July Supper Club: Reflections

July Supper Club: Reflections

Although we were slightly hesitant about having three Supper Club guests in July rather than the usual single speaker, we need not have worried. We were concerned that the limited time for each speaker, might make the occasion seem hurried and that they might be...
SUPPER CLUB WITH RYLAND FISHER, JUNE 2018: Reflections

SUPPER CLUB WITH RYLAND FISHER, JUNE 2018: Reflections

Supper Club attendees responded warmly to Ryland Fisher’s input as he shared his thoughts about living in various parts of the greater Cape Town. He spoke of his influences, his passion for writing, sharing his vision for a different way of being a citizen, and some...
Supper Club with Koketso Sachane: Reflections

Supper Club with Koketso Sachane: Reflections

Oblivious to the lamb curry simmering in the room, and the malva pudding heating up, April supper club attendees were engrossed in the conversation stimulated by Koketso Sachane. Was there still time for dialogue? How will we turn our country from the abyss towards...
Conversation with Blanche La Guma in partnership with FOCUS

Conversation with Blanche La Guma in partnership with FOCUS

It was wonderful to receive Blanche La Guma at the District Six Museum Homecoming Centre on Saturday 7 April. The Museum partnered with Friends of Cuba (FOCUS) to host this conversation. Blanche had been the deputy to the ANC Special Representative to Cuba, Latin...
REMEMBERING 11 FEBRUARY 1966

REMEMBERING 11 FEBRUARY 1966

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...
CELEBRATE NATIONAL WOMEN’S MONTH with the District Six Museum

CELEBRATE NATIONAL WOMEN’S MONTH with the District Six Museum

Saturday, 29 AUGUST 2015 District Six Museum Homecoming Centre 15 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town 13h30 – 15h30 You are invited to join us in honouring the women of the 1980s with the launch of the book,   ‘SOUTH  AFRICAN WOMEN’S APARTHEID AND...