University of Cape Town

South Africa’s Week of Femicide 2020

By: suemtravels June 15, 2020July 5, 2020

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After brutal killings of women during the past two weeks, #stopkillingwomen is trending on social media and helping to bring South Africa’s cases of gender-based violence to the surface. Some social workers believe that “frustration and anxiety caused by the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown increased the number of violent attacks in South African households”. They also think…

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art Cape Town South Africa

By: suemtravels June 16, 2019December 18, 2019

Africa, Cape Town, South AfricaAbdulhay Jassat, ActionAid South Africa, African Contemporary Art, Albertina Sisulu, Amina Cachalia, Ampersand Foundation, Annie Silinga, Architect Thomas Heatherwick, Arthur Goldreich, Artthrob, Bobo-Dioulasso, Brenton Maart’s curated South African Pavilion Imaginary Fact, British Museum London, Cape Town's V&A Waterfront, Caroline Motsoaledi, Centre Pompidou Paris, Charlotte Maxeke, de Young Museum San Francisco, Elizabeth Paul, Exhibition Polyhedra, Frances Goodman, Grain Silo V&A Waterfront, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Harold Wolpe, Hââbré The Last Generation, Helen Joseph, Joana Choumali, Jochen Zeitz African Contemporary Art Collector and German Businessman, Kendell Geers, Lilian Ngoyi, MAC/VAL Museum, Maggie Magaba, Marshall Square Prison, Mary Sibande, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Michaelis School of Fine Art, MOCAA Director and Chief Curator Koyo Kouoh, Mosie Moolla, Museum of Modern Art New York, Neo Matloga, Nicholas Hlobo, Nokukhanya Luthuli, Omenka Online, Osaka Foundation of Culture, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, Post-Mandela Era, Public Eye, Purple Must Govern Mary Sibande, Sepedi, Sue Williamson, Tate Modern London, The Order of Luthuli in Bronze to Amina Cachalia, Tyburn Gallery, University of Cape Town, V&A Waterfront Cape Town, Virginia Mngoma, Visual Arts Group South Africa, Volta Photo Studio, William Kentridge, Winnie Mandela, Young Urban Women Programme, Zeitz Museum Cape Town, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA)1 Comment

During this travel adventure I’ve explored many great museums and galleries in Europe, but South Africa’s Zeitz Museum always remained near the top of my list. I missed it during past visits and made a point of popping in last week. Exhibits and artists displayed are continually changing, and the first and third floors are…

Francis Fukuyama at UCT

By: suemtravels October 27, 2011September 27, 2015

South AfricaFrancis Fukuyama, University of Cape Town1 Comment

Professor Francis Fukuyama gave a public lecture on his new book, “The Origins of Political Order”, at the University of Cape Town (UCT) last night. Fukuyama is visiting Cape Town to present a course on ‘the role of public policy in private sector development’. The course is under the auspices of UCT’s new Graduate School…

Lost in Rondebosch, Constantia, Bishopscourt Cape Town

Cape Town Southern Suburbs Today was a day of continuously getting lost. It was my first day of hiring a car and driving myself around Cape Town suburbs. Renting a GPS is South Africa is ridiculously expensive (?) so I’m traveling via maps alone. Decided to stay near Cape Town and spend more time at…