Press Release

Free at last film festival Click here to read more

Press Release

District Six commemoration, Free at Last Film Festival and launch of the
Fugard Theatre. Click here to read more

District Six is turning 15

Please join us as we celebrate Thursday, 10 Decmeber 2009 from 12h00 - 14h00

and Our birthday concert Friday 11 Decmber 2009. The performance starts at 19h00. Click here to read more

Commemorating Emancipation Day

The dawn of 1 December 1834 was greeted with bonfires and festive rejoicing
by the enslaved people of the Cape, as the day marked their legal
emancipation from bondage. It brought to a close one of the most shameful
and inhumane periods of our history, which had it its core the capture, sale
and ownership of humans by other humans.
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Health is no private matter

when Friday, 20 November 2009 the time 18h30(for 19h00) to 21h30
where District Six Museum, 25A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
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3 New Books by Shabbir Banoobhai
celebrating his 60th birthday

when Sunday, 25 October 2009 the time 15h30 (for 16h00) where District Six Museum, 25A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town Click here to read more

Green Expectations
A reflection on the critical environmental challenges facing us, through music, poetry, dance and art!

when Friday, 23 October 2009 the time 18h30 (for 19h00) to 21h30
where District Six Museum, 25A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town Click here to read more

Slavery Then and Now Workshop and Discussion

when Saturday, 24 October 2009 the time 13h30 to 16h30
where Prestwich Memorial Somerset Road, Cape Town
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Click here to view the workshop programme

Sacks Futeran Building Project

Located just a block away from the Museum is the landmark Sacks Futeran Building. In 2002 we became the owners of these premises, made possible by a grant from Atlantic Philantrophies and a substantial deduction from the then owners, the Futeran family. Read more