tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100182686763275412024-03-06T00:53:22.705+02:00Restoring Hostel 33Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-18348119987530190612010-05-20T12:19:00.007+02:002010-05-20T12:55:11.918+02:00Message from LMLM's first Curator Bongani Mgijima on the occasion of the Lwandle Museum's 10th birthday.On the 1 May 2010, Bonagni Mgijima, Lwandle Museum's first curator, was unable to attend the celebrations, but sent through a letter of support for the Museum's restoration project and continued existence. Leslie Witz read extracts from his letter at the 10th Birthday Party.<br /><br />The LMLM <strong><em>thanks </em></strong>Bongani for his <em><strong>unwavering support</strong></em> of the museum over the years and for his vision and involvement in founding the museum.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdWQO3FLsLvipsVgIDItMFmL9qPUNkcOFZX3mpah_iQpKOMzlw8dympHvKvrtwdRtzDhJyUZih7slOivH7_TlXkrZEL62UVyZtg-ht_mJQAI7pJOag0igEBziTZfdwFm1edbK57Zz16dP/s1600/image004.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473296760176883010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJdWQO3FLsLvipsVgIDItMFmL9qPUNkcOFZX3mpah_iQpKOMzlw8dympHvKvrtwdRtzDhJyUZih7slOivH7_TlXkrZEL62UVyZtg-ht_mJQAI7pJOag0igEBziTZfdwFm1edbK57Zz16dP/s320/image004.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Although not present at Lwandle on the 1 May 2010, over the years Bongani Mgijima has continued to support the LMLM since his formal departure in 2002. Here he speaks at the 2009 Provincial Tourism Awards ceremony in Cape Town. Source: courtesy Bongani Mgijima's Face Book page.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9NoMLS3dNiTejUZA1EI9bM4WT3cj0BW1mtt_CQnn22VXCvcXOcdWqS-WgLu7s9fUW2Q4t6YHr6zU39wr6uWwrKpjZX3AE2rhdcXhoujJ2TtLryFKwqGajieNneAHfxMLnWo3ibMovabs/s1600/image002.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473296753776917538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9NoMLS3dNiTejUZA1EI9bM4WT3cj0BW1mtt_CQnn22VXCvcXOcdWqS-WgLu7s9fUW2Q4t6YHr6zU39wr6uWwrKpjZX3AE2rhdcXhoujJ2TtLryFKwqGajieNneAHfxMLnWo3ibMovabs/s320/image002.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">LMLM staff Lunga Smile and Lungiswa Teka with Bongani Mgijima at the Provincial Tourism Awards evening in Cape Town 2009. Source: courtesy Bongani Mgijima's Face Book page.</span><br /><p><em>The following is the letter sent though by Bongani on the 1 May 2010.</em></p><br />ALBANY MUSEUM<br /><br /><br />Somerset Street. Grahamstown. 6139. Tel:+27(0)46622 2912 . Fax:+27(0)46622 23<br />Associated Research Institute of Rhodes University<br />REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA<br />albanymuseum@ru.ac.za<br />www.ru.ac.za/albanymuseum<br />Established1855<br /><br /><br />The Manager/Curator<br /><br />Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum<br /><br />Old Community Hall<br /><br />Lwandle<br /><br />DearSir/Mdam<br /><br />LWANDLE MIGRANT LABOUR MUSEUM 1O YEAR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION<br /><br />On behalf of myself, in my capacity as the former Curator of the LMLM and on behalf of the Board of Trustees and staff of the Albany Museum, I would like to take this opportunity to convey our good wishes on the museum's tenth anniversary.<br /><br />I would have liked to be personally present to witness this great moment in history.<br /><br />Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances I am unable to join you on this moment of<br />Great celebrations. However even though I am not physically here today with you, I am<br />Present spiritually.<br /><br />Ten years is not a long time but for a unique museum like LMLM it is quite an achievement.<br /><br />When LMLM started ten years ago we never thought it will reach the 1O milestone.<br /><br />Within a very short period LMLM has distinguished itself as an example of what a post-apartheid museum should be.<br /><br />Not very long ago, when I was still a government official in the Western Cape I watched LMLM being officially crowned the Best Community Based Tourism Attraction of the year in the Western Cape and a year later the Best Museum of the Year in the Western Cape. Ten years ago, it was unthinkable and even unfashionable to think of a museum in a township – let alone a Best Museum of the Year. Here we are, ten years later, celebrating these fine achievements.<br /><br />Ten years also offers us an opportunity to reflect on the past and to acknowledge organizations that were supportive during the early years. LMLM would not have been possible without the sacrifices and dedication of many people who worked so hard to get us where we are now.<br /><br />The Arts and Culture Trust of the President then administered by Craig Carbutt, the then Cape Metropolitan Tourism Board headed by Ms Nombulelo Mkefa, the Western Cape<br />Tourism Board specifically Mthetheleli Hugo and Clive Roman –were all early funders and supporters of the Museum. These organizations deserve special mention because, when I was the Curator of the Museum ten years ago they did not only offer funding but also encouragement.<br /><br />The History Department at the University of the Western Cape through the Post Graduate<br />Diploma in Museums and Heritage Studies and the Project on Public Pasts and other programs has always been the godparent of LMLM. Institutions such as the South African Heritage Resources Agency, the District Six Museum, Helderberg Municipality, the Helderberg Radio, the Jewish Museum and Robben Island Museum have always been very supportive of LMLM in its early years.<br /><br />My own studies for the Post Graduate Diploma in Museums and Heritage Studies, while I<br />Was still a curator of the museums , were partially funded by the local Rotary Club. Various businesses around Somerset West and Strand were very supportive in terms of donating equipment and photographs for LMLM's first exhibitions. The Councilors of Lwandle specifically the late Councilor Fatyela and the current ward Councilor Sotashe were the early fans of the museum.<br /><br />The community of Lwandle especially the resident of Hostel33 who gave their permission that the Hostel33 could be utilised as a tourist stopover while they were still staying there deserves a special mention.<br /><br />A lot has been achieved in quiet a very short space of time. My own formally association with LMLM ended in 2Q02. Some of the people who worked with me such as Kutala Vuba , Noyise Mhlathiand later Bonke Tyhulu, VusiButhelezi and Mbulelo Mrubata went on to become " Groot Krokodils" in the heritage sector. In marking ten years I also hope that provincial authorities in the Western Cape will do the right thing and ensure that LMLM does not have to close its doors in the near future.<br /><br />In marking ten years I also hope that provincial authorities in the Western Cape will do the right thing and ensure that LMLM does not have to close its doors in the near future.<br /><br />Before I conclude my message I would like to congratulate the previous and current<br />Management and Board of LMLM for the sterling work they have done in the past ten years. LMLM looks much better than it was when I was still a Curator.<br /><br />In celebrating ten Years of LMLM we must also pay tribute to Mama Plummer without whose vision, commitment and dedication LMLM would not have materialised.<br /><br />I would also like to commend LMLM for the work it has done in restoring Hostel 33. I am aware that this project has been made possible by the partnership forged between LMLM, 'the US Consulate in Cape Town, the National Lottery and the National Heritage Council. This is indeed a partnership that works.<br /><br />Even though I am not present today to join you in celebrating these fine achievements I will be following the museum blog on the internet with very keen interest.<br /><br />In only ten years, LMLM has shown us how so much could be done with so little. Our old<br />well established museums are taking a leaf from the book of LMLM.<br /><br />May you have a Happy Birthday and live for another 100years!<br /><br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />Bongani Mgijima<br /><br />MUSEUM MANAGER<br /><br />1 MAY 2010Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-58724750299472148832010-05-18T14:58:00.006+02:002010-05-18T17:12:32.223+02:00Donations enrich the Hostel33 fabricIn a previous post 'New Glass for the Windows', we acknowledged the kind donations of original window latches by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">neighbours</span> at Hostel33, which the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM</span> used to replace missing iron <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">mongery</span> at Hostel33. The Museum also <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">replaced</span> and fitted new latches to peoples homes.<br /><br />Here are the names of those whose <strong><em>kind donation </em></strong>is hereby gratefully acknowledged:<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kadephi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mtiya</span> : Room 32B<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ntombithini</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Magwa</span> : Room 31A<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Samekelo</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mtiya</span> : Room 32C<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Notshawuza</span> Leticia <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dwenene</span> : Room 32D<br />'<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Chippa</span>' <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maqutyana</span> : Room 29C<br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mlondolozi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Klaas</span> : Room 29B<br />Mr. J <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Klaas</span> : Room 29A<br /><br />Thanks are also due to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga</span> Smile, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kadephi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mtiya</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Merwe</span> for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">liaising</span> with these donors for their support!Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-53788474377070409642010-05-18T11:50:00.014+02:002010-05-18T14:00:10.838+02:00Contracting locallyOne of the key objectives of the Hostel33 Restoration Project has been to identify and make use of local contractors in the building and exhibition processes. At the outset of the project the Museum embarked on a programme of identifying local companies with appropriate skills for the projects needs. It was decided that local companies and individuals from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nomzamo</span> should be given the opportunity to conduct elements of the work, and where skills were not available locally that the museum would then look further afield. From names suggested by museum staff, board members and others, Project Manager <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Merwe</span> set about interviewing prospective contractors for the minor building works required. It was eventually decided to employ the services of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nomzamo</span> based contractor <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Laings</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Koti</span>, whose thirty years experience in building and his sensitive approach seemed to be ideally suited for the works.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCTbqdyY7ZdyOzQF_FzTx2XQC41V5S3l-OesNJ2fUfyNNOU-ftJaaA6UaRtQPlIdeoMBq8r8Fa-BvUaEMxO0CYpDeq81LOaI4-xFju5pBQxIz47j1K8gf0TOz-WLIXWOd7hOjyx17M91D/s1600/image001.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472546017819059330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCTbqdyY7ZdyOzQF_FzTx2XQC41V5S3l-OesNJ2fUfyNNOU-ftJaaA6UaRtQPlIdeoMBq8r8Fa-BvUaEMxO0CYpDeq81LOaI4-xFju5pBQxIz47j1K8gf0TOz-WLIXWOd7hOjyx17M91D/s320/image001.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nomzamo</span> based building contractor <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Laings</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Koti</span> inspects the state of brickwork on site as part of an initial assessment of the works required. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br />It was no surprise to find that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Laings</span> had come to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> as a migrant labourer himself in the 1970s and had been a hostel dweller at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> and elsewhere in the Western Cape working in the local construction industry. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Laings</span> immediately related to the project and set about making useful suggestions about how to go about the work proposed, as well as providing insights and accounts of hostel life as he walked through the interior of Hostel 33.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMXw-aNbpBch4hFUhIk6b_Dwqrp0yYi_uyubtRcR9cCsXIWg343E1vHgxpQGPd32M9LL9xwjJSj7757K_IpOSbRgUSEg0E9pXeKnO7ujCpz7vSMim91sbmJTSglYeKk_EWHFKQVAJxIpX/s1600/image004.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472546033123122642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRMXw-aNbpBch4hFUhIk6b_Dwqrp0yYi_uyubtRcR9cCsXIWg343E1vHgxpQGPd32M9LL9xwjJSj7757K_IpOSbRgUSEg0E9pXeKnO7ujCpz7vSMim91sbmJTSglYeKk_EWHFKQVAJxIpX/s320/image004.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Laings</span> related stories of his own experiences as a migrant labourer to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga</span> Smile inside Hostel33. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Merwe</span> carefully specified the extent of the works required and the proposed phasing of work, emphasising the need to work sensitively and practically without damaging the historic fabric of the building and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Laings</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Koti</span> surveyed the state of the brickwork closely.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3MDQhsu09kObZXKEi-9kXTkQTo59vVJ79IFzZQJ5G7BebBuq5W_wKMaLRhynqBUQzZ_GlEhX32zcknsHkW_5b8CbAiCOFscph4u8khfBLPR7FeTW9mdDx9mO8dI7wBgiJRSrLKPosedh/s1600/image002.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472546025512063522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3MDQhsu09kObZXKEi-9kXTkQTo59vVJ79IFzZQJ5G7BebBuq5W_wKMaLRhynqBUQzZ_GlEhX32zcknsHkW_5b8CbAiCOFscph4u8khfBLPR7FeTW9mdDx9mO8dI7wBgiJRSrLKPosedh/s320/image002.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">Merwe</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lains</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">Koti</span> discuss specifications for the works on site at Hostel33. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUZ35dDQCvPXuLhgbnRaW1gdbZXcAvywXAPHMcf6Yj51p1oxGRCkm7ijyOGUweU46paw-RQfP_JTrB-w9SjZbwpFjCM5X1SKK_kjmmkqYDefIf1Z-AzdBfTBIGeNdOFtp5VKL8L44KKEJ/s1600/image003.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472546030141182338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUZ35dDQCvPXuLhgbnRaW1gdbZXcAvywXAPHMcf6Yj51p1oxGRCkm7ijyOGUweU46paw-RQfP_JTrB-w9SjZbwpFjCM5X1SKK_kjmmkqYDefIf1Z-AzdBfTBIGeNdOFtp5VKL8L44KKEJ/s320/image003.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">Laings</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">Koti</span> inspects the masonry walls in the old bucket system area. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br />The next step was to submit a cost estimate for the initial works discussed. Once this was received and approved by Mr <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Molo</span> and Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span> of the Museum’s Board – the Financial Officer and Chairperson respectively, the quote was accepted. In the last week of April 2010 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error">Laings</span>’ team of workers went on site for the initial works. Bricklayers Elliot <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error">Maphatlalatsa</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error">Katlego</span> assisted by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error">Seyabata</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_39" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thantsi</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_40" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sithembele</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_41" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nqomfane</span> began the process of rebuilding the wall at the entrance to the bucket toilet area that had disappeared around 2005, and removing the posts and washing lines that had been added to the space in front of Hostel 33 since the Hostels-to-Homes project.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXi9szCZHuwzh_UaCPsiWUkxf5Ik-m7wLRrg1cLebJXjBOSAG0pJYHiSIkxdo0XVIHxfJ1e1YriaG-lyhmKf96bTkHido9ltnD3hHwVn_Nyy48t-gNpPXUcvRwtR5yDmNqdzLKhGc0U92V/s1600/image005.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472546585516845266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXi9szCZHuwzh_UaCPsiWUkxf5Ik-m7wLRrg1cLebJXjBOSAG0pJYHiSIkxdo0XVIHxfJ1e1YriaG-lyhmKf96bTkHido9ltnD3hHwVn_Nyy48t-gNpPXUcvRwtR5yDmNqdzLKhGc0U92V/s320/image005.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">On site <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_42" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">measurements</span> were checked prior to commencing work. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_43" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span>: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_44" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbV4F7sYYphCkyrvq-EEDx5J6BsdVAzoRHKvuj3tZgvqxx0TaQe9cOyIod7fwDVG18p6BsXW6UjqUPzcW5JPafwnI98RP5UusbSKWwtsTjvNTybY1494LmemoHuZFduc4flr6UoEWPcmoD/s1600/image006.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472546588809230690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbV4F7sYYphCkyrvq-EEDx5J6BsdVAzoRHKvuj3tZgvqxx0TaQe9cOyIod7fwDVG18p6BsXW6UjqUPzcW5JPafwnI98RP5UusbSKWwtsTjvNTybY1494LmemoHuZFduc4flr6UoEWPcmoD/s320/image006.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_45" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_46" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_47" class="blsp-spelling-error">Merwe</span> explains the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_48" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">research</span> process behind the decision to use the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_49" class="blsp-spelling-error">Corobrik</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_50" class="blsp-spelling-error">ROK</span> bricks, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_51" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">explaining</span> that they were the closest fit and that it would be necessary to use the smooth side on the outside face of the new wall. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_52" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrSvMQ3bT949YIB1u5NxqGwvvTIUJpqn3XRzCKBAYm3F036cSfTDJA9LCB_WpZBYwYhqDcHFXbI3xk83GrojqpHMdzIzrpZWN_dLfX7LaSxNquaFv8fYHhGrOp-7WhDQSuXiXocH4ZR0q/s1600/image009.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472549276407670706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrSvMQ3bT949YIB1u5NxqGwvvTIUJpqn3XRzCKBAYm3F036cSfTDJA9LCB_WpZBYwYhqDcHFXbI3xk83GrojqpHMdzIzrpZWN_dLfX7LaSxNquaFv8fYHhGrOp-7WhDQSuXiXocH4ZR0q/s320/image009.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Going on site <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_53" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sithembele</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_54" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nqomfane</span> starts to dismantle and dig out the washing lines, taking care to ensure that they could be <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_55" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">reused</span> as they had been promised to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_56" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kholiswa</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_57" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ngcane who runs a charitable soup kitchen from her home</span>. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_58" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray. </span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKLb-76Jqh9bgTTUlBi3n99JiZJl1lUDVNBkXoP0HI7Kbq1NBHjuNCgfiuyous1uRe5-65VwY1ynlnSuuT52T8ILRuFBVNDBx_oy789y31flxfH7bElirt4VW1GDor6iEYZeUH4uhoUG2/s1600/image010.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472549283702158018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKLb-76Jqh9bgTTUlBi3n99JiZJl1lUDVNBkXoP0HI7Kbq1NBHjuNCgfiuyous1uRe5-65VwY1ynlnSuuT52T8ILRuFBVNDBx_oy789y31flxfH7bElirt4VW1GDor6iEYZeUH4uhoUG2/s320/image010.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_59" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> holds one of the four poles constructed in front of Hostel33 prior to it being designated a heritage space, were removed to clear the front facade of the hostel. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_60" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHe6isb4vEPC8SWBSSH7yIs1Bsk72vIUqWtzFNwuU1UfeJNvClPy5ncj3h80EJxYuRDmBWirdMa298DDeAeNwnuS_QTPVFWRtUDDYNqF6sNcdWNVS1nQC8MsfD7-S9LQWw8pCcyuFJt1L/s1600/image011.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472549290201862290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHe6isb4vEPC8SWBSSH7yIs1Bsk72vIUqWtzFNwuU1UfeJNvClPy5ncj3h80EJxYuRDmBWirdMa298DDeAeNwnuS_QTPVFWRtUDDYNqF6sNcdWNVS1nQC8MsfD7-S9LQWw8pCcyuFJt1L/s320/image011.jpg" /></a> </div><div></div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-sNR79L_YCtUs25ysZ6-X9m_K2CU48xiDB4KWvJd-85CLrDZW_xLty0s56RCbXqoTUJ2mVjcGgntOABo-sZQgbm3YcX9HGQ3-8C_bgttN7nirAJnn5fc8O3n4uK2WZ2L56bfXxFuqg8a/s1600/image014.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472552370679381538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-sNR79L_YCtUs25ysZ6-X9m_K2CU48xiDB4KWvJd-85CLrDZW_xLty0s56RCbXqoTUJ2mVjcGgntOABo-sZQgbm3YcX9HGQ3-8C_bgttN7nirAJnn5fc8O3n4uK2WZ2L56bfXxFuqg8a/s320/image014.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXR4KbVBGM2HppY6vODxj_aDrI2ZB-bZoBHY7yBt5TewVU31fLPjkq9a3mP5rYe53ytarJbSiM8oa26vFwO_MIMSyVWOIu44pTkweDl-_qaAFoFyoelpFPebiyuY7tiPBpwJRRv66KL1Qa/s1600/image016.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472552372330902946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXR4KbVBGM2HppY6vODxj_aDrI2ZB-bZoBHY7yBt5TewVU31fLPjkq9a3mP5rYe53ytarJbSiM8oa26vFwO_MIMSyVWOIu44pTkweDl-_qaAFoFyoelpFPebiyuY7tiPBpwJRRv66KL1Qa/s320/image016.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The new wall takes shape. Photographs: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_61" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.<br /></span><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8kxLeq_hyphenhyphenXXOc-Fnm-Mmr0DQatPxjx15j1DTG7z8Q36C6kVWl4ZUIGgs1FI-T7reiGWt3eBn_w7ei9dWaH6XDkBVb5EVSM8nYJ0yXO6MoLb_lSj6bXDTlrKPTKgCTYgS0lovDWpbhHUJ/s1600/image018.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472552377290979042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8kxLeq_hyphenhyphenXXOc-Fnm-Mmr0DQatPxjx15j1DTG7z8Q36C6kVWl4ZUIGgs1FI-T7reiGWt3eBn_w7ei9dWaH6XDkBVb5EVSM8nYJ0yXO6MoLb_lSj6bXDTlrKPTKgCTYgS0lovDWpbhHUJ/s320/image018.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_62" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> carefully saves the washing line cables which are used to replace those missing on neighbours' washing lines and the rest are sent to complete the washing line to be reinstalled at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_63" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kholiswa</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_64" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ngcane's</span> home from which she runs a soup kitchen. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_65" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPr0n90_A7ARLRmTU0YnEWX2leECX9F_DAQdrsen1CqkknKnwy793KhK8vxTkbmOht37nr5YiIxbDK96Y3LdSF5tY3WESuqZyMbdhh_qMVvIZUuMK2bH1XYIq-8Kqh2CRqCBsLLMq5K4P/s1600/image019.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472552806311607138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPr0n90_A7ARLRmTU0YnEWX2leECX9F_DAQdrsen1CqkknKnwy793KhK8vxTkbmOht37nr5YiIxbDK96Y3LdSF5tY3WESuqZyMbdhh_qMVvIZUuMK2bH1XYIq-8Kqh2CRqCBsLLMq5K4P/s320/image019.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Without an electrical connection yest at Hostel33, the kind favour of neighbours enabled power to be supplied for the power <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_66" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">tools</span> necessary on site. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_67" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4hAMNOpoF-9UiGYTNhAFXYMMFpIC6du3cas1OAlzImjXxfCrrrSdvEFzW8_AI-34rauMzLad9Z6woJctRme8T-Zapy6kiQ1L8z-eOBZrvRJzobKboV4pmJ9VU-_s0wLjIbib6fFMGyyZ/s1600/image021.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472552813924406242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4hAMNOpoF-9UiGYTNhAFXYMMFpIC6du3cas1OAlzImjXxfCrrrSdvEFzW8_AI-34rauMzLad9Z6woJctRme8T-Zapy6kiQ1L8z-eOBZrvRJzobKboV4pmJ9VU-_s0wLjIbib6fFMGyyZ/s320/image021.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">View of the new wall from the interior of the bucket toilet area, clearly showing the ribbed side of the new bricks, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_68" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">prior</span> to being platered using the original 'bagged' finish. