The Blackboard

05/07/2026

Happy 4th of July!

28/01/2022

Meet Zacharia Mukwira

"I'm working mostly with oils and acrylic. Art is a journey I'm into, I love to share what I discover. I want to find those voids in people's living spaces and to fill them with the stories that I am telling."

An example is in my favourite work,

#1 Inyoka yabafazi, which means 'A snake of a woman.'"

"This doesn't sound like it's a good thing, but it's a metaphor. The picture depicts my journey to choosing my wife. I was on the road to one woman, when I met a gecko in the road. My grandmother told me that this was redirecting me towards my beautiful wife, Nomsa. When I paint, she is my eyes. I don't see colour the way she does."

"I have created two books with my images so that children can learn to read stories through them.
These books have been created in collaboration with ."

We also did a week exhibition several years back, and have exhibited on the streets of Stellenbosch."

"Think blessed...if you fall into a river, check your pockets for fish".

Google him and follow his stories.

Just one of the gifted artists that we have met in this great experiment in bringing creative people together in a beautiful space.





Gordon's Bay Attractions

Stellenbosch University
Sustainability Institute

20/01/2022

As many of you know, The Blackboard is closing at the end of January. We are having a last bash on Saturday 22 January from 3pm. Join us in gratitude for all the new friends made, all the conversations and laughter - and for the refuge The Blackboard provided in the storm that was 2021. We’ll have music and food - R111 per person. Please prepay so we can cater. Send me a message and I’ll send you bank details. Bring your friends, kids, dogs, parents, and musical instruments.

02/01/2022

29/12/2021

Let's go back to the 80s!
31 December from 7pm
The Blackboard | 47 Beach Rd | Gordon's Bay

We'll light the fires and do the playlists.
You dress up. R50 entrance includes a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

Schwarmas on sale: slow smoked brisket / falafel
Please RSVP 0713399464

21/12/2021

The grooviest peg bags, and other hand sewn items...clothing, fly nets, tablemats, shweshwe pot covers.

All made with joy by Joy, a local seamstress with a passion for brightening your life.

Visit our little Christmas market.

Artists, artisans, crafters and other gifted folk contact us to stock your stuff.

The Christmas market will evolve and stretch into the new year, so leave your stock with us if you like. :)

19/12/2021

Pop up market today - beautiful plants (and other goodies) on sale.
We’ve also got slow cooked pulled pork rolls, as well as smoked BBQ brisket rolls on sale - just R50!

17/12/2021

Do you have something to offer at our market? Inviting artists, artisans, crafters, buskers, and all other gifted people. 10% commission if you are present marketing your own products, 20% commission if we do it for you. All goods on consignment. Contact Laurel 0713399464 for more info.

Please share for us and support this beautiful collaborative business.

17/12/2021

Do you need a security hedge or windbreak? Kei apples are the perfect plant.

email Paul: [email protected] for more info.

Free delivery point (by arrangement only):
The Blackboard- Gordon's Bay

Bigger batch prices negotiable.
Delivery quotes can be provided to other areas in South Africa.

16/12/2021

Christmas market is on! Stunning gifts, beautiful plants and planters, homemade jams - much much more!
AND the smoker has been smoking for hours - delicious BBQ Pulled Pork rolls