Cape minstrels
Tweede Nuwe Jaar celebrations begin in Cape Town
Minstrels dressed in colourful attire are marching from District Six to the front of the City’s iconic City Hall.
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Camping out for minstrel carnival worth it, say Capetonians
Hundreds flocked to the CBD to get a glimpse of the annual Tweede Nuwe Jaar celebration on Wednesday.
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[WATCH] Tweede Nuwe Jaar Parade in one minute
The annual minstrel carnival kicked off in full-colour as troupes made their way through the Cape Town CBD.
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[GALLERY] The bright colours and characters of Tweede Nuwe Jaar
The annual event takes place in Cape Town on the second day of each New Year.
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[WATCH] Annual minstrel parade draws the crowds in Cape Town
The annual event, also known as the Tweede Nuwe Jaar, takes place on the second day of each New Year.
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Hundreds camp out for glimpse of CT's minstrel parade
The event, also known as the Tweede Nuwe Jaar, takes place annually on the second day of each New Year.
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[LISTEN] Significance of the Cape minstrel parade
CapeTalk's Kieno Kammies debates the significance of the Tweede Nuwe Jaar celebrations in Cape Town and asks cultural commentator Moeshfieka Botha if the minstrel parade is still relevant.
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[WATCH] Thousands Celebrate New Year at Cape Town Minstrel Parade
Thousands of people lined the streets of Cape Town for the annual Tweede Nuwe Jaar celebrations. Around 60 minstrel troupes from various suburbs in the Mother City made their way through the city's streets.
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Thousands expected to attend CT minstrel parade
Organizers say they're expecting between 60,000 and 100,000 people to attend Tuesday's highly anticipated event.
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Road closures for Cape Malay Choir, Cape Minstrel parades
Thousands of people are expected to attend the parades.
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CT provides R6.1m in funding support for minstrel troupes, Malay choirs
More than R4 million has been allocated for six minstrel associations. The rest of the funds will go towards support services.
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Tweede Nuwejaar: The show must go on
Minstrel associations have been at loggerheads over the rights to host the annual event
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All the colour of the Klopse
Images from the annual Tweede Nuwe Jaar parade that took place in central Cape Town on 2 January 2016.
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Over 60 troupes boast CT's heritage at colourful Minstrel Carnival
The annual Tweede Nuwe Jaar Minstrel Carnival is underway in the Cape Town City Centre this afternoon.
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Highly anticipated Minstrel Carnival underway in CT
Hundreds of minstrel troupes are parading through the streets for the Tweede Nuwe Jaar Minstrel Carnival.
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Cape Minstrel parade set to start at midday today
The 60 minstrel troupes, comprising of close to 30,000 minstrels, will take part in the day’s festivities.
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Minstrel Parade on schedule
The festival was hit with several hiccups this year & ended up taking place two weeks later than usual.
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Cape minstrels: We’ve done nothing wrong
The Minstrel Carnival Association has welcomed a probe into how it spent millions from the Lottery Fund.
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Public Protector set to probe CT minstrels’ mass spending
It’s understood the Minstrel Carnival Association received over R50m from the Lottery Fund over three years.
