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4th Cape Town Wiki-meetup.
Hello, I just wanted to let you know about, and invite you to, the 4th Cape Town Wiki-meetup at Truth Coffee on Buitenkant St on Sunday the 2nd of February. Cheers, --Discott (talk) 12:27, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
Meetup - Cape Town.
We are here — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.13.212.8 (talk) 09:31, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
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Wiki-meetup May 2014
Hi Jeandre du Toit, Wikimedia ZA would like to invite you to the 5th Cape Town Wiki-meetup for 11am, Sunday the 4th May 2014 at Truth Coffee on 36 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town. It would be great if you could join us. Please invite who ever you think might be interested.--Discott (talk) 15:49, 4 April 2014 (UTC)
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