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_69" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95tFBBjwORqEmizk6-e41CUdKV7eUXSz6AXvuSnDWqrTX5rUo8bHz_BnA2K6LbdcLk3ymz7oMcWyMQFhvYv_zkkLX5p82fBgNSS6-7eAfNdUuSEtTJwkw7CLIfhtvxqojMaq8s9tmPtHo/s1600/image022.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472552817272533522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95tFBBjwORqEmizk6-e41CUdKV7eUXSz6AXvuSnDWqrTX5rUo8bHz_BnA2K6LbdcLk3ymz7oMcWyMQFhvYv_zkkLX5p82fBgNSS6-7eAfNdUuSEtTJwkw7CLIfhtvxqojMaq8s9tmPtHo/s320/image022.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">The extent of the new wall prior to being bagged. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_70" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvptA2LDuoPF1rMFmjf5CjMl6sEtl-SKM4mEDy3BbDkRwtSDyY3svVjGEQb2t9SwSAovndZDpMa9ryFWjheWvZ84vDBEpwpPaHoELE-dYPOSQQxN3OpTvdhpELzWhsmZ6U2Ma2PVH39NM/s1600/image023.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472553140825264834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvptA2LDuoPF1rMFmjf5CjMl6sEtl-SKM4mEDy3BbDkRwtSDyY3svVjGEQb2t9SwSAovndZDpMa9ryFWjheWvZ84vDBEpwpPaHoELE-dYPOSQQxN3OpTvdhpELzWhsmZ6U2Ma2PVH39NM/s320/image023.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">View from the street showing Hostel33, no longer obscured from view by poles and washing lines and with the rebuilt screen wall at the bucket toilet area. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_71" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pjotograpoh</span>: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_72" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span></div><div> </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2t7NFqttFV4YMpR_CJwwAQ8A0rC-WGTGvnYAU5kY-UZhIgCiuNNjd1TXNhRc1AslQuW9ahc4cRkxo4wazq_W6O6oK2OueBK3ZAgRNQzsl46mifnIRmWnR_Atd7klcYJHhgp4leHYcWsaL/s1600/image024.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472553142342108434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2t7NFqttFV4YMpR_CJwwAQ8A0rC-WGTGvnYAU5kY-UZhIgCiuNNjd1TXNhRc1AslQuW9ahc4cRkxo4wazq_W6O6oK2OueBK3ZAgRNQzsl46mifnIRmWnR_Atd7klcYJHhgp4leHYcWsaL/s320/image024.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Board member Chris <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_73" class="blsp-spelling-error">Meje</span> arrives on site to inspect the works completed by the contractor he had <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_74" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">recommended</span>! Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_75" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Zb9KvbDXrVlO84rl1v35t50goBxkmy58CcwRdy-w4i0gfDshSkZz3zXAt6jL6iqLZ-yELFD2ZmIFsD8xU60I2bXCx6IeNARzCkTxIaQjIhAr2pIdYGF3Gf-ODEhvHDYMMjc19anHP1IQ/s1600/image025.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472553150953863874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Zb9KvbDXrVlO84rl1v35t50goBxkmy58CcwRdy-w4i0gfDshSkZz3zXAt6jL6iqLZ-yELFD2ZmIFsD8xU60I2bXCx6IeNARzCkTxIaQjIhAr2pIdYGF3Gf-ODEhvHDYMMjc19anHP1IQ/s320/image025.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Detail of the newly built wall prior to being bagged. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_76" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpc4Hs7508u4uISFSqoac2nEsguwfM67Nz0lq_oFkXyINwNos5OUfA7f3Mm4dONZzFCqc7RKqaFrR5AUZlEKN5JPQie8Y0YbyILSBoba6_X4jaUJn_IjV4ZfIEZITaqajCKeIwhqCtIgzw/s1600/image026.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472553153052511682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpc4Hs7508u4uISFSqoac2nEsguwfM67Nz0lq_oFkXyINwNos5OUfA7f3Mm4dONZzFCqc7RKqaFrR5AUZlEKN5JPQie8Y0YbyILSBoba6_X4jaUJn_IjV4ZfIEZITaqajCKeIwhqCtIgzw/s320/image026.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Detail of the ribbed side of the new wall, prior to being concealed through being bagged. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_77" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span>: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_78" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxh3_fwSv6K6QhUAWB6-7AXtmcGvjpPBBaL0_jymUS_iVNiZKy9dkbzpql3ev18t7sX3kxxiU18RCyZ83uaTwc7qaszzIosLsMWp1nZbmrSkqS_BY3YEmw4ofojRfOMBvCC9a8Fdl0GLb/s1600/image027.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472553463559084242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxh3_fwSv6K6QhUAWB6-7AXtmcGvjpPBBaL0_jymUS_iVNiZKy9dkbzpql3ev18t7sX3kxxiU18RCyZ83uaTwc7qaszzIosLsMWp1nZbmrSkqS_BY3YEmw4ofojRfOMBvCC9a8Fdl0GLb/s320/image027.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">The new wall receives a 'bagged' <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_79" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">plaster</span> finish to match the rest of the building. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_80" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span>: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_81" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7EZ4DgUP_bIZh1c2lrSFFt01aQMg-8mllZF4VfP80R3rGGPG5VnFb8ad9kuf_vNLPDllcQ8EoQpyKJ4q6QdUqNQP84i3l5m3qbrJR8Q8M5VzYvHmDk75qZ19vPU11to8UVWqeV1ARI-eT/s1600/image028.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472553468348360066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7EZ4DgUP_bIZh1c2lrSFFt01aQMg-8mllZF4VfP80R3rGGPG5VnFb8ad9kuf_vNLPDllcQ8EoQpyKJ4q6QdUqNQP84i3l5m3qbrJR8Q8M5VzYvHmDk75qZ19vPU11to8UVWqeV1ARI-eT/s320/image028.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Side view showing the reconstructed steps, in the position of the old steps as revealed by inspection on site and confirmed by Chris <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_82" class="blsp-spelling-error">Meje</span> and others who had previously used this and similar buildings. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_83" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span>: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_84" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQN5pTUdXdIPLcwQclQLPUUhyphenhyphen-UpxmLOH4Ga6m2RT5zPWvlaSi236DG-kbi1_OXXsszFvLEPCppW4iy0ilifx5oF7-Oq_Uv4lkXgvDOogh_eP1XsHuEybHvkhwh09rA_8ZpcGC1tS-VTPH/s1600/image029.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472553474083051282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQN5pTUdXdIPLcwQclQLPUUhyphenhyphen-UpxmLOH4Ga6m2RT5zPWvlaSi236DG-kbi1_OXXsszFvLEPCppW4iy0ilifx5oF7-Oq_Uv4lkXgvDOogh_eP1XsHuEybHvkhwh09rA_8ZpcGC1tS-VTPH/s320/image029.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">While project managing the building works, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_85" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> carefully cleans the new window panes, a week after the glazing has taken place. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_86" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span>: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_87" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblAXgOOgxGbs8ZfNzCTeN-2oGQnkKXgA6_EPkc0ptzTOUR8qggMBNQtoW-DiiTg7kB1Eci5JsZoYTyqO39a-ivne0Rt1cpOVJE4BwIsn5P8Sphtc083sQkht4TazO7SyqWaN8frxuffYD/s1600/image030.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472553471724585202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgblAXgOOgxGbs8ZfNzCTeN-2oGQnkKXgA6_EPkc0ptzTOUR8qggMBNQtoW-DiiTg7kB1Eci5JsZoYTyqO39a-ivne0Rt1cpOVJE4BwIsn5P8Sphtc083sQkht4TazO7SyqWaN8frxuffYD/s320/image030.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_88" class="blsp-spelling-error">Laings's</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_89" class="blsp-spelling-error">Koti's</span> son and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_90" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> install the new sign indicating that Hostel33 is under restoration. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_91" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span>: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_92" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPAHjSgOcCV6WZmKy4KuuZXvAFLKKU5Ns8tWbC9teBNTreQgSNrN0sBV9-XiJXwMClXYBq9q-PxqqbEtKg_kLF8xdLzeCS42EeaS4aWnV7L2eUwTCLagu5WIFgsvfhoUQxzjnCXCk1Bh6u/s1600/image031.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472553621962011314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPAHjSgOcCV6WZmKy4KuuZXvAFLKKU5Ns8tWbC9teBNTreQgSNrN0sBV9-XiJXwMClXYBq9q-PxqqbEtKg_kLF8xdLzeCS42EeaS4aWnV7L2eUwTCLagu5WIFgsvfhoUQxzjnCXCk1Bh6u/s320/image031.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">As the first phase of the building works is completed, and in keeping the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_93" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM's</span> process approach, the old sign is moved inside Hostel33, indicating another layer in the history of the building's use. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_94" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-4111780284651966252010-05-14T10:43:00.011+02:002010-05-16T17:33:38.654+02:00Using oral histories to curate lives in Hostel 33One of the major issues confronting museums as they seek new methodologies of display and interpretation is how to incorporate oral histories into their exhibitionary practices. There is always a technological issue and, related to this, costs which may be involved. Sometimes audio bells are used, in some instances excerpts from interviews are shown in an audio-visual form on monitors, audio-wands, headsets and mobile phones are increasingly used in art galleries, and in older technologies visitors are required lift up a handset and listen to a recording.<br /><br />The Lwandle Museum has been unable to afford any of these devices and instead has made extensive use of presenting an edited transcribed version as written text. In addition tour guides draw upon oral histories in their renditions to visitors. But the ways oral histories are used goes beyond a mere question of technology and raises issues about the ways voices are constantly mediated. Chrischene Julius of the District Six Museum has written an important article, <em>‘Digging Deeper than the eye approves’</em>, published in Kronos: Southern African Histories, 34 (2008), which examines these processes. She maintains that although claims are constantly being made to represent voices through oral histories in museums, through the performance of interviewing, translation, transcription and editing what occurs is a process of curating voices for the purposes of the museum. In the processes of making decisions about how to make the oral visual memories can become contained and much more circumscribed than was originally intended.<br /><br />On 16 April 2010 students from the African Programme in Museum and Heritage Studies at UWC and fellows of the Centre for Humanities Research visited the museum to analyse how oral histories are being curated and to discuss how the guides in the new tours to restored Hostel 33 might make use of oral histories.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWO576DgcnsbOdKLPmTlmI0S-zosDehQJU0UNyklIs5rq874SJwB8BtNnebrV4XGN_pv-ICR-yO6n5qMtJ478hp7TWuBX70BsL4xv4j3foeiJwwnofB1a6f2rWNdRQP4uHD2Nzl2x0NTxo/s1600/Lunga+and+APMS+students+2010.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471889435920815410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWO576DgcnsbOdKLPmTlmI0S-zosDehQJU0UNyklIs5rq874SJwB8BtNnebrV4XGN_pv-ICR-yO6n5qMtJ478hp7TWuBX70BsL4xv4j3foeiJwwnofB1a6f2rWNdRQP4uHD2Nzl2x0NTxo/s320/Lunga+and+APMS+students+2010.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Lunga Smile relates stories of Lwandle to African Programme in Museum and Heritage Studies students and staff and Centre for Humanities Research fellows from UWC. Photograph: Leslie Witz </span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></div></span><div></div><div></div><div>Different modes for the curation of oral histories were discerned in the museum. In Iimbali zeKhaya (Stories of Home) extracts from interview are presented to accompany large photographs of individuals. These are mainly presented as parts of a narration by the interviewee and appeared in English and isiXhosa. The oral appears then as the voice of the image. In the newer exhibition, Abavelisi Bengingqi yaseLwandle (Lwandle Designers), voice is again rendered in textual form of edited extracts in isiXhosa and English to accompany photographs of designers and their work, but in this case the interviews are presented as a conversation between the researchers and the interviewees. Interventions, questions, interjections and responses of the interviewers are incorporated into the display. In this manner an attempt is made to highlight the dialogic nature of oral histories, something which hardly appears in either written texts or in museum displays. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUdv4R2Cr_AAo87Yvbg77UW52qwLi8jMO-qo1BKiVCpED8eYlKbcGoYf92w88kaYUmdL9Cb0WiovnravBX99hlg0H3N2ClGvJeZInA1udRyuWj6pncAnw2ViMdeAm0_YbstpVYgV9giUU/s1600/Lwandle+Designers+detail.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471889441471325986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUdv4R2Cr_AAo87Yvbg77UW52qwLi8jMO-qo1BKiVCpED8eYlKbcGoYf92w88kaYUmdL9Cb0WiovnravBX99hlg0H3N2ClGvJeZInA1udRyuWj6pncAnw2ViMdeAm0_YbstpVYgV9giUU/s320/Lwandle+Designers+detail.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Detail of Lwandle Designers exhibition: Dumisani Molo in conversation with Lunga Smile and Leslie Witz. Here the voices of both interviewer and interviewee are graphically displayed. Photograph: Leslie Witz.</span><br /><div></div><br /><div>What became apparent throughout this discussion is that the way that the museum had made curatorial choices of representing oral histories, so much so that some of the students were asserting that the ‘voice’ was not that of the interviewees but that of the museum. This raised a heated debate about the intentions of oral history and its supposed articulation of democratic ideals and transformatory strategies. Although no conclusion was reached it was evident that such an idealist notion of oral history needed to be abandoned and replaced by a methodology that consciously sought to represent, in exhibition, the ways that voices are mediated. </div><div><br />This left us with the question of how the museum is going to incorporate oral histories into the tour narratives of Hostel 33. From very early on the museum decided against installing electronic equipment in the hostel, both for security reasons and the costs involved. </div><br /><div>Importantly, past experiences over the past ten years, has shown that the personalized guided narration is the most effective manner of representing notions of experience. Two strategies have been employed. The first is an ambitious oral history project that is being carried out by the museum with Grade 9 scholars from local schools, Khanyolwethu, Rusthof and Simunyene. Drawing on the museum’s experience in its partnership with the District Six Museum in a Youth ambassadors’ programme in 2008, the students are learning techniques of interviewing, contributing to a growing oral history collection in the museum and hopefully becoming advocates for the museum in their communities. This programme is being led by the museum’s education officer, Lundi Mama. The museum has also identified individuals who have lived in the hostels in different periods and is conducting a series of interviews with them. Finally, as community members become involved in the restoration process they also recall moments and experiences of their past lives when Lwandle was a place of hostels. Hostel 33 then serves, in the words of Pierre Nora, as an aide memoire. </div><br /><div>From these interviews and reminiscences the museum will develop one or two life stories which will the form the basis of the tour guide narrations. The idea is to move away from a generalized account to one that will resonate through the individual account. Photographs of the hostel, and documents such as pass books are being reproduced to create additional visual and tangible remnants. The oral histories, together with these selected and crafted arfticats will enable the museum to imagine, image and represent lives for visitors to Hostel 33. </div>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-60838420678127453422010-05-11T17:47:00.018+02:002010-05-16T17:45:31.774+02:00What's in a Tour?One of the major components of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Migrant Labour Museum visitor experience is the Walking Tour. From the earliest days of the Museum’s establishment, the idea of the Walking Tour was developed as a way of taking visitors into the landscape of the migrant labour compound. Here visitors experienced first-hand the spaces and places associated with the systems of control which formed the basis of the compound, as well as a sense of the conditions of the township into which <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> has grown since the 1980s.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjz0MTsypvPhwLYPbkQ-zFxHcRPfa7ZYUlUW58szi9shrdjCeesWUx_h9KrZcrQas3hL7fJI0pnv-YCwgBhijee_l8ZjG_DwUzE26dHoA5FervSxfEiU_4TVnz9h5o7PlxDXBsadoC32Z/s1600/IMG_3277.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470040202039687330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjz0MTsypvPhwLYPbkQ-zFxHcRPfa7ZYUlUW58szi9shrdjCeesWUx_h9KrZcrQas3hL7fJI0pnv-YCwgBhijee_l8ZjG_DwUzE26dHoA5FervSxfEiU_4TVnz9h5o7PlxDXBsadoC32Z/s320/IMG_3277.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM's</span> Curator <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga</span> Smile takes visitors on the Walking Tour through <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span>, April 2010. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br />Over the years the Museum’s research has been <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">focused</span> on gathering memories and information about the landscape, its planning, its buildings, and peoples’ memories of the migrant labour experience. In 2001, a joint project between the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Museum and University of the Western Cape’s Project on Public Pasts (based in the History Department and funded by the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">NRF</span>), along with students from the then Post-graduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies -now the African Programme in Museum and Heritage Studies-, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">UCT</span> Architecture students and Brown University to facilitate a research culture amongst students so they would go on to become graduate students, produced an exhibition based on a research project undertaken in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> , entitled ‘<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Unayo</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">na</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">iMephu</span>?’ (Do you have a Map?) Components of this exhibition still form part of the permanent exhibitions on display at the Old Community Hall at the museum.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBMOtMszmwBcQ4HZjo5t6Ex5KCUHL73bE6c401CR9E5JUazTQst3QKyaDNjAT6TgOKORf9wkf7cG4JVG0nppVJ_QHkyOUvAJKLdiNm6NrEzcFpHUAHpXIifi10OxV733SA0Ho9Xdol-nt/s1600/image003compressed.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471069106454041570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBMOtMszmwBcQ4HZjo5t6Ex5KCUHL73bE6c401CR9E5JUazTQst3QKyaDNjAT6TgOKORf9wkf7cG4JVG0nppVJ_QHkyOUvAJKLdiNm6NrEzcFpHUAHpXIifi10OxV733SA0Ho9Xdol-nt/s320/image003compressed.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZERUbBiiuXoWcKrkDW1FXC0vo8rbqXkZspaxjlWOqUgYJIFmQltBrrR8TGFSYtkdpO7-tK12lEqn-lpJ3uLnWRvhThsAeLTwFNVjXuNLDuEEtKPSovVo3YwjqH52DH_zxBxGpUqo7m-u/s1600/image001compressed.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471069102400187634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZERUbBiiuXoWcKrkDW1FXC0vo8rbqXkZspaxjlWOqUgYJIFmQltBrrR8TGFSYtkdpO7-tK12lEqn-lpJ3uLnWRvhThsAeLTwFNVjXuNLDuEEtKPSovVo3YwjqH52DH_zxBxGpUqo7m-u/s320/image001compressed.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Visitors to the museum are invited to contribute their memories. Panels produced in English and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">isiXhosa</span> from research into the landscape of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span>, August 2001, from the exhibition <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Unayo</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">na</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">iMephu</span>? (Group project curated by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bongani</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mgijima</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray and Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span> with students and academics. Graphics by Angela Tuck.</span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><div><br />Running in parallel with on-going research and oral history projects over the last ten years, the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Museum staff have produced, reviewed and up-dated written narratives for the tour which each tour guide uses as the basis for their tours. Along with personal additions the current tour guides, adapt these narratives on each Walking Tour, thereby providing visitors with a combination material from the museum’s research archive with personal views of the guides, all of whom are local residents. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtU7QRcUu_1VqUYUtU3uOyr-hHNJ_tWM7D5TjWcbR4-iMOp-cT9zzVsv8YfoJoJnhgza-D3vptDVjPWEHW5LD3xDdzE-PkXwEKNyNsMmQ0w6ExdJfdPZstk5N3GJIUDGhpZc4vlaY4fKqz/s1600/IMG_3273.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470040003846313650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtU7QRcUu_1VqUYUtU3uOyr-hHNJ_tWM7D5TjWcbR4-iMOp-cT9zzVsv8YfoJoJnhgza-D3vptDVjPWEHW5LD3xDdzE-PkXwEKNyNsMmQ0w6ExdJfdPZstk5N3GJIUDGhpZc4vlaY4fKqz/s320/IMG_3273.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Example of one of the scripts produced over the years for the Walking Tour, based on research by the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM</span>. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br />The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Museum is very much a museum about process and the tour narrative reflects this. Museum staff met recently to update the Walking Tour narratives to include accounts of the research revealed in the process of restoring Hostel 33 over the last few months.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc90NPEr20laywnb9QqpNclsIlmvr0VoHpKPlwAAQU2PMuOCBboB_tuLEqbxhW9P9des8jz24kgtyatGKCGmFUmD_b3Lmg9twwjR4BKGurqJR_Jj-2RP-TeJEWppFif2slWrjBN-Gl-TuR/s1600/IMG_3274.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470040007134934850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc90NPEr20laywnb9QqpNclsIlmvr0VoHpKPlwAAQU2PMuOCBboB_tuLEqbxhW9P9des8jz24kgtyatGKCGmFUmD_b3Lmg9twwjR4BKGurqJR_Jj-2RP-TeJEWppFif2slWrjBN-Gl-TuR/s320/IMG_3274.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM</span> staff met with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray to discuss changes to the Walking Tour, following recent developments in the restoration of Hostel 33, April 2010. L-R, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mphumzi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nzozo</span> (tour guide), <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga</span> Smile (curator), <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">Simpiwe</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Konono</span> (tour guide) and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lundi</span> Mama (education officer). Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br />As such, people who visit the museum while the restoration is taking place are shown the ways in which the museum is working with the historical fabric of the building and invited to contribute to debates around the evolving exhibitions. Visitors record their experiences in the museum's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Visitors</span> Book.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJo7teo73FTTfqLjtHQoqfsqVyfl4AJSkOJbPL7xD-_YRKX3eh7ozyELOyiRFj6EK7XtIXk2CetZZjVpFgFY37I8HCIMdXL3G-r7sEyyvpWhwmkNRtDOweCQYtaqIthPdOdh8fTLzu6zw/s1600/IMG_3278.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470040208744225122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJo7teo73FTTfqLjtHQoqfsqVyfl4AJSkOJbPL7xD-_YRKX3eh7ozyELOyiRFj6EK7XtIXk2CetZZjVpFgFY37I8HCIMdXL3G-r7sEyyvpWhwmkNRtDOweCQYtaqIthPdOdh8fTLzu6zw/s320/IMG_3278.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">A mixture of research and personal experience, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM's</span> tour guides are all local residents who know the place intimately. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray. </span></div>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-61261474804509765032010-05-07T20:41:00.020+02:002010-05-11T18:17:27.517+02:00Birthday Celebrations as Lwandle Museum turns 10 - Workers Day - 1 May 2010.Last weekend, on Workers’ Day, 1 May 2010, the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Migrant Labour Museum celebrated its 10<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span> birthday. The Museum hosted a birthday party to which it invited its many friends, collaborators and supporters as a way of thanking everyone who has contributed to the continued existence of the museum. Community members and friends of the museum were treated to performances by groups associated with the Museum. Ten years ago the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Uzuko</span> Gospel Choir sang at the Museum’s Launch and they returned, along with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Simpiwe</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Konono</span> (now one of the Museum’s employees as a Tour Guide and the Master of Ceremonies for the day’s celebration programmes) to perform the national anthem, poignantly opening the day’s celebrations.