News and Speeches for Culture and Heritage
Media Alert: Western Cape Prepares For Upcoming Initiation Season
20 June 2013Tomorrow, 21 June 2013, the Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Dr Ivan Meyer, together with the Western Cape Minister of Health, Mr Theuns Botha will hand over first-aid certificates and protective clothing to initiation carers. Read More
Promoting and Developing Drama in the Cape Winelands
13 June 2013The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) will host the Cape Winelands Drama Festival. Read More
Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport to Celebrate Youth Day
12 June 2013This year the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) will celebrate Youth Day (16 June) by launching the Western Cape jazz legends mural booklet at Artscape in Cape Town. Read More
Western Cape Government Helps Make Male Initiation Safer
6 June 2013The Western Cape Government is committed to working with communities to improve the safety of traditional male initiation in the province. This was the key message at a consultative workshop on initiation in Cape Town on Thursday, 30 May 2013. Read More
Academic Recognised for Multilingualism Excellence
20 May 2013On Friday, 17 May 2013, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport honoured Dr Mhlobo Jadezweni for promoting and developing multilingualism in the Western Cape. Read More
2013 International Museum Day
17 May 2013Join in one of the many free events across the Western Cape to celebrate International Museum Day on Saturday, 18 May 2013. Read More
Africa Day 2013
17 May 2013Africa Day is celebrated around the world on 25 May every year to commemorate the establishment in 1963 of the Organisation of African Unity (now known as the African Union). Read More
Provincial isiXhosa Terminology List Finalised
17 April 2013A list of isiXhosa words for the use of the Western Cape Government was finalised at a terminology verification workshop in Cape Town on 11 and 12 April 2013. Read More
Jazz Festival Workshops Inspire Emerging Musicians
9 April 2013“African’s grandest gathering”, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF), hosted a variety of workshops in and around the city from 30 Mar Read More
Getting a Taste of Cape Town International Jazz Festival
5 April 2013Thousands of music-loving Capetonians were bitten by the jazz bug at a free community concert on Greenmarket Square on Wednesday, 3 April 2013. Read More
DCAS Lines Up “Tussen Grafte” and Hip Hop Dancing at KKNK
25 March 2013The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) has ensured that an award-winning theatre production and two dance troupes will be performing at the ABSA Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKN Read More
Cape Town Carnival to Colour the Imagination
15 March 2013Colourful costumes, fabulous floats, live music, energetic dancing and fun like no other are expected to invigorate the City of Cape Town this weekend. Read More
Museum Brings Attention to Our Slave History
7 December 2012Members of the community deepened their knowledge about slavery when the George Museum commemorated Emancipation Day on Monday, 3 December 2012. Read More
Devote a Day to Persons With Disabilities
29 November 2012Disability does not only affect persons with disabilities, it affects everyone in society. The inability of some able-bodied people to treat people with disabilities as their equals is where the real disability lies. Read More
Heritage Western Cape Celebrates 10th Anniversary
29 October 2012Speakers at the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Heritage Western Cape (HWC) shared their stories of success and struggle at Rust and Vreugd on 25 October 2012. Read More
Ratelgat Declared a Provincial Heritage Site during Annual Griqua Pilgrimage
13 May 2012The farm Ratelgat, on which Griqua prophet Andrew Abraham Stockenström le Fleur I ("Die Kneg") is buried, has been declared a provincial heritage site. Read More
Community House Declared a Provincial Heritage Site
7 May 2012A key site of historical value in the Western Cape has been officially recognised as a provincial heritage site by Dr Ivan Meyer, Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport close to Worker's Day. Read More
New Heritage Plaque Unveiled at Leeuwenhof
23 April 2012On Wednesday, 18 April 2012, the Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille, and the Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Dr Ivan Meyer, unveiled the new badge that will mark all formally declared provincial heritage sites in the Western Cape. Read More
View Lunar Eclipse at the Taalmonument
7 June 2011The only total lunar eclipse visible from South Africa during 2011 will take place on Wednesday, 15 June 2011. The most spectacular part of the eclipse will happen from 20:25 when one side of the moon will start to darken as it moves into the earth'... Read More
Ukwakana School Uniform Design Competition
20 October 2010Ukwakana School Uniform Design Competition. Read More
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