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BiographyStephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Paul Kruger is believed to have been born on 10 October 1825 on his grandfather's farm, Bulhoek, in the Cradock district, near the present day town of…
Not in My Neighbourhood Documentary
… time 37:00 min), followed by a discussion with the film's producers Najma Nuriddin and Kurt Otabenga Orderson. …
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and 1980s he was associated …
ArticleKKNK – Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
… from the former Afrikaner Nationalist governance. Film director Jans Rautenbach succeeded Barrow in 1999. …
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
… locations of the various exhibitions, a visitors' guide, a film programme, a discussions and events schedule, my pass … cross the Moldovan-Romanian border…
EventSenzo Mfundo Vilakazi, the South African hip hop artist and lyricist is born
… “Stomp” was used in the soundtrack of the American action film Death Race 3: Inferno.[iii] Kwesta has also released two …
EventThe death in police custody of Ahmed Timol, political activist and underground operative, is confirmed
… nature of Timol's death was the subject of a documentary film by Enver Samuel in 2015. Finally, on October 12 2017, a …
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson’s book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… in 1996. The book was later made into a Hollywood film of the same title. …
BiographyShapurji Sorabji
Shapurji Sorabji was born in Adajan, India. He belonged to a well-known Parsi family in Bombay and was a cousin of Parsee Rustomjee, a loyal friend of Gandhi…
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… attacks on cinemas which showed the Steve Biko biographic film "Cry Freedom". According to his testimony, he was kept …
EventThe father of South African Jazz Hugh Masekela dies
… the piano at a young age. At the age of 14 after seeing a film of a ‘young man with a horn’, he began to play the …
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
… for the next 16 years. Then, in 1978, she directed the film La nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua (The Party of the … Prize for La Nouba des Femmes du Mont…
EventNational Arts Festival celebrates 37 years in Grahamstown
… comedy, opera, music, jazz, visual art exhibitions, film, student theatre, street theatre, lectures, craft fairs, …
EventEdgar Wallace (56), author and newspaper editor in South Africa, dies in Hollywood.
… known work is the unfinished screenplay for the Hollywood film King Kong. …
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… second Ruth First Memorial Lecture in Maputo. 1988 The film A World Apart is released. The screenplay is based on …
PlaceThe Space
… and showcased their works at the Theatre. The Argo Film Circle lent a helping hand in this endeavour and enabled … Bibliography”, The Encyclopaedia of South…
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather (PR) was born in Mauritius in 1895. His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the 1840s. PR…
SAHO Timeline and Milestones
… DATE EVENT 2019 Aug 2019 We hosted a film screening in August, in partnership with UCT Film and Media department, of local films on gender issues. … the…
EventAnna Neethling Pohl, South African actress and author, is born
… the in 1926 and the Vaderland Prize in 1937. Pohl became a film actress and the first female broadcaster from 1935 and …
EventAlan Paton is born
… musical, "Lost in the Stars," by composer Kurt Weill and a film directed by Zoltan Korda on whose screenplay Paton …
Archive‘It’s Dangerous and Difficult’: Artist William Kentridge on the Challenges for Young Artists Facing Quick Fame and Market Speculation by Devorah Lauter (news.artnet.com), October 20, 2021
… show features large ink drawings of trees and his recent film Sibyl, which questions fate—the work was developed from … whether you’re a writer, a singer, or…
BiographyAugust Aime Balkema
Several dutch publishers have featured prominently in the South African book industry. They include JJ van Schaik, Gerrit Bakker, Cornells Struik and AA…
BiographyNorman Levy
Born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania, Norman Levy and his twin brother, Leon (a founding member and later the…
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
Jabulani Nxumalo, better known as Comrade Mzala, was born on 27 October 1955, in Dundee, Northern Natal. His parents Benjamin and Elsie were both teachers…
National Arts Festival 2017
… comedy, opera, music, jazz, visual art exhibitions, film, student theatre, street theatre, lectures, craft fair, …
PlaceBaavianskloof Pass
This spectacular Kloof (which is part of the R332 route) links the Western section of the Baavianskloof with the higher Karoo hinterland, and more specifically…
PlaceApartheid Museum, Johannesburg
… and organised by a multidisciplinary team of Curators, Film-Makers, Historians and Designers. They include provocative film footage, photographs, text panels…
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson's book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… in 1996. The book was later made into a Hollywood film of the same title. …
PlaceWits School of Arts (WSOA)
… The school offers programmes in Fine Arts, Digital Arts, Film and Television, Music, Theatre and Performance, History …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.1 Feb 1980
… PROFILE Star Cafe: Modikwe Dikobe, NGWANA WA AZANIA A film concept by Mothobi Mutloatse 12 GALLERY PROFILE Behind …