Invitation to a public lecture
by Professor Saree Makdisi on 7 February 2011
Heritage Day at the District Six Museum promises to be a varied and exciting programme. It is dedicated to celebrating some of the many dynamic elements which contribute towards our vibrant and diverse cultural heritage.
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Heritage Month 2010
Since 1994, 24 September has been celebrated as Heritage Day in South Africa. Over the past few years the entire month of September has come to be marked as Heritage Month, and a number of activities are usually presented by government, non-governmental organisations, religious groups, schools and others. We will be arranging a number of programmes at the Museum over the next few weeks, with the Friday 24 September being the main feature.
Remembering Lydia Williams on Heritage Day 2010
More and more of the Museum’s programmes have been focusing on the actual site of District Six, moving from the building into the spaces where people lived and which they remember so well. Read more
'Hidden A-Gender'
Please join the District Six Museum in collaboration with the Cape Cultural Collective on Friday, 27 August 2010,
at 18h30 for 19h00, as we celebrate & explore gender equality through poetry, music & song...
Contact: Mandy Sanger (021) 4667200 - District Six Museum or Zenariah Barends 082 441 0433 - Cape Cultural Collective
Sathima's Windsong Screening
Daniel Yon's production of Sathima’s Windsong will be screened at the 2010 Cape Town Encounters Film Festival.
The details are:
Sathima’s Windsong
Sunday 15 August 2010 @ 16h30
Nu Metro Cinema V&A Waterfront
Pre-announcement: Hilton Schilder Benefit Concert
Please diarise Sunday 8 August for a Hilton Schilder Benefit Concert at The Fugard Theatre, Caledon Street.
Supper at 16h00
Concert at 17h30
Auction at 19h00
Desserts and drinks at 19h30
Co-hosted by the District Six Museum and the Fugard Theatre
Please contact Estelle Fester at (021) 466 7200 for more information.
A birthday tribute to the original dissident poet James Matthews
25 May 2010 @ 12:30. Click here to read more
25 May 2010
The District Six Museum together with some of its partner organisations, have for a while been involved in discussions and projects which explore the way in which the city is evolving, and the role of local citizens in such evolution. Click here to view poster
Media Release:
Cape Cultural Collective to host two programmes in April. Click here to read more
Freedom's Fables and Flaws
A reflection on the successes and shortcomings of our hard fought freedom, through cultural expression. Click here to read more
Press Release
Free at last film festival. 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. 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
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. Click here to read more
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.Click here to read more
Fields of Play: FOOTBALL MEMORIES AND FORCED REMOVALS IN CAPE TOWN
A new exhibition Fields of Play: football memories and forced removals in Cape Town will open at the District Six Homecoming Centre, 15A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town on Tuesday 21 October 2008
The Fields of Play exhibition explores the dynamic intersection of memory, football and forced removals in the history of Cape Town. More than merely a scene of pastime and leisure, football offers us some insights into the complex social history that defined Cape Town as a modern South African city.
The exhibition explores the emergence of football on the Green Point Common from the 1800s until the period of forced removals in the 1950s, and its re-organisation on the edges of an apartheid city. The exhibition is a tentative step towards deepening our understanding of forced removals and its consequences on those who administered, played and watched football in Cape Town. As Green Point Common once again becomes the focal point of football in the city with the approach of the 2010 Soccer World Cup - we wish to recall the routes football has travelled from the difficult days of its emergence on the Common, to its re-emergence on the edges of the city.
The exhibition offers an account of football as it was played on Green Point Common (Greenpoint), Maitland (Royal Road), Langa (Langa Stadium), Kenilworth (Rosmead Sports Ground), Athlone (Athlone Stadium), Observatory (Hartleyvale), Salt River (Shelley Street), Wynberg (William Herbert Sports Ground), Rylands (Rygate) and Stellenbosch.
In presenting Fields of Play, the Museum has built on its methodology of combining oral histories and narratives drawn from vast private and public collections to enliven our understanding of the meaning of forced removals.
Fields of Play has temporarily been closed because of building renovations. We anticipate a re-opening towards the end of November but a date will be announced closer to the time. The new entrance fee of R20 will apply, with a combined ticket to both exhibitions being R35.
Press Release for Heritage Day
Celebrate Heritage Day 2009 with District Six Museum
Heritage Day at the District Six Museum promises to be a varied and exciting programme. It is dedicated to celebrating some of the many dynamic elements which contribute towards our vibrant and diverse cultural heritage.
Click here to read more
Sankofa Stories
The shaping of our future through a reflection on our heritage
when Friday, 25 September 2009 the time 18h30 (for 19h00) to 21h30
where District Six Museum, 25A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
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The District Six Museum will be having its first public AGM on Saturday 25 July, starting at 13h30. It will take place at the Homecoming Centre, 15 Buitenkant Street which is known to many as the old Sacks Futeran building. Board members will be introduced and plans for the Museum’s programme of work for the next year will be presented. A guided walk through some of the renovated spaces of the building, which is in the process of being restored in stages, will form part of the programme for the day. Members of the public, especially current and former residents of District Six, are invited to attend. Please register your intention to attend by calling either Nicky Ewers or Estelle Fester at 021-466 7200.
