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Shake your Sugar!

  Erica du Toit of the Western Cape Association for the Physically Disabled on hearing loss an how it affects us all and what you can do about it.   The SA Association of Audiologists recently launched the “Shake your…
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WALL MURAL ART OPPORTUNITY

  Nedbank, with the assistance of the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT),  seeks to unearth and empower talented young artists who will be given the opportunity to partner with Wall Mural Media Owner to paint a soccer-related mural.Nedbank is looking…
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DIE WINDPOMP FIRST SA FILM AT USA FILM FESTIVAL

  The multiple award-winning and much loved Afrikaans fantasy love story Die Windpomp has been selected into the Sonoma International Film Festival.  This marks the first South African film ever to be accepted in the festivals 18 year history. Die Windpomp…
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FIRE IN WESTERN CAPE MOUNTAINS

Wednesday 4th March 2015 The smoke is dense now and although the temperature has dropped it has not improved conditions for our flora, fauna or humans.  Our beautiful mountains from Fish Hoek to Muizenberg, Tokai to Constantia and over the…
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Big Wig Opera is breaking tradition

Gauteng’s new opera company, Big Wig Opera, is breaking tradition with its very different marketing campaign.   Big Wig Opera’s slogan ‘Real Opera for Real People’ speaks of the company’s mission to produce opera in the way the composer intended…
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Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra first season 2015

 The season runs from 25 February until 19 March at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg. Formed 15 years ago, after the demise of the National Symphony Orchestra, the JPO continued to perform regular series of symphony seasons and soon became…
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21 Icons to go under the hammer

28 February 2015 will be a historic occasion in South Africa. For the first time, under one roof, icons who were part of the debut season of the 21 Icons project will come together for a charitable cause and donate…
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DANCING TO LEARN

  Author:   Judith Lynne Hannah Publisher: Roman & Littlefield ISBN: 978-1-4758-0605-2 Reviewer:   Amy Gould   Dr Hanna, through extensive and intensive research, has given the art form of dance academic validation. As an anthropologist she has traced the…
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INTERESTING HISTORY DATES FROM THE PAST    

How different life would be if the public did not have access to the knowledge and writing of authors. The references this month are to authors each viewing life in a different way.              …
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TECHNOLOGY RELATIVE TO EDUCATION

Has technology aided the cause of education?   Yes without a doubt.  In a general sense technology has changed how human beings communicate, how their working lives are organized around computers, mobile phones, social networks – all due to the wonderful…
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