Simphiwe Dana.
IN celebration of Africa Month, social cohesion, unity in diversity and heritage, The Playhouse Company is staging Africa Celebrates, a weekend of visual and performing arts on May 6 and 7. Continue reading
BODY Worlds Vital – the international exhibition celebrating the wonder, resilience and fragility of the human body now showing at the Sci Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown – is extending its opening hours for an exclusive evening on April 28 from 6 pm to 9 pm. Continue reading
THE recent anti-rape protests at Rhodes University, in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape, by students and staff members highlight an important and disturbing issue in South African society, where it is estimated that one in five women are victims of rape and other forms of gender-based violence (GBV) each year. Continue reading
Fee Halsted. Photo: Ardmore
FEE Halsted, the founder of Ardmore Ceramic Art in Caversham in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, will be giving a talk to the Midlands Forum at the Howick High School hall at 9.30 am for 10 am on Tuesday, May 3. Continue reading
On Friday, April 22 the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day initiative succeeded in fulfilling their intentions to set a new world record of laying down the worlds largest crocheted blanket. Continue reading
THERE will be a book reading and discussion of I’m Not Your Weekend Special: Portraits on the life, style and politics of Brenda Fassie, edited by Bongani Madondo, at the Newtown Junction Mall at 6.30 pm on May 5. Continue reading
Philani Dladla
JOHANNESBURG readers, book lovers and friends – here’s an event you have to put in your diary: the 2016 South African Indie Revolution (SAIR) Charity Event, which will be bursting with local talent in aid of their 1 000 book pledge donation for The Pavement Bookworm Foundation.
The event takes place at 3 pm on Saturday, April 30 at Skoobs Theatre of Books at Montecasino in Fourways, and will see Morning Live presenter Samm Marshall host authors Jean Archary, Fred Strydom (The Raft), Joanne Macgregor (Dark Whispers), Adrienne Woods (Firebolt) and Sonia Killik (Birth: F*ck yeah!) as well as The Pavement Bookworm author himself, Philani Dladla.
Other speakers include Ellaine Pillay, Kamo Modisane and David Henderson. Violinist Hana Yim-Wahl will be providing entertainment.
Tickets cost R200 and can be purchased by contacting SAIR directly. All profits go towards the Pavement Bookworm Foundation. Entry is R200.
THE 14th International Festival of Language and Culture, SA (IFLCSA) will be held on April 21, at the Nelson Mandela Theatre in Johannesburg.
The Festival is the largest and most prominent global project for promoting world languages and cultures. It is dedicated to cultivating and educating the youth, creating a platform to share their cultural heritage with their peers around the world and to witness exceptional performances by students of diverse nationalities. Continue reading
Restoration architect, Robert Brusse, will be doing an illustrated talk titled ‘The Restoration of Government House’ at 11 am on Saturday, April 16 at the Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli Street, Pietermaritzburg. The lecture is indirectly related to the current exhibition, Building History.
The oldest part of this elegant old building at the top of Langalibalele (Longmarket) Street dates from 1848, and all the Governors who lived there until 1910 added to it.
In later years it housed the well-known Pietermaritzburg Teacher Training College. After a bad period of neglect, the building was restored by Brusse and his team between 2004 and 2014.
Admissionis free but booking is essential. Contact: Kobie.venter@msunduzi.gov.za or 033 3922 819
What do the angels want to tell Cape Town? Ask South Africa’s top psychic! Shannon Walbran will be in Cape Town on Saturday, April 16 to host one of her famous Saturday Seminars. Continue reading
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