<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> sensations – <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">acapella</span> group the Red Dazzlers performed a number of pieces starting with a piece about Xenophobia – appropriately performed in the space of the migrant museum. This was followed by speeches by co-founder of the museum, Charmian ‘Mama’ <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Plummer</span> and the Chair of the Board of the museum, Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">WItz</span>. Next up were spoken performances by local poets whose work won awards as part of the recent <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Museum poetry competition, and dancing by the Rise and Shine dance group (also closely associated with the Museum) and later a football match between the teams from local taxi-drivers and the police. It was a remarkable occasion. As Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span> has written subsequently:<br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">‘Ten years ago, when the museum was opened by the poet <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sandile</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Dikeni</span> no-one had thought it would last this long. But through the commitment of its staff and board and the support of the community it has defied expectations. The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Migrant Labour Museum today challenges the traditional role of a museum and many other more well-established museums in the country are taking a leaf out of its book.’<br /></span></em><br />The birthday was also an important moment in the restoration process currently underway at Hostel 33 as staff of the museum led guests on the newly updated tour to Hostel 33. Here they were able to show, for the fist time, the new exhibitions taking place in the hostel interior as well as in the old bucket toilet area, and to receive comment and feedback.<br /><br /><em>Some images from the day by Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray. </em><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4PvNX9nWFfZ_tBH9VNSusQot_hOv-B4DS2KIhhDyznf47TfjR_Tv7q48NcBvS4Jj3nJBc_T9m4DD_WLkDUJ9Sp2hLgT94uBqbID_a0A8rXjAXumYU4EddOnTVal5gjHiEJc_e_XDpdgr/s1600/Mr+Molos+bed.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469996575990921218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4PvNX9nWFfZ_tBH9VNSusQot_hOv-B4DS2KIhhDyznf47TfjR_Tv7q48NcBvS4Jj3nJBc_T9m4DD_WLkDUJ9Sp2hLgT94uBqbID_a0A8rXjAXumYU4EddOnTVal5gjHiEJc_e_XDpdgr/s320/Mr+Molos+bed.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Early on the morning of the 1st of May Staff prepared the hall scape for the celebrations. In the foreground a hostel bed (donated by Board Member Mr. R. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Molo</span>) signifies the new exhibitions opened for the fist time on the day. Photograph: Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span>.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFa61gVA-iIk31AG84ppElWN-Ldh2j5gEaj2KBB9ts62eKtjvIsD0FkNnmdPq783k57jVYHvesIolnPilL6ldqfd6XPhyy87Ya-KDEIQpPuDIkCJ7Lcp1vT0_i-e4rzlF_xKsBQa7UtBEo/s1600/les+is+pleased.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469996580195196290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFa61gVA-iIk31AG84ppElWN-Ldh2j5gEaj2KBB9ts62eKtjvIsD0FkNnmdPq783k57jVYHvesIolnPilL6ldqfd6XPhyy87Ya-KDEIQpPuDIkCJ7Lcp1vT0_i-e4rzlF_xKsBQa7UtBEo/s320/les+is+pleased.JPG" /></a> </p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Chairperson of the Board of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Museum, Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span>, is visibly excited to see progress on site at Hostel 33 on his arrival before the celebrations. Standing in front of the hostel in the space which had been cleared of paraphernalia such as washing lines and poles, and showing the newly reconstructed wall at the entrance to the bucket toilet area, the building sits more authentically in the context of the hostel row. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.<br /></span></p><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdhOeoBkcZwjnoSDhpo339boz1j8Kgr_l6CE8mFzfstDTJZghnHt3YVabRlU27y4177Q0YGgomMP5ilM8kuzj7chFzM-AAeP4f5SelGw7Mt_ZdfhiK4ADPL1Az9dwcvWN01vCetdTTpUt/s1600/recreated+space.JPG"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470010134410331346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdhOeoBkcZwjnoSDhpo339boz1j8Kgr_l6CE8mFzfstDTJZghnHt3YVabRlU27y4177Q0YGgomMP5ilM8kuzj7chFzM-AAeP4f5SelGw7Mt_ZdfhiK4ADPL1Az9dwcvWN01vCetdTTpUt/s320/recreated+space.JPG" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The new exhibition - Recreating the Lived Spaces of Hostel 33 - where hostels rooms were re-inhabited along with input and work by previous residents. Photograph: Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span>.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbTZs2E7WdOEVijcRGNqRAiXFLGQjHpEOfHhPYX4OpyLOpbtI_59CezReVKpmxer0JIRp79m8ps6sABbf1oyXhOyknnkeUpiYZvQS61Vf9qOqCONlwh2Vn98ARNcO6aJk8B8_3wkfTVZO/s1600/noeleen+shows+brick+bed.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469996582433042866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbTZs2E7WdOEVijcRGNqRAiXFLGQjHpEOfHhPYX4OpyLOpbtI_59CezReVKpmxer0JIRp79m8ps6sABbf1oyXhOyknnkeUpiYZvQS61Vf9qOqCONlwh2Vn98ARNcO6aJk8B8_3wkfTVZO/s320/noeleen+shows+brick+bed.JPG" /></a> </p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray shows Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span> how artifacts which have been gathered and donated are now assembled into a depiction of the lived space of the hostel. Here she displays how beds were stacked using brick and paint tins to create bunks as the hostels became overcrowded. Photograph: Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span>.</span><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAcnRqk4hNWKM2ajAzN2GOR4EARJqokGbQENV7iZihGpw9BpftR95AOREWSEKKTOg4P2qJJJpJ-ZQRNv1Y94PfBBcc7u2QRYHEf8wM0IKcpbJob254B6HVCi-iMQVjWiQzIbTi2yAjNqY/s1600/broken+window.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469996587679007522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIAcnRqk4hNWKM2ajAzN2GOR4EARJqokGbQENV7iZihGpw9BpftR95AOREWSEKKTOg4P2qJJJpJ-ZQRNv1Y94PfBBcc7u2QRYHEf8wM0IKcpbJob254B6HVCi-iMQVjWiQzIbTi2yAjNqY/s320/broken+window.JPG" /></a> </p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">While looking around the new exhibition, we noticed that a window pane had been shattered by a brick thrown at the window, sadly highlighting the security concerns over refurbishing the hostel interiors with goods. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0N0IPiAeqsskaNApdHeSHwg5W2ek6TMiTaE5v3QJss_6ErSMt3KzNjpe89ANHbaGNoM0Wh6KO1TaGgNJuqzgqyB4IObuzA6NkZpgGCZkHgpTCLv7eAbLf-3SbftTDdGfZdzLLxYOIPYKX/s1600/curators+past+and+present.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469996591548913090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0N0IPiAeqsskaNApdHeSHwg5W2ek6TMiTaE5v3QJss_6ErSMt3KzNjpe89ANHbaGNoM0Wh6KO1TaGgNJuqzgqyB4IObuzA6NkZpgGCZkHgpTCLv7eAbLf-3SbftTDdGfZdzLLxYOIPYKX/s320/curators+past+and+present.JPG" /></a> </p><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Back at the Old Community Hall, current curator <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga</span> Smile greets one of his predecessors <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Vusi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">Buthelezi</span>, who along with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bonke</span> Thule were there to celebrate the museum's continued existence. Photograph: Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span>.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQIdo-IFzHCaLBcQMF1MrNRNE8E-h9NVbeJHnEyY8-jNOhGzFdvcNiMUUpHyFyNWf7UJYTymeBntFYTy62OWjGwz5GJkz1VPDg3mQGEbQKa3u9eu3xXVm2NPyI_C-UIs_2JZmQWoZq0kK/s1600/hall+fills+up.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470003887128880514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQIdo-IFzHCaLBcQMF1MrNRNE8E-h9NVbeJHnEyY8-jNOhGzFdvcNiMUUpHyFyNWf7UJYTymeBntFYTy62OWjGwz5GJkz1VPDg3mQGEbQKa3u9eu3xXVm2NPyI_C-UIs_2JZmQWoZq0kK/s320/hall+fills+up.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">The hall fills up, as visitors gather before the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">offical</span> programme commenced. Photograph: Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">WItz</span>.</span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtR6LNnkPX9p8Lfsdn_XIujQt179DyuaeWVNwzOOsOdhuNiZo7kBCT8B7AeB09dG-qBgbyu5omogbp9-twGIMc2FG_agIi30MEKtash0h7JAoqdmNB9g7RoCqOkFmxz4x30veYmr5XMs5R/s1600/young+visitor.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470003901372001602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtR6LNnkPX9p8Lfsdn_XIujQt179DyuaeWVNwzOOsOdhuNiZo7kBCT8B7AeB09dG-qBgbyu5omogbp9-twGIMc2FG_agIi30MEKtash0h7JAoqdmNB9g7RoCqOkFmxz4x30veYmr5XMs5R/s320/young+visitor.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">A young visitor surveys the exhibits. Photograph: Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span>.</span><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVWDbd_tRdgLzWn3xEprJWxLzjp_r_uKcp8BODxZXmNTdoqMvGWhXmJ2oJ-1GZeG_ZCcmdgkqHEuMy9osjmTxtaPDzmVTZc884O7jWgA-I4L0lj4Pu6EWiraFpa-C7CrqRRnxLx3i03Za/s1600/mamas.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470003895923625330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVWDbd_tRdgLzWn3xEprJWxLzjp_r_uKcp8BODxZXmNTdoqMvGWhXmJ2oJ-1GZeG_ZCcmdgkqHEuMy9osjmTxtaPDzmVTZc884O7jWgA-I4L0lj4Pu6EWiraFpa-C7CrqRRnxLx3i03Za/s320/mamas.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Museum mamas - Charmian 'Mama' <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">Plummer</span>, Mama Christine <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error">Makabane</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray. Photograph: Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span>.</span> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsv0TGsQNRq_dcKAkU61RzHGlrVm_Uciv79CqHSD2VlOVbcJRXP2PXwlFHgcrgS2m-0AgfZ6BNHlEP76ru2riCTfXF11Wv2FV9mXJSLBM4SDmBjrf0tRMsUDpwmEcQLhwNmINDRA666QQZ/s1600/gospel+group.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 179px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470006549301666082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsv0TGsQNRq_dcKAkU61RzHGlrVm_Uciv79CqHSD2VlOVbcJRXP2PXwlFHgcrgS2m-0AgfZ6BNHlEP76ru2riCTfXF11Wv2FV9mXJSLBM4SDmBjrf0tRMsUDpwmEcQLhwNmINDRA666QQZ/s320/gospel+group.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error">Uzuko</span> Gospel Choir on stage at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_39" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Museum, with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_40" class="blsp-spelling-error">Simpiwe</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_41" class="blsp-spelling-error">Konono</span> (centre back row). Photograph Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_42" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span>. </span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLtoMULC6vrTyNpxaWhZ2soVwmPU0GjCnHwu43Z3chwlrna-MvMuHRpwnviRoRoJJCl_Ic7NoiYGpgsYatTnoa5xr8jAe7qNwFsE4qf9DpGWWLH0NSC5olBizX1Z97QUHr4cEj3Zi-r0p/s1600/Red+Dazzlers.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 155px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470006559142422818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLtoMULC6vrTyNpxaWhZ2soVwmPU0GjCnHwu43Z3chwlrna-MvMuHRpwnviRoRoJJCl_Ic7NoiYGpgsYatTnoa5xr8jAe7qNwFsE4qf9DpGWWLH0NSC5olBizX1Z97QUHr4cEj3Zi-r0p/s320/Red+Dazzlers.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Red Dazzlers <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_43" class="blsp-spelling-error">acapella</span> group. Source: http://www.itheko.co.za/africanbands.htm (accessed 7 May 2010, 21h24)<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTuMn5TP2cdSmMeaepX5ohIasW1w2J7bdr4i51XBYhtYOVL8CFA5DKi_k06IBoEL5RIrMDn6tadxGmZNj_cwwSgz_m-OHTygAi2IbpTI-o5ErXwcJh-3ZJvrGq_ImHtTfY-OaHbORAh8z/s1600/lungas+tour.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470006562935725442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTuMn5TP2cdSmMeaepX5ohIasW1w2J7bdr4i51XBYhtYOVL8CFA5DKi_k06IBoEL5RIrMDn6tadxGmZNj_cwwSgz_m-OHTygAi2IbpTI-o5ErXwcJh-3ZJvrGq_ImHtTfY-OaHbORAh8z/s320/lungas+tour.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Guests gather outside Hostel 33. On the 1 May 2010, the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_44" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Museum ran four tours - conducted in isiXhosa and English - in keeping with the Museum's multi-lingual approach. The new tours - <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_45" class="blsp-spelling-error">workshopped</span> over the past few weeks provide a narrative about hostel life based on oral history research with previous residents as a way of creating 'storied lives'. These ideas were first <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_46" class="blsp-spelling-error">workshopped</span> at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_47" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM</span> on March 2009 with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_48" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ciraj</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_49" class="blsp-spelling-error">Rassool</span> (of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_50" class="blsp-spelling-error">UWC's</span> Department of History and the District Six Museum), who along with District Six Museum colleagues was present to see with work (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_51" class="blsp-spelling-error">Rassool</span>, is second from the right in the image alongside Bonita <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_52" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bennet</span> and Mandy Sanger) Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_53" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaeIOmWPmHCc3n_WcrsBsxq_gVOo9ofNE5YjebI2Yi83cfieKAGZGF4yfouFoF2AcQJbOEgUWZAbOe3Eq8tPe2YtkCNjGQ_vpNSQr0dTEI9gL2eWTAclP35OJsqy_CK5Vo9D6O9i2qeFP/s1600/curators.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470007996437424610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaeIOmWPmHCc3n_WcrsBsxq_gVOo9ofNE5YjebI2Yi83cfieKAGZGF4yfouFoF2AcQJbOEgUWZAbOe3Eq8tPe2YtkCNjGQ_vpNSQr0dTEI9gL2eWTAclP35OJsqy_CK5Vo9D6O9i2qeFP/s320/curators.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Curators of the new exhibition shown in its first installation on 1 May, pictured outside the hostel as the new tours get underway, Sylvia <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_54" class="blsp-spelling-error">Monqo</span>, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_55" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kholiswa</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_56" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ncane</span> with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_57" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray and children and grandchildren. Photograph: Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_58" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span>.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieo3A4pbzBBsrehju122NVmznYgOK25dMZW0q05KcxrOmOW_99cEwp5SYtka9uUceLo83h00ns7Oe5z4OHdSXTtheVFFzpvQeqZkHWMZR2BWnuYQTBbUZGbuyp1uc47xWGg_krbhhMclS2/s1600/bonni+and+Mandy.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470007998194557762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieo3A4pbzBBsrehju122NVmznYgOK25dMZW0q05KcxrOmOW_99cEwp5SYtka9uUceLo83h00ns7Oe5z4OHdSXTtheVFFzpvQeqZkHWMZR2BWnuYQTBbUZGbuyp1uc47xWGg_krbhhMclS2/s320/bonni+and+Mandy.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The first tour was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_59" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga's</span> Tour (conducted in English), which commenced from Hostel 33. Here he is pictured in the bucket system area with Bonita <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_60" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bennet</span> (far left) and Many Sanger (far right) of the District Six Museum, Stanley <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_61" class="blsp-spelling-error">Baluku</span> (a Fellow from the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_62" class="blsp-spelling-error">CHR</span> at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_63" class="blsp-spelling-error">UWC</span>) and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_64" class="blsp-spelling-error">Zaina</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_65" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nabirye</span> of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_66" class="blsp-spelling-error">APMHS</span> at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_67" class="blsp-spelling-error">UWC</span>. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_68" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCPCVriwUhffp8YGLZqyefFHRRGGlr6gABgFn1uiFfTIHikGcZRYP9jYKq0RUkjqJ1ggBthFzzDLh1Yb1U9EXooUuS4tZsHOksEHeQOwvcz3kM1LsVEwzHXDnhu76vIRMti4XVeKZ_IJg/s1600/simpiwe's+tour.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470008003025837586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCPCVriwUhffp8YGLZqyefFHRRGGlr6gABgFn1uiFfTIHikGcZRYP9jYKq0RUkjqJ1ggBthFzzDLh1Yb1U9EXooUuS4tZsHOksEHeQOwvcz3kM1LsVEwzHXDnhu76vIRMti4XVeKZ_IJg/s320/simpiwe's+tour.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The next tour - <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_69" class="blsp-spelling-error">Simpiwe's</span> Tour - started with a walk through <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_70" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> and was conducted in isiXhosa. Here he is photographed telling the story of the restoration of the bucket toilet area before guiding visitors through the space. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_71" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kClpr7ap29dK-J-4r6IkwFr5cyk13-TdzQW3Ky0KTIA7-iGhQYdhjeQi8kr0Mm4PIAjx1Bum-4F89tiAANMSIWvItl71b7Ch__gayXOlaAwTnllkiIxH470SfKuAKFaQgoClZ3GPfsK6/s1600/Mphumzi's+tour.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470008009677109298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kClpr7ap29dK-J-4r6IkwFr5cyk13-TdzQW3Ky0KTIA7-iGhQYdhjeQi8kr0Mm4PIAjx1Bum-4F89tiAANMSIWvItl71b7Ch__gayXOlaAwTnllkiIxH470SfKuAKFaQgoClZ3GPfsK6/s320/Mphumzi's+tour.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_72" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mphumzi</span>’s Tour - here he is telling Jade Gibson (Post-Doctoral Fellow from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_73" class="blsp-spelling-error">UWC</span>) about the ways in which the museum has gathered stories in order to re-inhabit one of the rooms in Hostel 33. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_74" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span></div><div></div></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_mX7LZ774nYbPrQ_sOWGreVcnoYYyFCD48AtObQyLoMKB_tneFwt_J9f2DTzRIhuAveO2It7d_LJt4QZyhCT_zd1c-XSR1kff9A-js8bXHYVeJ2Ux0pzkilq4R5bsjDa9JEE9vRwOTRS/s1600/Lundi's+tour.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470009827915799458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_mX7LZ774nYbPrQ_sOWGreVcnoYYyFCD48AtObQyLoMKB_tneFwt_J9f2DTzRIhuAveO2It7d_LJt4QZyhCT_zd1c-XSR1kff9A-js8bXHYVeJ2Ux0pzkilq4R5bsjDa9JEE9vRwOTRS/s320/Lundi's+tour.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">On <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_75" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lundi's</span> Tour - he impressed visitors including his lecturer in Oral History from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_76" class="blsp-spelling-error">UWC</span> - Nicky Rousseau - with his accounts of hostel life, the museum's research and the resultant exhibitions. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_77" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WGkUangCGKFYhdBfmx1VP9U1Qtsfv7ioc4ZfZCbC-m6vEuPYQdRz1IREcT5eAwS2Bsbzz3680cJWaWDeC7xZvns-hGDVb3so_X0la8filGUNJmv2Qt3h3Xv6LiG7actN-YYv2t2hUrgC/s1600/Mark.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470010130807373298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WGkUangCGKFYhdBfmx1VP9U1Qtsfv7ioc4ZfZCbC-m6vEuPYQdRz1IREcT5eAwS2Bsbzz3680cJWaWDeC7xZvns-hGDVb3so_X0la8filGUNJmv2Qt3h3Xv6LiG7actN-YYv2t2hUrgC/s320/Mark.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Mark Canning from the Restoration Project's sponsors at the US Consulate leaves the bucket toilet area. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_78" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8LKQKF4Gn3ibJjkRKBj2nrTGdOEeNBq6DkNMkqOUqgGvM6QL-Xbqi0gIq8xG5shQAZZ4sLKbwIgtrkzjFf2IBKeetnTtK-Hlieyur4a79dINHpzTjJQ8eYZcMBrRmhOA27Erc8g0kZpb/s1600/entrance+to+H33.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470009827347775842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8LKQKF4Gn3ibJjkRKBj2nrTGdOEeNBq6DkNMkqOUqgGvM6QL-Xbqi0gIq8xG5shQAZZ4sLKbwIgtrkzjFf2IBKeetnTtK-Hlieyur4a79dINHpzTjJQ8eYZcMBrRmhOA27Erc8g0kZpb/s320/entrance+to+H33.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Danie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_79" class="blsp-spelling-error">Botha</span> looks at the reconstructed protest sign on display at the entrance to Hostel 33, as neighbour <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_80" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kadephi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_81" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mtiya</span>. keeps a watch at the door. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_82" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMNRcnPJ1NNCy-LJV4TMRReSKsONS795B9JEyc0FofC7SDrZphJnfZRdGmGZEc4Pbna3Ny0b-fOOiOKkCbXNimA7UkUc2LrpoYAf1Cc5AcEW2aHI3w087EqHXwAVLmemIkfrAWgNt_PPm/s1600/chris+and+vince.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470009813884019250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMNRcnPJ1NNCy-LJV4TMRReSKsONS795B9JEyc0FofC7SDrZphJnfZRdGmGZEc4Pbna3Ny0b-fOOiOKkCbXNimA7UkUc2LrpoYAf1Cc5AcEW2aHI3w087EqHXwAVLmemIkfrAWgNt_PPm/s320/chris+and+vince.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_83" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Museum Board Member Chris <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_84" class="blsp-spelling-error">Meje</span> (left), chats to industrial archaeologist David Worth and Vincent <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_85" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kolbe</span>, long time contributor to the District Six Museum. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_86" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6YvtKGoL_FmBOP-_Rxcrr-eNXBhJJfuyXdD8WcW4SJNWjoO0Kbp0XZbARVP5JkIIGSycDicQ7gAFHwQrTMfRbXnK_GXEpO_l_kuQorH11wtAPTsgpzbXcfKC0YRMRGe3u3g_e0N3lfuK/s1600/thumbs+up.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470010140201788834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6YvtKGoL_FmBOP-_Rxcrr-eNXBhJJfuyXdD8WcW4SJNWjoO0Kbp0XZbARVP5JkIIGSycDicQ7gAFHwQrTMfRbXnK_GXEpO_l_kuQorH11wtAPTsgpzbXcfKC0YRMRGe3u3g_e0N3lfuK/s320/thumbs+up.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">A thumbs up from ex-hostel dweller and Board Member Mr. E. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_87" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nyongwana</span> (centre), pictured here with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_88" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM's</span> tour guide <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_89" class="blsp-spelling-error">Simpiwe</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_90" class="blsp-spelling-error">Konono</span> and neighbour <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_91" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kadephi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_92" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mtiya</span>.Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_93" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgwJoNl32bthH-a2EaJ-SE9evJBMivGRMmcsHO9pVVbZ5BTYn0SxluXyb7wQVSVlVKhZg23zX93T4j8pCLfgCt5JT9XTFeNQoFSrZ047cliE-IqeQOmQ86YTQYOYH6xnRP_rVcTT9_fCs/s1600/eating.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470009818452670402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgwJoNl32bthH-a2EaJ-SE9evJBMivGRMmcsHO9pVVbZ5BTYn0SxluXyb7wQVSVlVKhZg23zX93T4j8pCLfgCt5JT9XTFeNQoFSrZ047cliE-IqeQOmQ86YTQYOYH6xnRP_rVcTT9_fCs/s320/eating.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_94" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Museum supporters Charmian <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_95" class="blsp-spelling-error">Plummer</span>, Danie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_96" class="blsp-spelling-error">Botha</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_97" class="blsp-spelling-error">Shehnaaz</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_98" class="blsp-spelling-error">Moosa</span>, Matthew Cooke and children enjoy the lunch organised by the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_99" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM's</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_100" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lungiswa</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_101" class="blsp-spelling-error">Teka</span>. