https://www.districtsix.co.za/ The District Six Museum Vuselela Ons Luister Series stems from our oral history work with people who have suffered under forced removals as a result of the apartheid government’s Group Areas Act of 1950. Here we have stories of Cape Town and the surrounding areas, focusing particularly on experiences of forced removals during a period that saw District Six bulldozed, Sophiatown destroyed, South End gentrified and Claremont disrupted. Yet, these are not stories of loss and despair, they are stories of resilience, perseverance and triumph. History en Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:22:20 +0200 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:37:01 +0200 30 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss iono.fm 2.5.2.0 District Six Museum no Lisa Hendricks Yearly feeds@iono.fm (Feed Manager) https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p3169/logo_7917_20250925_112327_1400.jpeg https://www.districtsix.co.za/ The District Six Museum Vuselela Ons Luister Series stems from our oral history work with people who have suffered under forced removals as a result of the apartheid government’s Group Areas Act of 1950. District Six Museum episodic District Six Museum d6oralhistory@gmail.com false ZA https://iono.fm/e/1601815 https://iono.fm/e/1601815
Guest: Lars Espeter
Director, DoP and Editing: Dean Jates
Interviewer(s) and Research: Ayanda Mpono, Matthew Nissen
Photo credit: Fakier Jessa Collection, District Six Museum

Filmed in the Avalon Auditorium of the District Six Homecoming Centre

All podcasts and vodcasts can be found on YouTube & iono.fm.

Find our stories here - https://www.youtube.com/@districtsixmuseum1867 & http://iono.fm/c/7917 District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:32:00 +0200 0 0 Lars Espeter: Heritage & Technology at the District Six Museum 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 1:02:04 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1600739 https://iono.fm/e/1600739
Guests: Sharon Paulsen, Tina Smith
Director, DoP and Editing: Dean Jates
Interviewer(s) and Research: Ayanda Mpono, Matthew Nissen
Music jingle: Zolani Mfihlo
Photo credit: Fakier Jessa Collection, District Six Museum

Filmed in the Avalon Auditorium of the District Six Homecoming Centre

All podcasts and vodcasts can be found on YouTube & iono.fm. District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:50:00 +0200 0 0 Sharon Paulsen and Tina Smith: Johaar Mosaval & the District Six Museum 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 30:41 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1598623 https://iono.fm/e/1598623
Drawing on interviews and recordings of the day, this podcast traces the journey of the Buitenkant Street congregation as they made the shift to Metropolitan Methodist Church in 1988, transforming sacred spaces into sites of resistance and remembrance.

Join us in celebrating 30 years of a community archive as we remember what was lost but also honour the faith and quiet courage that held the congregation together during this time.

Guests: Jane Lawrence, Pat Lawrence, Brian Heuwel, Margaret Rundle, Bishop Peter Storey & Rev. David Newby.

Story, narration, editing & sound design: Lisa Hendricks
Sound editing: Dean Jates
Photo credit: Fakier Jessa Collection, District Six Museum

All podcasts and vodcasts can be found on YouTube & iono.fm.

Find our stories here - https://www.youtube.com/@districtsixmuseum1867 & http://ionoo.fm/c/7917 District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:37:00 +0200 0 0 Where We Used To Pray: The Buitenkant Street Methodist Church 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 26:22 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1598619 https://iono.fm/e/1598619
In this podcast, we delve into the Museum’s sound archive. We uncover interviews conducted by staff member Linda Fortune, who set out to capture the memories of weekends and holidays spent exploring Table Mountain. Childhood memories flow into reflections of loss and longing after forced removals.

Join us in celebrating 30 years of a community archive as we continue to rebuild, remember and reclaim the stories of our past.

Guests: Vincent Kolbe, Stan Abrahams, Patrick O’Connell, Fuad Sawyer, Joe Schaffers & Colleen Knipe-Solomon.

Story, narration, editing & sound design: Lisa Hendricks
Sound editing: Dean Jates
Photo credit: Fakier Jessa Collection, District Six Museum

All podcasts and vodcasts can be found on YouTube & iono.fm.

Find our stories here - https://www.youtube.com/@districtsixmuseum1867 & http://ionoo.fm/c/7917 District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:46:00 +0200 0 0 Giants On Our Doorstep: The Pipe Track to Platteklip Gorge 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 26:40 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1502104 https://iono.fm/e/1502104
In this podcast, we listen to David and Mabel Bam as they remember the last days of District Six.

