While diplomats are trying to find consensus on an international instrument to protect traditional knowledge at the World Intellectual Property Organization, some countries are establishing systems to protect their traditional knowledge domestically. South Africa will be launching on 24 May its National Recordal System to catalogue its indigenous knowledge. The National Recordal System (NRS) is an initiative [...]
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Tokoloshe / Tikoloshe (evil spirit)
I know little about Tokoloshe or Tikoloshe dependence on the pronunciation, what I know is that tokoloshe is an evil spirit. I have never seen tokoloshe nor have friends who have seen it, but when we were at primary school we would hear a lot of stories of it and fairy-tales. I went to Indian [...]
New Manager of Durban International Film Festival Announced
Plans are well underway for the 34th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), South Africa’s largest and longest running film festival hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA), reports Kishore Gobardan Director of Professional Services in the College of Humanities at UKZN in which the CCA is housed. The CCA is currently [...]
Sounds of Durban
A partnership between Durban Tourism and National Geographic to promote Durban as a tourism destination.
Durban life on show in London
Durban – Its tourist attractions, lifestyle and food – is on show at one of London’s most famous upmarket stores, and the high-powered promotion has already had positive spin-offs. The trendy National Geographic store in Knightsbridge has adopted a Durban look and feel to coincide with the launch of the latest phase in the National [...]
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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.