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ArchiveOmar Badsha Letter to Minister Botha, 5 May 1986
ArchiveTalk by Alex Harris at the Symposium held in New York as part of the exhibition South African The Cordoned Heart
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
Flora Nwapa - remembered today as Africa’s “literary foremother” - was born on [1]January 13, 1931 in Oguta, located in eastern Nigeria. She was the eldest of…
ArchiveA History of Zonnebloem College 1858 TO 1870 - A Study of Church and Society by Janet K.H. Hodgson
ArchiveOmar Badsha fax letter from Alex Harris
ArchiveAlex Harris' proposal for Cordoned Heart exhibition
ArchiveLetter to Francis Wilson and Travel itinerary, 18 January 1990
ArchiveCordoned Heart USA Catalogue
ArchiveThe Documentary Photography Project
EventPeter Scott, South African alpine skier is born
Peter Scott was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town.[i] Peter is a South African alpine skier.[ii] His family immigrated to France when Peter was nine years…
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
Tebogo Sidney Thapelo Thekisho, stagename ProVerb was born in Kimberley, [i] Northern Cape on 12 April 1981.[ii] He is a on-air radio presenter, radio…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
Inanda (isiZulu: Pleasant Place) is a township in Eastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that is situated 24 km inland from Durban; it now forms part of eThekwini…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 106th Anniversary of the African National Congress presented by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, 13 January 2018
Fellow South Africans, The African National Congress turns 106 years this year. We are in the Eastern Cape, the home of legends. As the newly elected…
ArchiveNotes towards an essay by Bruce Payne and Alex Harris Cordoned Heart Catalogue
EventRayda Jacobs, the novelist and documentary filmmaker is born
Rayda Jacobs was born in Cape Town on 6 March 1947. Her first publication was a collection of short stories called “The Middle Children”, which was published…
EventRiaad Moosa, the South African comedian is born
Riaad Moosa was born in Cape Town on 18 June 1977. He has won numerous awards as a comedian, presenter, writer and actor. Riaad is known as the “Comedy Doctor”…
EventRiky Rick, one of the most esteemed South African hip hop artists is born
Rikhado Makhado, stage name Riky Rick, was born in the KwaMashu township of northern Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 20 July 1987.[i] He is a South African musician,…
EventRudolph Lewis, South African road racing cyclist is born
Rudolph Ludewyk “Okey” Lewis was born on 12 July 1887 in Pretoria.[i] Rudolph was South Africa’s second world class athlete after Laurens S Meintjes.[ii] He…
ArchiveRemembering to think critically: Rick Turner 40 years on by Anthony Egan, 8 January 2018
Forty years ago, in the early hours of January 8th 1978, a 36-year old political philosopher was shot dead in his Durban home by ‘person or persons unknown’…
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
Boitumelo “Tumi” Molekane was born in Tanzania on 16 August 1981.[1] At the time of his birth his parents were living in exile due to the Apartheid regime…
ArchiveRick Turner Photo Tribute
ArchiveLebo and Tumi interview Prof William Kgositsile Part 2
ArchiveLebo and Tumi interview Prof William Kgositsile Part 1
ArchiveKeorapetse Kgositsile - Poet Laureate of South Africa
ArchiveKeorapetse Kgositsile @poesiefestival berlin 2009
EventBevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
Bevil Gordon d’Urban Rudd was born on 5 October 1894 in Kimberley, Northern Cape.[i] He is the grandson of Charles Rudd, one of the founders of the De Beers…
PlaceHout Bay Museum
The Hout Bay Museum is situated right next to the Hout Bay Tourist Office just off Main Road behind the Shell Garage. Just like the town, the cottage style…
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
The Pass was constructed between 1984 and 1988. Leading up to the Huguenot Tunnel from its South side, is an awe-inspiringly beautiful, high-altitude viaduct…
ArchiveBiography of Buchi Emecheta by Alphonce Baraza
Life Florence Onyebuchi “Buchi” Emecheta was born on July 21, 1944 in Yaba near Lagos, Nigeria, to Igbo parents, Jeremy Nwabundinke and Alice Okuekwuhe…
Rethinking the William Fehr Collection
The William Fehr Collection had been on exhibition at the Castle – more or less unchanged – from the 1950s. The core of the collection comprises historical…