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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
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 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.
The Sol Plaatje Local Municipality council consists of sixty-five members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.Thirty-three councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in thirty-three wards, while the remaining thirty-two are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
Sol Plaatjie University Central Campus part of which is still under construction. The Sol Plaatje University opened in Kimberley in 2014, accommodating a modest initial intake of 135 students. Announcing the name for the university, former President Jacob Zuma mentioned the development of academic niche areas that did not exist elsewhere, or ...
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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 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 this and other legacy projects.