The Johannesburg 48 Hour Film Project which runs from 11 September – 03 October 2010, is a wild and sleepless weekend in which a team of filmmakers makes a movie – write, shoot, edit and score it – in just 48 hours. The Johannesburg 48 Hour Film Project, the world’s largest timed filmmaking competition, will tear through Johannesburg for the first time from 1st to 3rd of October 2010, challenging Jo’burg filmmakers to complete the entire filmmaking process – from writing and casting to shooting and editing – in a mere 48 hours. Participants enter as crews, relying on inspiration,... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – SOUTH AFRICA, GAUTENG – What a fantastic weekend for wine lovers at the 6th annual Soweto Wine Festival. Over the 3 day event, a record number 7548 black middle class South Africans tasted their way through over 800 wines and enjoyed live music by township Jazz band, Safika, food and wine pairing courses in the Pick n Pay Taste Theatre and local menus from home-grown Soweto restaurants. Says Marilyn Cooper, Cape Wine Master, joint founding member of the Soweto Wine Festival and MD of the Cape Wine Academy, who are the organisers of the festival, “It... Continue Reading
Cape Town, 2 September 2010: On the 16th September J&B will be hosting the first ever Start A Party Awards in Jo’burg as the finale to a series of online challenges set by the brand. Promising to be everything a normal awards night is not (they’re usually pretty dull), J&B will be presenting its own take on what an awards show should be. DJs Culoe De Song and Kenzhero will be ripping it up on the night alongside some mystery guests in a transformed Turbine Hall. In total, J&B issued seven challenges for people to take part in all of... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – AMSTERDAM – This year, on 17 December, the Principal Prince Claus Award of EUR100,000 will be presented to the Algerian publisher Barzakh Editions at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In addition, ten other laureates will be presented with awards of EUR25,000 at ceremonies in their respective countries by Ambassadors of the Netherlands. Since 1997, the Prince Claus Fund has given annual awards to artists, intellectuals and cultural organizations in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The 2010 Prince Claus Awards are announced today to commemorate the birthday of Prince Claus (6 September 1926... Continue Reading
By Ron Murevererwi – Deputy Prime Minister, Honorable Thokozani Khupe officiated the launch of a peace building and transitional justice project on the 31st of August at the Belgravia sports club in Harare. The event was organized by Restoration Of Human Rights Zimbabwe (ROHR), Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ), Catholic Commission for Peace and Justice in Zimbabwe (CCPJZ) and Victim Action Committee (VAC), a consortium of the leading organizations to the initiative. Over hundred stakeholders attended the function representing various sections of the community including the Co- Minister of Home Affairs Honorable Theresa Makoni. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM), Honorable... Continue Reading
