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Kagiso Patrick Mautloa
Kagiso Patrick "Pat" Mautloa (September 24, 1952, Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal) is a multi-media visual artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Early life and education At the age of two Mautloa's family relocated to Soweto and later attended Morris Isaacson High School. In 1969, while in High School, he began studying visual arts at Jubilee Art Center and the following year at Mofolo Park Arts Centre where he continued his studies for the next five years. He was awarded a bursary which he accepted, after his involvement in the Soweto Uprisings, to study at ELC Rorke's Drift Art and Craft Centre in 1978 for two years and studied under Dan Rakgoathe. Following his education he worked as a graphic designer and a professor at Mofolo Park Arts Centre and at Federated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre (FUBA). In 1981 Mautloa started as a banker and worked for SABC, but quit to become an artist. Career In 1985, the year of South African State of Emergency, Mautloa form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ventersdorp
Ventersdorp is a town of 4,200 in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. It was the seat of the defunct Ventersdorp Local Municipality until 2016. Ventersdorp is centrally located, making it easier to access more prominent urban towns such as Klerksdorp, Lichtenburg, Potchefstroom and Rustenburg. The township (or ''Location'') of Tshing houses most of the town's blacks and coloureds. Tshing has a diamond mine nearby that was owned by a town councillor in the early 1990s. Tshing Location has one high school: Thuto Boswa High School. The smaller township Toevlug has Coloured residents, some of whom have attend the former whites-only Afrikaans High School after the end of Apartheid since 1995. History The town grew around a Dutch Reformed Church that was established in 1866. It was named after Johannes Venter who owned the farm ''Roodepoort'' and the land the church was built on. It was proclaimed as a town in June 1887. The Mill on the town was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannesburg Art Foundation
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demographia, the Johannesburg–Pretoria urban area (combined because of strong transport links that make commuting feasible) is the 26th-largest in the world in terms of population, with 14,167,000 inhabitants. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade. The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm. Due to the extremely large gold dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