Guests: Mabel Bam & David Bam (siblings)
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono
Story, narration, editing & sound design: Lisa Hendricks

Photo credit: Fakier Jessa Collection, District Six Museum

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The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. Broken Palaces transcript · District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:36:00 +0200 0 0 Broken Palaces 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 7:17 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1502103 https://iono.fm/e/1502103
Was it because so many stevedores lived there? Was it because they had a view of the Cape Town harbour? Or was it because the streets in the area were named after historic dockyards in England? We may never know how the Dry Docks got its name, but what we do know is that life in the Dry Docks had its own rhythm and rhyme.

In this podcast, Soraya Martheze gives us a unique perspective into what life was like there, how they spent their days, and how forced removals in the Dry Docks had a character of its own.

Guest: Soraya Martheze
Featuring: Matthew Nissen
Story, narration, editing & sound design: Lisa Hendricks

Photo credit: Stan Abrahams Collection, District Six Museum

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The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Thu, 21 Nov 2024 14:34:00 +0200 0 0 The Dry Docks of District Six 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 10:01 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1502102 https://iono.fm/e/1502102 In this podcast, you will hear some of our interviewees reflect on their experience of the Separate Amenities Act of 1953.

Guests: Belinda Jackson, Ashley Cloete, Aboubarker Brown, Maureen Gallon, Marlene Ronnie, Derek Ronnie, Nur Toufie & Sekeenah Petersen
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono & Matthew Nissen
Story, narration, editing & sound design: Lisa Hendricks

Photo credit: UWC-Robben Island Museum Mayibuye Archives
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The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. Separate Amenities Transcript · District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:30:00 +0200 0 0 The Separate Amenities Act 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 20:40 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1502099 https://iono.fm/e/1502099
In this podcast, we listen to Geoffrey Mamputa as he remembers the life he enjoyed in Luyolo and how we witnessed the forced removal of his entire community over one weekend.

Photo credit: “Xmas in Simon’s Town at my father’s brother’s house”. On the left: Dolly Mamputa, in the middle: Boetitjie Mamputa (Geoffery Mamputa’s father), and to the right his uncle’s wife and host, Tiebie Mamputa. c1961. Image supplied by Geoffrey Mamputa.

Guest: Geoffrey Mamputa
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono
Story, narration, editing & sound design: Lisa Hendricks
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The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. Leaving Luyolo Transcript · District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:26:00 +0200 0 0 Leaving Luyolo 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 13:05 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1502097 https://iono.fm/e/1502097
In 1972, Kommetjie was declared a White Group Area, and the Daniels family was forcibly removed to Ocean View, a township three kilometres to the east of Kommetjie.

In this podcast, Johanna Williams and Louisa Layters remember the love and hard work that shaped their parents’ lives and their contribution to the development of Kommetjie.

Photo credit: Louisa Layters, Peter James Layters and their niece on their wedding day in Kommetjie. Image supplied by Louisa Layters and Johanna Williams.

Guests: Johanna Williams & Louisa Layters
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono
Story, narration, editing & sound design: Lisa Hendricks
Music: AleXZavesa, Pixabay

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The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. Kommetjie of Old Transcript · District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:10:00 +0200 0 0 The Kommetjie of Old 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 9:17 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1301001 https://iono.fm/e/1301001
Guest: Sakiena Meyer, Elizabeth Petersen, Patricia Langford, Vivienne Cloete, Nancy Bull & Sakeenah Petersen
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono & Matthew Nissen
Story, narration & sound design: Lisa Hendricks
Sound editing: Dean Jates
Music by AleXZavesa from Pixabay

All podcasts and digital stories can be found on Youtube & iono.fm

The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum · We Lived Off the Land Subtitles.pdf — PDF (194.2 KB)]]> History Fri, 05 May 2023 12:03:00 +0200 0 0 We Lived off the Land: Stories of Simon's Town 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 10:13 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1299122 https://iono.fm/e/1299122
Guest: Rosaline Isaacs
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono
Story, narration & sound design: Lisa Hendricks
Sound editing: Dean Jates
Music by AleXZavesa from Pixabay

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The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum · A Story of St Stephen's Church Subtitles formatted.pdf — PDF (178.3 KB)]]> History Fri, 21 Apr 2023 15:06:00 +0200 0 0 The Story of St Stephen’s Church 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 7:46 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1300908 https://iono.fm/e/1300908
We have the Avalon Bioscope, the Banana Rama, the British Bioscope, the Empire, Mrs. Kaplan’s Two Penny Bioscope, the National Cinema and the Star Bioscope. Are we missing the bioscope that you enjoyed?

