Celebrating a home for the Community

On Human Rights Day the 21st of March, Community House will be celebrating 34 years of activism.

Several activities are planned for the day which starts at 11am. These activities include an exhibition, panel discussions and cultural events.

Bush Radio 89.5FM will be doing a live broadcast and Cape Town TV will film the day.

The exhibition will showcase the work of the various organisations that are, and have been based at Community House.

The panel discussions will centre on the role of activists and activism in a democracy and Womens Rights.

If you would like to be part of these discussions either as a panelist or audience. Contact Elizabeth Schutter on 0846162687 or elizabeth.schutter@gmail.com

How to get to the venue from Bush Radio

Cultural activities:

Worker plays, choirs, dancing, music, poetry all will have a space.

The Cape Cultural Collective will be co-ordinating these activities, please get in touch with them on capeculturalcollective@gmail.com or June on 0791835170.

For more information on the celebration contact:

João Jardim
Manager – Community House
0843882101

Community House Celebration Programme – 21 March 2019

11am start
Exhibition of memorabilia  and info tables in Ashley Kriel Hall, to stay throughout the day.

11:30 am to 1pm
Panel Discussion in Iman Haroon Room

1pm
Lunch break

Cultural items from Sons of South in Ashley Kriel Hall Dance flash mob in courtyard or parking lot

2pm to 3pm
2nd Panel Discussion in Iman Haroon Room AK hall exhibition continues

3 to 5pm
CCC Cultural Programme- Ashley Kriel Hall

5 to 6pm
Supper served

7 for 8pm (till late)
Gumba jol starts in Ashley Kriel Hall

Background to Community House

Community House situated in Salt River, Cape Town is a unique and historic site of living heritage. It has always been known as a site of activism from around the mid 1980s which has shaped and continues to shape the socio-political landscape of its extended communities. The building itself houses NGO’s and Trade Unions as well as a labour and community history museum centered on the Trade Union Library and its archive. It presently houses twenty-four organizations that focus on labour research, popular education, gender advocacy, HIV/AIDS education, environmental issues, youth development, media production and union organization.

In the mid-1980s, anti-apartheid trade unions and civic and service organizations began searching for a new headquarters for their resistance campaign. The Western Province Council of Churches (WPCC) and an NGO, the Social Change Assistance Trust (SCAT) met this need. They purchased a dilapidated auto-workshop in Salt River, an area known for its textile and light metal factories and which marks the origins of industrial unions in the province.

The site was declared a provincial heritage site in 2010.

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