Education Secondary 1975 - 1980
Hanover Park, Cape Town
The Village of Hanover Park was incorporated into Cape Town on August 14, 1958. It had a population of 305, in 2011. By 2022 it has grown to 34,625! Consequently oppression and apartheid left neighborhoods like Hanover Park! Their communities unfortunately often suffer from: "Drug and alcohol abuse; Social dysfunction; Poverty; Violence and organized crime!"
Antipolis and Romelia Shipwrecks, Cape Town
In July 1977, These two ships; Antipolis and Romelia, were both bound for the scrap heap in Taiwan. A Japanese tugboat named the Kiyo Maru 2 had the arduous task of hauling the two tankers all way from Greece. Unfortunately there was the misfortune; of running into a strong northwesterly gale as it approached Robben Island. The tug had made an unscheduled stop in Abidjan, (a City on the Southern Atlantic coast of Côte d'Ivoire, in West Africa) because of some minor engine trouble. All then went well, until the convoy approached Table Bay in the teeth of a North Westerly gale!
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
In 2016, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela released a report, State of Capture, after an investigation into influence over organs of the state.
‘It’s Dangerous and Difficult’: Artist William Kentridge on the Challenges for Young Artists Facing Quick Fame and Market Speculation by Devorah Lauter (news.artnet.com), October 20, 2021
William Kentridge can’t tell you what the title of his current show in Paris, “Finally Memory Yields,” is about. He doesn’t know. That’s why he chose it.
“Does it mean that your memory stopped working or that it gives up? Or is it about the repressive memory yields, and what it reveals that’s inside?” asked Kentridge, speaking to Artnet News at Marian Goodman Gallery in Paris a few days before the opening of his show this week, which runs concurrently with FIAC until November 27.
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