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From Genesis to Exodus: The Founding of the MRC, 1969–1970
that MRC staff would be stopped en route to the Cape and forced to turn back. As a
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precaution, therefore, their exodus took place at night.
On Thursday, 3 December 1970, the MRC reopened its doors in temporary
premises at the Tygerberg Hospital in Parow.
Safari to the south: The SAMRC’s embryonic administrative staff outside its temporary
accommodation in the new Tygerberg Hospital, soon after their arrival from Pretoria, 3
December 1970. Left to right: Professor Andries Brink, Mr Graham Pienaar (head of
administration) and two unknown staffers.
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