KwaZuzulwazi
- ‘place of enriching knowledge’ in Zulu - was a 50m²
interactive science gallery located in the Durban
Natural Science Museum. Opened in October 1991,
it quickly became the second busiest science centre in South
Africa and included seven satellite branches in outlying Durban
suburbs.
360° view of KwaZuzulwazi
National television features (11min, 1995)
National television features, including the Astronomy
Interest Group (7.5min, 1998)
Video record of KwaZuzulwazi and the CommQuest visiting
exhibition by Techniquest
(10.5min, 1999)
Palmnut
Post magazine article (Apr 1998)
Palmnut Post
magazine article (Sep 1998)
Mario with Peggy Ngubane, one of the hard-working science centre
volunteers
Before KwaZuzulwazi opened, hands-on activities were
held in the museum galleries
I left the museum (and South
Africa) on 30 December 1999. After my departure, KwaZuzulwazi
visitor numbers continued to increase
Chart from an article
in the November 2003 Palmnut Post magazine
In
December 2006 I had the opportunity to once again thank Mr Case
Rijsdijk, who responded to my funding appeal in 1998 - even
though my part of the country was not due the type of support I
had requested
Astronomy Interest Group
email update announcing the arrival of the CommQuest travelling
exhibition in November 1999
In 2003 an attempt was made to
relaunch the simulated planetarium