Images: Recent submissions
Now showing items 921-940 of 3778
-
Muriel at Metropolitan
(2018)Description of Artwork Miriam Tlali, the first black woman to publish a novel in South Africa, was the forerunner of South African literature for black women. Born in 1933 and brought up in Sophiatown in Johannesburg, she ... -
Miriam Makeba
(2018)Description of Artwork Miriam Makeba, or ‘Mama Africa’, combined jazz and traditional African song to create her unique sound. Through her work she advocated against apartheid. Makeba was born to a domestic worker and ... -
Voelvry
(2018)Description of Artwork Vir party mense was hy Ralph Rabie, vir ander was hy Johannes Kerkorrel, JK, Johnny, Ralph John, die Bob Dylan van Afrikaanse musiek, die politieke Rock Rebel, die gesig van die Voëlvrybeweging, die ... -
Breytenbach
(2018)Description of Artwork Breyten Breytenbach is an Afrikaans poet, writer, painter and activist. He was born in 1939 in Bonnievale, Western Cape. As a student at the University of Cape Town, he became aware of the racist ... -
Fighting for Freedom
(2018)Description of Artwork Mlungisi Griffiths Mxenge was a member of the African National Congress from the mid-1950s. He obtained an LLB degree and became a well-known civil rights lawyer who defended victims of the apartheid ... -
Keorapetse William Kgositsile
(2018)Description of Artwork Keorapetse Kgositsile, also known as Bra Willie, was an anti-apartheid activist as well as a writer and prolific poet. Born in Johannesburg, he started writing as a hobby and eventually wrote for ... -
Outside is Freedom
(2018)Description of Artwork Tseko Simon Nkoli, generally known as Simon Nkoli, was born on 26 December 1959 in Soweto. Although, growing up, Nkoli excelled at academics and other aspects of school, he had a tough family life ... -
The Stompie Seipei Sage
(2018)Description of Artwork James Seipei was born in 1974. At age 10, he had already made a name for himself as one of South Africa’s youngest political activists against the apartheid system. Known as Stompie Moeketsi or ... -
Saldanha Bay, Saldanha, Dutch Reformed Church
Saldanha Bay, Nederduits Gereformeerse Kerk The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Saldanha Bay was built in 1966 on the premises of the former church that became too small for the congregation. The most remarkable aspect ... -
Saldanha Bay, Vredenburg, Reformed Church
Vredenburg, Nederduits Hervorme Kerk The Nederduits Hervormde Kerk in Vredenburg has a detached bell tower in horseshoe format. The tower houses a rather small but very well kept bell of British origin. Below the shoulder ... -
Saldanha Bay, Vredenburg, Dutch Reformed Church
Vredenburg, Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Vredenburg dates from 1902. The church has an impressive bell tower in which hangs an equally impressive bell. The bell has been specifically ... -
Saldanha Bay, Langebaan, Dutch Reformed Church
The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Langebaan is a rather young church, built in 1988. Next to the church stands a small pole on which a small bell is hooked. However, the bell hangs too high to allow measurements of any ... -
Saldanha Bay, Langebaan, Methodist Church
The Methodist Church in Langebaan is a pretty building that stands next the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk. On its right hand side stands a green, wooden construction in which we find a bell of modest dimensions. As ... -
Cederberg, Clanwilliam, Old Dutch Reformed Church
The Old Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Clanwilliam is an attractive Haager building that has been turned into a museum. The entrance of the building is a gothic style arch with a small turret on top. In the turret hangs ... -
Cederberg, Clanwilliam, United Reformed Church
The United Reformed Church in Clanwilliam is a neat building with a bell tower in brick next to the church. In the tower hangs a bell that unfortunately could not be reached as the ceiling of the tower was sealed off on ... -
Cederberg, Clanwilliam, St. John's Anglican Church
The St. John’s Anglican Church in Clanwilliam is a brick building made under architect Sophie Gray in 1866. The bell hangs in a detached horseshoe type construction on the left hand side of the church. The bell is of modest ... -
Cederberg, Clanwilliam, Old Jail
The Old Jail in Clanwilliam houses two bells. One is a very rusted one from the Bell Company in Ohio. The other bell was the so-called hour bell that has been used in the town up to 1965. Since then the bell has been stored ... -
Cederberg, Clanwilliam, Moravian Church
The Moravian Church in Clanwilliam has a very neat horseshoe type bell tower at the side of the church. The decorations on the bell are simple with the emblem of the founder just above the knee, followed by the founding ... -
Cederberg, Clanwilliam, Dutch Reformed Church
The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk in Clanwilliam has a rather modern bell from German origin. The only decorations are found just below the shoulder where it reads WILL. W. KEAY EN SEUNS KAAPSTAD VIR CLANWILLIAM. Below ... -
Matzikama, Vanrhynsdorp, Letsatsi Lodge
Since 2015, the Former Catholic Church in Vanrhynsdorp belongs to the LETSATSI LODGE. Within the church is a remarkable, hand-painted site of the cross. Also a very neat painting of St. Elisabeth of Hungary with a mantle ...
