JBF 2020 WORKERS MUSEUM ONLINE TOUR & PETRUS MASHISHI PHOTO EXHIBITION
This event of JBF 2020 has already taken place. To view the event and for information see below:
WORKERS MUSEUM ONLINE TOUR AND
LAUNCH OF PETRUS MASHISHI, Worker Leader, PHOTO EXHIBITION
Date and Time: Saturday, 28th November 2020, 12.00 – 13.30 pm
Venue: Workers Museum (By Invitation Only) & Live Stream on JBF Facebook Page
This event of JBF 2020 has already taken place. To view the event and for information see below:
View the Facebook Live Video here
The Workers Museum in Newtown, Johannesburg, is the only one of its kind in the country. A former compound for municipal workers from 1910s and continued under apartheid until the 1970s. The Workers Museum was refurbished in 2006, and focuses on the role and position of migrant labour in Johannesburg.
At this JBF, and in the context of Covid 19 an online virtual tour of the Museum will be made available to a wider audience in the South Africa, and beyond.
This year a Photo Exhibition will commemorate the life of Petrus Mashishi, Worker Leader.
Join Khanya College at the Jozi Book Fair for the launch of the Workers’ Museum Online Tourn and brochure; and the Photo Exhibition of Petrus Mashishi, Worker Leader. The late former President of the South African Municipal Workers Union, Petrus Mashishi (1948-2018) was a founding member of the Workers Museum.
Moderator(s):
Khanya College and the City of Johannesburg’s Heritage and Museums Department
For more information:
Call or Whatsapp: 084 377 3003
Email: Jozibookfair@khanyacollege.org.za
Visit the Jozi Book Fair Facebook Page here
For information about the Jozi Book Fair Festival 2020 click here.
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