Anti-apartheid activist Johnny Issel dies

by: Raynor James Planning home improvements necessarily involves addressing numerous practical matters. That doesn’t mean you should ignore the fun stuff! The Fun Stuff The first thing to plan for in home improvements is the practical stuff. The second thing you need to talk to family members about is the fun stuff. Most people have colors they like and colors they don’t like. They have things that interest them and things that don’t. Get your family to talk to you … Continue reading →

by: Kathy Iven Whether you are working with existing furnishings and fabrics or “starting from scratch” with an empty room, you should always use the elements and principles of design as a guide in choosing everything. The elements are your tools or raw materials, much like paints are the basics to a painter. The elements of design include space, line, form, color, and texture. The principles of design relate to how you use these elements. The principles of design are … Continue reading →

Prague offers so many varying styles of architecture that after a visit you can practically go home with a PhD. within the city center and its immediate surroundings, you’ll find every architectural style from Gothic to Baroque, Cubism to Functionalism, and Art Noveau to the boxy beasts of Communism. and that’s not all of them. This post presents a handful of the city’s great structures categorized according to style; a kind of architecture tour of Prague, if you will. and … Continue reading →

He was one of 24 people awarded the Order of Luthuli in 2007 by former president Thabo Mbeki. “we are able to live and develop in a world of freedom, without the fetters of oppression or exclusion because of them,” Mbeki said. Issel was honoured in 2007 by then Western Cape premier Ebrahim Rasool as an architect of freedom and democracy. Issel was born in Worcester, Western Cape, where he was brought up by his mother and grandmother, who struggled … Continue reading →

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