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PlaceRondebosch Common, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch.
… homes and first-rate renditions of Sir Herbert Baker architecture. Rondebosch Common is unusual - it is not state, …
PlaceGroot Constantia, Constantia Valley
… in it's wine quality, list of clientele, building's architecture, friendly employees, History of slaves and their …
PlaceOpera House, Port Elizabeth
… Victorian Theatre left on the continent. This means that architecture, if it disappears, will be lost to the children …
PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
… position. Bathurst is renowned for its quaint and very old architecture. The oldest Building in Bathurst is the powder …
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… old Buildings manage to blend with the more modern architecture that dominates. Whilst Vryburg receives many a …
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… army, and invested heavily in Islamic scholarship and architecture. Medieval Arab scholar Al-Umari, writing in … among the finest surviving examples of…
PlaceFunda Community College
… Foundation and IBM. The centre was initially directed by art educator and activist Steven Sack. Charles Nkosi , who … 1986 and is currently the director…
EventSA artist, Dumisani Mabaso is born
… was born in Soweto. From childhood until 1974 he received art education at the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Dube, and also for 2 years…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… During the reign of the Company the unique Cape Dutch architecture evolved and Louis Thibault (French architect), …
ArchiveAppendix 6 Studies in Asia by Denis Goldberg
… non-Bumiputras even by some very high level officials. ON ARCHITECTURE Many of the high-rise buildings in Kuala Lumpur … building is striking. It is clearly…
EventVuminkosi Zulu, S.A. sculptor is born in Mapumulo, Natal
… was born in Mapumulo, Natal on 24 November 1948.He studied art at Rocke’s drift art school and completed his course in 1972. He decided to …
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… died in Paris. Often cited as the pioneer of urban black art and social realism, Sekoto studied to be a teacher and his art career only began in earnest when…
EventSA artist Sydney Khumalo is born
… born in Johannesburg . He began studying at Polly Street Art Centre in 1952 and worked there under Cecil Skotnes and later Edoardo Villa. He was an art…
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… life of the school. This is where Sekoto’s interest in art took on another dimension. In 1938, he won second prize in a national art competition organised by…
EventCorner stone of Mission Church is laid in Graaff-Reinet
… glory. The building has since been converted into an art museum and named the Hester Rupert Art Museum in honour of Rupert's mother. It is the 6th oldest …
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… " heathen " social practices, their concerns for local architecture were never hidden too far below the surface. The … to express local missionary policy on…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
… louder than words Hunting effectively means learning the art of approaching an animal silently. For this reason, …
PlacePilrig House, 1 Rockridge Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
… establish locally " a better and more permanent order of architecture ". It was declared a National Monument under old …
PlaceSongimvelo Game Reserve, an Early Archaeological Site
The Songimvelo Game Reserve is located South of Barberton in the South-Eastern part of the Mpumalanga Province on the South African-Swaziland Border. The…
ArchiveA History of Botsotso by Allan Horwitz
… of poets, writers and artists who wish to both create art as well as to generate the means for its public … communication and appreciation. We speak…
EventFlorence Josephine Zerffi, SA still life and landscape painter, dies
… England. She came to Cape Town in 1916 after studying art in London and at the Arts and Crafts Academy in Berlin. … years after their marriage. After his…
EventDavid Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg , Northern Transvaal
… a natural ability to draw, Phaswane began training in fine art at the Polly Street Art Centre in 1959.He trained under great artists such as …
A New Era for Africa in a Globalizing World, Unesco, Paris, 19 November 2003
… remarks made by Picasso to distance himself from African art, Henry Louis Gates Jr, has written that: "It is … (Picasso's) anxiety about (African) influence …
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
… modern in other ways. Uniquely human traits such as rock art and purposeful burials with ornaments were a regular … were the ancestors of the San (or Bushmen…
EventJudith Mason, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.
… 80’s she often represented South Africa in international art fairs. The political climate in the country eventually … work is represented in all major South…
EventStanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Newcastle, Natal
… and Henry Moore in 1974 and attended the London School of Art for two months. In 1980 he visited New Zealand and the … travelled to the USA again in 1981. In…
Towards Simon’s Town – The life of Peter Clarke by Joline Young
… of pencils, crayons and paper on which to practise his art. As the years went by Peter felt more and more stifled … painted until late at night and in 1947,…
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
… Bulletin 53: 57-62. Maggs, T.M. 1995. Neglected rock art: the rock engravings of agriculturalist communities in …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.1 Apr-May 1981
… Staffworker, a Factory Worker’s Story by Simon Khumalo; Art and Society, Art and Misconceptions by Bicca Muntu Maseko; Staffrider …
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… singing in places I know well, like Soweto." He attended art classes at FUBA (Federated Union of Black Artists) and the Johannesburg Art Foundation. Motswai…