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Afrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
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Sep 20, 2017

Afrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent

IntroductionAfrikaans, one of the official languages, together with English, during South Africa’s Apartheid era, often ...

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Fanakalo: the language of mining culture
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Sep 19, 2017

Fanakalo: the language of mining culture

Introduction Fanakalo is a bridging language of communication in multilingual and multinational settings on South Afr...

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Sep 14, 2017

Buy the Insurrection Ensemble's music

EXPERIENCE a unique sound! Buy a CD by the Insurrections Ensembles, a collection of poetry-music collaborations bet...

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Aug 21, 2017

The National Arts Festival

In 1974, an inaugural festival titled the 1820 Settlers National Monument  was opened as a memorial to the British ...

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Aug 15, 2017

African Art Centre

The African Art Centre is a non-profit organisation based in KwaZulu-Natal. Founded in 1959, it was under the leadership...

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EOAN Group
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Jun 28, 2017

EOAN Group

The EOAN Group was founded by Helen Southern-Holt in 1933. EOAN Group was a social and educational centre and cultura...

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Jun 14, 2017

Dance For All (DFA)

Established in 1991, Dance For All (DFA) is a non-profit dance organisation, originally known as Ballet for All. DFA was...

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Jun 13, 2017

Insurrections: The Storming

September 2015, District Six Homecoming Centre, Cape Town. Performance Curated by: Sumangala Damodaran, Tina Schouw an...

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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

Imvaba Arts Association

Established in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, in 1986, Imvaba Arts Association worked closely with artists in New Brighto...

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