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We challenge South Africans to remember the promise of freedom and to creatively imagine an African future
The power of thinking differently to imagine a different future on the eve of Freedom Day. We held the seventh of our monthly online Cultural Creative workshops for 40 community performance groups and individuals this past Saturday Focused on imagining a future by...
Empathy and openly acknowledging their vulnerabilities are driving women to successfully navigate incredible change.
The enormously popular Cape Town Carnival has been forced to contend with unprecedented challenges in how to remain viable in an era of social distancing, limited crowd capacities and, depending on the level of lockdown restrictions of the day, a banning of public...
Cape Town Carnival scheduled for March 2021 postponed to next summer
Due to the impact of Covid-19 restrictions, the Cape Town Carnival scheduled for 20 March 2021 will not take place. The Cape Town Carnival looks forward to hosting its exciting new live-event format in five access-controlled locations in the city during summer of...
Cape Town Carnival uses Umswenko to illustrate the power of self-expression
Cape Town Carnival held the fourth of its triweekly workshops aimed at stimulating and connecting Cape Town Carnival performers, artists and members of the public. The spotlight was on Umswenko, a fashion and music subculture originating in the 1970s among Zulu hostel...
Hat trick for Cape Town as Africa’s events capital
Cape Town was named ‘Africa’s Leading Festival and Events Destination’ at the 2020 World Travel Awards on Friday. This as Cape Town readies to host several international events. Executive Mayor Dan Plato and Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security Alderman JP...
Carnival celebrates SA’s famous, fabulous ’50s-era music and dance as inspiration for today
The Cape Town Carnival held its third Cultural Creative Workshop on Saturday 24 October 2020 in their colourful Maitland premises. This first in-person occasion attracted a large audience and strict physical distancing, hand-sanitising and mask wearing didn’t deter...
Cape Town Carnival explores creativity in our African cultural roots
The second of an eight-part Cultural Creative Workshop series was held on Saturday by the Cape Town Carnival, which explored the dynamic character and flavour of African culture through its history, movement, rhythm and design in South Africa. Aimed primarily at...
A huge, huge thank you!
It’s thanks to our incredibly generous sponsors that we’re able to host this free event every year.
We just can’t say thank you enough.
