Members of the Momentary learned what's on the horizon for the contemporary art space in Bentonville as they helped the group celebrate its second birthday 2-22-2022 with a reception in the Tower Bar.
Members of the Momentary learned what's on the horizon for the contemporary art space in Bentonville as they helped the group celebrate its second birthday 2-22-2022 with a reception in the Tower Bar.
Black South Africans who fought in WWII finally recognized
Some 80,000 Black south Africans served in WWII as part of the Native Military Corps but they were treated as inferior to white soldiers and their contribution was largely unrecognized.
But now soldiers are being credited after the Commonwealth War Graves Commission began a process of commemoration for those who fought and died, and for the few left who still survive.
Simon Mhlanga, who says he is about 106 - although his family says he is older - is one of the last surviving soldiers of the Native Military Corps.
He said he joined the army to escape poverty in 1941.
In south Johannesburg, the streets are full of people on the move at Christmas time.
Some residents seize the opportunity to leave this great, sprawling city for second homes and small family plots in rural South Africa.
Others empty their pockets in preparation for a few days at home in the irrepressible townships of Soweto, Alexandra and Lenasia. Image: Simon Mhlanga is one of a tiny number of survivors from his old regiment
The blur and whizz of holiday-related motion is something of a tradition and it has been replicated in neighbourhoods like Dobsonville for years.
Down on Tati Street, there is an old soldier who came home at Christmas, 75 years ago, and as we walked past his tidy-looking home, we could hear him singing from the front porch.
Some 80,000 Black south Africans served in WWII as part of the Native Military Corps but they were treated as inferior to white soldiers and their contribution was largely unrecognised.
But now soldiers are being credited after the Commonwealth War Graves Commission began a process of commemoration for those who fought and died, and for the few left who still survive.
Simon Mhlanga, who says he is about 106 - although his family says he is older - is one of the last surviving soldiers of the Native Military Corps.
He said he joined the army to escape poverty in 1941. I could find that it was the only way, that I should rather go and die, escape to the army. So then I left my parents and I went away. I didn t even tell them that I was getting into the army, Mhlanga said.