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_102" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span> </div><div> </div><div></div><div>Don't miss the next Poetry Competition performances in celebration of 10 years, see:</div><div></div></div></div><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71980167064&v=info&ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=346274087554&index=1">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71980167064&v=info&ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=346274087554&index=1</a>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-14507625216728376432010-05-07T20:31:00.008+02:002010-05-11T17:13:02.529+02:00Hostel 33's restoration in considered alongside other debates over modern architecture's heritage worthiness in Cape Town<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUyjYkqrpt9cKYadoTgJSX3OyewyQmRJuakDlkDTvRqLfiMF2JhsUWME47wcBmgsPFTzZqTYOYrwgtTEjbzUNzZUVe4Hbk-lW57-PejhOMwckEtceYkMgSWQ5juBztXSAOW6XRKN4P2p8/s1600/IMG_3586.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468598162151176994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUyjYkqrpt9cKYadoTgJSX3OyewyQmRJuakDlkDTvRqLfiMF2JhsUWME47wcBmgsPFTzZqTYOYrwgtTEjbzUNzZUVe4Hbk-lW57-PejhOMwckEtceYkMgSWQ5juBztXSAOW6XRKN4P2p8/s320/IMG_3586.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image from an article published by Noeleen Murray in the Cape Times OpEd section, p11, Friday 7 May 2010.</span><br /><br /><strong>Text from the article:<br /></strong><br /><em>City structures still reflect the social divide </em><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">by Noëleen Murray </span><br /><br />The effects of the emergence of the 2010 World Cup Stadium in the landscape of Cape Town have yet to be fully understood over time. Already in its immediate presence, through its modern approach to architecture, its massive concreteness, and set against the iconic backdrop of Table Mountain in the city, it has become the dominant global image of post-apartheid Cape Town.<br /><br />As is well known from the debates that have recently circulated around its possible proposed locations in the city , this image has been carefully constructed to present a particular view of Cape Town to an international market of 2010 tourists. What is less immediately accessible from this image is the underlying presence of earlier forms of modern architecture in the city built during the years of apartheid. Many of these buildings are less easily transformed into tourist attractions in the post-apartheid city than the slick, technologically advanced modernism of the stadium, and yet their presence continues to affect the daily lives of people across Cape Town.<br /><br />The effects of modern architecture and urban planning in Cape Town are now well-known and have a darker, more problematic and divisive history in the making of the apartheid character of the city. At the same time certain examples of Cape Town’s modernist architecture have long been considered by local architects as exemplary works of an international architectural design standard. It is perhaps not surprising then that, with the passage of time since 1994, certain modernist buildings are being considered for their heritage worthiness.<br /><br />There are two striking instances of this in contemporary Cape Town. The first is located in Lwandle near Somerset West where Hostel 33 is being restored as part of the Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum. Hostel 33 is the only remaining migrant labour hostel designed by engineers in the local authorities as part of a compound for single males who worked in the Helderberg Basin and is a reminder of the oppressive policies of apartheid’s migrant labour practices in the city under the infamous Coloured Labour Preference legislation.<br /><br />The second is the proposed redevelopment of the Werdmuller Centre in Claremont designed by architect and urban designer, University of Cape Town Professor Roelof Uytenbogaardt in the 1970s. Since the time of its construction this shopping centre has been controversial. Built in amongst the largely Victorian architecture of old Claremont subsequent to Forced Removals in the area, its modern architecture was hailed with affection in the 1970s by architects but less favourably received by the broader public.<br /><br />In both instances the buildings under consideration fall outside of the cautionary sixty year clause contained in the National Heritage Resources Act promulgated in 1999 and arguments have had to be presented to the heritage authorities motivating for their heritage worthiness. What these two projects reveal is the complexity of the histories of their presence in the landscape of the city.<br /><br />While their shared categorisation as works of modernist architecture is technically correct, as both Hostel 33 and the Werdmuller Centre were designed in accordance with internationally accepted principles of modernist design, albeit in different ways, their emergence in the local context and within the politics of the time in Cape Town are strikingly different. Hostel 33 was designed as part of a planned hermetically sealed off labour compound which later became a township space and the Werdmuller Centre was an individual building commissioned in the 1970s as a shopping centre in a newly formed White Group Area. In both cases the buildings were designed for racially designated Population Groups under apartheid.<br /><br />The argument for the preservation of Hostel 33 in its original state is for the retention of space that memorialises a key spatial type manifest as part of the apartheid lexicon of segregation. Here the highly administered lives and traumatic conditions under which black men were forced to live in urban areas under the Pass Laws is remembered through the old hostel which is located in amongst the other hostels which were transformed into family accommodation under a ‘Hostels to Homes’ project in the late 1990s. In the walking tour at the Lwandle Museum, Cape Town’s first and only township museum, the hostel is part of a narrative of township life which has its origins in the establishment of inferior racialised spaces in the apartheid city.<br /><br />The arguments presented for the retention of the Werdmuller Centre however are less obvious within the transformative discourses that circulate in the post-apartheid city. Its status as a building held in high regard by architects has been highlighted by the heritage authorities on whose advice architects have become the ‘affected parties’ in terms of heritage legislation and public process. For architects its status is as a modernist building, cited as an exceptional example of Corbusian modernism. Other arguments which have been made are around the claim that this was a building designed according to ‘timeless’, ‘democratic’ principles, an ideal of a building that was intended to somehow transcend the racialised shopping areas connecting and serving shopping commuters traveling from the Claremont Station to the Main Road.<br /><br />As it stands today, the Werdmuller Centre is a run down, dangerous and abandoned space in a landscape of signature buildings along Claremont’s much altered Main Road and it has been a commercial failure. Many architects blame the property owners Old Mutual for this decay, damning them for not understanding the buildings idealistically conceived design intentions. Yet it seems clear that the owner’s commission was for a far less idealistic building which would serve Cape Town’s elite white shoppers whose negative response to the building was published widely.<br /><br />Many of the motivations presented in the defense of the building’s demolition also acknowledge the building’s functional shortcomings. As such, the question of Werdmuller Centre’s future has presented a conundrum for both heritage practice and development. Its democratic intentions (if indeed these can really be considered as such) are not realised in the present and the affection for the building by architects has not yet been reconsidered in relation to its history of strong negative public sentiment.<br /><br />Paying attention to the arguments presented in these two cases reveals sets of interests at play in the post-apartheid city. There is the continuity with the past in the marginal space of the township where access to housing remains a major issue and the hostel is viewed as a reminder and symbol of the lived experience of apartheid in this context. Here memorialisation is precisely because of the desire to remember the abject living conditions under the migrant labour system.<br /><br />By contrast in Claremont, the motivations for the preservation of the Centre are motivated by a concerned group of architects’ desire to conserve a building, through remembering its ideas, despite its wider rejection. But of course the contests over Werdmuller’s future are all about its value as prime private property. The wishes of those who would like to see the Werdmuller Centre remain standing are motivated by affection for the building’s architect and for its ‘timeless’ design, despite its failure as a functional building. In fact this timelessness is also elusive as the building is evoking precisely its opposite: nostalgia for high modernist architecture, with its brutalist decontextualised forms, harking back to a specific although not always acknowledged apartheid past.<br /><br />In the meanwhile, post-apartheid, migrants continue to occupy marginal spaces in the city, battling for access to resources and work, while elite shopping areas are mushrooming all over confidently asserting internationalist models of elite, security controlled public space-making. In attempting to discern the correlation between the migrant labour hostel and the failed vision of an integrated shopping space, new traces of modern internationalist architecture seem, ironically, to persist as the models appropriated for new imaginaries of the post-apartheid city. In another instance, the areas surrounding District Six, are being transformed by new processes of modern development, much like happened in Claremont from the 1970s onwards. Here new modern buildings - glass palaces of sorts - have come to define the outskirts of District Six in Woodstock and in the city centre signaling massive development in Cape Town. It is here that the case of the heritage-threat of redevelopment of the Werdmuller Centre is not isolated, although the arguments around sensitivity are of course entirely different.<br /><br />Whatever the long term future of the Cape Town Stadium will be, it will most probably be read in terms of the debates that have emerged over these other sites. There is no doubt that its location along the elite Atlantic Seaboard will continue to be the subject of criticism, perceived as a lost opportunity to provide sporting facilities close to the communities displaced by apartheid and forced removals. Yet, at the same time, its presence will also most probably be naturalised and celebrated in the high modernist landscape of Mouille Point and Green Point which it abuts.<br /><br />Noëleen Murray is an architect and academic, currently a Fellow at the Centre for Humanities Research at UWC)Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-69942459436514207762010-04-28T09:27:00.010+02:002010-04-28T21:09:52.554+02:00Remembering ProtestIn an earlier blog-post sent through by Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span></span> entitled 'Securing Hostel 33 for the Museum purposes' he described:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>'When the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span></span> Migrant Labour Museum was initially conceived of it was only Hostel 33 that was intended to be the museum. However, the museum had been unable to take possession of Hostel 33 as there were people living in it and alternative accommodation had not been found for them either in the Hostels to Homes project or in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">RDP</span></span> houses that were being built in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span></span>. The museum could not evict the residents but it did suggest that they place themselves on the waiting list for new houses. They did this, but for several years those living in Hostel 33 were not allocated new housing in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span></span>. Visitors to the museum (which had relocated to the Old Community Hall in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Vulindlela</span></span> Street) were still taken to Hostel 33 but with permission of those residing there.' </em><br /></span><br /><p>On the 1 May 2000, the day that the Museum opened, residents of Hostel 33 expressed their concern about losing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">accommodation</span> and a protest sign was displayed on the door of Hotel 33 expressing residents' concerns. Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span></span> was there and took the photograph below, recording the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">beginning</span> of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Museum's</span> struggle to assist with finding new <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">accommodation</span> for these residents and to secure the hostel for museum purposes.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1U95cXFDzhke-B2cJJUISmBffSafYOAbUyU5v1Hf7VSFtb8Ufb4myocF1uijhLkJNLtjoEBMDgSeEZj-xhcnB6bom0HcOHwpn3zBUTOi3gF24wb0c4KKWy6hEJD0nPFYDdKAeT1-O0hM0/s1600/protest+sign+original.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 215px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465087279022201714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1U95cXFDzhke-B2cJJUISmBffSafYOAbUyU5v1Hf7VSFtb8Ufb4myocF1uijhLkJNLtjoEBMDgSeEZj-xhcnB6bom0HcOHwpn3zBUTOi3gF24wb0c4KKWy6hEJD0nPFYDdKAeT1-O0hM0/s320/protest+sign+original.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image of Protest sign of the sign displayed on the door of Hotel 33 by residents on the day that the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM</span></span> opened on 1May 2000. Photograph: Leslie <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Witz</span></span>.</span></p><p>In thinking about restoring Hostel 33, we have been concerned that this important struggle is somehow recorded in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exhibition</span> at the Hostel. But the original sign has long since disappeared and all that we have is Leslie's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">photograph</span>.</p><p>In this instance the team decided to remake the sign as an artifact, and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">artist</span> Vivienne Gray was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">commissioned</span> to do this. Using the photograph she carefully remade the sign, using similar materials - an old cardboard box - and slowly and meticulously <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">copied the</span> handwritten lettering in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">khoki</span></span> pen. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3JhG7X5E_mv1ZyezOzSijq59bsRVkyhBrwZJtPJUxj-CJze1QblePjKFNGtgq0lSZSHTjJllGm6qxJkSV-W4cCSzucyk3JpeqIpKNFAkoB_EoooqrK2J04nLjNDQ8YUQ8aUr7nPcw183/s1600/protest+sign+on+drawing+board.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465087280571507170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3JhG7X5E_mv1ZyezOzSijq59bsRVkyhBrwZJtPJUxj-CJze1QblePjKFNGtgq0lSZSHTjJllGm6qxJkSV-W4cCSzucyk3JpeqIpKNFAkoB_EoooqrK2J04nLjNDQ8YUQ8aUr7nPcw183/s320/protest+sign+on+drawing+board.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image of the reconstructed sign - 'on the drawing board' - commissioned by the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM's</span></span> designer <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jos</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thorne</span></span> and made by artist Vivienne Gray, 6 April 2010. Photograph: Vivienne Gray.</span> </p><p>Once the sign was made, the team debated how to use it in the Hostel, now in 2010. Instead of securing it to the door, where it was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">originally</span> displayed, it was decided that the sign will be hung inside the hostel. It has been framed (see image below), so that it is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">noticeably</span> and artifact with the intention of marking this important moment on its <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">history</span>, and not simply reverting to the day, now almost 10 years ago, when it was first displayed. </p><p>On the 1 May 2010 the sign will be part of the new <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exhibition</span>, and in this way, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">acknowledging</span> the recent history of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">people</span> living in Hostel 33, after 2000.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQfEIrdm_bIeh6rGV0-oZgjZEhvrspFvZ1EuXebAJxKxwOUCkcsSz_miNURE39xRpxTGySWirwM771qfyvbYS3YwpdctCkn4HKfkynmuj8EBOX7MgGSiQxiDDkkPongv0ekMI5HvqgS2z/s1600/sign+remade.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465087296167418530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQfEIrdm_bIeh6rGV0-oZgjZEhvrspFvZ1EuXebAJxKxwOUCkcsSz_miNURE39xRpxTGySWirwM771qfyvbYS3YwpdctCkn4HKfkynmuj8EBOX7MgGSiQxiDDkkPongv0ekMI5HvqgS2z/s320/sign+remade.jpg" /></a> </p><span style="font-size:85%;">Image of the sign - remade for museum purposes by Vivienne Gray - and framed, ready to be installed in Hostel 33, 22 April 2010. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span></span> Murray.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifF6xg1wwZ41Scl5J8qBk6yex2oth6YdjsKbVMHMXUKiG4ojvWXpO9t8Y7is-Ibx-googi4tiCHfzAfr184GRyO0BNhF1FbWI1yU3wlm7oTELZPwJbEtSNygJNmDSjVe03uetBjJ-FuHEc/s1600/lunga+admires.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465266535129435794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifF6xg1wwZ41Scl5J8qBk6yex2oth6YdjsKbVMHMXUKiG4ojvWXpO9t8Y7is-Ibx-googi4tiCHfzAfr184GRyO0BNhF1FbWI1yU3wlm7oTELZPwJbEtSNygJNmDSjVe03uetBjJ-FuHEc/s320/lunga+admires.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga</span> Smile, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM's</span> Curator admires the recreated sign as new <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">artifacts</span> are being accessioned at the Museum, 28 April 2010. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-60522694164355160282010-04-23T10:15:00.005+02:002010-04-23T11:15:09.820+02:00Reoccupying Hostel 33Please join the staff of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span></span> Museum and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">women</span> of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span></span> in symbolically <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">reoccupying</span> Hostel33 - <strong>Wednesday to Friday next week 28,29 and 30<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></span> April</strong>. In preparation for the Museum's 10<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span></span> birthday on 1 May 2010, the museum will be <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exhibiting</span> recreated living <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">spaces</span> in parts of the hostel as part of the experience of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">visiting</span> the Hostel. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Siboniwe</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tyeku</span></span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kholiswa</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ngcane</span></span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Christine</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Makabane</span></span> will be rejoining us all of whom were present for the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">reenactment</span> of the space on Women's Day in 2007.<br /><br />The Museum staff and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exhibition</span> team have been very busy collecting oral <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">histories</span> from previous residents and many, many artifacts (such as old beds and blankets or '<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">irugi's</span></span> shown below) and we are now ready to begin the process of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">re-inhabiting</span> the space to show, in more detail, how people lived - from the time of the single sex hostels to the later periods when women and families joined men in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span></span>.<br /><br />The examples below show beds and blankets from the emerging collection, some of which are original (mainly through donations), others have been specially purchased for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exhibition</span> purposes after studying <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">photographs</span> and in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">consultation</span> with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">people</span> who lived in Hostel 33 and others.<br /><br />These, along with other artifacts have been accessioned and meticulously recorded by Museum Staff, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Simpiwe</span> Khonono and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mphumzi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nzuzo</span>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4nBs3UJtJggDagz6T57PBXfWnDGh1KQc29v4_oT_ubFoXfc2NXg4QHWImB5W0ntx5RqYlbLn_oAUuxc7Cx_tCgFUc5nPS0Mky1Alr9iuXc3kKkir97jtcZO2sm-tmsqXRGbxlJUFVWPy/s1600/beds.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463243826449288274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4nBs3UJtJggDagz6T57PBXfWnDGh1KQc29v4_oT_ubFoXfc2NXg4QHWImB5W0ntx5RqYlbLn_oAUuxc7Cx_tCgFUc5nPS0Mky1Alr9iuXc3kKkir97jtcZO2sm-tmsqXRGbxlJUFVWPy/s320/beds.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image of an old bed - we have collected many beds through the kind donation and interest of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> residents. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGwOC3tOFihgqcL8_1x5HzBuXarCdMdWd1BnlAdlxuxG7LFTdy8nEkYW_XgDVdBsv3Sa6tFDESzg5w9Zyt4YDvG_mGG7a1RNo6gTj1-TFZf_g6YbNCnvNITnwtq7qSlGf3m0aL-_XxTTW/s1600/blankets+8.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 226px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463245290308088962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGwOC3tOFihgqcL8_1x5HzBuXarCdMdWd1BnlAdlxuxG7LFTdy8nEkYW_XgDVdBsv3Sa6tFDESzg5w9Zyt4YDvG_mGG7a1RNo6gTj1-TFZf_g6YbNCnvNITnwtq7qSlGf3m0aL-_XxTTW/s320/blankets+8.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">'<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Irugi's</span>' - typical blankets used by residents, research courtesy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nonkululeko</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gogo</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jos</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thorne</span>. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span> courtesy: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jos</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thorne</span>.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_EwOT-ETyVIExrTSS_X_WaJl2cwAIxdS6myHtdMgZE3B5fzGn1i9bywhN4-2-MR64c1Y4U1RaTQFTGzSn_quxUPrbpJKOuVrXAzdaFPZD3e31psi_N-wkckB0qK-RKOJB5bK4J1VbLi1/s1600/blankets+6.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 226px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463245284402192626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_EwOT-ETyVIExrTSS_X_WaJl2cwAIxdS6myHtdMgZE3B5fzGn1i9bywhN4-2-MR64c1Y4U1RaTQFTGzSn_quxUPrbpJKOuVrXAzdaFPZD3e31psi_N-wkckB0qK-RKOJB5bK4J1VbLi1/s320/blankets+6.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Images of blankets purchased after <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">research</span> to re-create life in Hostel 33. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span> courtesy: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jos</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thorne</span>.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25MkFXBr8Op7SsLKqbhybU8KbMok6opIS8gIQd8fmbscMCFXdeEbt11PIaSrGNFWB3QytvsBAfr7sKt6NY2OGCnzwfz19RfJfvbvGmg-ZMTVdObV4K788fXmTiSvzmU31RMfS-ZsURKgb/s1600/blankets.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 226px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463245279730385442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25MkFXBr8Op7SsLKqbhybU8KbMok6opIS8gIQd8fmbscMCFXdeEbt11PIaSrGNFWB3QytvsBAfr7sKt6NY2OGCnzwfz19RfJfvbvGmg-ZMTVdObV4K788fXmTiSvzmU31RMfS-ZsURKgb/s320/blankets.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">'<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">Basotho</span>' types of blankets with decorations became more popular purchases for township dwellers in recent years, since the 1990s. Photograph courtesy: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jos</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thorne</span>.</span><br /><br /><strong>When?</strong> 10h00 each day<br /><strong>Where? </strong>at Hostel 33. For directions see <a href="http://www.lwandle.com/">http://www.lwandle.com/</a>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-87314928709338430022010-04-23T09:19:00.003+02:002010-04-23T09:45:22.313+02:00Buildings contain stories of everyday lifeThe built fabric of Hostel 33 - specifically the additions made by those who lived in the space -contains many clues to the lives of its residents as they brought back remnants from their places of work and other sources to decorate and personalise the spaces they lived in.