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Life in the Inner-city - Lauren Beukes (South Africa) - Aziz Hassim (South Africa) - Facilitator: Achille Mbembe Discussion on life in the inner city gives to rise many questions of culture and diversity regarding the evolution of the inner city. When considering urban fiction one asks “Is urban fiction showing a re-emergence of culture?” [ READ MORE ]
The 14th annual Time of the Writer festival held in Durban from 14-20 march 2011 was a wonderful meeting of talent, sharing of literary inspiration and peeks into the many avenues of the literary scene from an African perspective. Featuring writers : Ellen Banda-Aaku (Zambia) Aziz Hassim (South Africa) Raj Patel (UK) Biyi Bandele [ READ MORE ]
Gold is often one of the best commodities to invest in. With all eyes on the FIFA 2010 World Cup, it’s no surprise that gold Zakumi coins are featuring on the list of Collectibles. The South African Mint compiled a total of 2010 Zakumi Mascot sets in 2009, in order to commemorate the FIFA 2010 [ READ MORE ]
For an individual like myself visual coherency is something that’s important to me – Everything from fonts to layouts, adverts, typography and especially grammar needs to be coherent. I’m currently traipsing around KZN for a short vacation and i cannot get accustomed to the messy alterations to street names in Durban. It is the equivalent [ READ MORE ]
Everyone has dreams they would like to fulfil someday, whether its running a marathon, shark diving, a chance to see the 7 wonders of the world, and many more such hopes. Why not put it on a Bucket List? What is a Bucket List : A Bucket List is a list of things to do [ READ MORE ]
Under Construction. Watch this space[ READ MORE ]
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Zakumi’s official motto is : “Zakumi’s game is Fair Play.” Picture Courtesy of Shireen Desai What exactly is Zakumi? Zakumi (born 16 June 1994 (1994-06-16) (age 15)) is the Official Mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The name ‘Zakumi’ is a composition of ‘ZA’ standing for South Africa and ‘kumi’, which translates translates into ‘10′ [ READ MORE ]
Happy New Year to all my readers. I’m pondering over those who’ve survived my mixed text over the years, with new elements of intrigue and curiosity that have filled the corners of this blog. I find myself staring into an abyss of uncertainty that makes me reflect on the words “i can buy happiness”. 2009 [ READ MORE ]
Eid Mubarak to my readers who are celebrating this day of blessing… or 3 days I was particularly tickled by this humorous Eid greeting, placing emphasis on Eid-ul-Adha by symbolism of a cow as the sacrificial animal, and Barack Obama as political humor with Islamic inference. It was a fun look at Eid and branding[ READ MORE ]
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