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Kayamandi: Edward Mhluzana
Edward makes these traditional woven hats from recycled plastic onion bags.
Kayamandi: Edward Mhluzana
Edward makes beautiful handwoven hats from recycled plastic materials as well as intricate handcrafted flowers from recycled tin cans. He also creates necklaces from wooden beads. He learned his craft by observing elders weaving hats with grass in…
Investigating the semiotic landscape of the house museum in Stellenbosch, South Africa
The research questioned what a comparative analysis of the semiotic landscapes of the Stellenbosch Village Museum and the Kayamandi Creative District House Museum reveal about the broader historical and sociocultural contexts wherein each exist, with…
Central Stellenbosch: The Berghuis
The Berghuis (1850) was lived in by Olof Marthinus Bergh and his family during the mid-1800s. While it started with an exterior that was similar to Blettermanhuis, during the 19th century it was modified to its current appearance. It is ornately…
Kayamandi/Central Stellenbosch: House museums
The research questioned what a comparative analysis of the semiotic landscapes of the Stellenbosch Village Museum and the Kayamandi Creative District House Museum reveal about the broader historical and sociocultural contexts wherein each exist, with…
Central Stellenbosch: Dress code of Stellenbosch Village Museum
To facilitate the visitor’s imaging of each house and period, all of the houses of the Stellenbosch Village Museum are equipped with a docent who is dressed in a period-specific costume. The docents all wear bonnets and long dresses – often with…
An exploration of the potential of wordless picturebooks to encourage parent–child reading in the South African context
An exploration of wordless picturebooks to encourage parent–child reading in the South African context
When art informs: A case study to negotiate social stereotypes and stigmas through art at Taung Junior Secondary School
The main aim of this study was to explore visual art as learning platform to negotiate social and cultural meanings and inform understanding of the self. The study took the form of an interpretive qualitative case study at Taung Junior Secondary…
The Kayamandi Project: Footprints of life
The Kayamandi project with the Kayamandi Creative District (KCD) was a collaboration project. The project was a way for residents to tell stories that have not been told before. The project involved sculpture making and painting as well as…
Kayamandi: Bana Ba Kgotso
Bana Ba Kgotso is a gospel choir started in 1999 in Kayamandi. Translated from isiXhosa it means ‘children of peace’. The choir practises three times a week and performs once or twice a month around the Western Cape province. Bana Ba Kgotso’s music…