Solange Knowles and Constitution Hill: the power of transforming pain to joy
Solange Knowles’s latest album gives voice to Black frustration, pain and aspirations. A Seat at the Table symbolises what every activist yearns for – to be heard, to be seen and to participate in every sphere of society as a right-carrying citizen. It is therefore fitting that Knowles – known to her fans as Solange – is bringing her transformative music and energy to Constitution Hill, a true example of a decolonised space and where art, justice and activism intersect. Her music and Constitution Hill will make for a magical combination.
Solange will be performing at the Afropunk festival at Constitution Hill on 30 and 31 December 2017.
Constitution Hill wins museum association award
Constitution Hill has won a 2017 South African Museums Association Speaker and Publications award for its website.
Arch for Arch: a call for We, the People
In honour of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s role as one of the architects of our constitutional democracy, a 9m-high monument called the Arch for Arch – made up of 14 strands representing each chapter of the Constitution and each line of the Constitution’s Preamble – was unveiled in Cape Town on Tutu’s 86th birthday, on 7 October 2017.
The Arch is getting an arch
On Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s 86th birthday – 7 October – a slim-limbed wooden arch commemorating South Africa’s Constitution will be officially unveiled in his honour in Cape Town.
Constitution Hill Debating League competition finals eagerly anticipated
The finals of this year’s Constitution Hill Debating League competition should be a close-run thing, says organiser Lerato Sefume.
The competition was established to champion constitutional education, by exposing learners to the Constitution of South Africa and the crucial role of the Constitutional Court. The league also develops school learners and equips them with research and public-speaking skills.
Let African fashion knock your socks off
Let African fashion knock your socks off at the first-ever Bantu Renaissance festival – and the launch of Afrocentric sock designs – to be staged at Constitution Hill, on 15 September 2017.