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/ 24 September 2003
Buying a television licence may be the right thing to do, but it might not be a guarantee that there is anything to watch if management at the SABC fails to agree on a wage settlement. Negotiations are deadlocked following almost three months of talks, and failure to reach a settlement could result in a protected strike.
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/ 24 September 2003
Diamonds buried deep in the rich heritage of South Africa’s arts are ready for polishing. The challenge for arts projects is to bring to completion the process from a rough diamond to a polished, income-generating and community-uplifting product.
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/ 24 September 2003
Music is more than the food of love for the winners of the Most Successful Project funded by the Arts & Culture Trust — it is their staple. The Field Band Foundation (FBF) and the Buskaid Soweto String Project (BSSP) share an award open to all projects that have been partly or wholly funded by the trust since 1996.
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/ 24 September 2003
Professor John van Zyl Professor John van Zyl served as head of media studies at the University of the Witwatersrand for 20 years. Van Zyl was the co-founder of Classic FM, and is presently executive director of ABC Ulwazi, an educational radio production and training house. He has been programme director of the Direct Cinema […]
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/ 24 September 2003
The Limpopo Province project of the Mogalakwena Craft Art Development has been awarded Cultural Development Project of the Year for 2003. The members of the foundation are in distinguished company, having received their accolade alongside the Creative Inner City Initiative (CICI) in this category.
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/ 24 September 2003
Most people would see Bongani Madondo, a journalist of about 10 years, as yet another dreadlocked resident of Yeoville in Johannesburg — but in arts and culture circles, he is a voice to be reckoned with. He is also this year’s recipient of a prestigious Arts and Culture Trust Award for Journalist of the Year.
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/ 24 September 2003
Tammy Ballantyne, national coordinator for the Performing Arts Network of South Africa (Pansa), has been named Arts and Culture Administrator of the Year at the annual Arts & Culture Trust Awards. In little more than two years, Pansa has become a leading force in the arts and culture sector — thanks in no small measure to Ballantyne’s sterling efforts and unflinching determination.
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/ 24 September 2003
Honoured for their development and promotion of arts, culture and creativity in South Africa at the Arts & Culture Trust Awards are <i>Artslink</i> and <i>Word of Mouth</i>, which both won in the category Media of the Year in Support of Arts and Culture. More interactive than ever, SA media has changed the way people are seeing and hearing themselves.
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/ 24 September 2003
A protean talent in the fields of music and academia, Professor Mzililkazi Khumalo is the Lifetime Achievement Award-winner of the Arts & Culture Trust Awards 2003. Mzililkazi Khumalo is the creator of some of the most notable South African choral works as well as a conservator of this art form.