■ Arts and Culture minister, Nathi Mthethwa, visited Bo-Kaap on December 17 to learn more about historic sites such as Tana Baru cemetery and the first mosque in South Africa, the Alwan Mosque. Mr Mthethwa promised Bo-Kaap residents that the process to declare Bo-Kaap a national heritage site would begin early in the new year. Here Mr Mthethwa is pictured at the Tana Baru cemetery.
Arts and culture minister, Nathi Mthethwa started his visit at the Alwan Mosque.
Arts and Culture minister, Nathi Mthethwa, visited Bo-Kaap on December 17 to learn more about historic sites such as Tana Baru cemetery and the first mosque in South Africa, the Alwan Mosque. Mr Mthethwa promised Bo-Kaap residents that the process to declare Bo-Kaap a national heritage site would begin early in the new year. Here Mr Mthethwa is pictured at the Tana Baru cemetery.
