GUGULETHU, CAPE TOWN, 30 MAY 2011 – The debut TOPS Gugulethu Wine Festivalwas the shining star in Cape Town over the 27th and 28th May weekend. It is being hailed as a major success by the 2050 visitors, 37 exhibitors and over 120 media that attended over the two evenings on the rooftop of the Gugulethu Square Mall. The festival was officially opened by Cape Town Premier Helen Zille, who commented that you can no longer say Cape Town is not a wonderfully integrated city as one looked over the sea of people that packed the wine tasting marquee on Friday. She... Continue Reading
During August (Women’s Month), South Africa’s leading dancers, singers and fashion houses will create spectacular one-night-only concerts in two South African cities. The events entitled Winds of Change will raise funds to vaccinate children against of Cervical Cancer. The performances promise to be dazzling: Act 1- dancers of different genres interpret sections of Astor Piazzolla’s magnificent Four Seasons (Cuatro Estaciones Portenas); Act 2- Dance Meets Fashion (dancers dressed by The Platinum Group: Jenni Button, Hilton Weiner, Vertigo, Aca Joe and Urban Degree) with live singers and musicians, directed by stellar choreographer Adele Blank. This culminates in the Grand Finale. Featured... Continue Reading
Wits Journalism invites you to a Seminar Mini-Series: Wednesday, 1 June: Franz Kruger: News broadcasting on SA community radio How well is community radio meeting the expectation that it should tell the local story? Kruger, Director of the Wits Radio Academy, presents new research findings Wednesday, 8 June: Markus Brauckmann: Web TV for Political Parties Brauckmann managed Angela Merkel’s internet video re-election campaign in 2009 Wednesday, 15 June: Lesley Cowling: In the Firing Line: Commentators in the media The recent firing of columnist Kuli Roberts (and before her David Bullard) demonstrated that the media failed to recognise that they had... Continue Reading
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. African countries are increasingly engaging in the development of ICT-based solutions for education and training, according to Dr Mohammed Gharib Bilal, Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Opening Africa’s leading conference on ICT-supported education, eLearning Africa, in Dar es Salaam on May 25, Dr Bilal said, “We are now witnessing increasing investments in ICT on our Continent, the enthusiasm of the youth in adapting new technologies and bridging the geographical barriers brought by fast changing converging technologies. These initiatives attest to the fact that Africa is now moving from being a spectator to a... Continue Reading
24-26 January 2012 – International Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria The Offshore West Africa Advisory Board have announced a good response to their Call for Abstracts for the 2012 Conference, which will see the event return to Abuja, Nigeria between 24 ¡V 26 January 2012. With a Call for Abstracts deadline of 27th May 2011, the Preliminary Conference Program is taking shape, with abstracts still currently being received. At the recent Advisory Board meeting in Houston, USA, it was agreed that the structure of the conference program will follow a similar schedule to that used at Offshore West Africa 2011, with... Continue Reading
