Ashraf Hendricks

2 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Ashraf Hendricks

Shakespeare School Festival runs until 31 May at the District Six Homecoming Centre in Cape Town For the first time, learners from a special needs school in Brackenfelltook to the stage at the 15th Shakespeare Schools Festival held in Cape Town over the weekend. The crowd cheered after the Paarl School for the Neural Disabled performance of an adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the District Six Homecoming Centre.

2 weeks ago | groundup.org.za | Ashraf Hendricks

For the first time, learners from a special needs school in Brackenfell took to the stage at the 15th Shakespeare Schools Festival held in Cape Town over the weekend. The crowd cheered after the Paarl School for the Neural Disabled performance of an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the District Six Homecoming Centre. Performers included learners with physical disabilities, cerebral palsy and learning disabilities.

3 weeks ago | groundup.org.za | Ashraf Hendricks

About 200 women marched to the Department of Employment and Labour in Cape Town on Tuesday. They are calling for better practices among labour inspectors when visiting farms and for stronger penalties to be issued to employers who break labour laws. The marchers, led by the Women on Farms Project (WFP), also demanded that the department increase staff and improve access for farmworkers to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).

2 months ago | goodthingsguy.com | Ashraf Hendricks |Ashleigh Nefdt

Large-scale public art project to raise awareness about climate changeCape Town, South Africa (26 March 2025) — Hundreds of life-sized animal puppets will be performing in cities from Central Africa to the northern tip of Norway to raise awareness about climate change. Titled ‘The Herds’, this large-scale public art project will see the puppets performing with choreographers, artists, musicians and climate activists.

2 months ago | allafrica.com | Ashraf Hendricks

Large-scale public art project to raise awareness about climate change Hundreds of life-sized animal puppets will be performing in cities from Central Africa to the northern tip of Norway to raise awareness about climate change. Titled 'The Herds', this large-scale public art project will see the puppets performing with choreographers, artists, musicians and climate activists.