By Novell Zwange – JOHANNESBURG – Leading South African entertainment journalist, Nadia Neophytou, is heading for New York City to make her inimitable mark on the city that never sleeps. Currently the Arts and Entertainment Journalist for Eyewitness News (EWN) where her work is featured on Talk Radio 702, 567 Cape Talk, 94.7 Highveld Stereo and 94.5 Kfm, Neophytou intends to bring her same professionalism, flair and passion for arts and entertainment to NYC from mid-December. Starting as EWN’s correspondent in the city, Neophytou says she intends “telling the stories of the South African and African artists who are making... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – The first edition of the National Essay Competition has been launch in Accra, dubbed the Jubilee First Oil National Essay Competition with the call on all students across the country to participate in this innovative competition. The Competition is open to two categories of students junior comprising of students from junior and senior high students and senior categories as to tertiary students, with mouth-watering prizes available for the top 3 categories winner and prizes form the competition winner are: educational grant /scholarship, cash prizes, Laptops and jubilee oil souvenirs’. Mrs .Mary Quaye, Director of Pre-tertiary education... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – Saturday, November 20 the Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra hosted a good number of media men and stakeholders in the movie industry for the screening of the entered films for this year’s 2010 Ghana Movies Awards. The Nomination Committee (SNC) screened various movies submitted and Selected nominees to a jury and finalists are expected to be released for public voting (for some categories) at an event at the Golden Tulip Hotel on November 26. The entries, according to a closed source to event came from Accra and Kumasi with Kumasi submitting about 50 movies and Accra... Continue Reading
By Tenford Chitanana – HARARE -Savanna Trust a local arts for development organization recently held its second Protest Arts International Festival (PAIF). This year’s event had participants from Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The festival that ran under the theme, imagining and inventing the future opened with an intimate yet vibrant crowd that was treated to some engaging poetry and music. Launched on the African human rights day, 21 October 2010, the festival challenged protest and cultural artists and researchers to engender and envision democratic spaces for the socio-political development of their societies. The three day festival with the... Continue Reading
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda will beginning Monday 22 November 2010 conduct a four-day training programme for Tanzanian Judiciary and Law Enforcement Officers in Arusha. The workshop will bring together 20 senior officers from the Tanzanian Judiciary, Police, Prisons, Directorate of the Public Prosecutor, Anti-Corruption Services and Directorate of Immigration. The training will cover topics which include various aspects governing Witness Protection Programmes with reference to the Tribunal’s experience. These include; Prerequisites to Witness Protection, Preventive Measurers for Protection of Witnesses, Protecting Witnesses in their country of residence, and Interrelation between Protection, Security and Support Services. The... Continue Reading
