Two quilts made by women in the Eastern Cape have been given
a loving makeover
With a population of just 70, the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda seemed to embody the imagination and creativity of a South Africa reborn after apartheid. But now another South Africa, one of poverty and inequality, has crashed into it, exposing segregation, racial tension and government neglect.
The son-in-law and grandson of Koos Malgas, assistant to Eastern Cape artist Helen Martins, have appeared in court in connection with vandalising her works, a Sunday newspaper reported.