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Monuments and Museums for Post-Apartheid South Africa
Humanities 2013, 2, 72–98; doi:10.3390/h2010072 OPEN ACCESS humanities ISSN 2076-0787 www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities Article Creating/Curating Cultural Capital: Monuments and Museums for Post-Apartheid South Africa Elizabeth Rankin Department of Art History, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; E-Mail: [email protected] Received: 5 February 2013; in revised form: 14 March 2013 / Accepted: 21 March 2013 / Published: 21 March 2013 Abstract: Since the first democratic elections in 1994, South Africa has faced the challenge of creating new cultural capital to replace old racist paradigms, and monuments and museums have been deployed as part of this agenda of transformation. Monuments have been inscribed with new meanings, and acquisition and collecting policies have changed at existing museums to embrace a wider definition of culture. In addition, a series of new museums, often with a memorial purpose, has provided opportunities to acknowledge previously marginalized histories, and honor those who opposed apartheid, many of whom died in the Struggle. Lacking extensive collections, these museums have relied on innovative concepts, not only the use of audio-visual materials, but also the metaphoric deployment of sites and the architecture itself, to create affective audience experiences and recount South Africa’s tragic history under apartheid. Keywords: South African museums; South African monuments; cultural capital; transformation; Apartheid Museum; Freedom Park 1. Introduction This paper considers some of the problems to be faced in the arena of culture when a country undergoes massive political change that involves a shift of power from one cultural group to another, taking South Africa as a case study. -
Malibongwe Let Us Praise the Women Portraits by Gisele Wulfsohn
Malibongwe Let us praise the women Portraits by Gisele Wulfsohn In 1990, inspired by major political changes in our country, I decided to embark on a long-term photographic project – black and white portraits of some of the South African women who had contributed to this process. In a country previously dominated by men in power, it seemed to me that the tireless dedication and hard work of our mothers, grandmothers, sisters and daughters needed to be highlighted. I did not only want to include more visible women, but also those who silently worked so hard to make it possible for change to happen. Due to lack of funding and time constraints, including raising my twin boys and more recently being diagnosed with cancer, the portraits have been taken intermittently. Many of the women photographed in exile have now returned to South Africa and a few have passed on. While the project is not yet complete, this selection of mainly high profile women represents a history and inspiration to us all. These were not only tireless activists, but daughters, mothers, wives and friends. Gisele Wulfsohn 2006 ADELAIDE TAMBO 1929 – 2007 Adelaide Frances Tsukudu was born in 1929. She was 10 years old when she had her first brush with apartheid and politics. A police officer in Top Location in Vereenigng had been killed. Adelaide’s 82-year-old grandfather was amongst those arrested. As the men were led to the town square, the old man collapsed. Adelaide sat with him until he came round and witnessed the young policeman calling her beloved grandfather “boy”. -
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- 21 - Thank you very much comrades. Speaker: Eh, Comrades, there is an announcement here. There are three comrades who must go outside immediately. Sipho Madonsela, Robert Nongoumla, Uhm, Si .. Sibongisile Mgatshana. It is said that they are urgently wanted next to the supermarket entrance. Please comrades, just B° and see what is taking place there. Now I am going to call the mother of the struggle. Helen Joseph (cheering, clapping) Zulu__song(as attached) Mayibuye Africa, I'Africa Mayibuye I'Africa Mayibuye Slogan : Oliver Tambo (X1 1 ) Helen Joseph : It is my pride and it is my privilege to be here with you today. Thank you for asking me. Thank you for bringing me. (clapping= Thank you for electing me as one of your patrons. Twenty seven years ago, a door was opened. It was opened by three thousand dele gates on a football field outside Johannesburg. The delegates came from all over South Africa to the congress of the people. Just as we today (clapping) Just as we today have come from all corners of our land. Then it was the Freedom Charter which ope ned the door for the people of South Africa to go forward. To day in our thousands we prove that the door which opened onto the road to freedom has never been closed, (cheering, clapping) We proclaim that thousands have marched through that door. Some have marched to jail, some have marched to death, some have marched to bans and bannishment, some have marched to exile in far off lands and thousands today have marched to Mitchell's Flein (cheering, clapping) There is a long march still ahead of us. -
