Annette du Plessis, born 11 October 1955, is a female Afrikaner artist who moved into the African Township New Brighton, Nelson Mandela Bay at the beginning of 1989 during apartheid years. Image File history File links A_du_plessis_by_i_markman. ... Image File history File links A_du_plessis_by_i_markman. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Afrikaners are white South Africans of predominantly Calvinist Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Flemish and Friesian and Walloon descent who speak Afrikaans. ... Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. ... New Brighton is the name of several places: New Brighton, Merseyside - a village now part of Wallasey, England. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ...

During 1989 the political situation in South Africa continued to be tense and a state of emergency was in place. Annette was invited through Koinonia to reside in New Brighton for a weekend. At the age of 33 it was her first experience to mingle with African people in their living quarters. Politics is the process and method of decision-making for groups of human beings. ... A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend certain normal functions of government, may work to alert citizens to alter their normal behaviors, or may order government agencies to implement emergency preparedness plans. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... New Brighton is the name of several places: New Brighton, Merseyside - a village now part of Wallasey, England. ... The weekend is a part of the week lasting one or two days in which most paid workers do not work. ...

During that weekend Annette toured with a predominantly white delegation under heavy police surveillance and stepped off for a while to meet the Red Location residents. This article needs to be wikified. ... White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... Delegation is handing a task over to a subordinate. ...

Here she was appalled to see black people living under inhumane conditions in army barracks constructed during the Anglo Boer War. It prompted her there and then to make a radical decision to defy apartheid laws and a few weeks later during March 1989 she exchanged her comfortable whites-only zone for a life with the Xhosa Buti family in Dora Street, New Brighton. Black is a color with several subtle differences in meaning. ... Radical is derived from the Latin word radix, which means root. In various fields of endeavor, it can mean: Sciences in chemistry, either an atom or molecule with at least one unpaired electron, or a group of atoms, charged or uncharged, that act as a single entity in reaction. ... The Xhosa people are a group of peoples of Bantu origins living in south-east South Africa. ... New Brighton is the name of several places: New Brighton, Merseyside - a village now part of Wallasey, England. ...

The army barracks in Red Location have made place for a new [cultural museum], the Red Location Museum - which construction was completed during 2004. The former residents from the army barracks have moved into new Reconstruction and Development homes from 2003 in the Red Location and White Location areas.

Shortly after Annette's move into New Brighton, the African people had a welcoming celebration in her honour where she officially was given the Xhosa name "[Vuyiswa]" which means happiness. This article needs to be wikified. ... New Brighton is the name of several places: New Brighton, Merseyside - a village now part of Wallasey, England. ... World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... The word celebration has several meanings: See celebration for a joyous event or party. ... The Xhosa people are a group of peoples of Bantu origins living in south-east South Africa. ...

During 2001 Annette won an artist residency scholarship to Konst Epidemic in Göteborg Sweden which inspired her on return to Nelson Mandela Bay to establish the Siyaya Centre for Young Arts. Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg  listen? ) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ...

Annette has 3 children: Yucca Nel, Keran Nel and Khaya Mfo. Her brothers are: Richelieu du Plessis, Jacques du Plessis, Theo du Plessis and Wentzel du Plessis. Annette's mother is Jo Runchiman and lives on farm in the Groot Marico district in [North West Province], South Africa. Annette's biological father Barend du Plessis and stepfather Malcolm Runchiman are diseased. This article needs to be wikified. ... Species many, see text The yuccas comprise the genus Yucca of 40-50 species of perennials, shrubs, and trees in the agave family Agavaceae, notable for their rosettes of tough, sword-shaped leaves and large clusters of white or whitish flowers. ... Species See text Khaya is a genus of seven species of trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. ... Groot Marico is a maize, citrus fruit and tobacco farming town situated in North West Province of South Africa. ... This article needs to be wikified. ...