AN EVENT OF DISTINCTION by Abraham Kortjaas



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Best Baritone SASCE- The winner is  KZN Sphamandla Mgwaba. Photo by Abraham Kortjaas

 

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The Best SABC PBS  Radio Programme and Best Dj Award Umhlobo Wenene and the Presenter on far right. Photo by Abraham Kortjaas

 

By ABRAHAM KORTJAAS

The red-carpet gala dinner was glitz and glamour during the National Choral Music Achievements a Durban Exhibition Centre.

About 1000 VIP guest attended the National Choral Music Achievements it was a glitz and glomour.

The winners of the Awards are  Category: Best Community Radio station award Inkonjane Community Radio Station  Presenters Ncebe Marawu and Xolile Njiva and Best SABC PBS Radio Programme and Best DJ award  Umhlobo Wenene Presenter Bulelani Koyo.

The NACMA brand ambassador and well-known SABC 1 choral music show Imizwilili presenter Vee Mthembu accompanied on stage by Camilla Hartman, ex SABC TV presenter. 

The NACMA founder Vusi Mvelase said “To all of you in the choral music industry, from composers, conductors, choristers, orchestras, adjudicators and fans of choral music you all deserve a respect and I salute you for this work.”

NACMA acknowledged and presented the following awards

 Best Choir Large NCF The Winner is Mathews Singers,  Best Choir Standard NCF   The Winner is Sweet Sounds, Best Choir Champ of Champs NCF The is Winner  Gauteng Choristers, Best Conductor Standard NCF  Winner is Mr. T Sibiya, Best Conductor Large NCF The winner is Mr. M Matthews, Best Soprano SASCE The winner is WC Sbongile Mtambo,  Best Tenor SASCE- Winner is KZN Mfanafuthi Mngoma, Best Baritone SASCE- The winner is  KZN Sphamandla Mgwaba, Best Mezzo SASCE the winner is  EC Miss S Piyose, Best Platinum Choir SATICA winner is Mangosuthu Technikon, Best Gold Choir SATICA The winner is  Fort Hare Best Silver Choir SATICA the winner is  Medunsa, Best Conductor SATICA the winner is Tsepo Matlala,  Best Choir DBN - Mr Sakhile Mzobe, Best Pianist (2012 Nominees) the winner is Mr Juan Burgers, Best SABC PBS Choral Radio DJ the winner is Bulelani Koyo- SABC Umhlobo Wenene, Best SABC PBS Choral Radio Programme-WINNER- Umhlobo Wenene- Ikhwayara Ezihamba Phambili, Best Community Radio Station the winner is Inkonjane FM, Best Provincial Department of Arts  Culture the winner is Eastern Cape, Lifetime Achievement Award the winner is Dr Sam Shabalala and Best SABC PBS Radio Programme and Best DJ award  Umhlobo Wenene Presenter Bulelani Koyo.  Best Department of Correctional Service Choir the winner is Westville Choir and the Best Choir Melting Pot winner is  Clermont Choir.

Winners  Category: Best Community Radio station award- Inkonjane Community Radio Station Presenters Ncebe Marawu and Xolile Njiva.

The guests were entertained by Abanqobi, Ihhashi Elimhlophe, Sinikiwe High School, Clermont Choir, Kholwa Brothers  Old Timers and Clermont Choir

The guests that attended the event were jiving, memorable evening of glitz and glamour of National Choral Music Awards..

INDONI MISS CULTURAL SOUTH AFRICA 2013. by Abraham Kortjaas

INDONI MISS CULTURAL SOUTH AFRICA 2013 WINNER TSHEPISO MADAI. by Abraham Kortjaas



 

INDONI MISS CULTURAL SOUTH AFRICA 2013 WINNER TSHEPISO MADAI scoped R100,00 on the Miss Indoni 2013. There were many excited spectators when 12 Indoni maidens paraded from Pixley Ka-Seme to Durban City Hall.
The young women were wearing colourful attire to reflect thier cultures Sotho, Pedi, Xhosa, Tswana, Swati, Zulu, Khoisan, Pondo, and Ndebele.....to be continued. by Abraham Kortjaas


SOCCEREX AFRICAN FORUM 2013. by Abraham Kortjaas

Carol Tshabalala, Lucas Radebe and John Barnes at the Soccerex African Forum in Durban South Africa. Photo by Abraham Kortjaas.

The Soccerex in Durban, South Africa started on Monday ended on Tuesday its aim is to nurtur the skills, morals and development of the clubs around Africa.

Carol Tshabalala, Soccer legend Lucas Radebe a former Bafana Bafana player and John Barnes a England soccer legend were on the panel discussing the challenges that are entained in the footballs. The soocer need to break the barries of racism. The soocer players need to communicate with the people of those countries after they have signed  by the foreign soccer clubs. Lucas Radebe said " I was playing for Leeds United I never experienced the racism on other countriies, I always inter-act with the people which are the soocer fanatics"
The players should  treat a football as thier career they need to be serious about thier skills speaking with John Barnes he said "There is no racism in football unless the media people are provoking that to the fans of football, I never experience so such ill-treatment from other countires' he said. BY ABRAHAM KORTJAAS



TRAVEL TOURISM INDABA 2013 by Abraham Kortjaas

Travel Tourism Indaba 2013 its very exciting, Mr James Nxumalo the mayor of eThekwini Municapity openened the Ceremony on a high note at Icc. Travel Tourism Indaba 2013 its got a new exciting feature where the bloggers can blog about the event and rise thier views. As a blogger I've I will be giving you the update of the Travel Tourism Indaba 2013. i  will be blogging about the event shortly.  blogged by Abraham kortjaas


Indaba Connector Team Photo by Abraham Kortjaas

THE is the Team that made the Tourism Indaba 2013 to connect delegates, Media and the visitors. If you were not the part of the team.

