The Municipality is calling for the public to nominate people in their communities to stand in for the Living Legends awards. Nominees should be people who were born within the Municipal area and who have excelled in the following categories: music, sports, arts and drama, politics and social responsibility. This will be the third Living [...]
Archive | June, 2010
Mr Ximba interview
Mwelela Cele interviews Mr Ximba as part of the Memories of Inanda documentary, produced for the eThekwini Municipality’s Ulwazi Programme. Mr Ximba discusses the Shembe Church. Nazareth Baptist Church (Alternatively called “The Nazarite Church” “iBandla lamaNazaretha”, or the “Shembe Church”) is an African Initiated Church founded by Isaiah Shembe in 1910. It has approximately 4 [...]
Baba Zondi interview
Mwelela Cele interviews Baba Zondi as part of the Memories of Inanda documentary, produced for the eThekwini Municipality’s Ulwazi Programme. Shot at Inanda Seminary, Zondi describes his time as headmaster and archivist of the school. Inanda Seminary, founded by the American Board of Missions (ABM) in 1869 forms an integral part of the history of [...]
Some challenges for Information and Communication Technologies in Indigenous Knowledge preservation
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are the basis for social appropriation in local communities. ICTs hold significant potential for positive benefits for local communities to deal with ‘digital’ connectivity and global knowledge contexts. With the digitalisation of knowledge, including indigenous knowledge (IK), ICTs are offering alternative perspectives of knowledge in the global information society. However, [...]
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Amaphupho nezincazelo zawo
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Request for information on the Majola clan
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Research Masters students in Local Economic Development or Idigenous Knowledge
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Mafukuzela Day at Ohlange High School, Inanda
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South Africa To Launch National Traditional Knowledge Recording System
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Tokoloshe / Tikoloshe (evil spirit)
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New Manager of Durban International Film Festival Announced
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IsiZulu idioms
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Sounds of Durban
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Zibuyile Msani: Ngingawutholaphi umlando wakwa Msani ophelele ngic...
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bongiwe: pliz lemme knw izithakazelo zakwa Luthuli.....
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SIMPHIWE: Please kwabanolwazi ngezithakazo zakwaGama nomlan...
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Adelaide Goba: I was listening to Mr Goba,s interview,and I felt ...
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sphe: Ngcela ukwaz iythakazelo zakwa Mbuyisa...
Highway Africa New Media Award
The Ulwazi Programme was runner-up at the 2012 Highway Africa New Media Awards, in the category 'Community Engagement with Technology'.
A community-media project collecting local history and indigenous knowledge from the eThekwini Municipality, in English and isiZulu.