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PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
… The building is regarded as one of the best examples of Art Nouveau architecture in South Africa. It was proclaimed a … old Harbour Board Building in…
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… the 1880s. In 1893 the Young Menâ Institute, the School of Art, the Naturalist Society and the Camera Club combined to … club and changed its name, but it…
Krystal Kruger
… South Africa for high school, then decided to study Fine Art at Rhodes University. I’m currently in my fourth year of …
BiographyTimothy Peter Jenkin
… with the words "ANC LIVES" from a high building in the centre of Cape Town, along with a timed device which …
BiographyChris Hani
… was transferred from the Lesotho capital, Maseru, to the centre of the ANC political leadership in Lusaka, Zambia. …
BiographyProfessor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
… Research, and Director of Biomedical Science at the Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN) at the Nelson R …
BiographyHarry Garuba
… Fellow in 2005 at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Centre at the University of Texas located in Austin, America. …
National Theatre Organisation (1947)
… in the structuring and organisation of theatre and art production in South Africa. The founding of the National … organisation. Work on productions started…
EventJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo is born
… in the area of Ovamboland, in Southern Angola. He studied art at the College of Art in Rorke’s Drift from 1967 to 1969. After completing his studies he began…
BiographyMattheus Uys Krige
… tennis player. He achieved fame, however, as a Springbok centre. According to some critics, he can be considered one … of his clothes. [37] Colini,…
The oldest forms of human communication
… system that we know today. Language, symbols, songs, art and dance Cave drawings were murals that people painted … send us or suggestions please click on …
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… of sona geometry to weave intricate designs in mats. This art form also served as a means of transmitting knowledge … neo-colonial society developed and…
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
Teboho MacDonald "Tsietsi" Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi, a lay preacher…
BiographyAdam Small
… Wetenskap en Kuns, (South African Academy for Science and Art), an academic organisation which previously excluded …
PlaceFugard Theatre, Cape Town
… with a portion of an old gothic style church at its centre. This section of the building would become the Fugard, … opening its doors, as it was fitted with…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… the drum, and contains two human figures from Khoisan rock art. The figures are depicted facing one another in greeting … above the oval shape of foundation,…
PlaceGreatmore Studios
… as an NPO in 2007. It is an artist residency and centre with studios and exhibition space in Woodstock , and … founded in 1982 as an organized network of…
PlaceEmpangeni
… bearers in the nearby eMpangeni stream. The town is a centre for sugar, cotton, cattle and timber and despite its … are also magnificent local Zulu cultural…
PlaceOld Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… were dislodged. The building remained the administrative centre of Cape Town for more than half a century and served … and on 8 May 1917 it became the home…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… of our natural heritage. There are also ancient San rock art paintings in caves throughout the range which give us an … of great historical and spiritual…
Bonani Africa 2010 Photographic Festival Conference: Papers and Abstracts
… Edge by Ashraf Jamal Self-Imagining and South African Art Photography by Zen Marie “What Goals and Whose Vision? …
PlaceWinterton, Kwa Zulu-Natal
… worth a visit for its insight into Zulu history, San rock art and the Spioenkop battle. The Village of Winterton plays … Farm; 'Doveton', just outside…
PlaceSprings
… town did not die, but instead developed into an industrial centre. Today, Springs is well known for its architecture: it has the second biggest collection of…
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… evolution patterns both through a visit to the San rock-art located in caves on the farms and to fossil sites. An … the Graaff-Reinet Tourism Office, at the…
PlaceStation Building, Point Road, Durban
… Home to the Tourist Junction, which is the Main Tourism Centre and also home to various curio shops at which to buy memories and gifts for those back home,…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… of documents and manuscripts at the Camberwell College of Art in London and works at Windsor Castle as a member of the …
Call for papers - “Ukutshona kukaMendi”/ "Ukuzika kukaMendi": The Mendi Centenary Conference
… 28-30th March 2017 This conference, hosted by the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town, … literature, orature, the visual arts,…
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
… Bordering the City Centre and joined to Newtown by the Nelson Mandela Bridge – … nightlife, Restaurants, trendy coffee shops, contemporary Art Galleries and…
Evelyn Ntoko Mase
… was taken at the wedding party in the ‘Bantu Men’s Social Centre in Johannesburg and includes Nelson Mandela (left in …
BiographyZanemvula Kizito Mda
… as a Cultural Affairs Specialist at the American Cultural Centre in Maseru, Lesotho from 1980 to 1981. His radio play …