Journalists at radio stations in Africa can submit radio scripts on healthy communities in sub-Saharan Africa to a competition. Deadline: November 1. Specifically, the competition aims to promote gender equality and encourages scripts that feature writing by women and men involved in farming and food production. To assist participants with scriptwriting, a free, ten-week online training course will be offered through the competition website. For more information visit: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/266027/376
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 4th 2010 |
Johannesburg:- With his new self-titled album, “Unconventional Sol” introduces himself as an important new South African artist, with a debut that is fresh and creative while deeply imbued with a sense of tradition. Unconventional Sol was born Solomon Shimbambu in Mamelodi, the township east of Pretoria that also nurtured another icon of South African music Vusi Mahlesela. His origins lie in the culturally rich Limpopo, and much of his childhood was spent in the well-hidden village of Giyani. His mother a storyteller and the songs she sang late night to her children were the beginning of Sol’s musical training. He... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 |
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s former national police chief has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of corruption this Tuesday. A judge presiding over the case said the controversial Selebi was an embarrassment to the crime-plagued country and the police officers who had served under him. Jackie Selebi, 60, was convicted in July after several months of testimony about his lavish designer shopping sprees with a convicted drug smuggler. The case against Selebi, a one-time president of Interpol, has been a chief exhibit in a national debate over whether corruption and political meddling are undermining South Africa’s fight... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 |
Kalk Bay Books will host the Cape Town launch of Greg Mills’s Why Africa is Poor. With him on the panel to discuss this vital book, will be the Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille. Professor Robert Schrire from UCT will introduce the speakers. Good development examples now abound in East Asia and farther afield in other parts of Asia, and in Central America. But why then has Africa failed to realise its potential in half a century of independence? This book shows that African poverty is not because the world has denied the continent the market and financial means to... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 |
By Novell Zwangendaba -JOHANNESBURG – I attendend the book launch, You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir by Wole Soyinka one of Africa’s greatest living writers, Wole Soyinka, at Xarra Books in Newtown. It was an incredible experience to witness scores of prominent African scholars, journalist, critics, published writers and notable artists descend on the Jozi’s literature hotspot. Soyinka exhibited youthful energy and strength throughout the panel discussion on his book. A compelling memoir by Africa’s first Nobel laureate for literature continues the story that began in his childhood autobiography Ake as Soyinka describes the it in captivating detail.... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 |
