JOHANNESBURG – The 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee has confirmed that it is still in the process of paying volunteers and that all volunteers will be paid for their service during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The OC said it has taken the decision to put in place one payment process for the distribution of stipends to volunteers. With the help of the FNB card system the OC has already begun making payments to volunteers and will continue to roll out the payments according the payment schedule drawn up by the volunteer department. “We faced challenges with some volunteers having bank accounts... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 4th 2010 |
Shout-Africa Career News Want to work at the coast? Communication Co-ordinator /Specialist required. The successful applicant should have at least four years experience in print media and have a formal degree. Client is interviewing on 19th and 20th August 2010. All applications will be accompanied with credit and criminal checks, as well as qualification certification and reference checks. The salary bracket is R140k – R160k Total Cost to Company per annum. Interested parties must submit their CVs to samanthab@quest.co.za by 11 August.
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 4th 2010 |
Max is back! Kalk Bay Books & Umuzi invite you to the launch of the updated edition of Pale Native by Max du Preez The entire political landscape has changed since Max du Preez published his much acclaimed book Pale Native: Memories of a Renegade Reporter in 2003. This substantially revised edition has new chapters on the ‘bloodless coup’ of Polokwane, the demise (and updated assessment) of Thabo Mbeki, the Zuma and Malema Show, the rise of Cope,the 2009 election, the country’s slide into systemic corruption and the spectacular crash of the SABC, controversies in Afrikaner culture and politics (the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 4th 2010 |
Andrew Robertson’s poster exhibition, “Public Perception” opened at the Resolution Gallery in Parkwood last night. Welcome to a world controlled by the media. Public figures manage themselves as brands. They play up to the images and react to the labels imposed upon them by the media. Posters have always been one of the best ways to explore the status-quo in the political and social arena, even though advertising and propaganda were initially their main function. Subconscious images in our minds of these public figures are based on preconceived ideas and perception. In this exhibition the artist, Andy... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 4th 2010 |
Brodie/Stevenson is pleased to present two new bodies of work by Lunga Kama. Kama’s new colour self-portrait, titled Ze (Xhosa for ‘nude’), comprises four separate panels and continues the artist’s investigations into imaging black masculinity. Specifically, Kama is interested in how aspects of sexuality and self-reflexivity are made manifest through representations of the physical body. Through these images Kama explores how all modes of subjectivity, including his own, carry within them aspects of the performative. As with previous self-portraits, the artist works in a studio without any assistance, styling the shots himself and using a self-timer. The resultant images... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 4th 2010 |
