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Living Heritage of Knysna

Posted on Mon February 17, 2020.

A documentary about the cultures of Knysna (2014)

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Bondi of HMS Verbena

Posted on Mon January 13, 2020.
Bondi of HMS Verbena, dog statue, Knysna, Knysna Animal Welfare, sculptor Karel du Toit

The English bulldog Bondi, the ship’s mascot who died during a visit to Knysna in 1931, is commemorated at two places alongside the Knysna Lagoon

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Owéna Schutte: the woman they call Nobantu

Posted on Sat July 13, 2019.
Anelia Schutte, For the People, growing up under apartheid in a small town in South Africa, Knysna, Owena Schutte

Read the prolog from Anelia Schutte's book, 'For the People'

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Rotary sponsors pop-up museums for local schools and libraries

Posted on Mon May 20, 2019.
Xola Frans (Knysna Municipality); Latoya Baba (Percy Mdala High Interact Club); Philip Caveney (Knysna Historical Society); Megan Hunter (Knysna High Interact Club); Herb Hunter (Knysna Rotary); Brandmore Sandile Mngcitha (Percy Mdala High Interact Club)

The Rotary Club of Knysna has sponsored ‘pop-up museums’ about Knysna’s timber heritage for display in the town’s libraries and high schools.

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Who was Percy Mdala?

Posted on Mon June 26, 2017.
Percy Mdala

Who was Percy Mdala of Knysna's Percy Mdala High School?

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