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Taking centre stage Akhnaton, Agatha Christie’s not-tobe-missed play, took to stage last week Friday 13 March at the Masque Theatre. The show was initially scheduled to run until Saturday 21 March but has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak and the ban on gatherings of 100 people or more by the government on Sunday 15 March. See more on page 10.
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he legacy of the late prime minister of the Cape Colony, Cecil John Rhodes, will continue to blossom thanks to the efforts of the Muizenberg Historical Conservation Society (MHCS). About nine members of the society are currently attempting to grow grapevines, of the brown Hanepoot variety, from an original cutting sent by Rhodes to what used to be Rhodesia in the late 1800s. The goal is to then use a vine in bloom to plant at Rhodes Cottage Museum.
According to the society’s chair Chris Taylor, decades after Rhodes died in 1902, the vine had been found growing in government houses in Harare. “On retirement from government service after the elections in Zimbabwe in 1980, a government official took some cuttings from the government house vine to Hillcrest outside Durban, planted them and they grew well,” Taylor wrote in a statement. The official later gifted a cutting from the vine in Hillcrest to a friend in Fish Hoek, Lewis Walter, and that vine too thrived. “He offered cuttings from these to Rhodes Cottage and several cuttings were taken,” the statement said. Taylor told People’s Post that the society
was now having a go at the “magical mystery of growing grapes” – a skill which none of them have. But, he said, they were more than willing to try to keep it alive because, “we want it for historical reasons”. On the progress being made by the members, he said: “We’re all novices, so some are growing well and some aren’t. One has died, but some are flourishing. Mine was dug up by a small dog but it’s still growing.” He added: “They grow like crazy at the right time but they seem to be subject to diseases. I’ve given one to a friend at Groot Constantia, so there’s one in the hands of a professional and I hope it comes alive.” Glenn Babb, deputy chair of the society, said the winning vine would be planted at
Rhodes Cottage Museum in Muizenberg as it was a site of great historical significance. “Rhodes Cottage is where Rhodes died and he had an enormous relevance in the Cape. The Rhodes farm still exists and he was the saviour of the Cape Dutch architecture. He has had a huge impact in South Africa and on the Cape, so we are acknowledging his contribution,” she said. She added that he lived in Muizenberg and that Rhodes saved one of the oldest wine estates in South Africa, Boschendal Wine Estate, where he was able to grow this type of sweet grape for the Hanepoot wines. V Follow the Muizenberg Historical Conservation Society on Facebook for heritage information.
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