New information has emerged placing former ANC Western Cape leader Marius Fransman at the centre of a plan to use money from the National Lottery to attract “coloured” votes during the 2014 elections.

Nearly six years after the Lottery gave R13m to establish a “Carnival Heritage Museum” intended to celebrate the colourful history of Cape Town’s minstrels, the museum still does not exist. The annual ...

As we celebrate Heritage Month, as a proud Cape Coloured, one of the best parts of my heritage is the Cape Minstrels. The Cape Town Minstrels, colloquially known as The Kaapse Klopse, is a tradition ...

Cape Town - The City’s proposal to bind minstrel organisations to a three-year funding contract, giving the same amount every year, has drawn criticism for not taking into account inflation and the ...

The City of Cape Town’s mayoral committee supports a recommendation to donate R1-million to fund the cost of essential services during the centenary celebrations of the Cape Minstrels. ”The funding ...

The City of Cape Town expressed disappointment on Tuesday at the Cape Town Minstrel Carnival Association's (CTMCA) failure to sign a memorandum of understanding about the Cape Minstrels' annual ...

Members of minstrel troupes sing and dance as they march in the city centre during the annual “Tweede Nuwe Jaar” (Second New Year) Cape Town Minstrels Parade on January 04, 2019, in Cape Town. (Photo ...

The annual minstrel carnival in Cape Town will be held on January 5, the City of Cape Town, the Cape Cultural Events and Carnival Committee have agreed. “This decision has been taken in order to ...