<br /><br />The Lower East Side Tenement Museum published a fascinating link this week, describing their on-going research through the respectful handling of the building and the artifacts it contains. This is a form of 'archaeology' of the site that shows how through research and continuous reflection, buildings give many clues to the stories of lives in spaces such as the Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street New York and similarly in Hostel 33 at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.boweryboogie.com/2010/04/tin-pan-alley-sheet-music-artifact-at-tenement-museum.html">http://www.boweryboogie.com/2010/04/tin-pan-alley-sheet-music-artifact-at-tenement-museum.html</a><br /><br />In a similar manner there are a number of intriguing remnants emerging in Hostel 33, a selection of which are shown below. We will continue to post details such as this as we document the building.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6KpPniimyhwte_oAKnMWdxphDefm7KuV8rKqnacMOwZOfJObA4yzfJEk4Sl6jdyg6F4AoNCBxyb2k-gUK_46cjWZ3QQhiOSBvcO088JXCOphyQr3aBN9gjOJ89VM4dEfLBBp4H2__lNA/s1600/nails.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463231239272134050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6KpPniimyhwte_oAKnMWdxphDefm7KuV8rKqnacMOwZOfJObA4yzfJEk4Sl6jdyg6F4AoNCBxyb2k-gUK_46cjWZ3QQhiOSBvcO088JXCOphyQr3aBN9gjOJ89VM4dEfLBBp4H2__lNA/s320/nails.JPG" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Image from one of the partition walls at Hostel 33 showing cardboard box panels from Rainbow Chickens, wall paper <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">pastings</span> from Sunlight Soap bars, all nailed onto a timber superstructure with the characteristic 'bottle top' method. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsMbgQ3ubM8kZ_8eyMZ_YLIb-IJkXqSS7A-2sYIj82kemKgYq6Lgr8RRba6EPQSEhSaoke6QG2IdFxVHMDajjiXnlZOZ6XBdb27uhdZ4e-XlVqKbcrV2djdf2Eq3AoGVP6EynFuFhj2zy/s1600/mandela.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463231235465540162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsMbgQ3ubM8kZ_8eyMZ_YLIb-IJkXqSS7A-2sYIj82kemKgYq6Lgr8RRba6EPQSEhSaoke6QG2IdFxVHMDajjiXnlZOZ6XBdb27uhdZ4e-XlVqKbcrV2djdf2Eq3AoGVP6EynFuFhj2zy/s320/mandela.JPG" /></a> </p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Traces of more recent <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">inhabitation</span> of the Hostel post 1994, show election stickers for the African National Congress (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">ANC)</span> from Nelson <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mandela's</span> time as head of the party. Photograph: Laura Davies.</span><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9d2wZnhJ-P4fqgrE1KZ_KuaVDCtSEgTiM0_jNUvPS91eOjzIVuiezrm3uV8cx4bILw2gGaMZj7uMR1yHxpg8rIAWoTS61ym4rpDi0PIDZukSi-yeC7hnYWzNaPwDzPZpTT5dFlnXzPVNJ/s1600/partition+1.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463231229047077266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9d2wZnhJ-P4fqgrE1KZ_KuaVDCtSEgTiM0_jNUvPS91eOjzIVuiezrm3uV8cx4bILw2gGaMZj7uMR1yHxpg8rIAWoTS61ym4rpDi0PIDZukSi-yeC7hnYWzNaPwDzPZpTT5dFlnXzPVNJ/s320/partition+1.JPG" /></a></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">There are many pages from popular magazines which were pasted onto walls inside hostel rooms, such as this one from the 1990s. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzI2ChIy0dVmLw1fIJfrLUKr68XKtf3l9IV5SjTsweWghrgQ7HZf6jK_Hq9Fty6Ffv6fJ6KvJYi5syt0pHhjszMKSx4dSEg9RJFP21abFKdx2lTdC2YtRFcHyFbgVGxxDwF33BRPSTKyd6/s1600/partition.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463231223386805202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzI2ChIy0dVmLw1fIJfrLUKr68XKtf3l9IV5SjTsweWghrgQ7HZf6jK_Hq9Fty6Ffv6fJ6KvJYi5syt0pHhjszMKSx4dSEg9RJFP21abFKdx2lTdC2YtRFcHyFbgVGxxDwF33BRPSTKyd6/s320/partition.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">In all likelihood workers residing in the hostels brought home materials from their places of work in nearby industries with which to create privacy in the hostel, such as in this image or to create insulation below the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">ceilingless</span> roof. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /><br /></p><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4D_ipUtPVSk1DDRDzLvpif4fEZkNVZCB0ykT66ZJfyjb9cZFptx_fstZ5ydAySS9dS55Ix7G17ZqA2mLpy2nEiIoIxT-ELgYR1bNo_utk3pCbqc-UILHWQjtuV7epNnxV2w-5dW1NqWe/s1600/gants.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463231218565321458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu4D_ipUtPVSk1DDRDzLvpif4fEZkNVZCB0ykT66ZJfyjb9cZFptx_fstZ5ydAySS9dS55Ix7G17ZqA2mLpy2nEiIoIxT-ELgYR1bNo_utk3pCbqc-UILHWQjtuV7epNnxV2w-5dW1NqWe/s320/gants.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Some remnants can be easily dated, such as this box which forms part of a screen wall in originates in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gants</span> canning <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">factory</span> which we know was a major employer or labour from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span>. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span></div></div>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-55920805897360770712010-04-23T06:42:00.008+02:002010-04-23T11:14:26.578+02:00Locating the Corobrik HostelWhile on site at Hostel 33 on Thursday 22 April 2010, long-time resident of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span></span> and ex-migrant labourer, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tembisile</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Madyihi</span></span> visited to see progress on the restoration. We asked him about the whereabouts of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Corobrik</span></span> Hostel referred to in the Urban Foundation report of 1987 and he directed us to the hostel.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmAx_0-Crd-7Vfltwsf3FLgtY_ElspF3oxYruKsbf4ha4IUDxMLJkBUHMsbYJnOUc3f5huTsfLzXpjqhN2tCbSuKdLn7OEvunswA5G_gS_Qm-tE6Fv62vnGviYbd7fCqOq4qrxBw1_obw/s1600/corobrik1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463191491360533282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmAx_0-Crd-7Vfltwsf3FLgtY_ElspF3oxYruKsbf4ha4IUDxMLJkBUHMsbYJnOUc3f5huTsfLzXpjqhN2tCbSuKdLn7OEvunswA5G_gS_Qm-tE6Fv62vnGviYbd7fCqOq4qrxBw1_obw/s320/corobrik1.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tembisile</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Madyihi</span></span> talks to residents of the previously <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Corobrik</span></span> Hostel (now belonging to the City of Cape Town along with the others after the Hostels-to-Homes housing project). Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span></span> Murray, 22 April 2010.</span><br /><br />The long hostel block, now named 'Block 1', is similar in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">character</span> to the rest of the hostel units but is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">identifiable</span> by an ablution block at the northern end of the hostel row which, according to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Madyihi</span></span>, was added by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Corobrik</span></span> for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">their</span> workers. Other workers in the old hostel <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">compounds</span> were forced to share ablution blocks and this was the only <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">accommodation</span> with its own facilities.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpusYj6DAP7ajaEAhyF-v0dvWlsJnznJ1GTtrjxnN38KEMOv5S2AhHeeY41_3DdQzUpx9vU1sqyeP8Bvd9vGFgfN-ok3zHli-rktE6zYrnDtcW6O_zIXT2jvu7K3UQVNTw5uTI7E2O7nA5/s1600/corobrik+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463191494354026082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpusYj6DAP7ajaEAhyF-v0dvWlsJnznJ1GTtrjxnN38KEMOv5S2AhHeeY41_3DdQzUpx9vU1sqyeP8Bvd9vGFgfN-ok3zHli-rktE6zYrnDtcW6O_zIXT2jvu7K3UQVNTw5uTI7E2O7nA5/s320/corobrik+2.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">View of Block 1 from the South, the hostel is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">subtly</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">different</span> to the others with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">different</span> windows and is slightly shorter. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span></span> Murray, 22 April 2010.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmCNx9FrhFPXoUYh2Ld8lu1twUiJOmkPzCRxb_-48zZDqorB4u2GJDcDOKooQi32R94w5HEPK50tw4EY2j18Jl_QECQeTy9mX-y68MMrDEjp5orxtHSvCdtiiWRLmXUnJ_TExOiLyEA9C/s1600/corobrik.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463191488846233602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmCNx9FrhFPXoUYh2Ld8lu1twUiJOmkPzCRxb_-48zZDqorB4u2GJDcDOKooQi32R94w5HEPK50tw4EY2j18Jl_QECQeTy9mX-y68MMrDEjp5orxtHSvCdtiiWRLmXUnJ_TExOiLyEA9C/s320/corobrik.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">characteristic</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">ablution</span> block added by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Corobrik</span></span> for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">their</span> workers at what is now Block 1. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span></span> Murray, 22 April 2010.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6CIGqNO2P4zuTwKmf4bVt0MS-B04klnK6F73NBqI9qWc48X8NfPkrHZsIHnZSpefIM8pYf8dr05VSbD_QAqS3bt5M0wV9gWv7tKgWKr0CWxkrCoFNpX7HVd64EahQOUP_bpqzOu0rUO5/s1600/abultion+blocks+2010.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463220065226242482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6CIGqNO2P4zuTwKmf4bVt0MS-B04klnK6F73NBqI9qWc48X8NfPkrHZsIHnZSpefIM8pYf8dr05VSbD_QAqS3bt5M0wV9gWv7tKgWKr0CWxkrCoFNpX7HVd64EahQOUP_bpqzOu0rUO5/s320/abultion+blocks+2010.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">One of the old <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">ablution</span> blocks near Hostel 33, now used as <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">premises</span> for a welding business, since bathrooms were built as part of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Hostels</span>-to-Homes Project. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph:</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray, 22 April 2010.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br />For the rest of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle's</span> hostel dwellers communal <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">ablution</span> blocks were 'separate shower blocks for every four hostel buildings' (Urban Foundation Report, 1987 p.19). The report records: <em>'c) Dissatisfaction with the ablution facilities: Hot water is only available between 3.30am and 5.<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">ooam</span>, and nothing for the rest of the day.</em>' (Urban Foundation Report, 1987, p.26). In thinking about this, we considered the difficulties of being a labourer returning from a hard day of manual work and only being able to take a cold shower in the evenings.<br /><br />From <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">talking</span> to current residents of Block 1 it <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">appears</span> that some of them were labourers employed by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Corobrik</span></span> and the Museum will be visiting them to record <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">their</span> stories as part of the on-going research into hostel life at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span></span>.Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-88115368457227477762010-04-23T06:12:00.005+02:002010-04-23T06:20:08.593+02:00Documentary PhotographsThursday 22 April was a busy day on site at Hostel 33. In addition to glazing the windows, academic and photographer <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Svea</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Josephy</span> joined the Museum team, to photograph the interiors of the hostel in detail as part of the on-going documentation process. Equipped with studio lights, tripods, cables and other high-spec photographic equipment, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Svea</span> was able to capture a series of photographs which reveal the interiors of the Hostel in detail. Hours were spent in this process, carefully working in the cramped conditions of the interior spaces of the hostel in setting up lighting and capturing shots which will provide the museum with a substantial photographic record of the space – as it is in April 2010 – which has been previously difficult to do with poor light. These images will form part of the Conditional Report prepared by the architects and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Merve</span> and the Heritage Report prepared by the Museum. Photographs will be related and annotated in detail along with the on-going large scale drawings that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> is preparing to accurately record the materiality of the lived space of the hostel.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AKjqzXuMek8nuqbH6kgxzav3XAVfX-aNdeyvSXNb9PlE3uZbws2_z-Os3s8iaX8plyj6inhrjc5dOlaP-KBD94gAr_uefFSCFbUawhlGEkIn3Nl55XnciRVLfaRfr80Ai0k3m3iARHvA/s1600/svea.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463181638672390098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AKjqzXuMek8nuqbH6kgxzav3XAVfX-aNdeyvSXNb9PlE3uZbws2_z-Os3s8iaX8plyj6inhrjc5dOlaP-KBD94gAr_uefFSCFbUawhlGEkIn3Nl55XnciRVLfaRfr80Ai0k3m3iARHvA/s320/svea.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Svea</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Josephy</span> squeezes into a tight corner to capture the detail of Hotel 33's interior. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br />Once again <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Svea</span>’s has given <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM</span> freely of her time, effort and creative expertise spent in doing this which is really <strong>appreciated </strong>by the Museum - she previously contributed to the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Lwandle</span> Designers Exhibition – and we are excited to have this invaluable resource to assist us in the restoration process.<br /><br />Thanks are also due to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kadephi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mtiya's</span> <strong>kind assistance</strong> in allowing us to use the electrical connection from his home across the road, as Hostel 33 awaits being rewired and reconnected to electrical supply by the City of Cape Town.Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-12460056102453696072010-04-23T05:21:00.009+02:002010-04-23T05:56:59.862+02:00New glass for the windowsHistorian <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Premesh</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lalu</span>’s blog comment last week asked the question ‘what is glazing?’ Well here’s the answer to his question. On Thursday 22 April the windows of Hostel 33 were <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">reglazed</span> – or put simply – new glass was put into the old windows. Expert <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">glazer</span> Errol Hendricks and his team arrived on site to do the work. Over the years glass has disappeared from the small paned windows at Hostel 33, some through <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">vandalisation</span> in the past by children playing and throwing stones and some from breakages caused by missing or broken clasps on the old galvanised steel windows.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy17of7OWSuS1jplqZ4hQyU06OX9hvzQSu2gqdQI_DSLBJcF8s0G0hheuG4QcJLs4HdZbYaVcTT4lPMIo-gXHymiH6c44fdSR8nu7CJnUNzEO7Dqr1Gk7AyEcF6lrFnkMammbjoBTqqQEz/s1600/broken+wiindow.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463172913896863170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy17of7OWSuS1jplqZ4hQyU06OX9hvzQSu2gqdQI_DSLBJcF8s0G0hheuG4QcJLs4HdZbYaVcTT4lPMIo-gXHymiH6c44fdSR8nu7CJnUNzEO7Dqr1Gk7AyEcF6lrFnkMammbjoBTqqQEz/s320/broken+wiindow.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">February 2010, broken window panes at Hostel 33. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span>: Laura Davies.</span><br /><br />With winter rains coming, the Hostel was increasingly vulnerable to wind driven rain and an urgent concern in the restoration process has been the simple repair of these windows – the replacement of glass and the ironmongery of the clasps to enable the building to be properly secured. Errol Hendricks and his team – John ‘Max’ <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Malgarte</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Japie</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Pretorius</span> and Suleiman Thornton – accompanied by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga</span> Smile and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Merwe</span> were on site to do the repairs, which provoked much interest from passers bye that came to find out what we were doing with the old building. </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GYFs3-VoG6xebXQNkLB0ziFcYlWVf5ZoMSPgp4HAAZb2jdiza733z8lifnrtwemrlVoJxKwWvhzMjSyalwZ82HFOaO7fSO45GhEODGZS01PSXZ5K-G_Ez5EAXtIWdFxDYOIyF5oaFCI5/s1600/glazers+on+site.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463172916101651202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GYFs3-VoG6xebXQNkLB0ziFcYlWVf5ZoMSPgp4HAAZb2jdiza733z8lifnrtwemrlVoJxKwWvhzMjSyalwZ82HFOaO7fSO45GhEODGZS01PSXZ5K-G_Ez5EAXtIWdFxDYOIyF5oaFCI5/s320/glazers+on+site.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Glazers</span> John 'Max' <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Malgarte</span> and Error Hendricks at work on site preparing the windows for re-glazing. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span>: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br />As the team worked to clean the windows and prepare them for the new <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">AGI</span> N/S1 Safety Glass as specified by the architects, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga</span> Smile and neighbour <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kadephi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mtiya</span> consulted neighbours who generously donated old window clasps from their own hostel-homes so that Hostel 33 would have matching original window clasps. (The Museum has replaced their own windows with newer style clasps which are commercially available).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNa4AaeMjkdphqDKba3fW4n9XXQt0FDreCVgj9IqmzKPJTu_ni5np5HodvXh0OZiZ3acnnMM9NBxHFhmnguwP2g41UgiqPXd1snZG5vmYk5hzGjtFCyBi00xex7-5uKpF3Fsdz3YtSGhNL/s1600/clasps+1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463174312272504850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNa4AaeMjkdphqDKba3fW4n9XXQt0FDreCVgj9IqmzKPJTu_ni5np5HodvXh0OZiZ3acnnMM9NBxHFhmnguwP2g41UgiqPXd1snZG5vmYk5hzGjtFCyBi00xex7-5uKpF3Fsdz3YtSGhNL/s320/clasps+1.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Old ironmongery. Original window clasps were sourced by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga</span> Smile from neighbours to replace those missing at Hostel 33. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtz4iU50xVHng3Ev61kmEjoyQ5yyzWm26AFBzENYeOg0NH5rWmxbEnQqC0lHW31TuNGajvrkCkAFH020sbSgmolnFMlUUOQIEDAEAoyLQUY_iC8v_xegm-Vb6lSjzro2zWudxIKxksggZ/s1600/glass+goin+in.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463172922804922242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtz4iU50xVHng3Ev61kmEjoyQ5yyzWm26AFBzENYeOg0NH5rWmxbEnQqC0lHW31TuNGajvrkCkAFH020sbSgmolnFMlUUOQIEDAEAoyLQUY_iC8v_xegm-Vb6lSjzro2zWudxIKxksggZ/s320/glass+goin+in.jpg" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Glazing in process - showing the new safety glass panes and the widow putty before being scraped down and finished. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br />The old steel windows proved to be in remarkably good condition despite being located near the sea, owing to the fact that they were galvanised. This enabled the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">glazers</span> to install the glass with minimal intervention as no primer was needed and only the areas affected were lightly scraped to receive the glass panes and putty, affixed in a manner faithful to the original glazing techniques. This was great news as the historic character of the windows can now be left untouched, revealing layer of old paint which has peeled off over the years and no interventions around the edges of the windows and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">cills</span> as these are all in good order.<br /><br />Thank you to the various neighbours who <strong>donated </strong>window clasps. Their support, interest and neighbourliness in the restoration of Hotel 33 is a vital part of the sustainability of the space as a Museum. In particular <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kadephi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mtiya</span>’s initiative in watching over the Hostel, and explaining its significance to children who might otherwise vandalise the building is an example of these good relations. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NUs9k5SF8ytmIy8DXM57683csB3eLPZJ1HeWj6m5-BcP2BxqDEUWLhQcQV0nSSNiswOtsksx5ENZ7Xbzt4pldhDCsvuBz3XokQ70IUsiwArs6pAGtczleL0cLPdf0QZAw1InnbUUkeI6/s1600/clasps.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463173864598810818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NUs9k5SF8ytmIy8DXM57683csB3eLPZJ1HeWj6m5-BcP2BxqDEUWLhQcQV0nSSNiswOtsksx5ENZ7Xbzt4pldhDCsvuBz3XokQ70IUsiwArs6pAGtczleL0cLPdf0QZAw1InnbUUkeI6/s320/clasps.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Neighbour <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kadephi</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mtiya</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga</span> Smile hand over the donated window clasps to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">glazer</span> John 'Max' <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">Malgarte</span> who was servicing and repairing the windows. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span>: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span></div><div> </div><div><div>The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">delight</span> expressed during <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">surprise</span> visits by Charmion 'Mama' <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error">Plummer</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error">Siboniwe</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_39" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tyeku</span> - previous Board Member and champion of the Museum - captured the sense of relief felt by museum staff as the windows were secured. </div></div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCnXVLpBEQNV2Rb67cMDU2iLhM5kSPvHELGPCCjGEhn2Y04E5gjIwC4MTCLX22VaQAeDN1OH6au0V_yi9xixNcLm3QbUMtR7v8_ClK3Cf4vaVVl8JVhT5LWyGTY6QMEFoVQWUppaQTZY4/s1600/charmion.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463172927408611794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCnXVLpBEQNV2Rb67cMDU2iLhM5kSPvHELGPCCjGEhn2Y04E5gjIwC4MTCLX22VaQAeDN1OH6au0V_yi9xixNcLm3QbUMtR7v8_ClK3Cf4vaVVl8JVhT5LWyGTY6QMEFoVQWUppaQTZY4/s320/charmion.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Charmion <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_40" class="blsp-spelling-error">Plummer</span> photographed outside Hotel 33 showing the newly glazed windows in the background. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_41" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-71945364474363070752010-04-23T04:18:00.010+02:002010-04-28T10:22:43.611+02:00So what do we do with the broken toilet building? PART II: THINKING THROUGH MAKING AN EXHIBITIONA fist step to answering this question from a Museum exhibition design perspective has been to research the history of the bucket system in South Africa. There is very little published material available and so our research approach entailed tracking down and speaking to engineers and officials in local authorities who had been responsible for the decommissioning of the bucket system toilets. Chemical engineer and waste water specialist <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Shehnaaz</span></span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Moosa</span></span></span>’s help was invaluable in this regard. She directed us to Denver <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Damons</span></span></span> (Technical Services) at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Theewaterskloof</span></span></span> Municipality who had been responsible for decommissioning the bucket system toilets most recently in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Genadendal</span></span></span> where black plastic buckets were used up until recently in makeshift ‘out-house’ structures. (See Image 1).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53rK9vdQVNm12Jy6lo2xo8pCYGbN4hpFkjY5y_rCX-pnSmj7siUJo1oSwmsYJ8KaSmPlouajXnYV6jlp9z2XMG35kNwPMMSf0jsK9nHRNEKPM_-mHwARd7o8pfgA_FDD5znkIQSx6WTe9/s1600/plastic+bucket+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463152221777166898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53rK9vdQVNm12Jy6lo2xo8pCYGbN4hpFkjY5y_rCX-pnSmj7siUJo1oSwmsYJ8KaSmPlouajXnYV6jlp9z2XMG35kNwPMMSf0jsK9nHRNEKPM_-mHwARd7o8pfgA_FDD5znkIQSx6WTe9/s320/plastic+bucket+2.