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The Slave Route Challenge, one of Cape Town’s most unique running events, traces key historical sites tied to slavery, including the Bo-Kaap neighborhood, the Slave Lodge, and the Castle of Good ...
Finally, you’ll visit Hiroshima and its Peace Memorial Park, a moving tribute to the city’s past and its message of peace ... You’ll kick things off in the vibrant neighbourhood of Bo-Kaap and its ...
Lagardien suggests that what is happening in places like historic Bo-Kaap, is exactly what happened during apartheid - the removal of certain groups of people for the benefit of white people.
Ismail Lagardien is a writer, columnist and political economist with extensive exposure and experience in global political economic affairs. He was educated at the London School of Economics, and ...
If any archaeological sites are found during the construction of the six-storey hotel at 150 Buitengracht Street, bordering the Bo-Kaap, all operations must cease and Heritage Western Cape (HWC ...
Cape Town’s Bo-Kaap and its City Bowl are home to the oldest mosques in the country and, well, rampant Islamophobia. Notions of exceptionalism (and indeed of exclusivity) are precisely what is ...
The planning tribunal initially approved the hotel, at six storeys, last year. Bo-Kaap residents appealed, and arguments for and against the development were heard in January by the City’s ...
Construction of a hotel on a vacant plot next to the Auwal Masjid in Bo-Kaap in Cape Town is to go ahead. Picture: GroundUp/Matthew Hirsch Construction of a hotel on a vacant plot in the Bo-Kaap ...
Some, called “present-forward,” start with current conditions and strengths and propose shorter-term strategies to advance. Some, called “past-fulfilling,” focus on the organization's ...