In July 1990, Vogue magazine featured the Voëlvry movement in an article. Read more →
Tag: Koos Kombuis
Prisoners Go Go
In the apartheid years the Nationalist government strictly controlled what was heard on the radio in South Africa. Music fans had to be inventive if they wanted to discover bands that were different from the usual fare that was played on State-controlled radio stations. Innovation One such person was Yunus Momoniat, who lived with his family in Lenasia, a suburb… Read more →
Some pieces from the Neil Goedhals archives
Neil Goedhals was an influential artist who started the band Koos with the actor Marcel van Heerden. Read about the band here and here. At the end of 2016 I was lucky to visit the Neil Goedhals archives and I am posting some interesting pieces from the archives on this page. After Neil Goedhals’s death, Koos morphed into a band… Read more →
On the Roll – Article from the Sunday Star 30th July 1989
This is a story, written by Michael Markovitz with photos by Steve Hilton-Barber, about Voëlvry that appeared in the Sunday Star on the 30th July 1989. Thanks to Mark Pautz for sharing this wonderful piece of memorabilia. Read more →