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image 1: Photograph of the bucket system in operation in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Genadendal</span></span></span> until 2009. Although the makeshift structure is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">noticeably </span><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">different</span> to those at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span></span></span>, the system of a seat and buckets used are similar. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span> courtesy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Shehnaaz</span></span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Moosa</span></span></span>.</span><br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Exhibition designer <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jos</span></span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thorne</span></span></span> approached <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Damons</span></span></span>, and Vivienne Gray went through to meet with him. Through discussions with him as well as interviews and oral histories conducted by the Museum it appears that prior to these black rubber buckets were in use, then subsequently blue plastic buckets with ribs down the sides were used. It appears that first buckets used were zinc buckets. The Museum has now acquired nine buckets for use in the restored <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">bucket</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">system</span> area (see Image 2). According to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jos</span></span></span> <em>‘we have 9 buckets as per the 'bucket system'. 3 older ones, which are made from rubber and are black, 3 blue plastic buckets with the ribs down the sides, and 1 with the new shape, black and looks like the ones in photograph from '90s. We also have 2 galvanized buckets from the '50s or '60s, we think, but only imagine them being used as latrines.'</em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxKVT8nge2L-2itnuWFnnZf6nmHPABAOElIegPpYER1nBlvLm40U-0XLiVMVVKHhLUKlf01ry7L8ND1m9M_JJN7BRVanLpT7uVNKf-vp-Jm4ZOrtKW0RrOtKvcksHwLElzO9bKjttoOhR/s1600/IMG_3061.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463153373773388978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxKVT8nge2L-2itnuWFnnZf6nmHPABAOElIegPpYER1nBlvLm40U-0XLiVMVVKHhLUKlf01ry7L8ND1m9M_JJN7BRVanLpT7uVNKf-vp-Jm4ZOrtKW0RrOtKvcksHwLElzO9bKjttoOhR/s320/IMG_3061.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image 2: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga</span></span></span> Smile and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lundi</span></span></span> Mama show off the buckets acquired by Vivienne Gray as <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">artifacts</span> for the display in the bucket system area of Hostel 33, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM</span></span></span> 22 April 2010. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Photograph</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span></span></span> Murray</span><br /><br />Having understood what the toilet cubicles looked like - what shape and form the seats took, how they were fixed to angle iron supports and with an idea of the conditions in these spaces when the bucket system toilets were in use - the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span></span></span> Museum team set about debating ways to represent this important story in the space. In designing an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">exhibitionary</span></span></span> approach we are mindful of the needs and tensions between architectural conservation and interpretation of the space. Current conventions in architectural heritage debates favour a ‘conservation’ approach, which entails leaving the layers of a building evident, and clearly marking any new interventions, rather than attempting literal recreation or restoration by making ‘authentic’ replicas to a specific past.<br /><br />There are many ways in which this can be achieved and we have debated different approaches in detail. We have decided on an approach which draws on a number of philosophies, from various precedents and sources explored in the process of research and design. While the overarching notions are those of conservation and interpretation, we have at times deemed it important to remember, restore, preserve, reconstruct, and rehabilitate.<br /><br />The Museum’s main aim is to retain a strong sense of the history of the space and provide an interpretive framework. In order to do this it has been crucial to identify appropriate approaches to both the historic built- fabric as well as the senses of history of use over time. In the case of the bucket system toilet area, these approaches are applied as follows:<br />• the overall structure is to be conserved, allowing for the building to be experienced through a concept of layers over time.<br />• in order to achieve this we propose to rehabilitate the space to make it compatible for inclusion and use as part of the Museum complex at Hostel 33.<br />• this will necessitate repair to the building to be undertaken in such a manner that is in accordance with the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Burra</span></span></span> Charter notion of ‘doing less’ (See <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">blogpost</span></span></span> '<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">Experts</span> Visit').<br /><br />We have decided to remake three toilet sets which will be installed in the space as part of the exhibition, which – along with the buckets – will recreate the conditions <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">underwhich</span></span></span> the toilets were used (See Image 3). The fourth cubicle, which contains the fragment of the old toilet seat will be left as is, and the first two cubicles as one enters the space will be left untouched, respecting the way the building has aged. Minimal structural repairs to the brickwork will be made and a new brick screen wall will be built – to replace the walls that have entirely disappeared at the entrance to the toilet area.<br /><br />Rather than recreating new elements in different materials as a means of marking their newness – an approach which <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jos</span></span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thorne</span></span></span> cautioned could be overly ‘postmodern’ - all new interventions and reconstructions will be noticeably new while containing a sense of authenticity and remaining faithful to the original materials used. So the materials for new elements used in the bucket system section area are based on the research mentioned in the previous post - toilet sets are being made from old Oregon Pine similar to the originals; bricks have been hand-picked to match the originals; the buckets that will be used in the space are original buckets kindly donated by Denver <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">Damons</span></span></span> and the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">Theewaterskloof</span></span></span> Municipality or sourced and purchased for the Museum by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jos</span></span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thorne</span></span></span>; and stories to be used on the Museum Tour are based on oral histories of peoples memories of the space. This was a point of much vibrant debate amongst the design team, resulting in a careful process of recreating and sourcing of artifacts based on research, which has become a key principle in our approach.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BWfGHdOSGH9grmvy6Wp1FdRkv5zb7FjerBVIkKgqM7F92WMiVjClmCibKOWO8LkxwFITd80IZAlbpCufpBJgESpVp1GvyNzafY9k8SQwgpao7hY-emKB2UkC8QXafJrZ71djBxktw29w/s1600/seat+remade+1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463155812622494530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BWfGHdOSGH9grmvy6Wp1FdRkv5zb7FjerBVIkKgqM7F92WMiVjClmCibKOWO8LkxwFITd80IZAlbpCufpBJgESpVp1GvyNzafY9k8SQwgpao7hY-emKB2UkC8QXafJrZ71djBxktw29w/s320/seat+remade+1.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image 3: From 18 April shows the template that is being used to remake the three toilet seats by Dave van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wyk</span></span>. Below is the Oregon Pine timber being used. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jos</span></span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thorne</span></span></span>.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHhYMbLY3WrS9JMXmVX6cG9fInzG75wMPU-IIncguq031Snjk8CuQefMN702uNCgtcV-7b267CJidaG-6yQVFmJSyB-crM2BV5GPdpC4bbyNg5PEvvyW9XmDw7jYPBbVhISkeNnt2C-go/s1600/toilet+seats+seats+made.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465099997761574178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHhYMbLY3WrS9JMXmVX6cG9fInzG75wMPU-IIncguq031Snjk8CuQefMN702uNCgtcV-7b267CJidaG-6yQVFmJSyB-crM2BV5GPdpC4bbyNg5PEvvyW9XmDw7jYPBbVhISkeNnt2C-go/s320/toilet+seats+seats+made.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image 4: Three remade seats made by Dave van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wyk</span> are delivered, ready to be installed in the Hostel bucket system area. 28 April 2010. Photograph: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">Noeleen</span> Murray.</span><br /><br />The Museum hereby acknowledges the <strong>expert assistance</strong> of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Shehnaaz</span></span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_39" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">Moosa</span></span></span> in exploring how the bucket system worked in places like <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_40" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span></span></span> and in identifying the appropriate people to speak to which resulted in the <strong>generous donation</strong> of buckets from Denver <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_41" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error">Damons</span></span></span> (Technical Services) at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_42" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error">Theewaterskloof</span></span></span> Municipality which is hereby gratefully acknowledged.<strong> Thanks</strong> also to Dave van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wyk</span></span> and Vivienne Gray's professional <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error">assistance</span> with the curatorial aspects of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exhibition</span>.Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-34802981767535572762010-04-21T14:16:00.014+02:002010-04-23T09:18:31.292+02:00So what do we do with the broken toilet building? PART I: RESEARCHINGThis is the question that the restoration team at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM</span> has been debating over the last weeks. Following the clearing out of the old bucket system area at Hostel 33, the Museum team has been documenting and researching the space. The bucket system area is the only remaining structure of its type following the Hostels-to Homes housing project of the 1990s. Once this was completed, residents of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span>’s converted hostels received waterborne sewerage which effectively eradicated the bucket system from the old hostels. (For more on the Hostels-to Homes project visit the Museum’s permanent exhibition). The small lean-to structures that can be seen at the ends of alternate buildings in the 1987 photograph by Andrew <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bermann</span> were removed (Image 1). ‘Every alternate hostel has an addition containing a row of bucket toilets’. (Source: Urban Design Services [<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bermann</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Penz</span>], 1987, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Investigation into the potential for Black Housing, Draft report for the Urban Foundation, February 1987, p.19) In their place, new units were added to the ends of each hostel building using larger concrete block construction.<br /><br />In the light of this Hostel 33’s bucket system area, is hugely significant in telling the stories of living conditions prior to the housing project. Image 2 shows the state of the structure prior to cleaning out, more than ten years since it was last used.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOffF-SVMrzjVv0WgFdW37bkvhrS5ap2TQxLecv77Zc9djuAbBhZi2VQZ6rWHnuq3EDaoPfhSRZ2S5w3tjrahqoBih8TE20C00GrEWs9If1_M0obrJwHy3vkhvuuruRr5dDOE_PZeQI-l/s1600/image002.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462583895098768818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOffF-SVMrzjVv0WgFdW37bkvhrS5ap2TQxLecv77Zc9djuAbBhZi2VQZ6rWHnuq3EDaoPfhSRZ2S5w3tjrahqoBih8TE20C00GrEWs9If1_M0obrJwHy3vkhvuuruRr5dDOE_PZeQI-l/s320/image002.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Image 1: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> aerial. Photograph: Andrew <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bermann</span> 1987 </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5PZWd751cOR1XfmKTgZdc02kG9Ho1vJM4IHansNAjpo9-ufRRbCJvJwXR4JjoUB_bT5ZBM4Y1wzsPm2uQ74ZGsE_FxhRJKxR78UgNKdzdYicg13Whzr0gikRNzDII3d-NllL-U5SJzJF/s1600/image027.gif"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 253px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462590305570315426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA5PZWd751cOR1XfmKTgZdc02kG9Ho1vJM4IHansNAjpo9-ufRRbCJvJwXR4JjoUB_bT5ZBM4Y1wzsPm2uQ74ZGsE_FxhRJKxR78UgNKdzdYicg13Whzr0gikRNzDII3d-NllL-U5SJzJF/s320/image027.gif" /></a><br /><div></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Image 2a: The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">derelict</span> state of the bucket system before clearing. Photograph: Alan Middleton (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jakupa</span> Architects), 2010, Draft Condition Report, photograph taken December 2009<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1-Fv0bw3_2v4cvOJPqp1wogJecIamqPWsgYtGZXZT_LFu9RxsUDvBV6EljHLgdGySw04IjC4fqEDXekHzYft08jnmOKTp6c-aWsitJCRq4y0rjF7dtdwn69mrvz8xT_09TtrYP1wEHbt/s1600/new+blockwork+where+bucket+stucures+were.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463222860673867106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1-Fv0bw3_2v4cvOJPqp1wogJecIamqPWsgYtGZXZT_LFu9RxsUDvBV6EljHLgdGySw04IjC4fqEDXekHzYft08jnmOKTp6c-aWsitJCRq4y0rjF7dtdwn69mrvz8xT_09TtrYP1wEHbt/s320/new+blockwork+where+bucket+stucures+were.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Image 2b showing where new untits were added onto the ends of hostel bocks to increase the number of units and how the bucket system areas were removed from the ends of buildings, leaving the structure at Hostel 33 as the only remianing structure. Photograph: Noeleen Murray 22 April 2010.<br /></span><br />Section 2.24 of the 1987 Report entitled ‘Exiting Conditions and Residents Problems’ cites a meeting with the Hostel and Women’s Committees in which a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">range</span> of problems were communicated to the group which attended the meeting. (See Image 3 and 'Lwandle in the 1980s' on this blog). First among these was point a:<br /><br /><em>‘a) dissatisfaction with the bucket toilet system: Night soil is removed only 3 times a week. However the day after removal the buckets are already full of excrement, remaining there till the next day and in the case of weekends, for 2 days. The outside toilets are also far from the hostel rooms.’</em><br /><br />Image 3 from the Report shows what a typical cubicle looked like, and Image 4, shows cubicle #5 at Hostel 33 which is the only cubicle containing a remnant of a timber toilet seats. From this evidence, cross checked with and careful measurements on site, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> prepared drawings of the seats – See Images 5 and 6. Samples of the timber remnant were carefully removed from the underside of the old seat and this revealed a fine grained hardwood, probably Clear Oregon Pine or Baltic Deal (views from William <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Martinson</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Merwe</span>). It was suggested that the samples be sent for testing.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9I9PRZpymeQDUEeGaplDdqww9IEZbT9u098jNle67KfTrsNW2S1NAgoIwLqDfUq755xxHvz6UAeO8JuYF2dRzwsKjbL2H8yeZvg5-UDafIlx8NiVYT9v3hqXVeBPvg7Fqw54FWmw6L5H/s1600/image004.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462584348618318338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9I9PRZpymeQDUEeGaplDdqww9IEZbT9u098jNle67KfTrsNW2S1NAgoIwLqDfUq755xxHvz6UAeO8JuYF2dRzwsKjbL2H8yeZvg5-UDafIlx8NiVYT9v3hqXVeBPvg7Fqw54FWmw6L5H/s320/image004.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Image 3: Photograph 5. Caption: ‘A bucket toilet cubicle. The floor is flooded with excrement making use of the system very difficult.’ Source: Urban Design Services (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bermann</span> and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Penz</span>), 1987, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Investigation into the potential for Black Housing, Draft report for the Urban Foundation, February 1987, p.28<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWts67wVGe94e6E6OVG-XXbTA5ZAfa_XKwjle3rpYw3-lCScavQOE3NAkjRXNZBMeTMloUQrcYZh9zmcqaLB1g2rA5CVsHsHy5DOq965YiJUe_1wGUv9oVZArGkALtKfqsJSTcf-tVYGiH/s1600/image005.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462584351600405506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWts67wVGe94e6E6OVG-XXbTA5ZAfa_XKwjle3rpYw3-lCScavQOE3NAkjRXNZBMeTMloUQrcYZh9zmcqaLB1g2rA5CVsHsHy5DOq965YiJUe_1wGUv9oVZArGkALtKfqsJSTcf-tVYGiH/s320/image005.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image 4: Toilet cubicle #5 showing remnant of toilet seat. Photograph: Laura Davies March 2010 </span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VuXBBJ9wf66DC_dGLuW_LR2wYJciXBh3IGUSHt9zKXx__L5Fr1-UOO9VjuIyJmmt4VhwLJtyQ7PfVauqMbuXaAkBcRvBurYEhyphenhyphenAFRp3otI8Gub4_8f8nbc9HJWZmPUfAtX-I3t081ge3/s1600/image008.gif"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462585189241081362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VuXBBJ9wf66DC_dGLuW_LR2wYJciXBh3IGUSHt9zKXx__L5Fr1-UOO9VjuIyJmmt4VhwLJtyQ7PfVauqMbuXaAkBcRvBurYEhyphenhyphenAFRp3otI8Gub4_8f8nbc9HJWZmPUfAtX-I3t081ge3/s320/image008.gif" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image 5: Architectural detail drawings prepared by <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Merwe</span> and sent for comment.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIdcJkzsnkZ8A5bm5POYrHp0MGcIn1DDH8MLbLegywn0m6UeHANQh3m9oL4bYtquAo4aXDEXKgqNuBGK3tGFKcfdQK9J8Bwb2-DVukpbv7480PoTwRwGmG2fOuKuPEZpNXNLERQsUOuU6/s1600/image010.gif"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 227px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462585191566660018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIdcJkzsnkZ8A5bm5POYrHp0MGcIn1DDH8MLbLegywn0m6UeHANQh3m9oL4bYtquAo4aXDEXKgqNuBGK3tGFKcfdQK9J8Bwb2-DVukpbv7480PoTwRwGmG2fOuKuPEZpNXNLERQsUOuU6/s320/image010.gif" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image 6: William <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Martinson</span>’s comments were ‘the drawing looks good’ with a few notes. </span></div></div></div></div>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-32208613723155313152010-04-21T12:19:00.008+02:002010-04-23T06:41:56.737+02:00500 bricks arrive on site!<div>On Monday 19 April 2010, 500 NFP bricks arrived on site from Corobrik in Somerset West, kindly donated by Corobrik.<br /><br />This followed in-depth investigations into the size, colour and type of bricks to be used for repairing the hostel and rebuilding the screen wall at the entrance to the bucket system area, which disappeared somewhere around 2005/6.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigiXuQ72McD_Dsj0bloGCR85aMRv3ol6mJU7JT5BJlELXuvNGiwLjDEIkp1Ws5liJyFnOwICc8X5FoXpmZzgs-_Gf67InYWIP0SqAO-gOdA7U4WVsLzEBty8aXXsVDkJPfq9kacaexPgm/s1600/bricks+on+site.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463187646606398962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigiXuQ72McD_Dsj0bloGCR85aMRv3ol6mJU7JT5BJlELXuvNGiwLjDEIkp1Ws5liJyFnOwICc8X5FoXpmZzgs-_Gf67InYWIP0SqAO-gOdA7U4WVsLzEBty8aXXsVDkJPfq9kacaexPgm/s320/bricks+on+site.jpg" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Bricks securley stored and carefully stacked ready to be hand-picked for colour and size. Photograph: Noeleen Murray, Hostel 33 22 April 2010.</span><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHYiT1ZuIUONPqhRCN3xC_YkBvIhGc-giR7P-965klZCWvCLZgUg4ITaOpt51iJCyP33jWo2emjr-Uy16WDKdsKMYUqOM_ijcYzA9JCj_EVJHwXyPxgcEVPotzDdBu9tjsmUgHouWIf0q/s1600/bricks+on+site+1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463187501726983906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHYiT1ZuIUONPqhRCN3xC_YkBvIhGc-giR7P-965klZCWvCLZgUg4ITaOpt51iJCyP33jWo2emjr-Uy16WDKdsKMYUqOM_ijcYzA9JCj_EVJHwXyPxgcEVPotzDdBu9tjsmUgHouWIf0q/s320/bricks+on+site+1.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">500 bricks donated by Corobrik. Photograph: Noeleen Murray, 22 April 2010.</span><br /><div><br />Project manager Renchius van der Merwe's efforts in this respect have been meticulous and after meeting with David Mellem and Allistair Cloete of Corobrik at Hostel 33 on Wednesday, 7 April 2010, Allistair suggested the possibility of Corobrik donating/sponsoring the bricks and their transortation to site.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujomoOWjLl-4TDH4DY6WfrIGkUNm2nC_OJLwUhvis19newp_BLWoWpP8Qtj5fUBOJOl8MgdA-sMrD6VcNx0bN9gArT2Tka6DIM36-noaYixfl6vJgx30BzUqSQIr0SWVi1UI2rIKRXZiZ/s1600/H33+toilet+wall+at+rear+Renchius.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462537726379894994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujomoOWjLl-4TDH4DY6WfrIGkUNm2nC_OJLwUhvis19newp_BLWoWpP8Qtj5fUBOJOl8MgdA-sMrD6VcNx0bN9gArT2Tka6DIM36-noaYixfl6vJgx30BzUqSQIr0SWVi1UI2rIKRXZiZ/s320/H33+toilet+wall+at+rear+Renchius.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Renchius van der Merwe's image of Hostel 33 bucket system area external wall shows precisely how uneven the existing brickwork and coursing is on site. Repair will entail hand-picking bricks for colour and size, which Renchius will do on site with the local contractor who is appointed to do the works! Photograph: Renchius van der Merwe 15 April 2010 </span><br /><br />Corobrik's kind <strong>donation</strong> is hereby gratefully acknowledged.<br /><br />A close reading of the Urban Foundation Report by Urban Design Services (Bermann and Penz), 1987, <em>Lwandle Investigation into the potential for Black Housing</em>, Draft report for the Urban Foundation, February 1987, p.19. reveals that Corobrik once had a hostel in Lwandle, which makes this donation even more significant.<br /><br />An extract from p. 19 of the 1987 Report reads:<br /><em>" At present there are 41 permanent hostel buildings with 1 hostel privately owned by Corobrik."</em><br /><em></em><br />We hope to find out more about this hostel and its whereabouts from residents through the Museum's on-going oral history programmes.<br /><br /><strong>If anyone has any information in this regard, please could you let us know? </strong></div></div>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-25515064344082006872010-04-12T17:33:00.000+02:002010-04-12T18:42:06.425+02:00Visitors record their experiences at Hostel 33Leslie Witz sent through the following link by Katy Beinart & Rebecca Beinart who visited Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum earlier this year.<br /><br />Post #34 [9 February 2010]<br /><a href="http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/520058">http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/520058</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYMWJ33nBhpMdsBxwnFwZfqOCOf8qrHMr0CkCPCuqFX5gxpUp98P1fVmRiW7xU00vMV0F2E7q_ARqrYEQZcoQXWemdd0kQBDWBWXArqFrbmrXRwUsO7WOMH2v8KNzleQi9B7C7ORBYGQr/s1600/Beinhart+blog+image.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459291406580118674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYMWJ33nBhpMdsBxwnFwZfqOCOf8qrHMr0CkCPCuqFX5gxpUp98P1fVmRiW7xU00vMV0F2E7q_ARqrYEQZcoQXWemdd0kQBDWBWXArqFrbmrXRwUsO7WOMH2v8KNzleQi9B7C7ORBYGQr/s320/Beinhart+blog+image.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:78%;">View images such as this from the Beinart blog showing one of the rooms in Hostel 33.<br /></span><br />Receiving and listening to feedback of visitor experiences is an important aspect of LMLM's approach as it sets about further developing its exhibitions and programmes, At Hostel 33, visitor accounts such as this one, often emphasize the experience of being taken through the old hostel (in which there are currently no exhibition displays in the conventional museum sense). Instead people are confronted with being inside the space and they have to imagine the conditions in which people lived up until relatively recently, as the Beinhart’s mention: overcrowding, lack of privacy, beds forming homes and the like.<br /><br />Another Museum, with which the Lwandle Museum has shared experiences, gleaned creative ideas, and leant about curatorial approaches is the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York. Earlier this year the U.S Consulate in Cape Town organized a tele-conference connection between the Tenement Museum and Lwandle Museum in which museum staff, along with consultants (Jakupa Architects) and designer Jos Thorne, were able to learn more from their innovative approaches to various aspects of the museum, from ways in which they restored the building, developed exhibitions and tours, to details about the collection of artifacts and oral histories of life-stories.