The Boland Islamic Council Women’s League (BICWL) will once again play host to the much anticipated annual Pink Walk for Cancer, the 19th one, scheduled to take place on Sunday 5 March at Harmony Park on Gordon’s Bay Road in Strand.
Anwar Rhoda was a seventh generation descendent whose forebears were among the founders of the Strand Muslim community almost 200 years ago. He died on Monday 17 January.
The Old Slave Tree Memorial is located in Spin Street, Cape Town. It was an old fir tree that was cut down in 1916. The site is now an octagonal memorial erected on a traffic island in remembrance of the very large number of slaves that were said to be sold under the tree. File Picture: Theolin Tembo/Cape Argus
Local group assists in retracing roots and history of Cape families
By Kristin Engel
KRISTIN ENGEL
Cape Town - Capetonians will finally be able to track their ancestral roots with the assistance of local non-profit organisation (NPO), the Cape Family Research Forum (CFRF).