This is our first time on a Saturday; it is the third visit to the Archive and there will be more, but rarely on a weekend. Our host and leader is Helen Joannides who is in charge of public programmes and outreach at the Archive. (Helen has a Masters in Heritage Studies and in 2010...
Let me know if you would like me to re-arrange in a few months time. Sala is the focus of this highlights tour. This beautiful, new and small exhibition has works from Zeitz MOCAA's permanent collection. It was curated by ZMOCAA's head curator, Storm van Rensburg, in collaboration with Zeitz MOCAA & University of the...
Sedick Slamang, a specialist Bo-Kaap guide will be leading this tour, a first for Culture Connect. He is the nephew of late Dr Achmat Davids, doyen of Cape Malay Studies, who received the National Order of Ikhamanga by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Sedick's knowledge of the Bo-Kaap's history is coupled with his personal stories about living...
This new, different kind of exhibition has been created by Molly Anderson. It is at 6 Spin Street in the heart of Cape Town. Archival photographs, texts and art-objects gesture to the many histories of Woodstock Beach, and invite us to look more curiously at what is around us. What stories can we read from...
Classic must-sees are mixed with hidden gems. Repurposed historic buildings, architectural landmarks, hidden away art spaces, new developments...we'll see the good, bad, ugly and beautiful. I point out places of significance and interest – Castle of Good Hope, District 6, Old Granary (now the Tutu Foundation), Anglican and Catholic Cathedrals, Groote Kerk and slave history...
Salt River, with over 100 murals, is the best place to see street art in the Mother City. From gigantic to tiny, political to pretty - the variety is huge. Different areas in Salt River were the location of the annual International Public Art Festival for five years 2017-2021 (I was a guide for 2021)....
Two very different approaches to repurposing Cape Town's heritage. The Barracks on Cape Town's Bree Street makes it clear what is old and what is new. In Battery Park at the V&A Waterfront the old parts of the fort are carefully incorporated with the new; some of the heritage is easy to miss. John Wilson-Harris...
Based by the Company's Garden and Anglican cathedral, Cape Town's National Library was founded in 1818. The State Library, founded in 1887, in Pretoria is also the National Library. There are two campuses. They both receive a gratis copy of every book, serial, newspaper, government publication or other printed item published in South Africa. In...
Dr Lisa Kane's walk uses Cape Town's iconic unfinished freeway to talk about modern road design and the politics of urban space here. Her PhD was on the design, construction and early life of the unfinished foreshore freeways. Lisa has moved this tour to coincide with the launch of her book, based on her doctorate. We...
With over 1 000 camellias, Vergelegen is an International Camellia Garden of Excellence; it is the only one in Africa. Alistair, our guide who lives close by, helped propagate some of them. Camellias flower in Cape Town's winter and will be the culmination of this highly enjoyable tour. A full time tourist guide, Alistair is...
Last chance for a tour of the landmark exhibition, Then I Knew I Was Good at Painting: Esther Mahlangu. A Retrospective. It closes at the Iziko South African National Gallery on August 11, 2024. (It will then go to Wits Art Museum in Johannesburg, before the United States in early 2026.) Our tour is led by...
This beautifully designed new, small space has the feel of both a contemporary art gallery and house museum. Dedicated to artists Erik Laubscher (1927 - 2013) and his wife Claude Bouscharain (1922 - 2020), it has a mid century modern feel, in keeping with the style of their art. Our host is one of the...
