The German immigrants who formed the three "waves" of Germans to settle at Philippi in the Western Cape (South Africa) in the 19th century, and their descendants, contributed not only to the agricultural well-being of the ...

Julaiga Gomez is a typical example of one of the matriarchs in the history of the Cape flower selling tradition. Herself a third generation flower seller, she is currently the head of a flower selling dynasty consisting ...

A new location for journalism education and training is argued to be within the spheres of an Afro-humanist philosophy and culture. In this philosophy and culture, the concern for human welfare, dignity and values ...

The year 2007 marks the 130th commemoration of the arrival of the so-called Second Wave of German immigrants to the Western Cape, specifically to the Cape Flats, while New Year's Day 2007 commemorated the 120th year of ...

I am putting the final touches to this piece a day after the shockwaves of the murder of South Africa’s very own ET, Eugène Terre’Blanche, moved like a tsunami over the South African landscape. Looking at this ...

At a time when the notion of identity seems to be a burning issue on the South African national agenda as attempts are made to redefine the country's post-94 identity in a multilingual and multicultural society, it might ...

What at are the realities facing women journalists, specifically senior women, in South African newsrooms? What do they identify as obstacles, and which strategies can be implemented to redress the situation? This was the ...

Manner of speech as expression of identity is still an important element that differentiates the descendants of German settlers to Philippi on the Cape Flats from other language communities. Today's mainly Afrikaans speaking ...

Cape Town is probably synonymous with Table Mountain. But one of the colourful scenes at the foot of the mountain may also be described as synonymous with the city: Adderley Street's "famous" flower market. Yet, although ...

Toe Sarie uiteindelik in 1949 letterlik die lig op straat gesien het was sy die vierde volwaardige Afrikaanse vrouetydskrif en die eerste wat die vrou se lewe in alle fasette gedek het, soos in hierdie verhandeling aangetoon ...