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In reaction to the impoverished status of art education in South Africa, this study was aimed at gaining insight into the power relations that played out during the implementation of a specific art education programme in a low-income area in Delft,…

This study investigated the potential historical and sociolinguistic roles of the Cape vernacular Afrikaans, or Kaaps, within post-colonial contemporary South Africa. It explored notions surrounding the agency of the marginalised Cape vernacular…

An exploration of wordless picturebooks to encourage parent–child reading in the South African context

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…

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…

Audrey Francis has that glint in her eye that tells of wonderful journeys that could only be experienced by a beautiful imagination. She is a dreamer and a believer in the good in people. She has published three books and I believe this is only the…

RADA and Stellenbosch 360 Tourism have collaborated in order to publish a book featuring our RADA artists and local influential people in the art world – a form of nation building, a platform for talented artists and the bringing together of our…

In the making: Negotiating identity formation in Cloetesville

This research project explores how collaborative drawing can facilitate a process of collective decision making among coloured male youths in Cloetesville. The seven young men I worked…

Cloetesville offers soccer, rugby, netball, swimming and many other sports. It is important for children to do sport, and there is always an opportunity for a child to join a sport, whether in their school or independently. Soccer seems to be the…

Rachel Daars was born in 1951 in Morreesburg and spent her young life growing up on a farm. For the past 20 years she has lived on Dwars-in-die-weg Farm in Devon Valley, Stellenbosch. She is a warm, fun-loving person with a talent for needlework and…