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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782826303321

Titolo

The challenge of Genadendal [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Hannetjie du Preez ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : IOS Press, c2009

ISBN

6612070692

1-282-07069-X

9786612070693

1-4416-0561-4

600-00-1277-2

1-60750-405-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Du PreezHennetjie

Disciplina

331.833

363.50968

Soggetti

Housing subsidies - South Africa - Genadendal

Genadendal (South Africa) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Contents; Foreword; The Benefits for the Moravian Church in South Africa; Introducing the Genadendal Integrated Conservation Project in South Africa; Genadendal's Historical Context and Project Set-up; Value Assessment at Various Levels of Scale; Genadendal: Conservation and Development; Identifying the Cultural Landscape of Genadendal; Challenges of the Rural Housing Subsidy; Challenges of Implementing the New Rural Housing Subsidy for Existing Historical Building Stock; Infrastructure Provision and Service Delivery Challenges in Genadendal

Historic Mission Settlement Education ProjectTechnical Aspects of Dwellings Made of Adobe in Genadendal; Integrated Conservation of Genadendal - A Critical Review

Sommario/riassunto

During our term in office as President of the Republic of South Africa, we decided to rename the presidential official residence in Cape Town from Westbrooke to Genadendal which means Valley of Grace. We also visited this historic little town on 10 October 1995. The renaming of



the official residence was in honor of the oldest mission settlement in South Africa. Over the centuries it became a place associated with the coming together of people from different racial groups: in addition to being the first permanent Khoi settlement at the Cape, it was also a place of sanctuary for more than a tho