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Photographer: Jan Greshoff
The history of Keizersgracht, Darling and Hanover Street
This post is about my journey in discovering the importance of a name. Recently the City of Cape Town renamed Keizersgracht to Hanover Street. It sparked a battle in my mind about the history of Hanover Street. This post is more about how names…
‘Proudly South African: Dullah, Essa, Us’
On Saturday 6 July 2019, a full-house at the District Six Museum gathered to pay tribute to two legal icons who both had a historic connection to District Six during the course of their lives. Chair of the Museum board of trustees Judge Siraj Desai, spoke of the…
FRANK TALK Dialogue: ‘The Importance of Addressing the Land Issue Urgently’
Join the District Six Museum and the Steve Biko Foundation in this round-table discussion on Thursday 9 May from 6.00 – 8.30pm- one day after the country’s sixth national democratic elections. The venue for this discussion will be the District Six Museum’s….
SUPPER CLUB ‘Finding Voices’ – Marcus Solomon
Thursday 25 APRIL 2019, 18h00 This month’s Supper Club guest is Marcus Solomon, who is particularly well-known in recent years for his unfaltering commitment to children’s rights – particularly the rights of young girls. However, Marcus has a much longer…
Zonnebloem or District Six? Does it matter?
Replacing the name ‘District Six’ with the name ‘Zonnebloem’ after displacing the people and bulldozing their homes, represented a final step in erasing the memory of the area under Apartheid. The official name on the map remains as Zonnebloem, and as an area name it remains closely…
DISTRICT SIX MUSEUM SUPPER CLUB 2019
Theme: ‘Finding Voices’With its origin story firmly located in the practice of oral narratives, the District Six Museum is often described as an entity which ‘gives voice’ to people who have been rendered voiceless. Most times the people being referred to are…
Interactive discussion (2): the South Africa we all want to live in
MEDIA RELEASE INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION IN PAARL ON THE SOUTH AFRICA WE ALL WANT TO LIVE IN Members of the public, especially those involved in non-governmental and community organisations, are invited to the Library at Paarl Boys High, Paarl, on Thursday 14 March 2019...
Interactive Discussion The South Africa we all want to live in
Members of the public, especially those involved in non-governmental and community organisations, are invited to the District Six Homecoming Centre next Tuesday night (19 February 2019) to discuss what they would want in a future South Africa. The event, hosted…
Remembering the declaration of District Six as ‘whites only’
In the face of so many issues that impact negatively on our communities and the growing disappointment of so many, commemorating significant past events becomes more and more difficult. Occasionally overwhelmed by present issues, it might seem like an indulgence to...
AGM THANKS!
On behalf of the Museum’s board of trustees, thank you for attending the Museum’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday 1 September. Your supportive presence was much appreciated. If you have not received a copy of the Museum’s Annual Report and would like a copy,...
September Supper Club
SAVE THE DATE: HERITAGE DAY
Monday 24 September 2018 The District Six Museum’s Heritage Day programme is linked to the exhibition which will be opening on 20 September (Kewpie: a daughter of District Six). It will continue the celebration of Kewpie’s life in community, and…