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| The Head of Department, Denver A.
Webb, was born and raised in the Transkei. He received his
primary schooling at Butterworth and completed his high
school years at a Roman Catholic boys’ school, De la Salle
College, in East London. He holds a BA (with History and African History as majors) and an HDE(PG) Sec. from the University of Cape Town; History Honours from UNISA and an MA (History) from Rhodes University. He also has a post graduate archives diploma from Technikon SA. After in teaching in Cape Town he took up a post in 1984 at the King William’s Town Museum as Education Officer and, later, as Curator of History. He moved to the Ciskei Historical Monuments Commission as Deputy Director in 1989. In 1996 he was appointed as the Director for Museums and Heritage in the then Department of Education, Culture and Sport. In 2001 he was later appointed as the General Manager for Corporate Services. His experience in the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture includes serving as the Acting Head of Department and Accounting Officer in 1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2004. He is married with 2 children and his hobbies and
interests include post-modernist literature, Blues music,
mountain biking and writing history guides and articles. In
his limited spare time he is working on a guide to historic
sites and battlefields of the Eastern Cape. |
