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The Ndlovu Youth Choir From South Africa Will Leave You EMOTIONAL - America's Got Talent 2019
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BEVERLEY PRICE: Jewellery and Adornment at the Standard Bank Gallery - List of works
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ALL GOLD IS GOLD was a solo jewellery exhibition in a fine-art space. My works from 1990 - 2007.
The two principle objects in the front window provide the show's fulcrum intentionality: an expression of value concepts in Jewellery using a range of materials ( from aluminium, paper plastic and food) through to fine gold.
Form, scale and reference to ritual and indigenous practices also determine perceived value.
The fine art space bestows its spirit of the precious-paradigm on the exhibition pieces.
The works express my thoughts on hybridity, my commitment to the Mapungubwe pre-colonial goldsmiths, work on the subject of Nelson Mandela ( to be seen again at MAD, New York this year 2014) and some jewellery-aligned installations and photography.
Some of my works were generously loaned from AngloGold Ashanti, De Beers, British Airways-Comair, Johannesburg Art Gallery, the UNISA (University of South Africa) Art Collection, Natalie Knight, Helen Drutt-English (Philadelphia).Additionally,the Pretoria University's Mapungubwe Museum (Curator Sian Tiley-Nel) kindly lent a Mapungubwe rhinoceros replica for the exhibition.
Julia Charlton and Fiona Rankin-Smith allowed the loan of the Ndebele Liphothos and the beautiful wedding-cape (Linaga), as well as the Xhosa collar upon whose form I based the Nelson Mandela concentric chronology collar , and the aeroplane-letter from the late artist Tito Zungu.
These were essential to provide the reference context for my cross-cultural work on hybridity.
The techniques notable in my jewellery/smithing works include various Enamelling methods - plique a jour, champleve, baisse-taille (for which I thank Sarah Letts my primary and loving enamel teacher at The Cass in 1990-93 in London) also Silversmithing (thanks to John Norgate also of The Cass), Goldsmithing with thanks to Peter Frank of Auberg and Duncan Miller's Mapungubuwe metallurgical research.
Thank you to Barbara Freemantle and Sue Isaac of the Standard Bank, and others who thought it a good idea to invite me to exhibit in this fine art gallery.
Much gratitude for the 2 years (2000-2001)of my good fortune with the excellent Wits Arts School teachers Karel Nel, late Alan Crump, David Andrew, Clive Van den Berg, late Colin Richards, late Peter Schutz and Walter Oltmann.
Thank you to Grant Dixon for many of the on-site photographs.
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South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland (Eswatini); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with over 57 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (White), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (Coloured) ancestry.
South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution's recognition of 11 official languages, which is the fourth highest number in the world. Two of these languages are of European origin: Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most coloured and white South Africans; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly used in public and commercial life, though it is fourth-ranked as a spoken first language. The country is one of the few in Africa never to have had a coup d'état, and regular elections have been held for almost a century. However, the vast majority of black South Africans were not enfranchised until 1994. During the 20th century, the black majority sought to recover its rights from the dominant white minority, with this struggle playing a large role in the country's recent history and politics. The National Party imposed apartheid in 1948, institutionalising previous racial segregation. After a long and sometimes violent struggle by the African National Congress (ANC) and other anti-apartheid activists both inside and outside the country, the repeal of discriminatory laws began in 1990.
Since 1994, all ethnic and linguistic groups have held political representation in the country's liberal democracy, which comprises a parliamentary republic and nine provinces. South Africa is often referred to as the rainbow nation to describe the country's multicultural diversity, especially in the wake of apartheid. The World Bank classifies South Africa as an upper-middle-income economy, and a newly industrialised country. Its economy is the second-largest in Africa, and the 34th-largest in the world. In terms of purchasing power parity, South Africa has the seventh-highest per capita income in Africa. However, poverty and inequality remain widespread, with about a quarter of the population unemployed and living on less than US$1.25 a day. Nevertheless, South Africa has been identified as a middle power in international affairs, and maintains significant regional influence.
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Johannesburg (; Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ]; also known as Jozi, Joburg, and eGoli) is the largest city in South Africa and one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. While Johannesburg is not one of South Africa's three capital cities, it is the seat of the Constitutional Court. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade.The metropolis is an alpha global city as listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. In 2011, the population of the city of Johannesburg was 4,434,827, making it the most populous city in South Africa. In the same year, the population of Johannesburg's urban agglomeration was put at 7,860,781. The land area of the municipal city (1,645 km2 (635 sq mi)) is large in comparison with those of other major cities, resulting in a moderate population density of 2,364/km2 (6,120/sq mi).