1 MAY RALLY WORKERS DAY IN SOUTH AFRICA. by Abraham Kortjaas

Deputy Secretary General Jeremy Cronin. Photo by Abraham Kortjaas

Workers' Day (Public Holiday)

This South African public holiday commemorates the working class – the cogs that keep the clock ticking!

Following the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994, 1 May was inaugurated as an official national public holiday. Known as International Workers’ Day (also as May Day), the holiday is widely celebrated, with as many as 80 countries honouring the date and what it stands for.

The history of Workers’ Day goes back to the 1886 Haymarket Affair in Chicago, where police tried to disperse a large crowd of striking workers (they were protesting for a shorter work day of eight hours). A bomb was thrown at the policemen by an unidentified assailant, and law officers then proceeded to fire live ammunition at a defenceless crowd of unarmed strikers (sound familiar?).

Though, it wasn’t until 1891, after successful annual demonstrations on 1 May around the globe, that Workers’ Day was formally inducted into the official calendars of many countries. Since then, Workers’ Day has been used by the working class across the world, South Africa included, to emphasise the need to establish fair labour practices and employment standards. In our nation, the Communist Party, trade and labour unions were heavily entrenched in the fight against Apartheid. Thus, it was of little surprise that our democratic government chose to commemorate this day and its ideology after the fall of the oppressive regime.

While this public holiday doesn’t quite receive all the fuss it rightly deserves, it serves as a stark reminder to governments of the power of the working class.

NUMSA ralling along Centenary road in Durban on 1 May Rall to Curries Fountain. Photo by Abraham Kortjaas

NHLANHLA NCINZA and THEO KGOSINKWE, KHAYA MTHETHWA performed at Music at Lake at Botanic Gardens. by Abraham Kortjaas

Theo Kgosinkwe and Nhlanhla Ncinza performed at Music Lake at Botanic Gardens. Photo by Abraham Kortjaas

The performance of Mafikizolo and Khaya  Mthethwa performed at Music at Lake Botanic Garden in Durban. This performance was exciting thge people came into numbers to watch this performance of these musicians. The audience they didnt wait to ask for the second performance at the stage.  They were shouting for encho so to say rapeat the song. by Abraham Kortjaas

Khaya Mthethwa performed at Music At Lake at Botanic Gardens. by Abraham Kortjaas

THE FIRST GAY TRADITIONAL WEDDING IN KZN. blogged by Abraham Kortjaas

Tshepo Modisane and Thoba Sithole on their wedding. Photo by Alex Mkhize
 

The gay marriage is  the marriage between to  males people, The gay marriage is the something which is not common to happen , but in Kzn it was known from  Tshepo Modisane and Thoba Sithole in kwaDukuza in the North of KwaZulu Natal last wwekend.
 In Africa, South Africa is the first country  anjd the second country is Europe to constitutionalise this act of the same people of the same sex to get marriege. This act was introduced in 2006 by the new government of that time. There are  number of  of countries practising this same sex wedding 15 countries around the world.
 Legal recognition of same-sex marriages in South Africa came about as a result of the Constitutional Court's decision in the case of Minister of Home Affairs v Fourie The court ruled on 1 December 2005 that the existing marriage laws violated the equality clause of the Bill of Rights because they discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation. 
Studies conducted in several countries indicate that support for the legal recognition of same-sex marriage increases with higher levels of education and that support is strong among younger people. Additionally, polls show that there is rising support for legally recognizing same-sex marriage globally across.
The court gave Parliament one year to rectify the inequality. The Civil Union Act was passed by the National Assembly on 14 November 2006, by a vote of 230 to 41. It became law on 30 November 2006. South Africa is the fifth country, the first in Africa, and the second outside Europe, to legalize same-sex marriage.
On  the case of these two couples the wedding was successful, the bull was slaughtered so the ancestors could bless the wedding. The wedding was glitz and glamour attracting media houses. The couples came with Mercedez Benz C class car.

(The story was compiled by Smangele Zuma, blogged by Abraham Kortjaas and picture by Alex Mkhize) some infor from wikipedia

WHY DID THE SOLDIERS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC DIED? by Abraham Kortjaas

13 Soldiers were killed in Central African Republic 200 soldiers were attached by 3000 rebelions. The South Africa  troop they defend themselves for about 18 hour of none stop blazing guns and bullets. The rebelions took the country into thier hands by a Coupe De tat. The  South African soldiers  are so brave to defend themselves againts 3000 soldiers.

The big question is why so  few soldiers went to train the troops in Central A frican Republic( CAR). Another big is were these soldiers went to defent the President of Central Republic Africa? In South Africa  what interest do we have on that country or we just bound by the African Union Policies.

The soldiers were sent to the CAR line with an agreement signed in 2007 in which South Africa was to train the CAR army, Zuma said. Another 200 soldiers were deployed late in 2012 when security deteriorated in CAR, to protect trainers and South African military assets already in the CAR. I am so ashamed about the rebelion for what they did to South African Troop in CAR.

This occurance will never happened again in the  history of the military in South Africa. This  is the big fall on the South African History. I feel sad about the family who lopst thier love ones. Blogged by Abraham Kortjaas

OPENING OF 5 BRICS SUMMIT IN DURBAN. by Abraham Kortjaas

OPENING of 5 BRICS SUMMIT 2013 IN DURBAN. Photo by Abraham Kortjaas.

 

The 5 BRICS SUMMIT 2013, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South African came to do some  negotiation on how the South Afrcan can be boosted ecocnomical. by Abraham Kortjaas