Xtensive ICT Academy

24/03/2015

So why did we have that public holiday on Saturday:
The Sharpeville Massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, at the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal (today part of Gauteng). After a day of demonstrations against the Pass laws, a crowd of about 5,000 to 7,000 black African protesters went to the police station. The South African police opened fire on the crowd, killing 69 people. Sources disagree as to the behaviour of the crowd; some state that the crowd was peaceful,[1] while others state that the crowd had been hurling stones at the police, and that the shooting started when the crowd started advancing toward the fence around the police station.[2] In present-day South Africa, 21 March is celebrated as a public holiday in honour of human rights and to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre.

17/02/2015

Another interesting event for 17 February was the premier of the Opera Madame Butterfly; in 1904 at the La Scala Theatre in Milan Italy.
written by Puccini.
Madame Butterfly went on to huge international success, moving to New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1907.
It tells the story of an American sailor, B.F. Pinkerton, who marries and abandons a young Japanese geisha.

14/02/2015

Roses are red.
Violets are blue

10/02/2015

To the learners of Midrand Xtensive thank you for being so great!

10/02/2015

Congratulations to all the xtensiveict learners finishing up their workplaces for the UIF project.
It was an honour to be your training provider.
What a great group you have been for 2014 - 2015!
I salute the EUC learners at the following places:
Piet Retief: Harmony Park School
Carolina Combined School
Heidelberg: Sakhile Primary School

Best of luck in your employment endeavors.

10/02/2015

10/02/2015

In the spirit of valentines:

Roses are red,

Lavender's blue

If you will have me,

I will have you.

By Gammer Garland, 1783

10/02/2015

On this Day (10 Feb) in 1990 - South African President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on Feb 11th

What a big step forward in our road to democracy and freedom

10/02/2015

09/02/2015

On this day in 1964 America is introduced to the Boy Band the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show.
who is your favourite boy band of all time