City of hidden charms

The Mail & Guardian’s city guide for Durban includes mention of the Grey Street literary trail, developed with KZN Literary Tourism. Grey Street literary tour If you happen to be in Durban on the last Thursday of the month, check out the Grey Street literary tour for a more authentic experience of the area. Trace …

Archival Platform: Launch & Guest Blog

The Archival Platform launches in Cape Town today. Archives in South Africa are currently underfunded and understaffed, putting valuable documents at risk. Museums and heritage sites are often still perceived by the public as being part of the old apartheid order, and transforming the sector has not been as easy as we thought in 1994. …

INK Writers Trail launched

Developed with KZN Literary Tourism and the eThekwini Municipality,  the INK (Inanda, Ntuzuma, KwaMashu) Writers Trail is an important heritage tourism initiative. The trail includes important cultural and historical sites such as the Phoenix Settlement, Ohlange Institute and Inanda Seminary and writers such as Mandla Langa, Sita Gandhi, Angelina Sithebe, Ellen Kuzwayo and Mewa Ramgobin. …