Cultural Tours Cape Town - On this Cape tour you will experience the diversity of Cape Town cultures. We visit District six a place demolished during the apartheid era and then the Bo Kaap a traditional Cape Malay quarters and one of the local township. The Bo-Kaap with its brightly coloured houses at the foot of Signal Hill, is the spiritual home of the Cape's Muslim community. The Bo-Kaap has a fascinating history and many of the residents are descendants of the slaves from Malaysia, Indonesia and elsewhere in Africa who were imported to the Cape of Good Hope by the Dutch during the 16th and 17th centuries.
The slaves were known as "Cape Malays" (which is not essentially true as most of the residents are not entirely of Malaysian descent). However the term has stuck and Bo-Kaap is known as the Cape Malay Quarter.
The District Six Museum recalls the history of a community that was forcibly removed in the apartheid era. In 1966 the National Party government declared District Six a "white group area" and moved thousands of residents (mostly coloured and black people) to the Cape Flats, where they had few facilities or means of making a living.
Nowadays, former residents and their descendants are rebuilding their memories and cultural heritage.
Langa is South Africa's oldest township established in the 1920's the Urban Areas Act was passed forcing blacks to live in locations. The name Langa literally means "Sun" in Xhosa, the language that is mostly spoken amongst black South Africans in The Western Cape. The true highlight to this Cape tour will be the incredibly strong people, who decided to take their future into their own hands.
You will see how many people try to make a difference within their communities and that they contribute to a better future for the townships. You will also see how some people have lifted themselves from poverty and you will see how others are still trapped in poverty. You will experience sangomas, traditional healers; smileys, shop at local markets; drink sorghum beer, while supporting one of the poorest areas of the Mother City. |
