News from Irin News :JOHANNESBURG, 11 February 2010 (PlusNews) – A sexy new South African television drama is set to show people that love, life and the risk of HIV does not stop after they turn 30. “4play: sex tips for girls” is the latest HIV awareness campaign created by Johns Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa (JHHESA), which recently launched “Brothers for Life“, an initiative aimed at men in their thirties. The story is set in the hair salon of a single mum, Noma, and chronicles her life and that of her three girlfriends, all in their thirties. Women between... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, July 21st 2010 |
ECO-LENS AT DIFF 2010 Shout-Africa Arts News Filmmakers are key agents in keeping a watchful eye on not just on social and political issues but on environmental abuse that often slips unobtrusively into our daily lives. A number of films at this year’s Durban International Film Festival conscientise us about the need for integrated approaches to development, and the threats to human ecology and environmental balance. With genetic modification shifting global food production increasingly further from nature, Scientists Under Attack is an important exposure of the influence of big corporates in the active suppression of information and how scientists must... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, July 20th 2010 |
By Lebo Mashile – This is in response to the column that Eric Miyeni wrote in Sowetan on Monday, the 12th of July 2010. Eric has never been my friend. We work in the same industry. In the decade that I have shared a social circle with Eric, our interactions have been limited to polite greetings and a few short conversations. Eric says his piece was inspired by what he heard on SAfm on the 18th May 2010 when I appeared on Karabo Kgoleng’s show. During the interview, several male listeners asked why I never affirm plus-sized men in the same... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, July 20th 2010 |
South Africa’s first black president, Nelson ‘Tata’ Mandela, celebrated his 92nd birthday Sunday, with pleasant wishes from people all over the world. Individuals in South Africa and elsewhere planned to do 67 minutes of community service Sunday, a length of time chosen to honour the number of years Mr. Mandela spent in politics. Earlier this week the United Nations had its first ever “Nelson Mandela International Day,” an unprecedented honour for a living political figure. Mr. Mandela and his family had a private celebration at his home outside of Johannesburg Sunday. He heard a birthday song performed by 92 children,... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, July 20th 2010 |
The African National Congress (ANC) says it is taken aback by the article on the Times newspaper, by Mr. Justice Malala, dated 19July 2010, titled: SABC is not a political tool. In this article, the ANC claims “Malala makes insinuations and allegations that the ANC has instructed the SABC to ‘ban’, the former ANC president, comrade and ANC leader, Cde Thabo Mbeki. The ANC would like to put it on record that none of its leaders and none of its members “instructed” anyone in the SABC not to interview Cde Thabo Mbeki.” We think an apology to the ANC from... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, July 20th 2010 |
