Heritage

Audio Archive

» Bethuel Mokgosinyana 
The formation of Orlando Pirates in the late 1930s was the defining moment in the growth of mass support for soccer in SA. This documentary explains why

» Brenda Fassie 
Listen to SAfm/Metro FM’s obituary of Brenda, broadcast on May 10, 2004 (5’42")

» Raymond Dart 
An extract from a Springbok Radio interview with Raymond Dart, broadcast in February 1969

» Ingrid Jonker 
Ingrid Jonker reads one of her poems for a 1965 Springbok radio recording. In Afrikaans

» Mannenburg 
Listen to Abdullah Ibrahim and others reminisce about what gave rise to their famous tune

Audio Documentaries

» Lilian Ngoyi 
A gripping documentary on Lilian Ngoyi’s life and times

» Cissie Gool 
Hear how Gool both served and scandalised Cape Town’s Muslim community

» Death in detention 
Listen to former detainees at John Vorster Square speak about their experiences at the hands of the apartheid security police

» Race Classification Board 
Listen to stories of the heartbreak caused by apartheid’s race classification laws

» The Purple Shall Govern 
Listen to accounts of the Purple March by people who were there, including Philip Ivey, the young protester who turned the jet of purple dye on the police

Audio Slide Shows

» Raymond Mhlaba 
Family, friends and colleagues talk about Raymond Mhlaba and why he is regarded as one of the unsung heroes of the Eastern Cape

» Happyboy Mgxaji 
A young, up-and-coming boxer, Malibongwe Thokwe, talks about how he still draws on Mgxaji’s legacy for inspiration every time he steps into the ring

» Bethuel Mokgosinyana 
Sam Nhlengethwa walks us through the various stages of making the memorial 

» Brenda Fassie 
Visit Angus Taylor’s studio for a show-and-tell about the making of the Brenda sculpture 

» Duma Nokwe 
Artist Lewis Levin tells us why he chose to use a photograph of Nokwe to develop the concept for the memorial 

» Lilian Ngoyi 
Artist Stephen Maqashela explains why he made the memorial out of car parts 

» Mohandas Gandhi 
Usha Seejarim was reading Gandhi’s autobiography when she was asked to make his memorial 

» Raymond Dart 
Artist Marco Cianfanelli talks about developing the concept of his memorial to Raymond Dart

» Tsietsi Mashinini 
Johannes Phokela discusses the development of his concept for the memorial to Tsietsi Mashinini