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The District Six Museum will conclude its Gaza Remains the Story exhibition

By Kouthar The District Six Museum will conclude its Gaza Remains the Story exhibition on Friday, 21 March, marking Human Rights Day with a powerful closing event. The program, starting at 10:00, will feature a range of film screenings, art activations, and discussions. Speaking on VOC’s News Beat show on Thursday, District Six Museum Director Chrischene Julius highlighted the exhibition’s connection to human rights, drawing parallels between past and present […]

today20 March 2025

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District Six commemorates 59 Years since forced removals

Today marked 59 years since District Six was declared a White Group Area in 1966. In remembrance, the District Six Museum hosted its annual gathering at the memorial cairn on Hanover Street, now enclosed by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s Hanover residence. For over three decades, the site has been a symbol of the pain of forced removals and the ongoing struggle for land restitution, serving as a place […]

today11 February 2025

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The District Six Museum welcomes the new appointment of Ms Zeenat Parker-Kasker as the Executive Director

By Kouthar Sambo The District Six Museum has welcomed the new appointment of Ms Zeenat Parker-Kasker as the Executive Director. This comes after the annual event held to observe the 58 years since the forced removals in the Cape and its effort to keep the history and memory of those displaced communities. Speaking on VOC's DriveTime show on Monday, Executive Director of District Six Museum Zeenat Patel-Kaskar said the museum […]

today20 February 2024

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Refugees fined for occupying areas in CT CBD

A number of foreign nationals sleeping on pavements in the Cape Town CBD have been fined 300 rand each for violating the city's by-laws. Families with their children moved onto the pavement of Albertus street a few weeks ago, after they were removed from Long Market and Burg Streets on Green Market Square. This morning the City embarked on an operation to clean the area around the District Six Museum […]

today22 March 2020

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Night walk honours Cape Town’s slaves

The annual “Walk in the Night” will once again take place through the CBD this evening. It marks Emancipation Day on 1 December 1834, when enslaved people of the Cape were legally freed. The District Six museum will be honouring the former slave, Lydia Williams and world renowned South African artist, Lionel Davis who was legally freed on December 1, 1834 with the Emancipation Day “Walk in the Night.”  Bonita […]

today30 November 2017

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