Created by author, artist, and traditional healer Credo Mutwa, the cultural village offers an outdoor museum celebrating African art, culture and folklore. Also known as Kwakhaya Lendaba (the Place of Stories), the Credo Mutwa Cultural Village contains a fascinating collection of sculptures weaving together historical figures and mythological beings, in amongst dwellings from a variety of African building styles.
Overlooking the sculpture garden is the Oppenheimer Tower, built using bricks from houses demolished during forced removals in the 1950s, and named after mining magnate Sir Ernest Oppenheimer. Located at the centre of Soweto, the tower affords panoramic views of the sprawling township. The Oppenheimer Tower and cultural village are located in the Oppenheimer Gardens, a public park with indigenous plants
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Nelson Mandela was arrested on 5 August 1962 outside Howick in Natal, South Africa. He then began his 27-year incarceration and his long walk to freedom. His arrest is a moment and place in the history of South Africa that has great significance. An art installation depicting Nelson Mandela’s portrait was launched on 4 August 2012. The Apartheid Museum is
Andulela’s truly innovative day tours and vacation packages in Cape Town are tailored for the responsible traveller on their quest for authentic South Africa. Andulela is a pioneer in interactive travel experiences – perfectly suited to the needs of leisure, corporate and incentive markets – that introduce participants to authentic cultural experiences in South Africa, often with a “hands-on” participative
Cape Agulhas is known as the ‘Cape of Storms’ which wrecked many ships en route to the east. Ancient people also left their mark on the landscape reminding us of earlier cultures, for example, here the Khoi-Khoi people trapped fish using ingeniously constructed tidal traps. Five things to seek at the Agulhas National Park: The southernmost tip of the African