The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm. The city is commonly interpreted as the modern day El Dorado due to the extremely large gold deposit found along the Witwatersrand. The name is attributed to one or all of three men involved in the establishment of the city. In ten years, the population grew to 100,000 inhabitants.
A separate city from the late 1970s until 1994, Soweto is now part of Johannesburg. Originally an acronym for South-Western Townships, Soweto originated as a collection of settlements on the outskirts of Johannesburg, populated mostly by native African workers from the gold mining industry. Soweto, although eventually incorporated into Johannesburg, had been separated as a residential area for Blacks, who were not permitted to live in Johannesburg proper. Lenasia is predominantly populated by English-speaking South Africans of Indian descent. These areas were designated as non-white areas in accordance with the segregationist policies of the South African government known as Apartheid.
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00:04:58 1 Etymology
00:05:24 2 Precursors
00:10:18 3 Institution
00:10:27 3.1 Election of 1948
00:17:02 3.2 Legislation
00:23:34 3.3 Disenfranchisement of Coloured voters
00:26:14 3.4 Division among whites
00:28:18 4 Homeland system
00:32:14 4.1 International recognition of the Bantustans
00:34:06 5 Forced removals
00:37:25 6 Petty apartheid
00:43:57 7 Coloured classification
00:47:27 8 Women under apartheid
00:48:27 9 Sport under apartheid
00:52:37 10 Asians during apartheid
00:56:36 11 Conservatism
00:57:41 12 Internal resistance
01:04:59 13 International relations during apartheid
01:05:10 13.1 Commonwealth
01:06:41 13.2 United Nations
01:09:21 13.3 Catholic Church
01:10:12 13.4 Organisation for African Unity
01:12:09 13.5 Outward-looking policy
01:14:58 13.6 Sports and culture
01:15:07 13.6.1 Beginning
01:15:58 13.6.2 Isolation
01:16:06 13.6.3 Verwoerd years
01:18:34 13.6.3.1 Vorster years
01:22:04 13.6.4 Cultural boycott
01:23:36 13.7 Western influence
01:26:55 13.8 Impact of the Cold War
01:27:04 13.8.1 Total Onslaught
01:28:57 13.8.1.1 Israeli arms sales
01:32:31 13.8.2 Foreign military operations
01:39:11 14 State security
01:41:12 14.1 State of emergency
01:46:51 15 Final years of apartheid
01:47:01 15.1 Factors
01:47:09 15.1.1 Institutional racism
01:48:18 15.1.2 Economic contradictions
01:49:13 15.1.3 Western influence
01:53:16 15.2 Tricameral parliament
01:55:09 15.3 Reforms and contact with the ANC under Botha
01:59:50 15.4 Presidency of F. W. de Klerk
02:01:48 15.5 Negotiations
02:10:44 15.6 1994 election
02:13:17 16 Contrition
02:14:43 17 See also
02:14:52 18 Notes and references
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Apartheid (South African English: ; Afrikaans: [aˈpartɦəit], segregation; lit. separateness) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s. Apartheid was characterised by an authoritarian political culture based on baasskap (or white supremacy), which encouraged state repression of Black African, Coloured, and Asian South Africans for the benefit of the nation's minority white population. The economic legacy and social effects of apartheid continue to the present day.Broadly speaking, apartheid was delineated into petty apartheid, which entailed the segregation of public facilities and social events, and grand apartheid, which dictated housing and employment opportunities by race. Prior to the 1940s, some aspects of apartheid had already emerged in the form of minority rule by White South Africans and the socially enforced separation of Black South Africans from other races, which later extended to pass laws and land apportionment. Apartheid was adopted as a formal policy by the South African government after the election of the National Party (NP) at the 1948 general election.A codified system of racial stratification began to take form in South Africa under the Dutch Empire in the late-eighteenth century, although informal segregation was present much earlier due to social cleavages between Dutch colonists and a creolised, ethnically diverse slave population. With the rapid growth and industrialisation of the British Cape Colony in the nineteenth century, racial policies and laws became increasingly rigid. Cape legislation that discriminated specifically against Black South Africans began appearing shortly before 1900. The policies of the Boer republics were also racially exclusive; for instance, the Transvaal's constitution barred Black and Coloured participation in church and state.The first apartheid law was the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949, followed closely by the Immorality Amendment Act of 1950, which made it illegal for most South African citizens to marry or pursue sexual relationships acro ...