Fifty-one years since the declaration of District Six a White Group Area ‘DISTRICT SIX: BIG SHAKE-UP IN PLANS FOR CITY. Proclamation a shock’ read the headlines of The Cape Argus City Late edition on Friday, February 11 in 1966. The article, written by a staff...
Join us for HIGH TEA Saturday, 26th November at the District Six Museum Homecoming Centre located at 15 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town – for directions follow the following link: https://goo.gl/maps/S6mxAXttRsQ2 RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/GpqzSvdZeSx2FJo73 (for...
A collaboration of 50 artists commemorating 50 Years since District Six was declared a White Group Area in 1966. 60 000 people were forcibly removed. Curated by Penny George from the Cape Peninsula University’s Service Design Department in collaboration with the...
To commemorate 50 years of forced removals from District Six, we present a series of difficult dialogues with key partner organisations. We aim to illuminate important issues from our recent past in relation to contemporary manifestations of displacement, racism,...
The 2016 series of District Six Museum ‘Tafel Conversations’ is called ‘From where I am sitting.’ Thursday 31 March 2016: ‘From where I am sitting’: supper and conversation with Trevor Jones As a young boy in District Six, Trevor Jones spent many hours in the local...
#D6HeritageSite #D6NationalHeritageSite Why a National Heritage Site? After the dramatic announcement on 11 February 1966 of the declaration of District Six as a white group area, a number of protest organisations and committees grew, which included the District Six...
