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Castle Control BoardRef: https://www.castleofgoodhope.co.za/index.php/news/whats-new/whats-new-2
Official source
Source domain: castleofgoodhope.co.za
Collected on 13 July 2026
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What this means
This document is a media notice from the Castle Control Board dated 7 July 2026. It reports that the CEO delivered a keynote address at a “Long March to Freedom–Veldskoen Partnership” event honouring South Africa’s “Veldskoen” on 7 July 2026 at 11h00 at the Long March to Freedom Memorial Garden, Canal Walk, Century City, Cape Town. The notice includes highlights from the CEO’s speech, including references to heritage, cultural symbolism, and trademark/cultural appropriation considerations, and it provides contact details for the Cape of Good Hope Castle.
Facts
Places
City of Cape Town, Western Cape
Reference
https://www.castleofgoodhope.co.za/index.php/news/whats-new/whats-new-2
Key Takeaways
- Organisation: Castle Control Board
- Date: 7 July 2026
- Time: 11h00
- Event: Long March to Freedom–Veldskoen Partnership
- Location: Long March to Freedom Memorial Garden, Canal Walk, Century City, Cape Town
- Subject: Honouring South Africa’s “Veldskoen” (bush-shoe/vellies)
- Speaker: CEO (keynote address)
- Named MC: Ms Sarah Tambo
- Named diplomatic figure: British Consul Mr Colin Leeman
- Named shoemaker: Wayne Daniels (third-generation shoemaker in Paarl)
- Contact: Cape of Good Hope Castle, Tel +27 (0) 21 461 4673/6, Corner of Castle and Darling Streets, Cape Town 8001
- Castle Control Board
- CEO (Cape of Good Hope Castle)
- Ms Sarah Tambo
- Mr Colin Leeman
- Wayne Daniels
- Dali Tambo
- Oom Baard Valentyn
- Khoi
- San
- Cape of Good Hope Castle
- Long March to Freedom Memorial Garden
- Canal Walk
- Century City
- Paarl
- Wupperthal
- Hammanskraal
- Qunu
- Genadendal
- Enon
Dates
Closing Date
7 July 2026