One Heart
A reflection on the interconnectedness of the world and a call to solidarity
in the spirit of the old rallying cry that an injury to one is an injury to all.
Date: 24 July 2009 @ 18:30 for 19:00 to 21:30
Venue: District Six Museum, 25A, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
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Conference on Re-imagining postcolonial futures
knowledge transactions and contests of culture in the African present
Venue: District Six Museum, 25A, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
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YOU ARE INVITED TO THE LAUNCH PARTY OF KHOI KHONNEXION`s FIRST CD-RELEASE.
Khoi Khonnexion (Jethro Louw - poetry, Glen Arendse and Garth Erasmus - indigenous instruments) has been performing in Cape Town for ten years, during which time they have risen to the forefront of the First Nation arts movement in South Africa. Their live performances feature trance-inducing improvisations on homemade instruments inspired by indigenous models, and dramatic recitations of original poetry by "The Ghetto Poet," Jethro Louw. In their workshops, they have worked with at-risk youth and adults from all backgrounds to find a source of healing in the musical heritage of Southern Africa. Now, with their first full-length album release, Kalahari Waits, they explore new creative territory while raising funds for the Basarwa San in the Kalahari Desert, who were trampled and pushed aside when diamonds were found in their government-sanctioned homeland in Botswana. The self-released album, a collaboration with American producer Nate May, follows the sun across the sky with indigenous sounds, loops, field recordings, and poetry that wrestles with Khoisan identity in the modern world.
Africa Alive
Date: Friday 22nd May 2009
Time:18h30 (for 19h00) to 21h30
Venue: District Six Museum, 25A, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
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View Artist profiles for “Africa Alive”
27th April 2009 @ 3-4pm Click here to read more.
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The Cape Cultural Collective and the District Six Museum present Striking the RIGHT note!A focus on Human Rights on Friday, 27 March 2009 Click here to read more.
The District Six Museum and Oxford University Press request the pleasure of your company at a public discussion about writing and censorship with Antjie Krog and James Matthews to mark the launch of Peter D. McDonald’s new book: The Literature Police: Apartheid Censorship and its Cultural Consequences Click here to read more.
Heritage Day—24 September—has become one of the public holidays which provides an opportunity for all South Africans to reflect on the many elements that form part of our national heritage. On this day many programmes and activities attempt to draw our focus towards understanding that our differences and diversity are national treasures to be celebrated and cherished, not causes for conflict. Click here to read more.
You are invited to join us in a final planning session for the December 1st commemorative night march on Thursday 20 November starting at 18h30 – 20h00 at the District Six Museum. Click here to read more.
Winter Music Series
The District Six Museum invites you to a fundraising performance. Mac McKenzie & the composers workshop 27 July 2008 at 16h00 Read more
A TRIBUTE TO VINCENT KOLBE
Please join us for A TRIBUTE TO VINCENT KOLBE at the District Six Museum
25A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
Sunday 25 May 2008
15h00 – 17h00
On April 25 a small gathering witnessed the final stages of the re-burial of the exhumed dead of Prestwich. It marked another milestone on the long journey which they have travelled since their discovery and subsequent exhumation in 2003.
The Heritage Ambassadors of District Six and Lwandle Migrant Labour Museums invite you to the opening of their exhibition: Forced removals, migrant labour and identity in Cape Town – a youth perspective!
the PALESTINE SOLIDARITY GROUP
TESTIMONIES OF VICTIMS OF THE OCTOBER 2000 DEMONSTRATIONS IN ISRAEL
Wednesday, 23rd April 2008
6pm: Film - 'Iron Wall'
7pm: Oral testimonies from family members
In early October 2000, Palestinian citizens of Israel staged mass demonstrations in towns and villages throughout the country to protest the Israeli government's oppressive policies against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and their use of lethal force against legitimate protestors.
In response, the police and special police sniper units killed 13 unarmed Palestinian citizens of Israel. Many more were injured and arrested. Come and listen to the victims families and their struggle for justice through the Israeli courts.
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FRONTIERS OF MEMORY: The Massacre at the Fosse Ardeatine. History, Myth, Ritual, and Symbol Prof. Alessandro Portelli |
SAMA Transformation Training Programme
Design Indaba Conference Bursaries and Exhibition Design Workshop 26 – 29 February 2008
As part of the SAMA Transformation Training Programme sponsored by the Department of Arts and Culture, SAMA is making ten grants available to attend the highly acclaimed Design Indaba Conference and SAMA workshop in Cape Town from 26th to 29th February 2008.
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RE-IMAGINING THE CITY
Join us for the LAUNCH of our 2008 poetry series on Thursday, 20th March 2008
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District Six Museums Display Panel
View the District Six Museums Display Panel that will be seen at the Tourism Indaba.The Indaba takes place from 6 - 9 May 2006
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Second Conference Announcement
Hands on District Six: Landscapes of Postcolonial Memorialisation
May 25-28, Cape Town , South Africa
A District Six Museum Conference
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