Goethe-Institut South Africa: INVITATION TO OPENING AT GOETHEONMAIN Please join us for the opening of Pascale Martine Tayou’s LOoObHy n50 at GoetheonMain.When: Friday, 25 June 2010 at 6.30 PM Where: GoetheonMain, 245 Main Street, City & Suburban Johannesburg
Shout-Africa – Swiss born singer/songwriter joins SA’s fastest growing booking agency Southern Pulse. Born of English parents, Jaz grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. At 14 Jaz spends 4 years in Bristol, UK and 1 year in Cardiff, Wales before returning to his home town. It is in 1994, during a trip to Thailand that he starts writing. 1999, he leaves for Brooklyn, New York, spends 5 years there and begins compiling the songs that made up his debut album, Roof Top. In 2001 he travels to Africa for the first time. Where he discovers the beauty of Namibia, from here... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwangendaba –COLOGNE – The global HIV awareness and charity campaign GOALS for SOUTH AFRICA has announced its first official ambassador from South Africa, Dr. Nono Simelela, CEO of the South Africa National Aids Council (SANAC). Dr Simelela’s appointment comes at the most relevant time as South Africa battles the continual spread of HIV/Aids. According to the latest UNAIDS statistics, more than five million people in the host country of this year’s FIFA World Cup are infected with the HIV virus. The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) comprises high-ranking representatives of the government and non-governmental organizations, and advises... Continue Reading
BY NOVELL ZWANGENDABA – GAUTENG – In what could qualify as a Nollywood realistic prose-drama, the recent revelation by the Mail & Guardian newspaper that Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Sicelo Shiceka does not possess the master’s degree in political science that he lays claim to, has again exposed the pervasive nature of “problematic” qualifications. While the minister listed among his qualifications a master’s degree in political economy from the University of the Free State, Free State university spokeswoman Lacea Loader said: “He was registered here from 2004 to 2005 but he never completed the degree.” Confronted... Continue Reading