UNICEF plans more Drums, which will include critical information such as the national education curriculum; school-safety guidelines; and videos on topics such as school lessons, public health, campaigns encouraging girls to stay in school, and efforts to combat widespread teacher absenteeism. UNICEF plans to have local vocational schools manufacture more Drums, and will install them in up to a hundred outdoor locations throughout the country over the next two years, with the eventual goal of making the Drum cheap and easy enough to manufacture for every city and village in Uganda. Once finalized, the Drum’s design will be made open-source. Madagascar, Fiji, and the United States have shown early interest.

Digital Drum

See http://designother90.org for more.

She began acting in the theater in Durban in 1968, and was considered to be a protégé of the Durban-based playwright, Welcome Msomi. Her earliest theater credits included performances in two of Msomi’s theatrical productions: Qombeni and Umabatha, which was a Zulu adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Umabatha became one of Msomu’s most famous works. Hlomuka worked in Zulu language radio plays in the interim between Qombeni and Umabatha. She left South Africa briefly during the 1970s to tour with the cast of Iphi ‘Ntombi in Europe. During the 1960s and 1970s, roles on screen or stage for black actors in South Africa were often difficult to find due to Apartheid. Hlomuka often appeared off-screen as a radio actor in several popular Zulu drama series. Hlomuka finally had success on South African television during the 1980s when she was cast in the role of MaMhlongo in the dramatic television series, Hlala Kwabafileyo. Her character, MaMhlongo, was the wife and widow of a wealthy tycoon.

To this day in South Africa, the word MaMgobhozi, which originated from the series and Hlomuka’s character, describes the gossip habits attributed to women. She also appeared in the 1980s television comedy, S’gudi S’naysi, opposite well known actor, Joe Mafela. Mafela portrayed the tenant, S’dumo. Hlomuka’s character, Sis May, was S’dumo’s well intentioned, tolerant landlady. The series was popular during its run. Hlomuka’s film and television credits spanned the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. She appeared in the 1995 film, Soweto Green as a maid and housekeeper named Tryphina, opposite actor John Kani. She also starred as Queen Ntombazi in the 1986 South African television miniseries, Shaka Zulu.

First up is Alfred Nokwe, who grew up in Cato Manor and worked as a clerk in Native Affairs Administration. During the demolition of Cato Manor he was relocated to kwaMashu, despite the fact that he was working for the city council.

Nokwe started his artistic career as an actor in a play by Alan Paton, uMkhumbane. He featured in many TV dramas as an actor and later as a director/producer. Nokwe worked as a local historian and artist and also assisted destitute children in kwaMashu. He was recognised as a “living legend” by the eThekwini Municipality.