My saga of moving my Telkom landline continued from part 1. DAY 28 A bearded Telkom technician arrives with his assistant. They are unable to install the line because my apartment requires a cable to be installed via a conduit which can only happen with the landlords permission. I am inundated by...
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Banned People’s Culture festival returns
THIS YEAR marks 30 years since the banning of the 'Towards the People’s Culture' festival by the Botha government in 1986, with a festival event appropriately titled Marking the '86 People's Culture Festival The original festival was meant to gather prominent artists in a collective response to t...
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Mama Goema
Mama Goema: The Cape Town Beat in Five Movements is a multinational documentary film by Ángela Ramirez (Colombia), Sara Gouveia (Portugal) and Calum MacNaughton (South Africa). Cape Town musicians guide a journey to the beat at the heart of the Mother City and a primal rhythm named Goema. With in...
Jacob Zuma on the Bark Side?
Zuma's canine comments cause chaos