A selection of news articles concerning the history of the Castle of Good Hope as well as events that have been hosted at or associated with the Castle.
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A Festive Story Of Good Hope…
A Festive Story Of Good Hope…
13th November 2018.
We can’t believe that the festive season is already upon us. As we all prepare to spend some quality time with our loved ones, may we use this opportunity to wish you a joyous, healthy and happy holiday season. The more we think about it, the mor...
Memories Of The Struggle
Memories Of The Struggle: Australians Against Apartheid
16th October 2018.
A stunning multimedia exhibition, Memories of the Struggle: Australians against Apartheid was opened in Cape Town on 11 October 2018 at The Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town. The exhibition includes historic pictures, al...
Turning History Into Our Story
Castle Of Good Hope: Turning History Into Our Story
12th April 2018.
Constructed in the mid-17th century out of rock hewn from Signal Hill and slate gathered from Robben Island, the Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa and one of the best-preserved exa...
CEO Welcome Letter
CEO Welcome Letter - August 2018
17th August 2018.
Welcome to the Castle of Good Hope, South Africa’s oldest surviving building still in use today…
Every morning when I arrive at work, I have to remind myself what a huge privilege and honour it is to open the doors of the oldest, operating ...
Statues Of Kings
Statues Of Kings, Resistance Leader Unveiled
11th December 2018.
Cape Town – South Africans needed to embrace their “collective history and heritage … the good, the bad and the ugly” as a step towards consolidating an inclusive sense of South Africanhood.
So said Minister of Defence and Mili...
Hlubi King Insulted
Anger After Hlubi King Insulted At Castle Statue Ceremony
10th December 2018.
Cape Town – South Africans needed to embrace their “collective history and heritage … the good, the bad and the ugly” as a step towards consolidating an inclusive sense of South Africanhood.
So said Minister of Defen...
Commemoration
Castle Of Good Hope Commemoration A Chance To Rewrite Colonial History - Zuma
9th December 2018.
Cape Town – The 350th commemoration of the founding of the “bastion of colonialism”, the Castle of Good Hope, is an opportunity to rewrite colonial history, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday....
Castle A Beacon Of Inclusivity
Castle To Become A Beacon Of Inclusivity
9th December 2018.
Cape Town – With talk of decolonisation echoing through the halls of universities, talk of land reform resounding around the country and nationalisation and redistribution of wealth on the lips of almost every South African, what be...
Plans To Attract More Visitors
Maphatsoe Outlines Plans To Attract More Visitors
8th December 2018.
Cape Town – Deputy Defence and Military Veterans Minister Kebby Maphatsoe says he would like to see the Castle of Good Hope become a place of pilgramage for citizens from all political persuasions and from all parts of the c...
Legend Of Isandlwana Lives On
Legend Of Isandlwana Lives On
18th November 2018.
Zulu King Cetshwayo had been pushed into a war that he never wanted with England. Yet, the first battle of that conflict had the unlikeliest of outcomes, writes Dougie Oakes.
Cape Town – The mood of the congregation was sombre as Bishop John ...
Interpreters' Flawed Contracts With Dutch
Interpreters' Flawed Contracts With Dutch
13th November 2018.
Perceptive and suspicious by nature, Doman was the first of the Khoikhoi to recognise the danger the arrival of Van Riebeeck and his group, writes Dougie Oakes.
In the 17th century, Dutch colonialists prided themselves on their ab...
Bastion Of Past Conquests
Bastion Of Past Conquests
11th November 2018.
Doman, the go-between and resister at thpe during the ine Cacremental Dutch conquest, appears to have been misunderstood right from the start, says Michael Morris.
The life of Doman, the go-between and resister at the Cape during the incremental ...
A Warrior Of Grace, Dignity
A Warrior Of Grace, Dignity
8th November 2018.
On December 6, four statues of kings and warriors will be unveiled to mark 350 years of the Castle of Good Hope. Here Michael Morris writes about Zulu king Cetshwayo.
Cape Town – Victory has often come at a grave cost to kings and nations, an...
Discover Castle's Ghostly Past
Discover Castle's Ghostly Past
5th November 2018.
Cape Town – The Castle of Good Hope turns 350 this year – and to mark the occasion, the Independent Media group will take readers on an intriguing journey of discovery, with South Africa’s oldest existing building as its focal point.
Over the...
Cape's Bastion Of History
Cape's Bastion Of History
4th November 2018.
A new project celebrates Cape Town Castle, 350 years old this year, and honours key figures in our past, writes Michael Morris.
We can almost hear Zacharias Wagenaer’s voice in the words passed down to us in the record, and a hint of a surely impr...
Spirit Of Krotoa Returned To Castle
Spirit Of Krotoa Returned To The Castle Of Good Hope
22nd August 2018.
Cape Town- Traditional and religious leaders gathered in Cape Town on Friday to celebrate the life of Krotoa, a Khoi woman who was an instrumental interpreter and negotiator alongside Jan van Riebeeck.
Gathered around a t...
History Of The Castle
History
Obviously space will not allow us to delve into the rich, difficult history of this world-famous building. Save to say that the story of his Castle is a story of our young country. It is a story of joy, pain, tears, laughter, disappointment, fear, hope – and all the other human emotio...
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