4 The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) participated in the 2020 Philadelphia Federal Executive Board’s (FEB) Excellence in Government Awards Ceremony, with numerous NSWCPD employees winning Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals. The virtual awards ceremony held on May 5, 2021 was a first for the Philadelphia FEB, and reflects the work of many people from several agencies supporting the betterment of the federal community as a whole.
Each year during Public Service Recognition Week, FEBs recognize high-performing federal employees in their local communities and highlight innovative efforts that advance the missions of federal agencies. Award nominations are reviewed by leadership panels using criteria for a variety of categories, such as Leadership, Customer Service, and Innovation.
The University of the Western Cape has recognised one of its researchers, dubbed “heritage activist”, for work done in revealing the Cape’s hidden Muslim history.
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It all started way back in 1990 when he asked his late aunt, Ragiema Crombie, to tell him about his ancestors. In 2001 when Mr Rhoda’s friend, David Gordon, stopped by and told him about the slave heritage project initiated by the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the University of Cape Town (UCT). He mentioned that they were looking for community researchers.
He was one of the seven selected and given R5 000 from the National Research Foundation for lodging and travelling and basic training on how to access the slave records. Furthermore, he started his journey of discovery that eventually took him across the length and breadth of the Western Cape and as far afield as Grahamstown in search of the answers he sought.