Topic: Culture

Alek Wek Adds Glamour To Dutch Magazine

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NETHERLANDS – Even as The Oranje lost the final of the 2010 World Cup 1-0 to Spain at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday night of the finals, the Dutch still have enough reason to cherish the African beauty. Our stylecon, the Sudanese beauty, Alek Wek graces the glossy cover of this month’s edition of the Dutch Glamour mag, its so exuberant. Sour to the greatest heights our dear sister!

Arts Alive 2010 Switches On Jozi

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Joburg City is set to switch on to the most extensive-ever Joburg Arts Alive International Festival Last year close to 70 000 people experienced the 2009 Joburg Arts Alive International Festival – and this year the city’s flagship arts event is set to be bigger, and, yes, better! Now celebrating its emergence into adulthood with its 18th birthday, the Joburg Arts Alive International Festival delivers a standout programme of hundreds of events, across more than 30 venues spread throughout the city. Unlike many other festivals in South Africa, the Joburg Arts Alive International Festival really lives up to its billing... Continue Reading

Musical Magic at the 2010 Marimba Festival!

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JOHANNESBURG – The 2010 National Marimba Festival promises to outstrip the success of its predecessors with a programme that provides the perfect combination of skill and entertainment for the whole family to enjoy.   Magical marimba melodies will be heard throughout Boksburg, as schools nationwide, and from as far a field as Swaziland, gear up to participate in the largest gathering of marimba players on the continent. The 5th National Marimba Festival hosted by St. Dominic’s School takes place from the 7th to the 9th August 2010. The Marimba Education Foundation (MEF) through LOTTO funding has established Marimba schools in... Continue Reading

Ben Tuge, An Emerging Sculptor of Exceptional Talent

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By Novell Zwangendaba – JOHANNESBURG – Randburg-based visual artist, Benjamin Tuge is to say the least,a standalone talent. He is such a versatile sculptor, a master carver of thought-provoking woodcarvings , a satirical landscape and portrait painter, a spiritual scribe, and a visionary thinker. Born in 1 969 in Masvingo, a town in south-eastern Zimbabwe and the capital of vaKaranga people. He was raised in a town close to Great Zimbabwe, the national monument from which the country takes its name Zimbabwe. In this town Tuge endured a rural upbringing as an unknown herdboy and from humble beginnings as a... Continue Reading

South African Children Get Rare Treat At Brazil Exhibition

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Brazil experience By Novell Zwangendaba – Over 600 South African school children received a sensational world treat at the Brazillion pavilion in Sandton yesterday. The Casa Brazil Experience taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre, in conjunction with a proudly South Africa initiative Conquest for Life as well as the Gauteng Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture have invited youths from various parts of the Gauteng Province to take part at the exhibition which continues to attract visitors from across the world. The exhibition which runs till 11 July is offering guided tours to groups of school going children... Continue Reading