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21 - 27 July 2008
Courtesy of the Johannesburg News Agency, follow LUCILLE DAVIE'S selection of the most interesting city activities.
Nice one, Nelson
The William Cullen Library on the Wits East Campus and the Department of Historical Papers has put together an exhibition focusing on the life and times of former president Nelson Mandela, who has just turned 90. Entitled "Nice one, Nelson", the exhibition runs until 31 July 2008 from 8am to 5pm in the foyer of the library.
Brixton Cemetery tour
If you're a graveyard junkie you have to book for the Brixton Cemetery walking tour with the Parktown & Westcliff Heritage Trust, on Saturday, 26 July. The cemetery was graciously laid out in 1910 with avenues for the wealthy families, smaller plots for the less consequential and lots of fascinating individual headstones. You can assist in removing the ivy to find who is underneath and if you bring gardening gloves and secateurs and help clear some foliage, you can earn yourself a R10 discount. Cost is R75 and booking is at Computicket. Meet at 2pm at the corner of Krause and 17th Street, Brixton. For info call Eira Bond (mornings only) on     011 482 3349 .
Obama and Africa
Wits will be holding a debate entitled "What Africa means to Obama: a local perspective". Panel members include Achille Mbembe, Wits research professor in history and politics; Monica Stewart, vice-chair of Democrats Abroad; Stephen Grootes, political reporter for Talk Radio 702 and guest of the US State Department during the Texas primary poll; Monica Stewart, vice-chair of Democrats Abroad, South Africa; and Tony Leon, DA MP. The debate will be facilitated Rehana Rossouw, executive editor of The Weekender. It takes place on Monday, 21 July in the Wits Great Hall at 6.30pm. RSVP to Lebo Moliki on 011 280 3652.
Jonathan Crossley
Guitarist Jonathan Crossley with be performing with singer Edith Klug at The Atrium, SW Engineering Building, on Wednesday, 23 July at 1.20pm. Klug comes from Austria, and teaches students both in Vienna and Johannesburg. She sings with local band Voice and with Crossley. Both have played with the late acclaimed guitarist Johnny Fourie.
Migrant experiences
Constitution Hill will host an exhibition titled "Our lives now: migrant experiences in South Africa". The exhibition takes its title and cue from "We came for Mandela", a text compiled and edited by Keith Adams that documents the cultural life of the refugee community in South Africa. Like the book, it aims to raise awareness of what it means to be a foreigner in South Africa. The exhibition will open on Saturday, 26 July at midday at No 4, Constitution Hill, and runs until the end of August. Hours at No 4 are from 9am to 5pm. RSVP to Nomusa at nmoyo@constitutionhill.org.za or 082 388 6870.
DNA coding flora
The Dendrological Society will be holding a talk entitled "DNA barcoding the flora of the Kruger National Park", on Saturday, 26 July at 9am. Venue is B-Les 104, APK Campus of UJ. RSVP to olive.maurin@gmail.com or 079 067 5592. Check out the website.
Gold exploration walk at Kloofendal
Follow the footsteps of the first gold prospectors in Joburg, at the Kloofendal Nature Reserve. On Saturday, 26 July at 10am walk with historian Shirley Harrison and nature guide Karin Spottiswoode and follow the early gold explorations of the Struben brothers. Cost is R40, and booking is essential – phone Karin on 011 674 2980. The reserve is in Galena Street in Kloofendal. Read more.
Joburg Art Bin project
Take part in the Joburg Art Bin project, run by the Bag Factory. Joburgers are invited to deposit art objects in a bin until Friday, 1 August. A team of artists in consultation with the collector depositing the work, will dismantle the work and use the physical detritus to develop proposals for public artworks in Johannesburg. The Joburg Art Bin exhibition opens on Friday, 8 August. The Bag Factory is at 10 Mahlatini Street, Fordsburg. For any questions call Bronwyn at The Bag Factory on 011 834 9181.
Rheumatology lecture
Get to the inaugural lecture of prof Mohammed Tikly, head of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, entitled "Rheumatology in sub-Saharan Africa - challenges and opportunities". It takes place on Tuesday, 22 July at 5.30pm at the Marie Curie Lecture Theatre, Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown.
Gangs and dignity
Wiser invites you to the launch of Steffen Jensen's new book, Gangs, politics and dignity in Cape Town, on Tuesday, 22 July at 5pm. After the fall of apartheid, the idea of a new dawn spread through SA society. But this sense of optimism was soon beset by an overarching fear of crime and criminal gangs emanating from townships. These townships may have been previously regarded as problematic, but they were also one of the loci from which it was hoped this new dawn would emerge. Speakers at the launch include Achille Mbembe, Adéle Kirsten, Thaddeus Metz and Kelly Gillespie. It takes place in the Wiser Seminar Room, 6th Floor Richard Ward Building, East Campus.
Walk The Wilds
Go and walk The Wilds at a leisurely pace – take in 5km of its indigenous wonderland of one of Joburg's gems on Saturday, 27 July. Meet at 8am on the corner of St Patrick Road and Houghton Drive, where you'll park. Phone TJ de Klerk on 082 554 9972 for more info.
Fong Kong Films
The Wits School of the Arts presents the Fong Kong Film series as part of its In the Bag screenings with weekly screenings of landscape changing visionary cinema. It will be screened with The Key To Reserva by Martin Scorcese, who discovered this three-page excerpt from a Hitchcock film which was never made. In a feat of film preservation that would be the first of its kind, Scorcese intends to preserve this unmade film, by making it himself. The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock, the apocalyptic story of a northern California coastal town filled with an onslaught of seemingly unexplained, arbitrary and chaotic attacks of ordinary birds will also be screened. This happens on Monday, 21 July at 4pm at Studio 2, Wits School of the Arts Film and Television School. For more information go to www.digitalarts.wits.ac.za or www.redteamgo.co.za.
Model T Ford exhibition
Celebrate the centenary of one of the world's oldest cars, the Model T Ford, with an exhibition at the James Hall Museum of Transport, opening on Saturday, 19 July. Seven models of the Ford Model T design, together with an array of early photographs on motoring experiences during the pioneering years and interesting advertising material of the period, will be on display. The history of car developer Henry Ford and his group, the Ford Motor Company - which still makes cars today - will also be explored. A series of programmes and events have been organised across the world to celebrate the birthday of the legendary vehicle. The museum is in Pioneer Park, Rosettenville Road, La Rochelle, and is open 9am to 5pm every day. The exhibition runs until the end of the year. Read more.
Understanding the food crisis
The Wits Department of Sociology and the Gauteng Amandla Forum invite you to a panel discussion and film screening on "Understanding the Food Crisis". The current food crisis relates to a number of other crucial themes such as increasing inequality globally and locally, commodity speculation, peak oil, price-fixing cartels and a concentration of power and ownership in the commodity chain. This takes place on Wednesday, 23 July at 6pm in the Senate House Basement Lecture Room 2. |
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