Posted on 23 September 2011 by Betsie
From all of us at Ulwazi, we wish you a pleasant and peaceful Heritage Day! For those of you in Durban and looking for something to do, there is an interesting event on at the Green Hub.
The Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu-Natal) and Poetry Africa will present a special Heritage Day programme as part of the 100 000 Poets for Change project. This bold endeavour, initiated by Californian poets Michael Rothenberg and Terri Carriòn, will see worldwide poetic action on September 24th, in 500 cities in 93 countries across the planet. The project invites poets and poetry organisations everywhere to compile their own programmes around social, environmental, and political change.
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Posted on 08 September 2011 by Ulwazi Web Editor
The eThekwini Living Legends awards ceremony took place last night at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre. Twenty-two residents of eThekwini were honored for the contribution they have made to their communities. Both locally and abroad, their sustained and extraordinary contributions have made an impact in various categories from music, sport, science, business, social work, education and more. They have, in their own way, helped to provide others with a sense of identity and continuity and have promoted respect for cultural diversity and human creativity. They have achieved greatness through their practices, knowledge and skills, and by their expressions have contributed to our city’s rich intangible heritage.
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Posted on 06 September 2011 by Betsie
By: Themba Khumalo
The Bat centre is now sporting a new look thanks to nine volunteer artists from Durban along with the help of a renowned German artist. The eThekwini Municipality and the BAT Centre officially unveiled the new BAT Mural recently, which has been completed as a project between the Sister Cities of Bremen and Durban. City’s Head of International and Governance Relations Eric Apelgren said “Contact between these cities is particularly strong with co-operation ranging from sport, eco-tourism, climate change and arts and culture, amongst others. This year also marks the 17th anniversary of the existence of the BAT Centre so a project was developed to give the BAT a new and fresh face” he said.
He said arts and culture are tools that bring people together: “The idea of the mural was to allow people from different cultures to work together to develop common symbols representing what BAT stands for.”
Mural artist Edeltraut Rath from German’s city of Bremen spent a month in Durban working with 9 artists from the BAT centre. She said symbols, icons, patterns, emblems and letters to depict the activities of the BAT Centre were used to create the mural.
“The artists created and used stencils so that the artworks merged with no art style dominating another. The Zulu symbols merge with other signs in a modern artistic style. The artists worked with a limited palette: blue black, magenta, pink, sky blue, orange, and turquoise making the facade a bright, vibrant and informative new addition to the port of Durban’s skyline” said Edeltraut .
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Posted on 05 August 2011 by Ulwazi Web Editor
Inkinga yokushabalala kwezilimi zendabuko nomthelela enawo ekulondolozeni nokuthuthukisa isikompilo labantu baseAfrika kulelikhulunyaka lamashumi amabili nanye
Umkhandlu waseThekwini ususungule uchungechunge lwezingxoxo zokushiyelana ngemibono nolwazi. Loluhlelo lusungulwe egameni lezihlabani zaseThekwini ezisadla anhlamvana. Ingxoxo yesibili kuloluchungechunge yayibanjelwe e Durban Art Gallery eThekwini mhla ziyishumi nanhlanu kuNtulikazi. Kulengxoxo kwakudingidwa udaba lwengozi yokushabalala ebhekene nezilimi zomdabu nomthelela wokuncintisana obhekene nalezilimi ezingeni lomhlaba kulelikhulunyaka lamashumi amabili nanye. Izazi zezolimi nezemfundo, izingcweti zezinkondlo, abacubunguli, abahlaziyi nababhali bashiyelana inkundla nemibono yabo. Lengxoxo yayigxile ekutholeni ukuthi kungani ezilimi zokudabuka e-Afrika zishabalala nokuthi kungabhekwana kanjani nalenselelo. Kulabo ababesethimbeni lezazi nabahlaziyi singabala uGcina Mhlophe ongomunye wezihlabani zaseThekwini ezisadla anhlamvana, aphinde abe ingcweti ekulondolozeni amagugu esintu esebenzisa izinganekwane, uThulani Mbuli usihlalo wohlaka olumele ulimi lwesiZulu esigungwini sezolimi sikazwelonke i-Pan South African Language Board; uZandile Radebe isazi sezemfundo kanye nombhali obhala ngolimi lwesiZulu; uNceba Gqaleni umholi wohlelo lwemithi yendabuko esikoleni sezokwelapha i-Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine aphinde abe ngusihlalo wohlelo olucwaninga ngokwelapha ngendlela yendabuko i-Indigenous Health Care System Research; nengcweti yezinkondlo uBongani Mavuso ongumdidiyeli aphinde abe ngumsakazi woKhozi FM; kanye nomhlaziyi wezindaba zepolitiki nezomphakathi uNhlanhla Mtaka, ophinde abe ngumbhali ezingosini zemibono nokuhlaziya emaphephandabeni ahlukahlukene, ikakhulukazi lawo ashicilela ngolimi lwesiZulu.
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Posted on 06 July 2011 by Bheki Mchunu
The first of the Living Legends Seminar series, held on 15 June in the Wreck Aquarium at uShaka Marine on the Durban beachfront, was well attended by local luminaries from the sporting fraternity, and soccer in particular. Mr. Thembinkosi Ngcobo, Head of the Parks, Recreation and Culture Department of the eThekwini Municipality lauded various people who have made contributions in putting the City of Durban on the national and international map. Amongst those receiving a special mention were Neil Tovey and Clive Barker, captain and coach respectively of the 1996 Bafana Bafana squad who won the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations. Mr. Ngcobo called for a commitment to owning and celebrating homegrown talent and contributions and achievements of Durban people. He made an appeal for Durbanites to cherish, own and celebrate Durban soccer teams and Durban victories.
The topic for the evening’s panel discussion was “The role of youth academies in the development of internationally competitive footballers in South Africa”, Moderator Lindani Mbense of SABC Sport introduced the three panelists Clive Barker, Sugar Ray Xulu and Thabo Dladla. Continue Reading
