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The Archival Platform’s aim is to facilitate dialogue and information sharing between professionals, academics and government employees in the heritage and archive sector.

Gravesof three women activists declared National Heritage Sites 19/08/2010

SAHRA is honouring the courage, determination and bravery of struggle heroines during Women’s Month  Read More

Panel of Experts required to draft a national museums policy framework 16/08/2010

DAC is seeking expressions of interest from museum professionals, and other relevant experts  Read More

Marx’s say on press censorship 15/08/2010

John Higgins reflects on Karl Marx’s an wonders how he might respond to current debates about the media.  Read More

The right to memory 10/08/2010

Jo-Anne Duggan asks, if memory matters, how should it be defined and… Read More

Knocking on ... mothers and daughters in struggle in South Africa 10/08/2010

Shirley Gunn of the Human Rights Media Centre shares her experience of working with mothers and daughters in an intergenerational… Read More

Ancestral Stories: Editorial August 2010 10/08/2010

Mbongiseni Buthelezi raises some questions about the way in which ‘families’ are constituted and describes some of the challenges facing… Read More

Guest Blog
What about the ancestors? 10/08/2010

Michael Worsnip explains how and why his adopted children have ‘inherited’ his ancestors.  Read More

The Cape Town Family History Society 10/08/2010

David Slingsby describes the aims and activities of the Cape Town Family History Society  Read More

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The_archive: Off to Estonia tomorrow for a workshop on NGOs and the intangible #heritage convention – 9:36 31/08/2010

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