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Klopse, Malay Choir return to Cape Town after two year suspension due to Covid-19

By: Aneeqa du Plessis With the festive season fast approaching, The City of Cape Town alongside the Minstrel and Malay Choir organizations announced that the annual Minstrel competitions, Malay choir road marches and the iconic Tweede Nuwe Jaar Minstrel Parade will return this summer after a two-year suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking to VOC News on Wednesday morning, President of The Kaapse Klopse Karnival Association (KKKA), Muneeb Gambeno […]

21 September 2022

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Tweede Nuwe Jaar Celebrations postponed to June 2021

Cape Town will join numerous cities around the world in cancelling mass events this festive season, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Tweede Nuwe Jaar celebrations are among those that have been postponed to 2021, as a result of an increase in infections recently. Held annually on the second day of January, the highly anticipated event draws tens of thousands to the streets of the Cape CBD. Adorned in vibrant colours […]

30 November 2020

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Kaapse Klopse proves that local is always lekker

by Aneeqah Du Plessis Thousands of performers all masked in painted faces, draped in sequined outfits, blasting sounds from their brass bands came together on the streets of Cape Town over the weekend in celebration of the “Tweede Nuwe Jaar” celebrations. The Cape Town Street Parade that took place on Saturday the 4th January 2020 (out of respect for Jumuah that would have coincided with the revelry) was deemed a […]

7 January 2020

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CT gearing up for minstrel carnival

Minstrel-lovers can expect a caravansary of colour, sequins, song, drumbeats and dance as the Kaapse Klopse bursts onto Cape Town’s streets on Friday. The Tweede Nuwe Jaar carnival will start from Hanover Street in District Six and head towards the City Hall, where they will march in a horse-shoe shape onto the Grand Parade and back onto Darling Street. They continue up Darling Street into Adderley Street, up Wale Street […]

3 January 2020

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Mother City gears up for fresh Tweede Nuwe Jaar parade

Organisers of the brand new Cape Town Street Parade have promised a world class event on 2 January 2018 as thousands of revelers usher in the new year in the tradition Cape Town way. Previously known as the Tweede Nuwe Jaar Minstrel Parade, The Cape Town Street Parade aims to be an inclusive carnival for all the people who participate in it and who support it – its stakeholders, communities […]

31 December 2017

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New face for Tweede Nuwe Jaar carnival

The launch of The Cape Town Street Parade was announced today in Cape Town in partnership with the City of Cape Town, promising a world class event on 2 January 2018 for the people of Cape Town and for visitors to the Mother City. Previously known as the Tweede Nuwe Jaar Minstrel Parade, The Cape Town Street Parade seeks to be an inclusive carnival for all the people who participate […]

31 October 2017

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Thousands attend Tweede Nuwe jaar parade, despite split

Despite a last-minute decision to pull out of the Tweede Nuwe Jaar road march in the CBD, the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association (CTMCA) believes the turnout for its own minstrel competition at Athlone Stadium proved the event was a success. On Monday, the CTMCA hosted a separate carnival at the stadium, after it withdrew from the traditional road march due to a dispute with the City of Cape Town. […]

3 January 2017

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City using ‘old apartheid tactics’: CTMCA

The Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association (CTMCA) on Sunday accused the city of using money and "old apartheid tactics" to divide minstrels for their own gain. But the city has denied this, saying the CTMCA did not request funding from the special events committee, nor did it apply for a permit to participate in Monday's major minstrel parade through the Cape Town city centre. The CTMCA, representing roughly 60% of […]

2 January 2017

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Road march and Tweede Nuwe Jaar events to go ahead

Following a legal wrangle between the City of Cape Town and minstrel groups, the city has announced that it has approved event permits for the annual road march event to be held on 30 December 2016 and the Tweede Nuwe Jaar event on 2 January 2017. The court on Friday dismissed an urgent application by the former organisers, the Cape Town Minstrel Association, to be awarded the tender to host […]

28 December 2016

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