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Cedara (K12)

Name: Cedara (K12)

Cedara College offers a Higher Certificate and Diploma in Agriculture specialising in Animal Production (Beef, Dairy, Equine, Game, Pigs, Poultry, ...
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Hilton has two small shopping centres and various restaurants nearby where you can wine and dine. You will also find a railway museum and vintage steam trains at historic Hilton Station.



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Buckingham (E9)

Name: Buckingham

Google count: 16,300 for Buckingham
Date: 23 August 2008

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Bilila (J1)

Name: Bilila

Bilila, Malawi on world map, coordinates and short factsLocation of Bilila, Malawi (Latitude: 15° 9' 0 S, Longitude: 33° 37' 60 E) displayed on world map, coordinates and short location facts.
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At Nsipe, Claude Boucher and Akamitondo began to give courses to talented artists who lived on the mission station at that time as well as to anyone else interested enough to come and learn. Perhaps the most important milestone of these early years is the figure of the risen Christ that Akamitondo dared to carve in 1970. It took some time before the ‘mortar-carver” Akamitondo felt equal to the task of carving a human form. The cruciform body is about 140cm high and portrays Christ nailed on a shield of bark cloth. Although his feet are nailed as a sign of his crucifixion, his face is lifted up, signifying his resurrection. In a powerful use of symbolism the arms of this Christ are spread in a wide arc as a sign of his desire to include all humanity in the mystery of the resurrection and redemption. This represents a remarkable sculptural accomplishment for an artist who at the time was not even a Christian, but a follower of the traditional religion of Malawi. Today the original sculpture of the risen Christ decorates the church in Bilila. Through it Akamitondo received recognition, acknowledgment, praise and his first orders from outside the immediate vicinity of Nsipe. For the entrance hall of Monfort Press in Limbe he carved a figure of the risen Christ. For the contemplative community of Poor Clares in Lilongwe he carved a statue of Our Lady as a pregnant young woman.

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In the Bilila-Mtakataka fault. scarp in southern Malawi, there is geolog- ..... The Bilila-. Mtakataka fault in Malawi: an active, 100 km long, ...
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Big Bend (L10)

Name:Big Bend (Swaz)

Google count: 15,900 for Big Bend
Date: 16 July 2008


Situated in the southern lowveld region of Swaziland, this branch has seen considerable expansion in the past two years, through the efforts of the

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Big Bend is a town in eastern Swaziland, lying on the Lusutfu River. Big Bends main industry is based on sugar plantations.As it suggests this lies on a big bed in the Usuthu River where it meets the Lubombo mountains. The area is picturesque with views from surrounding hills across the ri ...

http://www.countryroads.co.za/Big-Bend.html

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We leave the highlands of Swaziland behind us, make a stop at Big Bend for refreshments and exit Swaziland at Golela. We cross over the Lebombo Mountains, make a photo stop at the Pongolapoort Dam. Optional evening game drive into the Hluhluwe Nature Reserve in open 4x4 vehicles.
http://www.joyrides.co.za/tours_overland.htm

Aloes (G16):26

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Name:Aloes

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They are upgrading Aloes Station for 2010!

In addition to the upgrading of North End Station and the cosmetic changes to stations on this corridor, the region may need to look at the upgrading of Aloes Station to serve the Motherwell community.

www.transport.gov.za/.../Rail/SARCC%20Eastern%20Cape%202010%20Operational%20Plan%20-%2011%20April%202008.ppt

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Amakhala is named after the Xhosa word meaning Aloes, the prolific indigenous plant found in this uniquely diverse province. ...
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