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Voortgang. Jaargang 18 bron Voortgang. Jaargang 18. 1999 Zie voor verantwoording: http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_voo004199901_01/colofon.php © 2011 dbnl i.s.m. 7 Die navolging van Guido Gezelle se ‘Twee horsen’ deur Jan F.E. Celliers Etienne Britz Abstract - In a previous issue of this journal (Voortgang XVI, 1996: 91-113), J.D.F. van Halsema traced the argument which evolved in 1913 and 1914 between the Dutch literary critic Albert Verwey on the one side, and South African supporters of the advancement of Afrikaans as a cultural language on the other. The argument involved the alleged merits of the Afrikaans poet C. Louis Leipoldt and the corresponding demerits of Leipoldt's contemporaries Jan F.E. Celliers and Totius. In his periodical De Beweging, Verwey lauded Leipoldt's so-called ‘spraak’ (literally: - ‘speech’), by which he meant Leipoldt's lack of contrivance; his natural talent and originality as a poet. Leipoldt was clearly well-read, according to Verwey, but his erudition did not have a conspicuous regulatory effect on his writing. Celliers and Totius, however, produced ‘schriftuur’ (writing according to set rules), because they employed the well-known rhetorical devices of nineteenth century European poetry and their poems were often recognizable imitations of English, Dutch, French or German originals. They reiterated the European register, whereas Leipoldt deviated from this register with his uniquely South African ‘speech’. The denunciation of Celliers and Totius alarmed the ‘taalstryders’ (language fighters) of the so-called Second Afrikaans Language Movement in South Africa because it denied Afrikaans two artists who seemed to lend new refinement, dignity and depth to its advance as a civilized language. -
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report: Volume 2
VOLUME TWO Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report The report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was presented to President Nelson Mandela on 29 October 1998. Archbishop Desmond Tutu Ms Hlengiwe Mkhize Chairperson Dr Alex Boraine Mr Dumisa Ntsebeza Vice-Chairperson Ms Mary Burton Dr Wendy Orr Revd Bongani Finca Adv Denzil Potgieter Ms Sisi Khampepe Dr Fazel Randera Mr Richard Lyster Ms Yasmin Sooka Mr Wynand Malan* Ms Glenda Wildschut Dr Khoza Mgojo * Subject to minority position. See volume 5. Chief Executive Officer: Dr Biki Minyuku I CONTENTS Chapter 1 Chapter 6 National Overview .......................................... 1 Special Investigation The Death of President Samora Machel ................................................ 488 Chapter 2 The State outside Special Investigation South Africa (1960-1990).......................... 42 Helderberg Crash ........................................... 497 Special Investigation Chemical and Biological Warfare........ 504 Chapter 3 The State inside South Africa (1960-1990).......................... 165 Special Investigation Appendix: State Security Forces: Directory Secret State Funding................................... 518 of Organisations and Structures........................ 313 Special Investigation Exhumations....................................................... 537 Chapter 4 The Liberation Movements from 1960 to 1990 ..................................................... 325 Special Investigation Appendix: Organisational structures and The Mandela United -
First East and Southern Africa Regional Symposium Improving Menstrual Health Management for Adolescent Girls and Women
First East and Southern Africa Regional Symposium Improving Menstrual Health Management for Adolescent Girls and Women 28-29 May 2018 Johannesburg, South Africa FINAL REPORT Acknowledgements The Department in the Presidency Responsible for Women and UNFPA East and Southern Africa wish to warmly acknowledge the generous support of the various organizations that provided financial assistance and/or other forms of support for the Symposium: Celebrating: 2 Abbreviations CSE Comprehensive Sexuality Education DfID Department for International Development DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo ESA East and Southern Africa ESARO East and Southern Africa Regional Office IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee ICW International Community for Women Living with HIV IRC International Rescue Committee KZN KwaZulu-Natal M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MHH Menstrual Hygiene and Health MHM Menstrual Health Management PMA Performance Monitoring and Accountability PSI Population Services International RSS Refugee Social Services SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SIF Supplies, Information, Facilities STIs Sexually Transmitted Infections SRHR Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights TIRZ Transgender Intersex Rising Zimbabwe UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UN WOMEN United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene WHO World Health Organization © UNFPA ESARO/Sven -