<br /><br />To learn more about this innovative museum visit: <a href="http://www.tenement.org/">www.tenement.org</a> </div>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-17445701749924640972010-04-12T13:55:00.000+02:002010-04-12T14:54:56.656+02:00Officials take an interestOn the 23 October 2008 Mark Canning from the US Consulate in Cape Town visited Lwandle Museum along with Sisa Ngondo and other representatives from the City of Cape Town who have supported the Lwandle Museum in numerous ways.<br /><br />Museum curator Lunga Smile and Board Members Leslie Witz and Noeleen Murray met the party at the Museum which was followed by a walking tour (without Leslie Witz who was injured!) before returning to the Museum to find out out more about U.S Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation which the Museum and the City (as the land owners) were keen to know more about.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauKuaLy45Xxt1GAUlPwFRRLmHnklpfsOd12FKRXkOmnwWMjfn8mUThFPKHT8yydW1Zo2GYdrHxWPcRHWfb6_uJ0-0anwQErwjs60SU6VD9_IpcA6T6g5MEGtWqpCdvyY5vtHIIC0IDzSj/s1600/DSCN9100.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459219209690909058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauKuaLy45Xxt1GAUlPwFRRLmHnklpfsOd12FKRXkOmnwWMjfn8mUThFPKHT8yydW1Zo2GYdrHxWPcRHWfb6_uJ0-0anwQErwjs60SU6VD9_IpcA6T6g5MEGtWqpCdvyY5vtHIIC0IDzSj/s320/DSCN9100.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Lunga Smile takes the party through the exhibtions in the Old Community Hall.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">All photographs Noeleen Murray.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVyQ_uJD_13IGzrjoLb5iYTactfD7But-JRj5T3Mx6GDv0RxNkZjjXWBZR8fBiWGrYhensn5P6bGtEQF8oNpfw98V_3yzPzl01TfuBcySNNuK_95j6fmxfZNK4MiytRMHtjWBucLhUKsI/s1600/DSCN9105.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459220185935239010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVyQ_uJD_13IGzrjoLb5iYTactfD7But-JRj5T3Mx6GDv0RxNkZjjXWBZR8fBiWGrYhensn5P6bGtEQF8oNpfw98V_3yzPzl01TfuBcySNNuK_95j6fmxfZNK4MiytRMHtjWBucLhUKsI/s320/DSCN9105.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Seeting out on the walking tour. ( Left to right Sisa Ngondo and CCT colleague, Lunga Smile, US Embassy visitor and Mark Canning).</span><br /><br />Mark Canning was instrumental in informing the Museum of the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation that his country had set up. Following this visit the Lwandle Museum set about making an application to this fund, with the aim of restoring Hostel 33, which by this time was beginning to need repairs which the Museum could not afford. The Museum was however mindful of the international competition and received the news of its nomination as the South African entry with great excitement, which was amplified when the final announcement came that Lwandle migrant Labour Museum’s application was granted the award internationally.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9e7MEXO2Pvc4j8Ys38OtvrtR7vhOmFdctAjhYqXxC_Cl14MTc1YGC-9jRHH8Zdmhg2LSVDnNNaaQNu_2EPOkCGtKFfk5HTsCRBfXHwbsKlHkWaTOrgbb94zDUCl2fLAoGpwwK5uoQPJJO/s1600/DSCN9108.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459220862979711682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9e7MEXO2Pvc4j8Ys38OtvrtR7vhOmFdctAjhYqXxC_Cl14MTc1YGC-9jRHH8Zdmhg2LSVDnNNaaQNu_2EPOkCGtKFfk5HTsCRBfXHwbsKlHkWaTOrgbb94zDUCl2fLAoGpwwK5uoQPJJO/s320/DSCN9108.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Standing outside the fast deteriorating Hostel 33 building.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMNgun4564qyUJmekhIkjFlY9kASPaWteFMOCFX3mvvEmeH3QKRcfv7XM2OtI43r0dc5bB4LabVnwX0Sv4sXgXQDY-0n0-Ei9V57qvViTxAnz6sMOCN4O8qpkl4-JXSWBT9r6gPoBjft5/s1600/DSCN9106.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459220848062551778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixMNgun4564qyUJmekhIkjFlY9kASPaWteFMOCFX3mvvEmeH3QKRcfv7XM2OtI43r0dc5bB4LabVnwX0Sv4sXgXQDY-0n0-Ei9V57qvViTxAnz6sMOCN4O8qpkl4-JXSWBT9r6gPoBjft5/s320/DSCN9106.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Lunga Smile's accounts of hostel life inside Hostel 33 , with Mark Canning (left).</span><br /><br />Without this substantial grant and the support and enthusiasm of the U.S Consulate in Cape Town - Mark in particular - the restoration of Hostel 33 would in all likelihood not be happening. </div><br />For more information about the Fund see: <a href="http://exchanges.state.gov/heritage/afcp.html">http://exchanges.state.gov/heritage/afcp.html</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7sx26ZfUAsuAo0HnnKAPyfYz1LXDwzeh9EBROIH2EwJzFfs0X7rsGfYnIlm_xLESz-mlvZ4XsxL88KgdpOSxBQkdtwXEQlE9cQ4T094xbRdlsQwyDNgdS9UjxY28QT_EmDFfFFAziiAb/s1600/US+logo.bmp"><img style="WIDTH: 86px; HEIGHT: 86px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459219903195849314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7sx26ZfUAsuAo0HnnKAPyfYz1LXDwzeh9EBROIH2EwJzFfs0X7rsGfYnIlm_xLESz-mlvZ4XsxL88KgdpOSxBQkdtwXEQlE9cQ4T094xbRdlsQwyDNgdS9UjxY28QT_EmDFfFFAziiAb/s320/US+logo.bmp" /></a>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-2804492782742595032010-04-12T09:28:00.000+02:002010-04-12T12:00:07.761+02:00Securing Hostel 33 for the museum purposes<div><div>When the Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum was initially conceived of it was only Hostel 33 that was intended to be the museum. However, the museum had been unable to take possession of Hostel 33 as there were people living in it and alternative accommodation had not been found for them either in the Hostels to Homes project or in the RDP houses that were being built in Lwandle. The museum could not evict the residents but it did suggest that they place themselves on the waiting list for new houses. They did this, but for several years those living in Hostel 33 were not allocated new housing in Lwandle. Visitors to the museum (which had relocated to the Old Community Hall in Vulindlela Street) were still taken to Hostel 33 but with permission of those residing there.<br /><br />By January 2007 the situation had altered. Some of the residents of Hostel 33 had been allocated houses but once they had moved out a new group of young people had moved in without the permission of the museum. The museum had no authority to evict the new inhabitants but the curator was directed by the museum’s board to put up a sign indicating that the hostel was the museum’s property. Although this was done the youth took little heed of this. Problems continued to mount and it was reported from the neighbours that criminal elements were operating from the hostel. Evidence of the number 28 painted in one of the rooms is an indication that these reports were accurate. This is a number of one of the gangs that are formed in South Africa’s prisons. In the end the museum board decided that to ask Xolani Sotashe (the Lwandle councillor) to assist. Together with Cllr Sotashe the museum staff undertook some difficult and sometimes dangerous negotiations with these youth. Ultimately in June 2007 they vacated the premises. The museum, for the first time since opening was actually able to take possession of the hostel and secured the premises with a gate and a lock.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5z7Xe7s-rr0pxJ1H4VcS6EzMiRZBvkf2loZNF0nAbpKe9-W90H5aow0mrpOWPhJ7jLwYjPn3GM43lsU2lmcOYiyeUR-N3jhQ1isCY6B0M83eutbMpBxjbuOawI3W8c2YCGdCoze9mY3cY/s1600/28s+image.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459177862211936514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5z7Xe7s-rr0pxJ1H4VcS6EzMiRZBvkf2loZNF0nAbpKe9-W90H5aow0mrpOWPhJ7jLwYjPn3GM43lsU2lmcOYiyeUR-N3jhQ1isCY6B0M83eutbMpBxjbuOawI3W8c2YCGdCoze9mY3cY/s320/28s+image.JPG" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:78%;">28's gang image painted onto the walls of Hostel 33.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Photograph by Noeleen Murray, February 2010.</span><br /><br />Women’s Month of 2007 provided the ideal opportunity to formally mark the possession of the Hostel 33 by the museum. In choosing this moment the museum was signifying that despite the fact that under apartheid these hostels had been established as male spaces, from their inception women had stayed in the hostels. They had been subject to considerable harassment as under the laws and regulations of apartheid these women were illegally in Lwandle. It was also fortunate that at the time in 2007 Nungu Nungu, a student from the African Program in Museum and Heritage Studies, jointly offered by University of the Western Cape and the Robben Island Museum, was doing his internship at the museum. He came up with the idea to combine two events, the celebration of the Women’s Month and the securing of Hostel 33.<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVitQhq_PNXR8wEpJBL-qg7V_Inog3mYH7OzTsJFPoqLFwzHhh2TG-gCxvL7dF0raNAtSFit6XnAgeFU4pohfuuMKxZTVfylQEvH-UU1mJGfz0e6ivb0eKwbQPeCpdw86ANacwdYlGqfB/s1600/womens+day+nungu+nungu.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459185866562500882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqVitQhq_PNXR8wEpJBL-qg7V_Inog3mYH7OzTsJFPoqLFwzHhh2TG-gCxvL7dF0raNAtSFit6XnAgeFU4pohfuuMKxZTVfylQEvH-UU1mJGfz0e6ivb0eKwbQPeCpdw86ANacwdYlGqfB/s320/womens+day+nungu+nungu.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Nungu Nungu and classmates for the African Programme in Museum and Heritage Studies outside Hostel 33. 18 August 2007.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Photograph by Leslie Witz.</span><br /><br />Nungu Nungu gave the title to the celebrations ‘Ubomi booMama emaholweni’<br />(Women’s Life in Hostels). The Women Ambassadors, who had been selected by the museum the previous year to publicize the activities of the museum to the community, were asked to decorate the Hostel 33 the way they remembered it. Lockers, beds, bedding, pictures from magazines, photographs, coat hangers and cooking utensils were all brought in an attempt to re-inhabit the hostel and depict their lives as they remembered it. On Saturday 18 August 2007, the group of women formally opened the doors to Hostel 33 and re-enacted elements of their lives. This included showing how a shebeen had operated in the hostel, how they made their lives around a bedstead and the ways they tried to deceive the police who were constantly raiding the hostels. Mrs. Kholiswa Ngcani, for instance, showed everyone how she used to hide away from police in the four door cupboard that was meant for luggage. One of the woman ambassador’s carried a small poster with the words that reflected on their conditions in the present compared with those that they had endured in the past. It read: ‘Lwandle today: a taste of freedom’.</div><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn73Xe8SQdhN0nB5A8sXLAPxGQgISKmjjB1gx_W4P1kofTfrBMQou86yYWq7u27Ug0RxOjkFofzF_vf_botWzSvIvIthtjVP-MW1jatpthY2im_HqCBvbiv1u2Cxln1PNgFsnTienM-6_E/s1600/Women's+day+2007+inside+hostel+33.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459173903722992002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn73Xe8SQdhN0nB5A8sXLAPxGQgISKmjjB1gx_W4P1kofTfrBMQou86yYWq7u27Ug0RxOjkFofzF_vf_botWzSvIvIthtjVP-MW1jatpthY2im_HqCBvbiv1u2Cxln1PNgFsnTienM-6_E/s320/Women's+day+2007+inside+hostel+33.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Stories remembered inside the old hostel space, 18 August 2007.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Photograph by Leslie Witz.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbNQywV04m03KyVXF9e5vuB-cmwAmJV-AZyBIYX6uQJK9DMpiNHQnHd2kn5j5Upulp9WtkeSYhTj54gGpcktbg9jGf4Q2qEdJ5HnYh96Oz1IWVj1Vc5An_3oMR4PGZ5V-MD8ujjo_W8fP/s1600/Womens+day+shebeen.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459185876889518274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbNQywV04m03KyVXF9e5vuB-cmwAmJV-AZyBIYX6uQJK9DMpiNHQnHd2kn5j5Upulp9WtkeSYhTj54gGpcktbg9jGf4Q2qEdJ5HnYh96Oz1IWVj1Vc5An_3oMR4PGZ5V-MD8ujjo_W8fP/s320/Womens+day+shebeen.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Women re-enact a shebeen run from one of the spaces in Hostel 33. Soon after this image was taken a dratised police raid had on-lookers amazed as the women made themselves invisible by hiding in small spaces like cupboards, reminding their audience that women were of course not legal occupants of the hostels. 18 August 2007.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Photograph Leslie Witz.</span></div><div> </div>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-61888271951038561852010-04-12T09:17:00.000+02:002010-04-12T10:27:11.265+02:00Charette with the neighbours of Hostel 33, 12 November 2009<div><div><div><div>The Board of the Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum was excited when the architects from Jakupa and Associates, whom we had appointed to provide professional services for the restoration of Hostel 33, suggested to us at the inaugural client-architect meeting held on 1 October 2009, that the first phase in the process be a series of charettes. The initial one would be largely with neighbours of the Hostel, and then a follow-up with the board and staff of the museum. They explained that a charette could be seen as a type of gathering together of ideas, concerns and challenges in quite an open-ended and from there honing in on specific issues which emerged from discussion that related to the envisaged project. The word charette means a cart or barrow, and quite literally the concept is to throw the ideas into the cart to begin working out a design solution. From the charettes the architect’s brief would be developed. This opened up the possibilities for the close involvement of those living in Lwandle and near to Hostel 33 in the museum activities and contributing towards the remaking of Hostel 33. The minutes of the client-architect meeting also indicate that one suggestion made was that 'the charette process could be documented and form part of the museum display'. </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1xHSUQHVSGEIEfsKZXB314rdGW9HLNMS13ICeY9Luues1P7kmnArU0gfi68SgmcccoeWfIB5EVyEekic8ujsuKqi-RNfgy8bMIMEP0FmMuOFCCJEaYp3Dp-2nEOUBALLTBe0uGPmCuzv/s1600/charette+-+poeple+gathered.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459163959740244498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ1xHSUQHVSGEIEfsKZXB314rdGW9HLNMS13ICeY9Luues1P7kmnArU0gfi68SgmcccoeWfIB5EVyEekic8ujsuKqi-RNfgy8bMIMEP0FmMuOFCCJEaYp3Dp-2nEOUBALLTBe0uGPmCuzv/s320/charette+-+poeple+gathered.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Neighbours, Board and Staff of the LMLM gathered for the Charette.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">All photographs by Leslie Witz.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br />Key to the success of the charette was ensuring attendance and participation. Lunga Smile, the museum's manger, spent days speaking to the neighbours of Hostel 33 explaining to them what was being envisaged around the restoration and how it was essential that they become part of the process. Carefully and in detail he explained and answered questions about how the museum wanted them to become stakeholders in the future of the hostel as a proposed heritage site. The results of his efforts were evident when the first of the charettes was held in the restaurant annex to the museum (a converted large container) on 12 November 2009. Approximately forty people from Lwandle attended the charette which was facilitated by Khalied Jacobs and Renchius van der Merwe from Jakupa and Lunga Smile and Masa Soko from the museum’s side.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Hi1ABPQGtv0bBCX16blthumrJE9RUH-jV7SC0zNE03KT1CoztgP2jhHgxPaUSa8r_CCNSmEFFmoF4Ot5hYoEoNn29icTgpV3nZo2x_5U77E6ih84ecEJujJDzQMIqag-JYy0hhGZ75JU/s1600/Cahrette+-+Masa,+Khalied,+Renchius.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459162965238445634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Hi1ABPQGtv0bBCX16blthumrJE9RUH-jV7SC0zNE03KT1CoztgP2jhHgxPaUSa8r_CCNSmEFFmoF4Ot5hYoEoNn29icTgpV3nZo2x_5U77E6ih84ecEJujJDzQMIqag-JYy0hhGZ75JU/s320/Cahrette+-+Masa,+Khalied,+Renchius.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Staff from LMLM and Jakupa seting up for the Charette.</span><br /><br />Each participant was given three small cards on which they were asked to write briefly and anonymously what they perceives to be the problems or challenges associated with the proposed development of Hostel 33. Masa and Lunga assisted some of the participants with explanation, translation and writing their ideas, so that all could make their contributions to the discussion. These were collected and grouped on the wall of the container with the audience participating and clarifying the points they had made. This took longer than anticipated as the response was overwhelming as participants debated and challenged the ways their points were being represented and grouped as they were being placed on the wall. When the idea was expressed in isiXhosa Lunga or Masa would translate into English, with the enthusiastic help of other participants in the workshop.<br /><br />Broadly the responses can be categorized as concerns with memory, preservation, cleanliness, security and jobs. Conserving the memories of migrancy for future generations was a major motivation expressed for the project. What the process of preservation entailed though was quite ambiguous. Some saw it as keeping the hostel as it was before and not being re-built while others wanted it tidied up and made beautiful. Preservation was seen to involve painting, clearing up the litter, repairing the door, installing electricity, fixing the ceiling and putting up pictures and curtains. Issues of security were a major concern, mostly aptly expressed in the term ‘iburglar’. Ideas were put forward ranging from installing burglar guards, ensuring that children did not throw stones and break the windows to putting up a fence around the hostel. Finally there was a concern that those who live in Lwandle would benefit from the project especially in terms of job creation, both while the restoration was taking place and when tourists visited the hostel. </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3-VY5MHp_OERPHzKP339rfdomTDZZsqBKDXV7J3sU-zkzD6bZv7ouKTzZ7tBywANlon9ASMx3IfWKtUlVFG-LUOzKAd_M9EBQl1b-Fb6hc7GE9PR6Ht6F5sFZSGOfuEkee3GbGvTChpB/s1600/charette+-+neighbours+describe.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459159351781676610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3-VY5MHp_OERPHzKP339rfdomTDZZsqBKDXV7J3sU-zkzD6bZv7ouKTzZ7tBywANlon9ASMx3IfWKtUlVFG-LUOzKAd_M9EBQl1b-Fb6hc7GE9PR6Ht6F5sFZSGOfuEkee3GbGvTChpB/s320/charette+-+neighbours+describe.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Neighbours describe details of the hostel.</span><br /><br />After the ideas were posted on the board the participants divided into two groups to discuss and draw on paper what their vision was for Hostel 33. In both cases what the groups tried to do was represent diagrammatically what they thought the hostels had looked like: the divisions into compartments (one group drew 8, the other 12), the heights of the walls between compartments, the location of beds, tables and cupboards, the outdoor bucket latrines, and siting of the two light bulbs in the hostels. In one group there was an indication of how the hostels had changed over time, with initially no separation between the compartments, then with residents installing self-made curtains and later making divisions by hammering together pieces of wood in a frame. The discussion around what to include in the diagrams was heated and energetic. As a result the workshop began to run over time and the Rise and Shine Dance Academy who use the venue to practice their ballroom dancing during the week decided to practice on the lawn outside the museum.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQu0bVhj0V7lAzvOJJiz2NfVts8ZZzExHySDUG-vqFuOrn6NEh0jg7oF5A4AtTXriZBR5CAI86CHjo_7fuKm2udtaku8-xAe1obdQ4pwTK528XMAq6A4Pk1i8p-oixe3WxGX8J2PVqtjXF/s1600/Charette.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459158466740676162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQu0bVhj0V7lAzvOJJiz2NfVts8ZZzExHySDUG-vqFuOrn6NEh0jg7oF5A4AtTXriZBR5CAI86CHjo_7fuKm2udtaku8-xAe1obdQ4pwTK528XMAq6A4Pk1i8p-oixe3WxGX8J2PVqtjXF/s320/Charette.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Schemes were presented showing ideas and drawings, which were discussed energetically as Lunga Smile (right) kept everyone informed with running translations.</span><br /><br />At the end group presented their vision of the envisaged restored Hostel 33, as the participants argued about what should be added or excluded from the diagrams. In the case of both groups there was an attempt to present the hostel in realist terms, with claims to accuracy being paramount and, almost inevitably, highly contested. There was also a sense that change had to be central and that the different lives of various inhabitants of the hostel for the over almost 50 year of its existence needed to be incorporated. At the end of the first charette there no firm decisions had been made, but most importantly the neighbours of Hostel 33 were being informed about the process of restoration and were making a substantial contribution to it. Probably the most apt summing up was from Christine Makabane, a museum board member, who voluntarily attached her name to the suggestion she put forward: ‘Arise and Shine Hostel 33 After Aparteit’, she wrote.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31CPA6dEzapnY_p2lvMvdk7Q-QE6Iv363Xlfk9togTl_BC-DYahyphenhyphenVjb7uSvBRaa405Nmj7XTee6BAZ14AvzGuNKyaL9LAAmdhH1Mebl-r3XsmEHidJl2TgJqM4B3OqbpnJFhd6J_a1VIH/s1600/Charette+-+Makabane+comment.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459157851716253010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31CPA6dEzapnY_p2lvMvdk7Q-QE6Iv363Xlfk9togTl_BC-DYahyphenhyphenVjb7uSvBRaa405Nmj7XTee6BAZ14AvzGuNKyaL9LAAmdhH1Mebl-r3XsmEHidJl2TgJqM4B3OqbpnJFhd6J_a1VIH/s320/Charette+-+Makabane+comment.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Participants at the Charette wrote comments on cards which recorded their ideas.</span></div><div><br /><br /> </div><div></div></div></div></div>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-42877926457689499502010-04-08T15:01:00.000+02:002010-04-08T15:57:45.292+02:00Lwandle in the 1980s<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJPGvKMIFDH-QABVZ5y78H97J1oG0vv8LVI8bJbnGZbr0J0_vkisLx1bGYmKjLTWNRYEjlIvrjfzW4DPXmoDUbikdHtyZTs5RW5SUYnvI8_mC5n7pzdHzXKZ9iWgRLkDDUIcPcM0-tcbQ/s1600/Talking+Men.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457752375306721522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJPGvKMIFDH-QABVZ5y78H97J1oG0vv8LVI8bJbnGZbr0J0_vkisLx1bGYmKjLTWNRYEjlIvrjfzW4DPXmoDUbikdHtyZTs5RW5SUYnvI8_mC5n7pzdHzXKZ9iWgRLkDDUIcPcM0-tcbQ/s320/Talking+Men.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">Image 1: 'Talking men'</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">All photographs by Andrew <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bermann</span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">In the 1980s <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> was under threat of removal to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Khayelitsha</span>. The Urban Foundation <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"></span></div><div align="left"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">commissioned</span> a report at the time and ultimately <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">managed</span> to resist removal. The images below were taken by Andrew <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bermann</span> as part of information for the the Urban Foundation's report (a copy of which he has kindly donated to the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Museum archive). </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Andrew's account of the visit is interesting. A group including Basil Davidson, Andrew, Andre <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Penz</span> and others were taken around <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> by the Hostel Dwellers <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Association</span>. They were address in the Community Hall, now part of the Museum (see image below) <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">afterwhich</span> they were taken on a walk around <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> to spaces such as the kitchens, the ablution b<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">locks</span>, the dining hall, and individual hostels where <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">people</span> stayed. Andrew, whose passion is photography, describes that he only had his <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Leica</span> 35mm camera, a flash and two rolls of film.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">He cautioned that the photographs cannot be seen to be a comprehensive documentation of the place as it was a quick vi<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">ist</span> to select places. However the images are documentary - they were used to motivate against the removals in the report - and now provide an instructive resource for the Museum's purposes. </div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhte9CRB2lqIG0Oz2Q_HlDbvD-0GoYZS2Yv9coNnF_FVDUY-GQ0UvyoEiKIxlDxgyELBDhyphenhyphenCNr55wGS4i-J_CTTotOTcITYZJgXH6JLdroTv5ENG187Ye7oi7j9_u-l5458wO7nISH802dG/s1600/On+stage.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457752257791608690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhte9CRB2lqIG0Oz2Q_HlDbvD-0GoYZS2Yv9coNnF_FVDUY-GQ0UvyoEiKIxlDxgyELBDhyphenhyphenCNr55wGS4i-J_CTTotOTcITYZJgXH6JLdroTv5ENG187Ye7oi7j9_u-l5458wO7nISH802dG/s320/On+stage.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">Image 2: 'On stage'</span><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqhByXlPAO_5HJHQvEKpFNjiG9qNuudciubAN2Aagd0kGOFLkazzJjeZlcBqd-PTY3d42m0YPleepoz4RhynMSn6qrmowKexDuJrIH2fRrvAu-RKrBbvoS9h7MyQtgCEpn7arqsG_2_N0/s1600/Kitchen+Men.