GEORGE NEWS - U3A August meetings are still held in the Outeniqua Moth Shell Hole in Rijk Tulbach Street. So, wrap up warmly and join the crowd.
On Wednesday the 10th in Armchair Travel, Lynne Thompson will talk about her five-day flight from Lourenço Marques to UK in 1961. In that year South Africa was an outcast, isolated and sanctioned by the rest of the world.
It was very difficult for South African aircraft as it was not allowed in many African countries' airspace. Max Wilson, founder of the Overseas Visitors Club, quickly found a solution to this problem - he chartered planes and ships departing and arriving at friendly ports.
Thompson's historical research introduced her to the archives at the George Museum and 20 years later, she is still a busy volunteer as well as committee member of the Outeniqua Historical Society.
She will share her five-day adventure across Africa to Europe. The talk starts at 10:30.
Lynne Thompson will talk about her five-day flight from Lourenço Marques to the UK in 1961.
Anthropological global warming
At the Friday lecture on the 19th, Mike Sankey will talk about "De-bunking anthropological global warming". This talk promises to be an ever-so-slightly controversial catastrophist's view about debunking the guilty feeling imposed on us for climate change and global warming. Nobody can deny that we are experiencing this phenomenon, but is it really due to human activity?
Sankey started his working career with the British South Africa Police (BSAP) in the then Rhodesia and from there progressed to professional project management via prospecting for base metals and quantity surveying.
He has various diplomas in environmental management, permaculture, geology, palaeontology and earth sciences and classifies himself as a catastrophist. Tea is at 10:00 and the meeting starts at 10:30.
General JC Smuts
International Affairs is on Monday the 29th and Natie de Swart will be discussing "The foreign policy of General JC Smuts and his role in the 20th century". This meeting starts at 14:00.
SA's constitutional transformation
At the general meeting on the 31st, Dave Steward will deliver a lecture on "The constitutional transformation of South Africa, 1990-1996". This talk will, among other things, highlight factors that led to the constitutional transformation process, such as talks between the South African Government and the ANC, Codesa, the assassination of Chris Hani, and the international context.
Steward is the chairman of the FW de Klerk Foundation and was De Klerk's speech writer for many years. He served the South African Department of Foreign Affairs in various capacities from 1966 to 1985, which included spells in the South African embassies in Canberra and Ottawa, and was South African ambassador to the United Nations for two years.
This talk is not to be missed so join the U3A for tea at 10:00 and the talk will start at 10:30.
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