ITEC

East London

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August 5th 2008
After a day of debriefing and travel, we arrived in East London this evening. We stopped briefly at our hotel to check in and freshen up before we were warmly welcomed by ITEC - the Institute of Training and Education for Capacity Building. A team of educators briefed us on the challenges facing education in the Eastern Cape which remains one of the poorest and lowest performing provinces in all ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » East London

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more