near Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa. It was established in 1968 and serves mainly for municipal and domestic water supply. The hazard potential of the dam has been ranked high.
The dam was renamed the Sol Plaatje Dam on 1 April 2005. [3] Sol Plaatje Dam, Bethlehem, South Africa. Leonard Slabbert, who used a boat to rescue the survivors, was awarded the Mendi Decoration for Bravery (since renamed Order of Mendi for Bravery) (Silver) on 30 November 2003. [4]