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Peter Jones, arrested and detained with Steve Biko, has died

Jones was arrested along with Biko as they were travelling to Cape Town in August 1977 and were both tortured and interrogated by apartheid security police The man who was arrested with Steve Biko and was the last person to see him alive, Peter Cyril Jones, has died. This was announced by heritage activist Patric Tariq Mellet who confirmed that the Black Consciousness advocate died on Wednesday at his Pringle […]

today16 February 2023

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Ramaphosa to deliver keynote speech at the national Heritage Day celebrations

LOCAL President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the national Heritage Day celebrations at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Saturday. The event celebrates South Africa’s indigenous music and its immense contribution to sports, arts, culture and heritage. It will be preceded by a parade to be addressed by the President. This year’s theme pays tribute to the 60th anniversary of the passing of singer and songwriter Solomon Linda. Linda was born Solomon Ntsele, in 1909 […]

today24 September 2022

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Mandela’s daughter in legal battle for wanting to auction his objects

Nelson Mandela's eldest daughter, Makaziwe Mandela-Amuah, has begun a legal battle with the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) over the sale of her father's objects. According to Mandela-Amuah the agency is acting against its functions in its claim to her private property. The agency and the Department of Arts and Culture want her move to export the items to be stopped. Speaking on VOC’s Drive Time show on Tuesday, […]

today7 September 2022

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Trojan Horse Massacre granted provincial heritage status

By: Aneeqa du Plessis After nearly 37 years since the Trojan Horse Massacre rocked the shores of Cape Town and beyond, the Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport Anroux Marais, unveiled that the site has now been granted Provincial Heritage status. The location in Thornton Road, Athlone will now be protected under the National Heritage Resources Act, 1999. On 15 October 1985, members of the security forces shot […]

today23 August 2022

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Muslim youth showcases solo Cape Malay exhibition at Castle of Goodhope

With Muslims globally preparing for the auspicious month of Ramadaan, closer to home, a handful of Cape Malay traditions is being exhibited at the Castle of Goodhope in the Cape Town CBD by Tashneem Abrahams under the title ‘The Preservation of Cape Malay Culture and Tradition’. The display has been curated by Advocate Ighsaan Higgins under the auspices of the Muslim and Slave Heritage Museum. Speaking to VOC News in […]

today28 March 2022

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Muslim Enclaves of the Cape: Claremont

At the tail end of heritage month, former Claremont resident, 79-year-old Abdullah Abdullah shared his glorious childhood memories and what has moulded into his heritage with VOC journalist Aneeqa du Plessis. A nostalgic Abdullah travelled back in time to Stegman road in Claremont, 60 years ago before apartheid and all its anguish. “I can’t identify a single memory but I can assure you that my entire childhood was a total […]

today25 September 2020

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Public comment opens for Kramat national heritage

As South Africa celebrated a historically different Heritage Day in 2020, the Muslim community in the Western Cape is being urged to add their voice to calls for the Cape Town Kramats to be declared National Heritage Sites. It comes after the Cape Mazaar Society and Vidamemoria heritage agency initiated the nomination of the ‘Circle of Tombs’ in 2019, to have the gravesites of those who founded Islam in the […]

today25 September 2020

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Muslim Enclaves of the Cape: Newlands

Heritage Day is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 24 September. On this day, citizens are encouraged to celebrate their culture and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions, in the wider context of a nation that belongs to all its people. For 77-year-old sports aficionado, Rushdi Majiet, who grew up in Newlands his heritage is intertwined with spending his days in plum trees, scoring tries on the […]

today23 September 2020

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Tanu Baru Trust determined to stop sale of heritage Bo-Kaap land

The fight to preserve Bo-Kaap’s heritage now faces another obstacle – with the potential auctioning of two pockets of land at the historic Tana Baru cemetery. As Bo-Kaap residents wage an ongoing battle against gentrification and the burden of high municipal tariffs, it now faced with the reality that two erven of the sacred land could be auctioned at the end of June . According to Tana Baru Trust, Claremart will […]

today8 June 2018

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