Latest press releases from www.pressportal.co.za under Politics, Law, Arts, Society. http://www.pressportal.co.za Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:14:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.pressportal.co.za/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.pressportal.co.za Latest press releases from www.pressportal.co.za under Politics, Law, Arts, Society. http://www.pressportal.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=81&Itemid=56 Authentic photographs depicting South African people from all walks of life against a backdrop of wagons in a wild terrain depicts a 19th Century Africa as few have seen before. With its skilled DTP application to considerably aged photographs and glass plates, a local graphic communications company has succeeded in bringing an era in South African history back to life. Thu, 19 Jan 2006 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.pressportal.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=56 [Pressportal.co.za] South Africa is positioning itself to capture a major share of world coal demand with the expansion of the world’s second-largest coal terminal at Richards Bay and allied rail infrastructure. This will increase rail shipment capacity from mines to the port by 30%, while the port export capacity is forecast to increase from 71 million tons in 2005 to 92 million tons in 2010. Transit times and transport costs will be substantially reduced. Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.pressportal.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=56 [Pressportal.co.za] 7 March – 1 April 2006 - This captivating exhibition takes an expansive look at a diversity of artistic expressions with only one aspect in common: metal as material. Wed, 01 Mar 2006 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.pressportal.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=56 13 -18 MARCH 2006 - Some 103 public libraries in the City of Cape Town and the rest of South Africa will once again be celebrating South African Library Week during March this year. Scheduled for 13-18 March, the theme as indicated by the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) will be “Libraries: partners in learning, nation building and development”. Wed, 08 Mar 2006 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.pressportal.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=56 [Pressportal.co.za] The Spier Summer Arts Season presents The TRC Cantata Lecture Demonstration, where composer Philip Miller will be presenting and discussing extracts from work produced to date. Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.pressportal.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=56 [Pressportal.co.za] Rudyard Kipling’s beloved “Just So” stories is getting a renewed take with a song and dance production by Ballet Theatre Afrikan (BTA), at the closure of the Spier Arts Summer 2005/6 Season. The collaboration of actors, musicians, dancers and singers with esteemed names in South African theatrical circle brings these classic children’s stories to life for family entertainment. Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.pressportal.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=56 [Pressportal.co.za] The Old Mutual Encounters Festival comes to Spier for the first time on Sunday 16 April 2006, with a line-up which is set to wow audiences. Old Mutual and Oppikoppi Productions have joined forces again to make sure that the Easter weekend is a memorable one by presenting a star-studded programme. Mon, 03 Apr 2006 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.pressportal.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=56 [Pressportal.co.za] Musical theatre piece about a man and his experiences at a traffic intersection. Dreams are set to become reality for five aspiring young artists when the theatre production “Places in my Mind” takes place at the Wits Theatre from 11 to 15 July 2006. Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.pressportal.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99&Itemid=56 Edited By Udesh Pillay, Benjamin Roberts and Stephen Rule and published by the HSRC Press. Public attitudes matter. They matter because they express what people believe, want, fear and prefer. They express the emotional mood of a country. So when three out of four South Africans say they support the death penalty – or reject same-sex relationships – this is important to record. Likewise, when the majority of the population feel that race relations have improved over the past decade, and show a palpable pride in nationhood, this too should be noted. Public attitudes may also change over time – which is why it is necessary to keep a record of how and when shifts occur, and possibly work out why. Mon, 24 Apr 2006 02:00:00 +0100 http://www.pressportal.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=56 [Pressportal.co.za] Edited by Xolela Mangcu with Henry Louis Gates Jr, Cornel West and Wole Soyinka and Published by the HSRC Press The Meaning of Mandela: A literary and intellectual celebration (HSRC Press) will be launched on Wednesday 12th July at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg to coincide with the weeklong celebrations of Madiba’s birthday. The book is a collection of the speeches delivered at a remarkable series of lectures held to coincide with Nelson Mandela’s 87th birthday in 2005. Organised by Xolela Mangcu under the auspices of the Society, Culture and Identity Research Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), the lectures featured three of the world’s most prominent thinkers. Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:00:00 +0100