REMEMBERING the ROLE of WOMEN in SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY THROUGH DIALOGUE Wathint’ Abafazi, Wathint’ Imbokodo Uzo Kufa! CONTENTS Foreword Page 4
malibongwe praiseigama be tolamakhosikasi women REMEMBERING THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY THROUGH DIALOGUE Wathint’ abafazi, wathint’ imbokodo uzo kufa! CONTENTS Foreword Page 4 Introduction Page 4 Welcome Page 5 Brigalia Ntombemhlophe Bam Page 6 - 9 Sophia Williams-De Bruyn Page 10 - 17 Rica Hodgson Page 18 - 23 Amina Cachalia Page 24 - 27 Graça Machel Page 28 - 31 Let’s Dialogue Page 32 - 39 Nelson Mandela Page 40 Conclusion Page 41 - 42 Reflections The text in this booklet is an edited version of the Malibongwe dialogue, which took place on May 30 2007 at the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Special thanks to the Apartheid Museum, the curators of the Malibongwe Exhibition, featuring portraits of veteran women activists by Gisèle Wulfsohn. FOREWORD ACHMAT DANGOR CEO, Nelson Mandela Foundation he Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) stalwarts of the struggle for seeks to contribute to a just society by freedom, and the role that promoting the vision and work of its women played during those Founder and convening dialogue around difficult, and often truly dark Tcritical social issues. years, achieved a remarkable level of candour, unmindful of Our Founder, Nelson Mandela, based his entire organisational or ideological life on the principle of dialogue, the art of listening loyalties. The critique of and speaking to others; it is also the art of getting latter day South Africa, its others to listen and speak to each other. Drawing on achievements and failures, was characterised by the contribution that he, his colleagues and comrades robust debate, honest, yet without rancour. made toward creating our fledgling democracy, the The panellists shared their rich histories, the NMF’s Centre of Memory and Dialogue encourages lessons they have learned over the years, their people to enter into dialogue – often about difficult hopes for our country and regrets for the things not subjects – in order to address the challenges we face done, with an inter-generational audience, which today. -
Ireland and the South African War, 1899-1902 by Luke Diver, M.A
Ireland and the South African War, 1899-1902 By Luke Diver, M.A. THESIS FOR THE DEGREE OF PH.D. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTH Head of Department: Professor Marian Lyons Supervisors of Research: Dr David Murphy Dr Ian Speller 2014 i Table of Contents Page No. Title page i Table of contents ii Acknowledgements iv List of maps and illustrations v List of tables in main text vii Glossary viii Maps ix Personalities of the South African War xx 'A loyal Irish soldier' xxiv Cover page: Ireland and the South African War xxv Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Irish soldiers’ experiences in South Africa (October - December 1899) 19 Chapter 2: Irish soldiers’ experiences in South Africa (January - March 1900) 76 Chapter 3: The ‘Irish’ Imperial Yeomanry and the battle of Lindley 109 Chapter 4: The Home Front 152 Chapter 5: Commemoration 198 Conclusion 227 Appendix 1: List of Irish units 240 Appendix 2: Irish Victoria Cross winners 243 Appendix 3: Men from Irish battalions especially mentioned from General Buller for their conspicuous gallantry in the field throughout the Tugela Operations 247 ii Appendix 4: General White’s commendations of officers and men that were Irish or who were attached to Irish units who served during the period prior and during the siege of Ladysmith 248 Appendix 5: Return of casualties which occurred in Natal, 1899-1902 249 Appendix 6: Return of casualties which occurred in the Cape, Orange River, and Transvaal Colonies, 1899-1902 250 Appendix 7: List of Irish officers and officers who were attached -
South Africa: the Next Republic
Briefing Note 0802 October 2008 South Africa: The Next Republic The resignation of former president Thabo Mbeki can be seen as the ending of a “First Republic” in democratic South Africa. The liberal left tradition of the governing African National Congress is fading, and the “Second Republic” will be shaped by more competition for political power both inside and outside the ANC. These notes consider Mbeki’s legacy, the challenges facing President Kgalema Motlanthe, and the prospects for a “Second Republic” under presidential aspirant Jacob Zuma. • ANC deeply divided as Mbeki loyalists contemplate breakaway party. • SA Communist Party and Trades Unions gain influence in ANC structures. • New leadership pledges to maintain market-friendly economic policies. • Cabinet re-shuffle recognises failures in health, education and crime. • Democratic institutions damaged by fall-out from controversial arms deal. • Zuma’s authority rooted in ANC security and intelligence network. The “Zuma Tsunami” On September 20th 2008, the national executive of the African political influence” in the prosecution of Zuma on charges of National Congress agreed to “recall” Mbeki from the national corruption and tax evasion, related to a R50 billion presidency. His resignation follows a turbulent shift in the (£4 billion) government defence contract sanctioned by balance of power within the party leadership – dubbed the Mbeki in the late 1990s. “Zuma Tsunami” by supporters of ANC president Jacob Zuma. Zuma is widely expected to assume the national presidency “The -
