Visit Sutherland, climb Table Mt with Iziko Summer School

The second half of Iziko’s Summer School programme offers a host of free film screenings and, for the energetic, several awesome outings including a walkabout of the historical Bo-Kaap, a hike up Table Mountain and a chance to stargaze in Sutherland. Details are listed below and bookings can be made with Wandile Kasibe at 021 481 3804/13 or wkasibe@iziko.org.za.

Outings:

16-17 February - Prof Brian Warner takes participants through Matjiesfontein and the Karoo to the Sutherland Observatory, home of SALT, the South African Large Telescope. Please note, this particular tour is booked out. Provisional bookings are being taken for a repeat of the event. The fee is R650 per person, excluding transport.

16 & 23 February from 09:30-12:30 - Join Faried Basier on a Bo-Kaap walking tour followed by a traditional Malay lunch. Visit the oldest mosque, oldest graveyard, the first house and many other historical sites of this colourful area. The cost is R120 per person including lunch.

17 February at 08:00 - Probably one of the most informative Table Mountain hikes, this walk, led by Cedric Hunter, provides an in-depth look at the historical and geological features of this famous landmark. The fee is R50 per person.

As part of its ongoing campaign to encourage public participation in the Iziko Summer School, and promote local independent filmmaking, Iziko offers free lunchtime films at 13:00 in the TH Barry Lecture Theatre, Iziko SA Museum, throughout Summer School 2008:

5 February – ‘Planet Earth’. Described as the ‘ultimate portrait’ of our beautiful planet.

18 February - ‘A gesture of belonging’ (28 mins). The story of talented writer Bessie Head, followed by ‘The People’s Poet’ (32 mins) featuring poet Mzwakhe Mbuli.

19 February - ‘Forgotten Soldiers’ (49 Mins). Black volunteers from both world wars were forbidden to bear arms but nevertheless fought and made the ultimate sacrifice.

20 February – ‘Quilombo Country: Afrobrazilian villages in the 21st century’ (73 mins) Once the world’s largest slave colony, Brazil still poses constant challenges to slave descendants.

22 February – ‘Brothers in Arms’ (81 mins). Ronald Herboldt, the only African to have participated in the Cuban revolution, acquired a Cuban family but was always determined to return home.

23 February – ‘Steve Bantu Biko: Beacon of Hope’ (52 mins), by Nkosinathi Biko, pays homage to the dynamic persona of Steve Biko.

26 February – ‘The Life and Times of Sarah Baartman’ (54 mins). The story of the Khoi Khoi woman who was transported to Europe and publicly exhibited as an oddity, who died an early tragic death in Paris. Her remains were repatriated to South Africa in 2002.

27 February – ‘Love, Communism, Revolution and Rivonia: The Bram Fischer Story’. Grandson of a Prime Minister and son of a Judge President, Fischer, who lived from 1908-1975, joined the struggle wholeheartedly, defending those accused in both the 1956 and the 1963 treason trials.

28 February – ‘The Elephant that led from the front: Anton Lembede’ (48 mins). Born into a peasant family, Lembede was a founder of the ANC Youth League and proponent of the philosophy of Africanism.

29 February – ‘Heart of Whiteness’ by Rehad Desai (90 Mins). South Africa’s past lives on in its social geography.

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