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Heritage

How to keep SA’s literary treasures in the country
Article
/ 21 September 2012

How to keep SA’s literary treasures in the country

If public institutions are to be trusted, they have to fight to defend their holdings, but preserving our literary archives is complicated.

By Staff Reporter
Pimples: Spear us your heritage
Videos
/ 5 September 2012

Pimples: Spear us your heritage

It’s that time of year when we remember our heritage and celebrate our cultural diversity. For the Pimples, it’s about letting it all hang out. Watch the video.

By Staff Reporter and Pimples
A Bird’s eye view of Parktown
Article
/ 17 August 2012

A Bird’s eye view of Parktown

Eamon Allan takes a walk through Jo’burg suburbia with Flo Bird, heritage champion of the great north.

By Eamon Allan
Mining for meaning in Jo’burg
Article
/ 5 April 2012

Mining for meaning in Jo’burg

The city is bringing its core industry and ­history to the surface as a way of celebrating its significance­.

By Percy Zvomuya
Currency of culture
Article
/ 20 January 2012

Currency of culture

Deciding what constitutes a South African heritage work of art seems to be a guessing game.

By Jeremy Kuper
Groot Constantia comes of age
Article
/ 23 December 2011

Groot Constantia comes of age

Now a national heritage, the winery has released a range of wines that recaptures its legacy.

By Lynley Donnelly
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Article
/ 15 December 2011

From selfless to selfish

"You city people need to start doing things like us rural people. Things need to be like they used to be."

By Milisuthando Bongela
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Article
/ 23 August 2011

Legendary Buenos Aires cafe to make way for Nike shop

Thousands have signed a petition against opening of Nike branch on the site of Cafe Richmond, once frequented by Graham Jorge Luis Greene and Borges.

By Staff Reporter
Urban hipster Khaya Dlanga heads home
Article
/ 29 July 2011

Urban hipster Khaya Dlanga heads home

While attending a family gathering in the Eastern Cape <b>Khaya Dlanga</b> discovers that everything — and nothing — has changed.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 17 June 2011

Where apartheid statues go to die

When a bust of Hendrik Verwoerd disappeared into the night in Midvaal, the question arose: What actually happens to the statues from our sordid past?

By Sean Otoole
Defender of the sacred sites
Article
/ 11 March 2011

Defender of the sacred sites

It takes guts for a woman to challenge modernity and male domination with ancient knowledge.

By Don Pinnock
Triumph over the tribe
Article
/ 23 February 2011

Triumph over the tribe

SA’s past reveals a dynamic heritage in which African farmers lived in heterogeneous chiefdoms and ordinary people contested their subordination.

By Staff Reporter
The last Boers of Patagonia
Article
/ 4 February 2011

The last Boers of Patagonia

More than a century after their forebears landed on Patagonia’s east coast, their Afrikaans is rusty, but their cultural ties are strong.

By Ricky Hunt
Sticking it to ’em
Article
/ 4 February 2011

Sticking it to ’em

African youth are trading in their guns for sticks, as a rural pursuit once seen as backward enjoys a revival in townships.

By Alex Duval Smith
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