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 210px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457752253520012658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqhByXlPAO_5HJHQvEKpFNjiG9qNuudciubAN2Aagd0kGOFLkazzJjeZlcBqd-PTY3d42m0YPleepoz4RhynMSn6qrmowKexDuJrIH2fRrvAu-RKrBbvoS9h7MyQtgCEpn7arqsG_2_N0/s320/Kitchen+Men.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">Image 3: 'Kitchen Men'</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7SDYdBpGzBEhb8rUUwLAsxbaID18Vuc1Mm7mgYm6Y-fKhyphenhyphenrP0eYBStcMEtpMnfbAP8SLrRChNDReQ0X7MpQgAP1q7SHMtYFGppIrO_VPA9bcFUpl2sWqq7U9gXLncX64NeIKMiaYGpS8/s1600/Family+living_edited-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457752247883472098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7SDYdBpGzBEhb8rUUwLAsxbaID18Vuc1Mm7mgYm6Y-fKhyphenhyphenrP0eYBStcMEtpMnfbAP8SLrRChNDReQ0X7MpQgAP1q7SHMtYFGppIrO_VPA9bcFUpl2sWqq7U9gXLncX64NeIKMiaYGpS8/s320/Family+living_edited-1.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">Image 4: 'Family Living'</span><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGI9WqqXDIKgkU1ItK109dvf42ULLc5N_cVWbIUbPunZm2_fFRLmUSdr89Rhs7xzpL_QMQ7Us6LWAuCPM_Hx5IhPkfxr_ngjDDB86zSSne9fb2I9_8mV4Lllgb76OCMwg-3V9pinZklms/s1600/Eating+area.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457752236074126322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGI9WqqXDIKgkU1ItK109dvf42ULLc5N_cVWbIUbPunZm2_fFRLmUSdr89Rhs7xzpL_QMQ7Us6LWAuCPM_Hx5IhPkfxr_ngjDDB86zSSne9fb2I9_8mV4Lllgb76OCMwg-3V9pinZklms/s320/Eating+area.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">Image 5: 'Eating Area'</span><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8fjg5WF0w4JJNGo8YJsTHxwSYrHniBqAdm3iqtxbBtTqeo6pS3wQFHVE0QmrFvSFRtlCGDS29xGSm14H3T61h5sj7eBVDByJdWLxEqRmG324QQvVCVok9BZViLkSQQYCJ8TGgHvPlCfL/s1600/Cooking+area.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 215px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457752233813980322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8fjg5WF0w4JJNGo8YJsTHxwSYrHniBqAdm3iqtxbBtTqeo6pS3wQFHVE0QmrFvSFRtlCGDS29xGSm14H3T61h5sj7eBVDByJdWLxEqRmG324QQvVCVok9BZViLkSQQYCJ8TGgHvPlCfL/s320/Cooking+area.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Image 6: 'Cooking Area'</span><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpHljmM087Bp7eQkddOA1ZPj-ZrFGgF6XE0PLpXE7LP-XPgXDIUDH4IHh2cZq4oerCP43qgy2g7zmERMpPz8JIupLdB0n3eIawLe-aQO9GRrCQHPOg_ecJ_lbPpEk7N6bFvvXgxnAS-ut/s1600/Chickens.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 210px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457751938927813218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpHljmM087Bp7eQkddOA1ZPj-ZrFGgF6XE0PLpXE7LP-XPgXDIUDH4IHh2cZq4oerCP43qgy2g7zmERMpPz8JIupLdB0n3eIawLe-aQO9GRrCQHPOg_ecJ_lbPpEk7N6bFvvXgxnAS-ut/s320/Chickens.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Image 7: 'Chickens'</span><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUwe8VUH_bBGFVdPelfKcswFwfaZ4b3YJnMWjTqeQQJV9Ua0vosLSXi5unseymDESAhm9aUhJUBu85d0_9hqUVBNjKzwmvCIw4_9zMKCjFf_xmFu8thsyVYa5cIx5QBG3D5zYpP7oFFN1/s1600/Bucket+Toilet.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 211px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457751928059106018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUwe8VUH_bBGFVdPelfKcswFwfaZ4b3YJnMWjTqeQQJV9Ua0vosLSXi5unseymDESAhm9aUhJUBu85d0_9hqUVBNjKzwmvCIw4_9zMKCjFf_xmFu8thsyVYa5cIx5QBG3D5zYpP7oFFN1/s320/Bucket+Toilet.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Image 8: 'Bucket Toilet'</span><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIF_vUIFUcvRfUiqHpzrf2CrFf9MsLTjncRty9UasAgikuySbTgkUbI8ltZHci_rHHuOVJCRzPiJLmDgiCY2eFKwEyCvqe3uLCtDJkcMfaCJ6hfGJJ08GBjaRsy4BP2LfM4MuLWii678m/s1600/Brown+Pants.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457751930009217618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIF_vUIFUcvRfUiqHpzrf2CrFf9MsLTjncRty9UasAgikuySbTgkUbI8ltZHci_rHHuOVJCRzPiJLmDgiCY2eFKwEyCvqe3uLCtDJkcMfaCJ6hfGJJ08GBjaRsy4BP2LfM4MuLWii678m/s320/Brown+Pants.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">Image 9: 'Brown Pants'</span><br />The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">following</span> two images were taken by Andrew subsequent to the visit when he managed to get to fly over the area.</div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3URX4v21fN5LtU0Slltk-F8tV29P6s_oZc-C0P1VcA1yu38CdX7pcbiBgnfUwZKJNBA7uT9zUuGeSlBXZHTOgaQoFPLVji0iZxWfQSqD-yp99fyXkk0FcU6ufyRtdla2iVUO6PiqkWDQ0/s1600/Aerial+near+1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457751920056773442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3URX4v21fN5LtU0Slltk-F8tV29P6s_oZc-C0P1VcA1yu38CdX7pcbiBgnfUwZKJNBA7uT9zUuGeSlBXZHTOgaQoFPLVji0iZxWfQSqD-yp99fyXkk0FcU6ufyRtdla2iVUO6PiqkWDQ0/s320/Aerial+near+1.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">Image 10: 'Aerial Near'</span><br /></div><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJg_H8LxfRb9eBL8jvYkxnj3llL7nqNvGIPNw1TFEejiKV9KpHFUJwuHXpLPxfUE4r98BjJQulbxsDmCIUWZaCbu2YbcRbsUoURPmO39pLEEoFvSVB8vy7DA8l_3uwjCAXKJIwR-mgLGQ/s1600/Aerial+far.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457751917322831714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJg_H8LxfRb9eBL8jvYkxnj3llL7nqNvGIPNw1TFEejiKV9KpHFUJwuHXpLPxfUE4r98BjJQulbxsDmCIUWZaCbu2YbcRbsUoURPmO39pLEEoFvSVB8vy7DA8l_3uwjCAXKJIwR-mgLGQ/s320/Aerial+far.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Image 11: 'Aerial Far'</span><br /><br />Information communicated to Noeleen Murray, Rondebosch, 8 April 2010<br /></p>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-61850552413376445652010-04-07T12:27:00.002+02:002010-04-21T17:00:29.259+02:00Going on site - the bucket system area is cleaned outLocal contractors from Lwandle set about the work of clearing out the old bucket system area at Hostel 33.<br /><br />Lunga Smile and Lundi Mama were there to record the careful process of removing years of rubble.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93GobgMbNlRmWnJigt_gHpmwtOSs3KlJT4C2u7-XJSRhx82jz_X0BlHz7nDiwsvYOFbpLNESfdUZL53QyoqrNJG45joHvE88UG0Fh5BS3nzBvcwcfCALAvlwVzKJsFLsGZyvmv_YkYUdd/s1600/Project+M2+245.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457833729026831298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93GobgMbNlRmWnJigt_gHpmwtOSs3KlJT4C2u7-XJSRhx82jz_X0BlHz7nDiwsvYOFbpLNESfdUZL53QyoqrNJG45joHvE88UG0Fh5BS3nzBvcwcfCALAvlwVzKJsFLsGZyvmv_YkYUdd/s320/Project+M2+245.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWdwC-fbA1Kr_j_i1a6u2ABM16K1hLE-tGwlD5oUfecZG5rHy27CNXtghWBjr8wt_KqBMPt6VurCZ5YkfrpC_6BhwU0BRaNpJLwo6PKMc4ScBhiNbNP_4DQXBU9t5mH7GvlMLZmR1rgmm/s1600/Project+M2+216.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457833703494820450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJWdwC-fbA1Kr_j_i1a6u2ABM16K1hLE-tGwlD5oUfecZG5rHy27CNXtghWBjr8wt_KqBMPt6VurCZ5YkfrpC_6BhwU0BRaNpJLwo6PKMc4ScBhiNbNP_4DQXBU9t5mH7GvlMLZmR1rgmm/s320/Project+M2+216.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">View of the only remaining timber remnant of a toilet seat was found.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITCq3ijiVLtoD8KYzwajA8fG4ks23lNdw6zjyKRJDZOqRNQD3S48EG-epZ5jjhJFHa2P3qKVE46Yolb_iVN2xoy14FYBkvFlh3nol0cyfMdX-6s-A0Ps6o2Ljt-hyi7ONcrLWoq0awhEQ/s1600/Project+M2+206.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457833700852578562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITCq3ijiVLtoD8KYzwajA8fG4ks23lNdw6zjyKRJDZOqRNQD3S48EG-epZ5jjhJFHa2P3qKVE46Yolb_iVN2xoy14FYBkvFlh3nol0cyfMdX-6s-A0Ps6o2Ljt-hyi7ONcrLWoq0awhEQ/s320/Project+M2+206.JPG" /></a> </div><div><span style="font-size:78%;">Brickwork along the base is in bad repair, most probably because of the wet conditions caused by overflowing buckets over the years.</span><br /></div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZzialv58otGoiEJdaLXbfaEwchYEbXeOYdFAc-klBpga8QZkH12XlwUY1uYB-eALc_PtShte_snUYNFcvvyH2M1AH8jy9BAQjQQ4bYkdAcC-nTg9-aTnviIBE8556Cv_zwcsEpLtdZTH/s1600/Project+M2+167.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457833266088506626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZzialv58otGoiEJdaLXbfaEwchYEbXeOYdFAc-klBpga8QZkH12XlwUY1uYB-eALc_PtShte_snUYNFcvvyH2M1AH8jy9BAQjQQ4bYkdAcC-nTg9-aTnviIBE8556Cv_zwcsEpLtdZTH/s320/Project+M2+167.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIfq0wpEZBhdRwg87EN-wGed04i-BLi_GW7Q74AlU7GWyUOF4X14mqoiRh1Sr_sBbxlUtCW8exdjEv9ujMj1McCRC8JJ-vBNhHntYv58yS07dC9GqDyaW35UYs22WmszvVk0eD67dQx9b/s1600/Project+M2+116.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457833262562819730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIfq0wpEZBhdRwg87EN-wGed04i-BLi_GW7Q74AlU7GWyUOF4X14mqoiRh1Sr_sBbxlUtCW8exdjEv9ujMj1McCRC8JJ-vBNhHntYv58yS07dC9GqDyaW35UYs22WmszvVk0eD67dQx9b/s320/Project+M2+116.JPG" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tPw5Xt-G0CWRqglCPRpnE0hyA_B5yJkh9BjYTLekbPvtkewJhJ3RCoKEkRuPrlFaGLyaqWN0i1Pk3GJn8BZmbTX3OGRUIzhKpT5939a4veOd7vGTMEA7xpSHYxbrkuJ0bR5TUcwVSPw3/s1600/Project+M2+109.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457833246007161922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tPw5Xt-G0CWRqglCPRpnE0hyA_B5yJkh9BjYTLekbPvtkewJhJ3RCoKEkRuPrlFaGLyaqWN0i1Pk3GJn8BZmbTX3OGRUIzhKpT5939a4veOd7vGTMEA7xpSHYxbrkuJ0bR5TUcwVSPw3/s320/Project+M2+109.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdFvVaouE0YTYaosdcWLnFzXo9d92CTvjV9nbTP1_ZVFHYjE3W4pWMYxK5Q04QoZ_7clLuucpaEJ52tjj5LMzSD7C_LeVi6Jch8enOW_pj3sWZQerUWdYsiQ9QpYzUILSB1_c_8fPbOoN/s1600/Project+M2+104.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457832908078593730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdFvVaouE0YTYaosdcWLnFzXo9d92CTvjV9nbTP1_ZVFHYjE3W4pWMYxK5Q04QoZ_7clLuucpaEJ52tjj5LMzSD7C_LeVi6Jch8enOW_pj3sWZQerUWdYsiQ9QpYzUILSB1_c_8fPbOoN/s320/Project+M2+104.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowhsvUBmT9vzPRdmfW-xL75UK6IWRJ4XG2AlYcGFCMFePwwGooeT9zLq26ePMuk6CvhuMhb43vpgLWKAfVMjQEluTTIxk_WY7F1IMZR6XidNTI__K3rVt1iyfJynABt1e16Lxb8Lq0Erd/s1600/Project+M2+101.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457832892320703714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjowhsvUBmT9vzPRdmfW-xL75UK6IWRJ4XG2AlYcGFCMFePwwGooeT9zLq26ePMuk6CvhuMhb43vpgLWKAfVMjQEluTTIxk_WY7F1IMZR6XidNTI__K3rVt1iyfJynABt1e16Lxb8Lq0Erd/s320/Project+M2+101.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gClcHypZ_yyhPXNxbZuU3CbtmDhQZWRpoAeDkQHFTedPvkVYZU4K3hJOssjH7RUpKMJMS8bS2BsvxBMMgDpQofH0A7hjQiqrkWnTkNnkdel6HgGjZrSjMZGQ2k46nITXwPs3oymNL5sa/s1600/Project+M2+095.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457832880429638226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gClcHypZ_yyhPXNxbZuU3CbtmDhQZWRpoAeDkQHFTedPvkVYZU4K3hJOssjH7RUpKMJMS8bS2BsvxBMMgDpQofH0A7hjQiqrkWnTkNnkdel6HgGjZrSjMZGQ2k46nITXwPs3oymNL5sa/s320/Project+M2+095.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgePPGucn8uK2jtd3poQf7GsQbNZlFvRx6quR0UaZ-DD4kEHBCj1OTdgU5UWEJkx5xiBk0sZM-0eqzJRoEGzPqpLQGRWLSQK3DFXfm_haliuvxcWI8ESHjjJva6MVf0Y1NobhGr_5zZzJ77/s1600/IMG_2805.JPG"></a><span style="font-size:78%;">All photograph taken by Lunga Smile and Lundi Mama</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br />In March 2010 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lunga</span> Smile, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">LMLM's</span> Curator, oversaw the cleaning out of the old bucket system area alongside Hostel33, along with a local contractor, Nqabakazi Ntoni.<br /><br />This is the only remaining building in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> after the Hostels-to-Homes project of the 1990s resulted in the conversion of the hostels into family units and the bucket system was replaced with waterborne sewerage facilities in the area.<br /><br />Until 2010 the old structure was locked and used as an illegal dumping ground where <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">people</span> had thrown miscellaneous unwanted waste. As a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">temporary</span> measure while <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">people</span> were still occupying the hostel (up until 2007 ) provision was made inside the Hostel 33 for a water borne <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">sewerage</span> bathroom, which is the only alteration that was made to the space since it was decided that it should become a part of the Museum.<br /><br />After much debate, as part of the restoration, a decision has been made to remove this new bathroom and incorporate the story of its <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">existence</span> into the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">exhibitions</span> around the Hostels-to Homes Project. The old bucket system area is however being <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">restored</span> as a key part of the story of migrant life in Hostel 33 under <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">apartheid</span>.<br /><br />The images here show what the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">space</span> looks like now that the Museum has gained access to the six - compartment bucket toilet spaces. Remnants of the stell supestructure for toilet seats are visible and there is a fragment of a rudimentary wooden seat.</div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-91537643516192591612010-04-07T09:42:00.000+02:002010-04-07T10:01:08.486+02:00Finding new bricks to match the old bricks<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lf_TWRexK4eTBNjvRAFcD9dSB2l2EAHsGWJiHvIQyf54WesVq20ed4Hpb7TA6KKI83vi4XvG11hOBEkQljRO6CEI_zyWze4XedYfzWX9xrBvQhiuZI23CCxx4J1gNHpnVhOAiJmusoS-/s1600/H33+brick+-+orange+original+-+match.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457298279204897490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5lf_TWRexK4eTBNjvRAFcD9dSB2l2EAHsGWJiHvIQyf54WesVq20ed4Hpb7TA6KKI83vi4XvG11hOBEkQljRO6CEI_zyWze4XedYfzWX9xrBvQhiuZI23CCxx4J1gNHpnVhOAiJmusoS-/s320/H33+brick+-+orange+original+-+match.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Image: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Merwe</span></span><br /><br />Correspondence from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Merwe</span>, Project Manager on-site for the restoration of Hostel 33:<br /><br />' The following photographs show two typical original bricks (found loose and) taken from Hostel 33, and matched samples obtained from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Corobrick</span> Centre in Somerset West (off N2, next to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">CTM</span> Tiles).<br /><br />As far as I can tell, the exposed original bricks range between the two found samples, red to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">orange</span>. The advice from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Corobrick</span> Centre (Mark <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bonthuis</span>) is that the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">original</span> are plaster bricks (r.o.k / <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">NFP</span>/ stock brick), and that the sample bricks are the closest match that they have.<br /><br />As you can see in the photo, the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">orange</span> colour is more difficult to match, but the immediate problem is the size: the samples are (A) 73mm Autumn <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Paver</span>, (B) 7<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">MPa</span> Yellow Plaster Brick, (C) original orange brick, and (D) 12<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">MPa</span> Red Foundation Brick.<br /><br />My opinion is that we use the 14<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">MPa</span> Red Foundation Brick which is more hard <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">wearing</span>, and thereafter decide if we need to bag and paint, or leave it as it is.'<br /><br />William <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Martinson</span> has suggested that we <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">investigate</span> if there are not any other <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">independent</span> brick yards in the area. He thinks that a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">small</span> coal fired operation might even be able to make a small batch to the correct dimensions.<br /><br />David Worth may be able to advise on existing brick yards.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGdVj9-gPybf96AKwBFYoLBLquDsFB1qvR0cVe6GeZKbfd7iQ0HMo-D1HEgwlcJfkKA_JgoJGnExnTqrv2qNeuW1smLyXccn04_10KrtaOearasQZminyjyrCUMcFGfwn9qRDCv1V6ToO/s1600/H33+brick+-+red+original.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457298070270840530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGdVj9-gPybf96AKwBFYoLBLquDsFB1qvR0cVe6GeZKbfd7iQ0HMo-D1HEgwlcJfkKA_JgoJGnExnTqrv2qNeuW1smLyXccn04_10KrtaOearasQZminyjyrCUMcFGfwn9qRDCv1V6ToO/s320/H33+brick+-+red+original.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Existing sample from Hostel 33</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Image: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Renchius</span> van <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">der</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">Merwe</span></span>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-90205279724626236572010-04-07T08:59:00.000+02:002010-04-08T20:35:55.555+02:00Exploring the materiality of the building<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVr2uHEgPeBaXlZtN9DJ2dPBaTtTEedP11kvHipZVJeiLQRO72R8HcQrqW2bL3-Zlc-kKgFJsZBmHoZB-yPAnROmdoWeLyyhrz61SSUy_SkXD4GiO1EyLLaC-cSOCiES88-kIZt6BQjdoR/s1600/IMG_0541.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457289363639793506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVr2uHEgPeBaXlZtN9DJ2dPBaTtTEedP11kvHipZVJeiLQRO72R8HcQrqW2bL3-Zlc-kKgFJsZBmHoZB-yPAnROmdoWeLyyhrz61SSUy_SkXD4GiO1EyLLaC-cSOCiES88-kIZt6BQjdoR/s320/IMG_0541.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">Image courtesy: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jos</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thorne</span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ffff00;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ffff00;"></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Images showing Hostel 33 when the wall at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">entrance</span> to the bucket system toilet area was still standing, images from the period in which <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mbulelo</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Mrubata</span> was Curator of the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lwandle</span> Museum.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzI7_yXhaiu4wmj93VjZ859frZ5Wr_PZHd-cjJn4Lj5YJTI_GdZt2DwKw4F7Y-w_LH_0ZysuF87dG6XjBLLFH5lC3bBOPDR5Xw971ep5lvNWUmKdr8SUVoTOANYij5cE64UhobHaeCX85/s1600/IMG_0540.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457289167949844658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzI7_yXhaiu4wmj93VjZ859frZ5Wr_PZHd-cjJn4Lj5YJTI_GdZt2DwKw4F7Y-w_LH_0ZysuF87dG6XjBLLFH5lC3bBOPDR5Xw971ep5lvNWUmKdr8SUVoTOANYij5cE64UhobHaeCX85/s320/IMG_0540.jpg" /></a> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;">Image courtesy: Jos Thorne</span> </div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitpXOYHs1dPFb8vZ-iXURBzv08_0Di-GsK18QBFar5LQcLl3rwwDI2RvRmvGwmWyKY3o_4siFbBGzua0ISLq9qH9zL2ZdjGm-hIxKGR36d36z1oN3Khml93QYp93x2CKtNcDDlKLIKls_/s1600/IMG_0539.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457287310837420594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitpXOYHs1dPFb8vZ-iXURBzv08_0Di-GsK18QBFar5LQcLl3rwwDI2RvRmvGwmWyKY3o_4siFbBGzua0ISLq9qH9zL2ZdjGm-hIxKGR36d36z1oN3Khml93QYp93x2CKtNcDDlKLIKls_/s320/IMG_0539.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Image courtesy: Jos Thorne</span>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710018268676327541.post-48834996592534844142010-03-16T10:14:00.000+02:002010-04-12T16:16:57.285+02:00Experts visit Hostel 33On Saturday 12 March 2010 William Martinson (an East London based heritage architect with extensive knowledge of hostels in the Johannesburg area); Jerry Rogers (an ex Managing Director of a major construction company and a quantity surveyor who has worked extensively in projects in Khayelitsha); and Laura Davies (a fourth year architectural student from London) visited Hostel 33 along with staff from the Museum.<br /><br />This followed a visit the previous weekend by industrial archaeologist David Worth who has previously worked on aspects of the AECI site and other buildings in the Helderberg area as well as having extensive knowldege and experience of international debates in this field.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_vWIdbwjGGmIkp2XKMb9fVT664w0a70m2a-y8Rwf4s1HD4J0tXvL4UaHZoabUGLtfXE0WZIsRu_Gi2J-npAz8iAwGwfdYRhcHCSk-n2jP_aq1dbD_1ONYGeUhki_RFT-C0XdJ4eMHWk_/s1600/IMG_2775.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459240538275359394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_vWIdbwjGGmIkp2XKMb9fVT664w0a70m2a-y8Rwf4s1HD4J0tXvL4UaHZoabUGLtfXE0WZIsRu_Gi2J-npAz8iAwGwfdYRhcHCSk-n2jP_aq1dbD_1ONYGeUhki_RFT-C0XdJ4eMHWk_/s320/IMG_2775.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">27 February 2010, industrial archaeologist David Worth (centre) and LMLM staff set off walking to Hostel 33.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Photograph by Noeleen Murray.</span><br /><br />The intention of both visits was to gather insights and expert views on some of the challenges presented by the restoration projects.<br /><br />Some aspects of the discussions were as follows:<br /><ul><li>There was general agreement that the documentation of the space in its current state needs to be meticulously recorded. Methodologies were discussed in relation to augmenting the condition report and useful insights noted around the merits of using archaeological methods as well as detailed drawings and annotated photographs to document each sub-section systematically and to record details of items added by residents of the spaces over time.</li><br /><li>David Worth suggested that we might consider remote sensing by a Geomatics Engineer as an alternative recoding method.</li><br /><li>William Martinson was struck by the authenticity of the space, citing how rare a heritage resource the hostel is, which should be approached with utmost sensitivity. He cited the relevance in this case of the Burra Charter principle of: "Doing less to the fabric (of any heritage resource) is to be favoured, rather than more. The fabric of the place should be allowed to tell its own story, even if some of the physical evidence of that story has gone. Keeping change to a miniumum protects the evidence of history....This approach is different from the popular understanding of 'restoration' as an act of heroic change, intended to return a place to its former glory.' Dramatic transformations, which shock and astonish with their revelations, are not preculded. But the value of a place as a complex and genuine entity should be upheld to encourage the retention of layers of complexity which are easily lost during radical change" (cited from Marquis-Kyle, P and Walker M, <em>The Illustrated Burra Charter: Making Good decisions about the care of important places</em>, Australia ICOMOS, 1996) </li><br /><li>Jerry Roger's responses to queries about the building fabric echoed this and his suggestion was for as little intervention as possible, noting that structural cracks and the like were old and had settled and presented no current risk to the strucure. </li><br /><li>All agreed that as David Worth stated "I suspect the roof is not the problem you might think it is." The consensus view here is that replacing the roof would destroy the heritage resource and that cleaning, painting or disturbing the roof would render the white asbestos dangerous. As there are no major leaks and given that the roof sagging was probably due to previous loading the approach would be to leave it as is. Also William noted that the black ceilings were an important part of the quality of the space and cleaning these would alter this in problematic mays. He also cautioned against other readical forms of cleaning citing that in his experience hostel structures were not very clean, often marked by black ceilings and other traces of heavy use through overcrowding. While personal effects might have been kept clean, more communal spaces and the actual buildings were/are not.</li><br /><li>The removal of the new waterborne sewerage and fixtures was supported by all.</li><br /><li>The importance of restoring and fixing the bucket system area was also noted and caution was expressed with regard to using a carefull bricklayer to attend to the masonry work. The rebuilding of a new wall structure at the entrance to the area (which would be obviously marked as new in some way) was supported. </li><br /><li>Discussions were held about the best ways to rewire the place and it was felt that non intrusive approaches would be used, perhaps even reusing the existing electrical conduiting or running new insulated wiring along these were proposed.</li><br /><li>The exterior of the building, all felt, was another area where not much should be done, as this would be difficult to justify and that it is in reasonably good condition as is. It was suggested that this was an instance of the need to monitor and only act if it becomes necessary.</li><br /><li>The removal of the new concrete apron at the entrance side of the hostel was supported but that this should be done with care and attention to looking for evidence of previous structures which may still be present below the current surface. Also the washing lines, verandah poles, the shed and the car port should be removedand relcoated in consultation with neighbouring residents.</li></ul><p></p>Thanks to William Martinson for sending us his detailed photographs. To view them go to: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwandle_migrant_labour_museum/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwandle_migrant_labour_museum/</a>Noëleen Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17701851007825543399noreply@blogger.com2