Guests: Fakier Jessa, Nathalie Kruger, Clifford Schoonraad, Aboubarker Brown and Noor Ebrahim
Story and narration: Lisa Hendricks
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono
Sound Engineer: Ivor Solomons
Music: Zolani Mfihlo

The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:24:00 +0200 0 0 The Bioscopes of District Six 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 14:21 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1300903 https://iono.fm/e/1300903
What do you remember of the smaller streets of District Six?

Guest: Clifford Schoonraad
Story and narration: Lisa Hendricks
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono
Sound Engineer: Ivor Solomons
Music: Zolani Mfihlo

The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:07:00 +0200 0 0 My Beloved Bruce Street 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 5:54 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1300524 https://iono.fm/e/1300524
In the 1980s, John played a major role in unifying the Cape Town Municipal Worker’s Association and its national counterpart - work which was crucial to the formation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).

You will hear his stories of defiance and his motivation for spending his life fighting for the betterment of the people.

Guest: John Henry Ernstzen
Story and narration: Lisa Hendricks
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono
Sound Engineer: Ivor Solomons
Music by Zolani Mfihlo

The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Fri, 14 Apr 2023 15:41:00 +0200 0 0 A Story of Defiance 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 17:50 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1300515 https://iono.fm/e/1300515
Do you know of any stories of love across the colour line?

Guest: Maureen Gallon
Story and narration: Lisa Hendricks
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono
Sound Engineer: Ivor Solomons
Music by Zolani Mfihlo
The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Fri, 14 Apr 2023 15:24:00 +0200 0 0 A Story About Love 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 8:07 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1300511 https://iono.fm/e/1300511
What was it like for you when you first arrived at your new home?

Guests: Patricia Langford, Vivienne Cloete, Elizabeth Petersen, Clifford Schoonraad, Rosaline Isaacs, Cecil Jacobs and Aboubarker Brown
Story and narration: Lisa Hendricks
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono and Matthew Nissen
Sound Engineer: Ivor Solomons
Music by Zolani Mfihlo

The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Fri, 14 Apr 2023 15:18:00 +0200 0 0 Welcome Home 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 12:42 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1300508 https://iono.fm/e/1300508
We will hear first-hand accounts of what it was like to be separated from your family, your friends, and your community and forced to live on the barren lands of the Cape Flats.
From which area was your family forcibly removed? Where were you moved to?

Guests: Ronald Sisam, Aboubarker Brown, Fuad Behardien, Maureen Gallon, Shakiena Meyer, Doreen Martin-Jacobs and Rosaline Isaacs
Featuring: Ayanda Mpono and Matthew Nissen
Story, narration & sound design: Lisa Hendricks
Sound engineer: Ivor Solomons
Music by Zolani Mfilho

The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum]]> History Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:56:00 +0200 0 0 Our Last Days 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 15:42 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1299118 https://iono.fm/e/1299118
Guest: Abdullah Edwards
Featuring: Matthew Nissen
Story, narration & sound design: Lisa Hendricks
Sound editing: Dean Jates
Music by AleXZavesa from Pixabay

All podcasts and digital stories can be found on Youtube & iono.fm

The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum · A Long-Awaited Return Subtitles .pdf — PDF (163.6 KB)]]> History Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:52:00 +0200 0 0 A Long-awaited Return 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 8:16 Vuselela Ons Luister https://iono.fm/e/1299105 https://iono.fm/e/1299105
Welcome to District Six Museum is the culmination of these podcast courses and my work at D6M. It is my homage to the Museum, to the people working there and to those who came before us.

Guest: Chrischené Julius
Featuring: Sam Frantz & Farahnaaz Gilfelleon
Story, narration & sound design: Lisa Hendricks
Music by AleXZavesa from Pixabay

Watch out for season 2 starting weekly from 14 April 2023.

The oral history programme is funded by the Mellon Foundation. District Six Museum Facebook · Vuselela Ons Luister · District Six Museum Instagram · District Six Museum · Welcome to the District Six Museum subtitles (003).pdf — PDF (176.5 KB)]]> History Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0200 0 0 Welcome to the District Six Museum 0 0 Lisa Hendricks full 7:23 Vuselela Ons Luister