Join us this Heritage Day at the District Six Museum as we explore new and old ways of experiencing our past and its legacy. Date: Tuesday, 24 September Time: 11h00 Venue: District Six Museum Homecoming Centre,15 Butenkant Street 🔥VR EXPERIENCE: ‘The District Six Experience: A Walk Through Time’ is a virtual reality experience created in…
James Matthews: the rebel writer who was South Africa’s voice of resistance
Hein Willemse – 8 September 2024 World renowned South African poet James Matthews has died at 95. His was the last great voice of an era of writers who worked against South Africa’s repressive and racist system of apartheid, which resulted in him being relentlessly harassed, detained by police and his work banned. Schooled in District Six, an area of…
WATCH: Life adjacent – The narrow gap between those with homes and those without
Tents and makeshift shelters near the Castle of Good Hope on Strand Street, 24 July 2024, Cape Town. (Photo: David Harrison) Tamsin Metelerkamp – 12 August 2024 When speaking with people in unhoused communities or shelters around Cape Town, an issue that is brought up again and again is the harmful assumptions others make about…
How to spend a whole morning with the penguins at the Two Oceans Aquarium
Two Oceans Aquarium – 18 September, 2024 At the Two Oceans Aquarium, we are proud to house two species of penguin: The iconic African penguin and the charismatic Northern rockhopper penguin. Visitors to the Aquarium may be familiar with the African penguin feeding times, but did you know that you can actually spend an entire…
Safety concerns, rising costs, inadequate socioeconomic studies mar Koeberg life extension plans
Koeberg Nuclear Power Station. (Photo: Brenton Geach) Kristin Engel – 10 September 2024 Eskom is pushing ahead with its plan to extend the life of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station despite concerns about costs and a lack of data on the potential release of radioactive materials. Eskom’s recent presentation to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Electricity…
Iconic common up for heritage status
The Green Point Ratepayers’ & Residents’ Association (GPRRA) has been successful in having the Green Point Common nominated to be declared a provincial heritage site. Chevon Booysen – 7 September 2024 A leisurely stroll along the Atlantic Seaboard can only be complemented when you find yourself in the lush Green Point Common where the serene…
SAMA Western Cape heritage month activities
Dear SAMA WC members Please see below details from Zeitz MOCCA. 10 am – 6 pm followed by a Silo Concert. For the Silo Centenary Celebrations, please see link to the webpage here: https://zeitzmocaa.museum/exhibitions-and-events/zeitz-mocaa-centenary-celebrations/ Here’s a link to our Promo Toolkit with digital assets and we will continue to add to this folder: Silo Centenary…
How to grow the most beautiful clivias
Photo: Magda Ehlers Piet Theron, a clivia cultivator and show champion from George, says you don’t need expert knowledge to have this beautiful plant in your garden. “Our native clivias are not only beautiful garden plants that will thrive in almost any temperate climate but are also ideal indoor plants. They bloom for several weeks…
Climate change – Amitav Ghosh explores how capitalism and colonialism fit in
Amitav Ghosh sheds light on the links between exploitation of people and the planet and climate change. (Photo: Mathieu Genon, The Conversation Africa) Caroline Southey – 8 September 2024 Amitav Ghosh is an internationally celebrated author of 20 historical fiction and non-fiction books. The Indian thinker and writer has written extensively on the legacies of…
‘The system is the problem, not people’: how a radical food group spread round the world
Damien Gayle – 13 September 2024 Incredible Edible’s guerrilla gardening movement encourages people to take food-growing – and more – into their own hands. Pam Warhurst insists she’s no anarchist. Nevertheless, the founder of Incredible Edible, a food-focused guerrilla gardening movement, wants the state to get out of people’s way… READ MORE