Month: November 2015

Memorable music at Himeville church

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VIOLINIST, Joanna Frankel (pictured),  and pianist, Christopher Duigan, will play music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven,  George Gershwin and Alberto Ginastera on  Friday, November 13 at 7.30 pm at the St Michaels and All Angels Church in Himeville.

Frankel is a Juilliard graduate and Concert Master of the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra and Pietrmaritzburg-based Duigan is a concert pianist who has performed with the KZN Philharmonic and at festivals and venues across South Africa.

Tickets for the concert are R100, which includes refreshments. To book call Rosanne at 033 702 1013 or 082 359 6736 (mornings only) .  The evening is supported by Moorcroft Manor and Wedgewood Nougat.

Sad news: author, essayist, teacher and political activist, Lauretta Ngcobo, has died

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Lauretta Ngcobo. Photo: ethekwinilivinglegends.com

Lauretta Ngcobo. Photo: ethekwinilivinglegends.com

AUTHOR, essayist, teacher and political activist, Lauretta Ngcobo, has died.

Adele Branch, of the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, which published her books Prodigal Daughters and And They Didn’t Die, said in a statement: “We learnt this morning [yesterday] of Lauretta Ngcobo’s death. Although she has struggled with her health ever since suffering a stroke, the news still came as a shock.” Continue reading →

Applications for National Arts Festival Fringe 2016 are open

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Are you a frustrated thespian with a play burning a hole in your pocket? Perhaps a seasoned professional drowning in corporate gigs and yearning for the magic of the stage? A wannabe, gottabe music sensation in the making… a community group looking to take the world by storm?

Then the National Arts Festival Fringe is where you could find fame and glory in 2016. Registration is now open for Africa’s largest open-access Festival, which will take place in Grahamstown from June 30 to July 10. Continue reading →

Celebrating 155 years of Indians in South Africa

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Indian Merchant Family

Indian Merchant Family

Change to the programme of the Indian Diaspora Conference. Session 11: Round Table Panel : Post Apartheid Discourses on the Status of Indians in South Africa was originally scheduled for Saturday the 14, November 14 at 3 pm. The session will now take place on Friday, November 13, from 8.30 am to 10.30 am. This is a round table session and each presenter will have five minutes to provide a brief overview of their papers. A Q&A  will follow.

The Indian Diaspora Conference will take place from Thursday, November 12 to Saturday, November 14 at the Graduate School of Business (GSB), Westville Campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal. The theme of the conference is Ethnicity, Race and Citizenship: Place of Indians in the New South Africa. Continue reading →

Sample, blend and enjoy…. Tea!

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Zamindlela Mkhwanazi with event organiser Zama Memela. Photos: Neo Khunyeli – On Grafix

Zamindlela Mkhwanazi with event organiser Zama Memela. Photos: Neo Khunyeli – On Grafix

Sample some amazing hand-crafted tea blends, try your hand at creating your own, and enjoy a delectable coffee and tea inspired dinner on November 6 with Zamindlela Mkhwanazi’s tea, at The EasyEating Taste Experience – a season of four delicious innovative pop-up culinary/sensory/educational events culminating in a food conference on December 5, all taking place at 8 Morrison Street in Durban.

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