Africa's Best Read
AFRICA’S BEST READ January 3 to 9 2020 Vol 36 No 1 @ mailandguardian mg.co.za Illustration: Francois Smit 2 Mail & Guardian January 3 to 9 2020 Act or witness IN BRIEF – THE NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED Time called on Zulu king’s trust civilisation’s fall The end appears to be nigh for the Ingonyama Trust, which controls more than three million A decade ago, it seemed that the climate hectares of land in KwaZulu-Natal on behalf crisis was something to be talked about of King Goodwill Zwelithini, after the govern- in the future tense: a problem for the next ment announced it will accept the recommen- generation. dations of the presidential high-level panel on The science was settled on what was land reform to review the trust’s operations or causing the world to heat — human emis- repeal the legislation. sions of greenhouse gases. That impact Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and had also been largely sketched out. More Rural Development Thoko Didiza announced heat, less predictable rain and a collapse the decision to accept the recommendations in the ecosystems that support life and and deal with barriers to land ownership human activities such as agriculture. on land controlled by amakhosi as part of a But politicians had failed to join the dots package of reforms concerned with rural land and take action. In 2009, international cli- tenure. mate negotiations in Copenhagen failed. She said rural land tenure was an “immedi- Other events regarded as more important ate” challenge which “must be addressed.” were happening. -
Sechaba, Vol. 1, No. 5
Sechaba, Vol. 1, No. 5 Use of the Aluka digital library is subject to Aluka’s Terms and Conditions, available at http://www.aluka.org/page/about/termsConditions.jsp. By using Aluka, you agree that you have read and will abide by the Terms and Conditions. Among other things, the Terms and Conditions provide that the content in the Aluka digital library is only for personal, non-commercial use by authorized users of Aluka in connection with research, scholarship, and education. The content in the Aluka digital library is subject to copyright, with the exception of certain governmental works and very old materials that may be in the public domain under applicable law. Permission must be sought from Aluka and/or the applicable copyright holder in connection with any duplication or distribution of these materials where required by applicable law. Aluka is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of materials about and from the developing world. For more information about Aluka, please see http://www.aluka.org/. Page 1 of 22 Alternative title Sechaba Author/Creator African National Congress (ANC) Contributor Nkosi, Mandla Publisher African National Congress (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) Date 1967-05 Resource type Journals (Periodicals) Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) South Africa Coverage (temporal) 1967 Source Digital Imaging South Africa (DISA) Rights By kind permission of the African National Congress (ANC). Format extent 20 page(s) (length/size) Page 2 of 22 ;(0%( 141CO31of the African of South Africah~`4_ Page 3 of 22 THEY ARE NOT AFRAIDPen Portraits of Freedom FightersWILTON MKWAYIBorn into a peasant family in Middlesdrift in the Eastern Cape, Wilton had little opportunity for education. -
School Leadership Under Apartheid South Africa As Portrayed in the Apartheid Archive Projectand Interpreted Through Freirean Education
University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers Graduate School 2021 SCHOOL LEADERSHIP UNDER APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA AS PORTRAYED IN THE APARTHEID ARCHIVE PROJECTAND INTERPRETED THROUGH FREIREAN EDUCATION Kevin Bruce Deitle University of Montana, Missoula Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Deitle, Kevin Bruce, "SCHOOL LEADERSHIP UNDER APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA AS PORTRAYED IN THE APARTHEID ARCHIVE PROJECTAND INTERPRETED THROUGH FREIREAN EDUCATION" (2021). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 11696. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11696 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SCHOOL LEADERSHIP UNDER APARTHEID SCHOOL LEADERSHIP UNDER APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA AS PORTRAYED IN THE APARTHEID ARCHIVE PROJECT AND INTERPRETED THROUGH FREIREAN EDUCATION By KEVIN BRUCE DEITLE Dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in International Educational Leadership The University of Montana Missoula, Montana March 2021 Approved by: Dr. Ashby Kinch, Dean of the Graduate School