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14. August 2014
Concert by South African Jazz Legend Hugh Masekela, Thu, 28 August 2014, 20h00, HKW Open Air
Hugh Masekela is considered one of the most important jazz musicians in South Africa. His greatest successes include “Grazing in the Grass” (1968) and the song “Bring Him Back Home” (1987), which...
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14. August 2014
Screening of "Otelo Burning", Thu, 28 August 2014, 22h00, HKW
Durban 1989: For sixteen-year-old Otelo Buthelezi and his friends from a township, surfing is the greatest—it represents freedom and a possible means of escaping everyday poverty and racism. Tragedy...
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14. August 2014
School Screening of "Otelo Burning", Fri, 29 August 2014, 10h00, HKW
Screening and discussion for school classes with Stefanie Schlüter and Thabo Thindi. Durban 1989: For sixteen-year-old Otelo Buthelezi and his friends from a township, surfing is the greatest—it...
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14. August 2014
Symposium "South Africa: Challenges and Promises of Democracy", Fri, 10-17h00, HKW
On Friday, 29 August 2014 from 10h00 a.m., a Symposium featuring prominent intellectuals and analysts from South Africa and Germany will debate different aspects of the following overall topic:...
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14. August 2014
Poetry Reading by Antjie Krog: "Belonging to the Voices Who Live in It", Fri, 29 August 2014, 18h00
In her Poetry Reading with the title "Belonging to the Voices Who Live in It", the poet, writer and journalist Antjie Krog focuses on her home country South Africa: living there, loving it,...
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14. August 2014
Screening of "Miners Shot Down", Fri, 29 August 2014, 19h00, HKW
August 2012: Escalating police violence during the seventh day of a miners’ strike leads to the “Massacre of Marikana.” Thirty-four workers died and many more were injured. Rehad Desai accompanied...
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14. August 2014
Screening of "Behind the Rainbow", Fri, 29 August 2014, 21h00
Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma are the most prominent figures in the ANC. In exile they were brothers in arms, and during Mandela’s presidency they worked together to build an antiracist state. Today...
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