Freedom Day, noticed as a public vacation in South Africa, commemorates the landmark democratic elections held on April 27, 1994. In Cape City, a metropolis steeped in historical past and tradition, many points of interest bear testomony to the journey in the direction of freedom and democracy.
These embody:
Robben Island
Robben Island, the place former South African president Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his 27-year incarceration, is house to fascinating historical past and boasts a few of the most scenic views of Desk Mountain. The UNESCO World Heritage web site as soon as served as a whaling station, a leper colony, and a political jail from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. A visit to Robben Island is barely accessible aboard a ferry from the Nelson Mandela Gateway on the V&A Waterfront. There are a number of totally different tour sorts, with the overall tour being the most well-liked choice. The ferry to the island departs from the V&A Waterfront 4 instances a day from Monday to Sunday, with the primary journey departing at 9am.
Location: The tour departs from the V&A Waterfront
Value: South Africans: R400 per grownup and R210 per baby
Non- South Africans: R600 per grownup and R310 per baby
Contact: Go to www.robben-island.org.za/
Lengthy March to Freedom
Brush up in your historical past at The Lengthy March to Freedom, an out of doors exhibition that includes 100 life-size bronze sculptures of South Africa’s most well-known historic heroes. From Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Walter Sisulu, the Lengthy March to Freedom transports you again in time to focus on the function of many freedom fighters who fought for democracy.
Location: Century Boulevard, Century Metropolis
Value: From R20-R75
Contact: Go to www.longmarchtofreedom.co.za/
Cape City Metropolis Corridor
Cape City Metropolis Corridor is the grande architectural dame of the town, and most popularly generally known as the place former South African President, Nelson Mandela gave his well-known speech from a few hours after his launch from jail on 11 February 1990. Guests will see a life-size statue of the nice Nobel Peace Prize winner on the balcony from the place he addressed his individuals. There may be additionally an exhibition inside Metropolis Corridor devoted to this icon.
Once you go to, pop by Cape City Tourism’s Customer Expertise Centre the place our staff can assist you propose your Cape City journey and browse our retail retailer.
Location: Darling St, CBD, Cape City
Value: Free entry
Contact: Name 021 444 0747
District Six Museum
Few areas are as vivid an instance of the Apartheid regime as District Six. A as soon as racially numerous and vibrant neighborhood, the unique residents had been forcibly faraway from the realm when the Nationwide Celebration authorities declared it a “white group space”.
The District Six Museum Basis was based in 1989, scorching on the path of the Fingers-Off District Six Convention a 12 months earlier. The museum launched in 1994 with a compelling inaugural exhibition known as Streets: Retracing District Six and has develop into a must-visit spot for native and worldwide travellers. Guests can take pleasure in a self-guided tour or stroll by way of the museum with an ex-resident storyteller.
Location: 25A Buitenkant Avenue, District Six, Cape City
Value: Self-guided go to: R60, and with ex-resident information: R75. Tickets can solely be bought on the entrance desk or through Quicket.
Contact: Go to www.districtsix.co.za
The Iziko South African Museum
Situated within the historic Firm’s Gardens, the Iziko South African Museum is house to greater than 1.5 million objects of cultural and scientific significance. Discover the museum to be taught extra about fossils and historical bugs, stone instruments made by individuals 120 000 years in the past, and conventional garments from the final century.
Location: 25 Queen Victoria Avenue, Gardens
Value: R60
Upon presentation of legitimate SA ID/ SADC identification:Adults: R40; Kids aged 5 to 17: R20; South African pensioners and college students (with legitimate playing cards): R20, and free entry on Fridays; Faculty teams: R15; and free entry on commemorative days.
Contact: Go to www.iziko.org.za/museums/south-african-museum
Iziko Slave Lodge
The Slave Lodge is without doubt one of the oldest buildings in Cape City. It has answered to many names over the past three centuries, specifically the Slave Lodge, Authorities Workplaces Constructing, Previous Supreme Courtroom, and South African Cultural Historical past Museum. All these names replicate the lengthy and wealthy historical past of the constructing. The Mom Metropolis web site options exhibitions that discover the lengthy historical past of slavery in South Africa, momentary exhibitions that put a highlight on human rights consciousness, and upper-level galleries.
Location: Nook Adderley Avenue and Wale Avenue, Cape City
Value: R60
Upon presentation of legitimate SA ID/ SADC identification: Adults: R40; Kids aged 5 to 17: R20; South African pensioners and college students (with legitimate playing cards): R20, and free entry on Fridays; Faculty teams: R15; and free entry on commemorative days
Contact: Go to www.iziko.org.za/museums/slave-lodge
Nobel Sq., V&A Waterfront
Nobel Sq. on the V&A Waterfront pays homage to the nation’s 4 Nobel Peace Prize winners: the late Nkosi Albert Luthuli, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, former State President FW de Klerk, and former President Nelson Mandela. Created by internationally acclaimed artist Claudette Schreuders, the larger-than-life bronze sculptures of those Laureates embody the complexities of defining an ‘African’ id in post-apartheid South Africa. The fifth sculpture within the sq., titled Peace and Democracy and created by Noria Mabasa, recognises the invaluable contributions of ladies and kids to the pursuit of peace in South Africa.
Location: Watershed, 17 Dock Rd, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Value: Free
Contact: Go to www.waterfront.co.za/points of interest/nobel-square/
