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
Publish Date: Tuesday, September 7th 2010 |
Gauteng’s Premier, Nomvula Mokonyane, will this evening welcome distinguished evangelists Bishop TD Jakes and Bishop Noel Jones at a media conference in Sandton. The evangelists are in the country for their full-day convention which will offer transformative spiritual, personal and business insights to tens of thousands of delegates at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Wednesday, 08 September. The Premier will offer them support and gratitude for choosing Gauteng as one of the destinations to hold this convention. The convention, themed “ke nako – it’s time”, promises to provide attendees with the tools to take control of their lives, relationships, companies, careers,... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, September 7th 2010 |
By Nkosinathi Biko – On behalf of the Steve Biko Foundation I’d like to welcome you all today on what we truly believe is a significant and auspicious occasion – both for the Foundation and the African continent. The Steve Biko Foundation is honoured to be hosting Professor Alice Walker on her first visit to South Africa. Of course, Professor Walker needs no introduction, especially to those who consider her book “The Color Purple” to be a modern classic that continues to resonate with readers worldwide close to 30 years after it was first published. Alongside that Pulitzer Prize winning... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, September 7th 2010 |
JOHANNESBURG – Dance lovers can look forward to two exciting works as part of the Shared History – The Indian Experience Festival this month. World-renowned classical dancer and choreographer Vijayalakshmi’s new choreographic work, Swan Lake in Mohiniyattam, runs from 8 to 12 September and accomplished local dancer, teacher and choreographer Jayesperi Moopen’s From Canefields to Freedom, from 14 to 16 September at The Dance Factory, Newtown, Johannesburg. The Shared History Dance programme forms part of the 2010 Joburg Arts Alive International Festival. The High Commission of India in South Africa and Teamwork Productions is proud to present the fourth edition... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, September 7th 2010 |
By Own Correspondents – Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has congratulated Mr. Juliano Hanse (21 years old) from the Eastern Cape on winning the International Driver of the Year Competition held in Austria from 2 to 5 September 2010. Hanse was part of a 16-member South African team that represented the country. “We wish to congratulate Mr. Juliano Hanse for doing South Africa proud by winning the Novice Rigid under 22 years category at the 2010 International Driver of the Year Competition. For the first time since the inception of this competition, South Africa has produced a world champion in this... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, September 7th 2010 |
