Due to a rapidly changing natural environment, governments, conservation managers and scientists are increasingly challenged to understand and mitigate its impact on biodiversity. A pressing need is to understand how species distributions and abundance are changing, and what conservation interventions are needed to alleviate these changes.
Music and dance are an integral part of the social, cultural and religious lives of the people of Africa. They are not only performed for entertainment, but are part of almost every aspect of life from birth to death, used in healing, worship, social gatherings and transitions from the various stages of life (rites of passage), as well as in burials. Music and dance often accompany one aother, but there are cultural differences in styles.
Gedoem tot vernietiging?
Bloemfontein, wat in 1846 gestig is, was die hoofstad van die republiek Oranje-Vrystaat (1854-1900) en in die 1850’s is ’n eenvoudige klein tronkgebou in St. Georgestraat opgerig. Hoewel hierdie tronk mettertyd vergroot en verbeter is, was dit ’n ondoeltreffende gevangenis, want misdadigers het maklik hieruit ontsnap.
Liberation struggle stories from Batho
The National Museum, through the Batho Community History Project, is focusing on the oral testimonies of the people of Batho. Stories that are emerging cover many issues including liberation heritage. The oral testimonies of Kedisaletse Ellen Koloti and Tsietsi Elliot Koloti show how painful this history can be. This article focuses on the life of the late Khuduga Edwin Koloti, also known as ‘Boda’ by his friends and family, or ‘Commander Dipanana’ by his fellow Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) soldiers.
On Tuesday, 8 April 2014, the British-based newspaper, The Guardian, published the story of a fisherman who retrieved an old beer bottle from the Baltic Sea off the northern German city of Kiel. Sealed inside the bottle was a postcard with a handwritten message.