The challenge of Genadendal /
During our term in office as President of the Republic of South Africa, we decided to rename the presidential official residence in Cape Town from Westbrooke to Genadendal which means Valley of Grace. We also visited this historic little town on 10 October 1995. The renaming of the official residenc...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
IOS Press,
©2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | During our term in office as President of the Republic of South Africa, we decided to rename the presidential official residence in Cape Town from Westbrooke to Genadendal which means Valley of Grace. We also visited this historic little town on 10 October 1995. The renaming of the official residence was in honor of the oldest mission settlement in South Africa. Over the centuries it became a place associated with the coming together of people from different racial groups: in addition to being the first permanent Khoi settlement at the Cape, it was also a place of sanctuary for more than a tho. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 118 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9781607504054 1607504057 9781441605610 1441605614 1586039687 9781586039684 9781597346047 1597346047 |