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Click on this link to see a timeline chronology of SA events: Black-White Conflict 1652 – 1994  

Tables listing selected South African legislation Reference;  Another Country: Everyday Social Restitution – Sharlene Swartz Legislation that entrenched racial discrimination and Apartheid (1856 to 1959)[1] The Cape Province Masters and Servants Act, No. 15 of 1856, attached criminal liability to breach of employment contracts between unskilled workers (usually Black or Coloured) and White employees in […]

Click here to download the Shaping our future by understanding our past document created by Trevor Jennings.  

From the 4th century: Bantu-speaking groups settle, joining the indigenous San and Khoikhoi people. 1480s: Portuguese navigator Bartholomeu Dias is the first European to travel round the southern tip of Africa. 1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama lands on Natal coast. 1652: Jan van Riebeeck, representing the Dutch East India Company, founds the Cape Colony […]

Dear Mayor On behalf of the Nelson Mandela Bay church leadership group, we wish to welcome you into the position of Mayor of our Metro. May God grant you wisdom and strength as you embark upon the challenge of serving this city and its citizens. Your achievements since leaving our city have been an example […]

The highlights of the year have been linking Christian leaders around specific needs and causes and the ongoing roll out of the Nehemiah vision and JUST1HR movement. The senior Church leaders continue to meet and consult every second Thursday of the month. The group have identified the key challenges facing the NM Bay as education, […]

Pastor Russell Viljoen from Ebenezer led a time of sharing the Word and Prayer? He shared with us about being the salt and light in our city and encouraged us not to lose our saltiness. We continued our conversation from 11 September 2014. After a general discussion we decided to implement the following suggestions: 1. […]

THE innovative Just One Hour ( Just1HR ) campaign is making a huge impact on Nelson Mandela Bay, attracting hundreds of volunteers since it was launched and ensuring ideas are implemented. Through the  Just1HR  initiative, people are encouraged to donate an hour of their time each month to assist those in need, focusing specifically on […]

Will we get it right, will we feel like we have achieved what we long for, what we been speaking about for years? Most people are asking these questions, but never getting answers. I’ve had challenges, battles and dealt with a bit as a young man, now a married man with four beautiful girls. That […]