The proposed cultural project, Apartheid Cache (working title), is an extension of an existing one, Heritage Cache, which was conceived by Cobus van Bosch and Arlene Amaler-Raviv in 2007.

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Heritage Cache is a collection of found objects referring to aspects of the various heritages of Southern Africa over the millennia. It was chosen by a group of 21 South African artists, including William Kentridge, Diane Victor, Willem Boshoff and Churchill Mdikida, and then buried at the foot of Table Mountain. The exact position of the spot is secret, and can only be found through a map or a GPS (global positioning system) unit.
Heritage Cache joins the phenomenon of geocaching, a global adventure activity in which people are invited to use a map or a GPS (Global Positioning System) unit to find a hidden container filled with various items.
Geocaching is a fast growing international cult activity, with thousands of geocache sites already existing in South Africa. Participants usually refer to the website www.geocaching.com to acquire a list of geocaches in a certain country.
Geocache hunters are invited to find the cache, inspect it and add their own items to this collection if they wish, and to hide it again on exactly the same spot where they found it. The container will thus hold a growing treasure of “readymade” artworks, representing the heritage of southern Africa.
The Heritage Cache is listed on the website www.geocaching.com.

The proposal for the Apartheid Cache is:
• A selected group of artists (visual artists, writers, musicians, etc.) will choose everyday objects that   serve as symbols or metaphors of the Apartheid era in South Africa. Objects may also refer to eras of   race discrimination in South Africa during times before the days of formal Apartheid. Participants are   also free to donate small artworks, poems, or prose for this project.
• The objects, accompanied by explanatory texts, will be placed in a metal container or trunk and kept   in a cell in the historic prison near Constitutional Hill in Gauteng. The Apartheid Cache, as well as the   longitude and latitude co-ordinates of its position, will be listed on the website www.geocaching.com.
• In order to access the Apartheid Cache, Geocache hunters will have to approach the staff at the   historic prison to get permission to visit the cache. This means that anybody can access the cache and   that no expensive equipment (such as a GPS unit) is needed to find it.

Although the Heritage Cache was, and still is, well visited by especially foreign visitors to Cape Town, we feel that the Apartheid Cache will attract even more attention because:
• It is situated in an urban environment and no expensive tracking equipment is needed to locate it;
• It is housed in a national heritage site which is being visited by many foreigners and South Africans,   including younger learners who did not experience the apartheid years; and
• It has a provocative title, and through its visually and conceptually interesting contents it becomes   both an artwork in its own right and a stimulating education about aspects of the South African past.