BY Novell Zwange- JOHANNESBURG – The US-based Christian radio ministry, FamilyRadio has sparked some controversy in South Africa following its distribution of fliers entitled, The End of the World Is Almost Here! HOLY GOD Will Bring Judgement Day On May 11, 2011″ The radio which broadcasts in more than 50 languages worldwide and says it has ‘no church affiliation’, recently dispatched loads of volunteers to hand out fliers in and around the city of Johannesburg. “The world is Correct in believing that Judgement Day will come. The Bible gives us the correct and accurate information about that Day,” read the fliers.... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, September 9th 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – The Goethe Institute is a main sponsor of the Women of the Sun film festival, which is shining the spotlight on African women filmmakers for seven days in Johannesburg. Parallel to it was the two-day “African Women Filmmakers Forum” held on the institute’s premises (September 1- 4), which ended with an insightful open-session with the public. The Women of the Sun film festival had its red carpet launch at Arts on Main in Johannesburg on September 2. From September 3-9, 25 films will be screened from 23 talented women filmmakers. The women represent 15 different African... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, September 8th 2010 |
By Own Correspondent – While in centuries past, nature was considered a wild and dangerous place from which humans needed to be protected, we are now forced to recognize the importance of protecting nature. Ecological accountability is presently one of the main ideologies and concerns of the 21st century. Ecotopian States, an exhibition to be presented at the UJ Art Gallery from 8 to 29 September 2010, examines the interaction between nature and living environment from a number of different and uniquely South African points of view. Ecotopian States, deriving its title from Ernest Callenbach’s seminal 1975 novel Ecotopia: the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, September 8th 2010 |
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
Publish Date: Wednesday, September 8th 2010 |
By Nawa Mutumweno (Zambia) – It boggles the mind to note that one could be in Zambia but would end up flying, eating, banking and shopping South African and then retire to a South African hotel to watch South African television. This brings into sharp focus how deep inroads the African economic giant has made into the affairs of its neighbors and beyond. The collapse of apartheid in 1994 opened up South Africa to the rest of the world. It also opened the rest of Africa to South Africa. Apart from the rise in exports of goods to other African... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, September 8th 2010 |
