Dr Mamphela Ramphele, leader of Agang SA, will deliver the keynote address during the opening of African Education Week at the Sandton Convention Centre this Thursday, 20 June at 09h00. Thousands of teachers and learners are expected at the seventh annual African Education Week and Career Indaba taking place from Thursday 20 June until Saturday 22 June. The events form the largest meeting and trading platform of its kind on the continent for everyone who is passionate about improving the standard of education in Africa. The conference will focus on topics such as STEM* education, improving FET colleges and the role of social media and technology in the classroom. *STEM=Science, technology, engineering, mathematics All teachers are … [Read more...]
Dr Mamphela Ramphele welcomes teachers and learners at African Education Week and Career Indaba on Thursday
Andreas steps into the athletics spotlight
University of Johannesburg student Jeromy Andreas has stepped out of obscurity into the spotlight after winning the national elite 10km road title last week. The track specialist said he surprised even himself when he beat seasoned roadrunners to the title in Durban last Sunday. “I just went there to run for fun as part of the USSA (national student) team. It wasn’t my intention to win at all,” said the 21-year-old, who has already qualified for the world university championships in Russia in July. But when he saw the pace in the closing kilometre, the U23 national 1 500m champion said he knew he could take the win. “On track we run much faster and finish much stronger. So when I saw what these road guys were doing with … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day winner announced
The Eastgate Shopping Centre is proud to announce that Natasha Ramcharither from Sasolburg is the grand prize winner of the Mother’s Day competition that took place this May. The winner was selected by Eastgate’s random winner generator. Eastgate honoured mothers and motherhood with a Facebook Mother’s Day competition that took place from the 26 April to 13 May. The main prize included a weekend away to the Tsogo Sun Garden Court in Bedfordview, a Milky Lane voucher to the value of R110, two Simply Asia dinner vouchers valued at R400 and Maxi’s valued at R500, Ster Kinekor movie tickets, four XD theatre tickets and a R5, 000 Eastgate gift voucher. Participants were encouraged to take part in the competition by visiting the … [Read more...]
Simon Stone Retrospective Diary Listing
Exhibition: SIMON STONE | A Retrospective Exhibition Artist: Simon Stone Venue: Standard Bank Gallery Dates: 10 July – 14 September 2013 ‘SIMON STONE | A Retrospective Exhibition’is the first comprehensive review of the career of one of South Africa’s foremost artists, Simon Stone (b. 1952). Jointly organised by the Stellenbosch Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery (SMAC) and the Standard Bank Gallery, the exhibition spans thirty-five years of Stone’s work, from 1978 – 2013, and includes a selection of his most definitive paintings. Over a prolific career, Stone has built an impressive reputation as a painter. This exhibition identifies him as unique amongst other South African painters. Best described as a lyrical … [Read more...]
Mikhael Subotzky: Retinal Shift Standard Bank Gallery 17 April – 15 June 2013
Retinal Shift, an exhibition of works by Mikhael Subotzky, Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for the Visual Arts in 2012, opens to the public at Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg on 17 April 2013. First shown at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in mid-2012, this is the final stop in the exhibition’s country-wide tour. Retinal Shift investigates the practice and mechanics of looking and draws on a diversity of sources: archival portraits, found surveillance footage, and Subotzky’s own photographs. On show are Subotzky’s seminal work, Self-Portrait (With Assistance of Optometrist) (2012) and four recent productions: Moses and Griffiths, a four-channel projection, which shows Grahamstown through the eyes of two … [Read more...]
Maree keeps Tasol-GT alive at Emperors Palace
Tasol-GT rider David Maree held his nerve in a three-man sprint to win the Emperors Palace Classic, presented by ASG, in Johannesburg on Sunday to keep his team’s hopes for survival alive. Maree, whose squad’s title sponsorship expires at the end of the month, crossed the line first in 2:13:26, just a split-second clear of Bonitas’s Chris Jennings, with Westvaal-BMC’s Shaun-Nick Bester a further second back. According to Maree, the win was a much-needed one, especially ahead of their potential swansong at the Mzansi Tour, which starts on Wednesday. “We really needed this one for the team’s confidence and to show everyone that we’re not giving up. We’ll keep fighting and keep believing in our dream.” The … [Read more...]
Spectacular circuit racing at Emperors
Finishers of the Emperors Palace Classic in Johannesburg will once again be treated to shoulder-to-shoulder racing when the Circuit Spectacular kermesse takes place after the road race on Sunday, April 14. According to organiser Wynand de Villiers, from ASG, many national Classics presented post-race kermesses as part of the entertainment in the past, but the focus on mass participation has seen this invitation-only event dwindle. “For us it’s a no-brainer. It is such an exciting event and the venue lends itself perfectly to this type of racing.” He said the top finishers in the 104km feature race would be invited to take part in the circuit race that took place within the confines of the resort. The kermesse typically … [Read more...]
