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May 31, 2017

Interview with Masana Nzima from Time Magazine 100 Photos Series

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May 31, 2017

Commissioners and commanders: Police leadership and the Marikana massacre by David Bruce

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May 30, 2017

Belvedere Avenue 1, Oslo House

Declared a National Monument

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May 30, 2017

Belvedere Avenue 7, Oranjezicht -Cape town

Declared a National Monument!

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May 30, 2017

Phansi Museum Brochure

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May 30, 2017

Phansi Museum

The Museum houses some of the finest examples of African artefacts, such as: beadwork, headrests, milk pails, snuff cont...

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May 29, 2017

‘Fate Comes to the Mission Schools’: Fire at Bethel, 1953 by Linda M. Chisholm

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May 29, 2017

Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State (PACOFS)

PACOFS operated from Bloemfontein with Rex Hugo as the first director. In 1996, state subsidy was reduced and PACOFS be...

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May 29, 2017

Natal Performing Arts Council (NAPAC)

NAPAC was founded on 25 July 1963 under Chris Lombard as the first director. The first office premises were two small o...

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May 29, 2017

Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT)

PACT was founded in Pretoria on 3rd January 1963 with P.P.B Breytenbach as the first director. It was founded under the ...

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May 29, 2017

Cape Performing Arts Board (CAPAB)

CAPAB was instituted to promote the performing arts in the Cape Province. Operational costs for CAPAB, the Performing Ar...

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May 29, 2017

The Performing Arts Councils (PACs)

The Performing Arts Councils (PACs) were conceived in 1961 to replace the NTO, and in 1963 then Minister of Education, A...

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May 29, 2017

National Theatre Organisation (1947)

The National Theatre Organisation (NTO) was a state funded institution, which was founded to promote and produce Afrikaa...

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May 29, 2017

Pretoria Art Museum

The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from artists such as the German Baroque painter Jo...

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May 29, 2017

Magnet Theatre, Cape Town

Magnet Theatre is an independent physical theatre company founded in 1987 in order to produce Jennie Reznek’s first one-...

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