Last week, the attention of music lovers fell on an unassuming Karoo dorpie as the learners of Colesberg Primary, Umso High School and Umthombo Wolwazi Intermediate Farm School made history at the provincial SA Schools Choral Eisteddfod held at the Mittah Seperepere Convention Centre in Kimberly between the 11 – 13 July. In several unforgettable …
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In her humble home in Colesberg Masakhane Township, Nosiphiwo Afrika is more than delighted to hear of the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) new strategy for early learning. For years, this is what she and some five women – unemployed side-hustlers running an early childhood facility from inside Afrika’s house – have been knocking on …
Earlier this year, hankering through those unsteady motions that unemployment is prone to come with, rang a call from Maeder “Mr Oz” Osler. “PM,” (as he calls me) “I’d like you to meet a friend of mine. Jasper Cook by name…used to play for the African Jazz Pioneers.”
When interviewed, Mrs Thandiwe Bhuka speaks in tones reminiscent of a Devil Wears Prada-type corporate executive – all class and well-rounded vowels. Then she takes to the stage before an audience of boisterous schoolgirls and out comes the tongue in cheek and the moves – oh those moves – an unusual hybrid of the hip-thrusting …
It seems that not even Eskom’s stifling bouts of sporadic loadshedding could dampen the pomp and pageantry that is a characteristic sing-along to Heritage Day. Enthusiasts clearly ruffled deep into their wardrobes and so out came the multicoloured skirts, beaded shirts, faces daubed in ochre – a reminder of a time where amaXhosa were proud …
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