Subotzky’s Retinal Shift for final showing at Standard Bank Gallery
Mikhael Subotzky: Retinal Shift Standard Bank Gallery 17 April – 15 June 2013 Retinal Shift, the exhibition by Mikhael Subotzky, Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for the Visual Arts in 2012, will be on display at Standard Bank Gallery from 17 April to 15 June 2013. This is the final stage in the country-wide tour of the exhibition which was first shown at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in mid-2012. Retinal Shift investigates the practice and mechanics of looking – in relation to the history of Grahamstown, the history of photographic devices, and Subotzky’s own history as an artist. The works on exhibition draw from a diversity of sources: archival portraits from the last century, found surveillance footage, … [Read more...]
Emperors Palace Classic moves to autumn
Following a date change from February to April 13 and 14, the Emperors Palace Classic, presented by ASG, is set for a big stop-over on South Africa’s autumn road racing calendar. According to event director Wynand de Villiers the weekend festival of cycling, which takes place in and around the Johannesburg casino resort, was moved to keep riders on their bicycles a little longer before the winter cold set in. “The event was shifted to April to extend the racing available in autumn. Most guys will have done the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour and this gives them something else to train for while they still have that residual fitness.” With three big races in February alone, including the Dis-Chem Ride for Sight and Macsteel … [Read more...]
Be The Best Communicator You Can Be!
In my previous and very first blog post, I spoke about my personal background and how I came to own and run my own business in verbal and non-verbal communication skills training. As always, I hope you will enjoy this installment and please feel free to comment and engage in conversation with me throughout. I strongly believe that the more one engages in and discusses interests with others, the more a person learns and understands aspects pertaining to the common interest, and of course a greater understanding of people in general. After all, my business revolves around people and how those people act towards and interact with each other. As previously mentioned, my business revolves around the way individuals enhance … [Read more...]
Reminder to see Making Way: Contemporary Art from South Africa and China
Making Way: Contemporary Art from South Africa and China Standard Bank Gallery 30 January – 28 March 2013 Don’t miss the opportunity to view an extraordinary exhibition which seeks to open up new conversations about cultural diversity, social tolerance and human understanding at a time of intense movement and change in the Global South. Making Way: Contemporary Art from South Africa and China, explores the ways in which contemporary artists based in South Africa and China engage with new paths of movement, with economic and cultural shifts, and with the rise of new regimes, new leaders and new social and urban spaces. The exhibition includes works in diverse media by internationally acclaimed Chinese artists, Wu Junyong, Chen … [Read more...]
Fire! The role of heat and light in African Art
Standard Bank Gallery 29 January – 31 December 2013 This exhibition explores the role that fire – heat, light and smoke - has played in African cultural expression. Drawn from the Standard Bank African Art Collection housed at the Univeristy of the Witwatersrand the display includes a range of artefacts associated with metal work, such as bellows, ingots, gold weights and scales and iron implements, elegant clay pots, beautifully decorated wooden and clay pipes, other material associated with traditional ritual practices as well as works by contemporary artists. Standard Bank Gallery Corner Simmonds and Frederick Street, Johannesburg Tel: 011 631 4467 Gallery hours: Mon-Fri, 08:00-16:30; Saturday, 09:00-13:00 The gallery is … [Read more...]
2013 Johannesburg International Mozart Festival sells-out
With four days of Festival still remaining, organisers are pleased to announce that all remaining concerts for the 2013 Johannesburg International Mozart Festival are sold out. “We’ve had an unprecedented demand for tickets for all the concerts – the big ones sold out within 24 hours.” said Festival Director Richard Cock. The Festival, which this year embodied the theme “Se vuol ballare - If you would dance” has been an enormous success. Some of the highlights this year have included the Viennese pre-Concert, which had to be repeated to due to popular demand; performances by visiting guests Sir Roger Norrington (conductor) and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, in collaboration with the South African National Youth Orchestra; … [Read more...]
Marescia looks beyond 300th test cap
When any sports star plays his or her 300th test, questions about retirement invariably pop up along with the accolades. In the case of Marsha Marescia, captain of South Africa’s women’s hockey side, the word retirement never even occurred to her or anyone involved with the game when she recently became the first to reach this milestone. This shows in what high regard the Randburg resident and former member of the University of Johannesburg side is held by her peers. Her achievement made her one of this sports-mad nation’s most-capped athletes and overshadowed the country’s 6-0 victory over Ghana in a World League match in the Hartleyvale Stadium in Cape Town. Marescia turned 30 on January 13 but the midfielder’s form … [Read more...]
Bongani Ndodana-Breen leads the dance at 2013 Johannesburg International Mozart Festival
Composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen has written a wide range of music encompassing symphonic work, opera, chamber music and vocal music. He is the 2013 Composer-in-Residence for the 5thJohannesburg International Mozart Festival (JIMF), opening on 27 January 2013, with the theme If you would Dance? According to The New York Times his “… delicately made music - airy, spacious, terribly complex but never convoluted - has a lot to teach the Western wizards of metric modulation and layered rhythms about grace and balance.” The work that he is bringing to JIMF will be a piano concerto called Mzilikazi, based on a theme from Prof. Mzilikazi Khumalo's Bawo Thixo Somandla, an anthem he wrote 40 years ago at the height of the difficulties of … [Read more...]
