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Retired SAAF general Lucky Ngema in the cockpit.
Retired SA Air Force (SAAF) two-star general Nhlanhla Lucky Job Ngema was, according to the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), the first black South African to qualify as a licenced air transport pilot.
He was also, SANDF social media has it, the SAAF’s first black general officer and founder of the air force’s aviation awareness programme Siyandiza (We Are Flying).
During his years in exile including a stint in Nigeria, Ngema managed to qualify for a Zimbabwean work permit as a pilot doing development work and flying surveyors all over Zimbabwe.
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The Wellington Company in collaboration with award winning architects Architecture + are reimagining Massey House into the new modern 126LQ.
One of New Zealand s first curtained walled buildings is about to undergo a major transformation to breathe new life into it once again. The Wellington Company in collaboration with award winning architects Architecture + are re-imagining Massey House into the new modern 126LQ. The restoration and redevelopment will deliver over 7000 square meters of A Grade premium commercial office and retail space set over 9 levels, incorporating an outdoor roof-top garden terrace providing flexible staff and entertaining area overlooking Lambton Quay. Completed in 1957, Massey House on Lambton Quay was created to house the joint national headquarters for both the Dairy Producers Board and the Meat Producers Board. Austrian immigrant Ernst Plischke had arrived in Wellington in May 1939 with his wife and son seeking refuge from Nazi occupati
Sydney s best new openings of 2020, and what s coming soon
Scott Bolles
Photo: Edwina Pickles
For a city as obsessed with new restaurants as Sydney, 2020 was an understandably frustrating year for both operators and hungry diners.
The pandemic might have slowed the roll-out of new venues, but even it didn t put a full-stop on Sydney s opening action.
In a year when the word pivot entered our orbit, restaurant operators still found a way. They swung open their doors as takeaway temples, and when the restrictions lifted, the reopening became the new opening.
We tip our toque to some of Sydney s newest restaurant arrivals, while taking a peek at the fresh batch of venues about to land.