Competitors will put their skills against one another in the portable and flexible 11,5m by 19m dome, which weighs in at a whopping 1600kg.
Competitors will pit their skills against one another in the portable and flexible 11,5m by 19m dome, which weighs in at a whopping 1600kg. The dome structured field will be transported from one venue to the next in an eight-ton truck mounted with a crane. The structure, which is made out of steel, is supported on 12 massive legs and takes a crew of eight about eight to ten hours to assemble.
The dome has been constructed to allow it to fit into unusual venues such as shopping centres and television studios. The dome is a compact and sleek engineering and architectural feat,î says Fourie. A segment of the roof has space for branding and the entire construction stands on temporary flooring. In addition, a scoreboard with two digital clocks has also been created to accompany the dome and stands outside the structure.
Soccer teams are encouraged to pick up entry forms at their nearest Shoprite to participate in the exciting soccer event which will take place throughout South Africa between May and September 2009. There are six players from each team who are allowed to participate (four on the field, two on the bench).
As soon as the teams are selected, the first round of the games will commence in May in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape before moving to the other regions. Each region will have two days of qualifying rounds and play-offs at different venues and one team from each region will go through to the national finals. There is a whopping R400 000 in prize-money for the winning team.
The soccer games will be non-stop action with the focus of freestyle soccer skills.The new rules devised for the games mean no throw-ins, no offside, no goal kicks, just pure passing, kicking and scoring goals for 60 minutes. Unilever head of public affairs, Ethne Whitley, says not having conventional rules allows soccer players to be more creative in their play. The teams that make it to the finals are likely to be the fittest and most inventive in their play, she says.
Shield will be keeping an eye open for exceptional players and teams, whose skills and talents will be showcased to the nation via a 13-part television series starting in June 2009. Other attractions at each event include exhibitions and players will be expected to dazzle spectators with their skills. There will also be prizes to be won by spetators who enter the competition.
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MaAfrika Tikkun is a registered Non-Governmental and Public Benefi t Organisation that is focused on the sustainable transformation of communities. The touring Iqala Ngam Group, consisting of 12 high school girls and post matric, who have been part of our after school programme since 200. They are part of Ma Afrika Tikkun Chid and youth care programme which is facilitated in Western Cape townships of Mfuleni, Delft and Khayaletsha, will be in Johannesburg from 13 to 17 July. They will perform at MaAfrika Tikkun’s Youth Development Centres in Diepsloot, Orange Farm and Alexandra. Thereafter, the Group will take the production on a tour of schools in the Cape Peninsula and the centres in Mfuleni and Delft. Iqala Ngam leader and founder, Lizeka Rantsane, says the dance-drama performed by the Group is developed out of life skills discussions, research and workshops attended by children involved in the programme. Over 1000 children between the ages of 8 and 19 have participated in Iqala Ngam over the past eight years.
Dance and drama provides a creative outlet for these children to express their thoughts and feelings about what are often sensitive and painful issues for them. We normally end each discussion session with an impromptu dance-drama, she explains. The xenophobia piece developed from some of these discussions and valuable input from MaAfrika Tikkun volunteer and UCT lecturer, Gabriella Sulcas, helped them to transform it into a 35-minute theatrical production and help to write the script. Xenophobia and other forms of discrimination directly affect many of our
children. The production articulates the complex issues that underpin the phenomenon and addresses the children’s own fears and perceptions about it. We believe that our audiences and those at MaAfrika Tikkun centres in both Gauteng and the Cape as well as schools in the Peninsula – will identify very closely with what we present, Rantsane adds.
More than a theatrical production MaAfrika Tikkun COO Mark Gamble says that what makes Iqala Ngam a highly successful intervention to girl-children of township communities is the fact that it is delivered within the context of a model that supports the full development of the child – in this instance children who face chronic poverty and associated trauma and abuse. This model is the MaAfrika Tikkun Holistic Circle of Care. It is the approach used by MaAfrika Tikkun in its work with vulnerable children, youth and families in several Township communities in SouthAfrica, he explains. According to Gamble, the Holistic Circle of Care model seeks to serve the whole development of the child. This includes any combination of the various dimensions of development – physical, emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual.
In addition, the model understands development of the child within the context of the child’s family and community. This can be best understood from the African proverb that states: It takes a whole village to raise a child. It is very important to understand that the emergent model of practice within MaAfrika Tikkun as articulated in the Holistic Circle of Care, has been developed in considering a body of practice that the optimal likelihood for healthy development.
This is in full alignment with policy and practice of the South African government in working with vulnerable children, he says. The Iqala Ngam group is a very effective demonstration of this model. There are fi ve Iqala Ngam groups, one senior and four juniors providing healthy developmental experiences to over 100 children. 
Dance and drama is the key activity for this group, but the support reaches into family support, educational support, addresses advocacy issues on behalf of the children ñ all with the objective to support the optimal development of the child. This all sounds very theoretical, maybe even idealistic, but what does it mean to a young person who belongs to the group? It is through the medium of dance and drama that we get to understand the child and the needs of the child. This could mean in one instance that we assist the young person in their schooling. In another instance it could mean that a range of family support is offered. It could also mean that statutory intervention is provided to ensure the safety of the child. It short the medium of dance is used as a gateway to support the full development of the child. When you watch a MaAfrika Tikkun dance you are witness to more than choreographed movement and music. You are experiencing the child who…
- Has returned to school
- Is assisted with food parcels to support herself and her younger siblings.
- Has a new home to live in
- Is receiving counselling
- Is about to attend a leadership camp
- Is on a learnership in Child and Youth Care to herself work to build the lives of the many vulnerable children in our country.
- And a child who has a vision about her future
When you watch a MaAfrika Tikkun dance you are witnessing one of the most accurate demonstrations of developing children who are ulnerable
and considered to be at-risk, Gamble concludes.
from the Western Cape
townships of Mfuleni
and Khayaletsha is preparing to
take a dance-drama inspired by
last year’s xenophobic violence
on tour to Gauteng and the
Cape Peninsula.
The Iqala Ngam (it starts
with Me) Group is part of the
MaAfrika Tikkun Youth Development
Programme which
provides the most vulnerable
school children in township
communities with holistic support
in dealing with the chronic
poverty and associated trauma
and abuse most face daily using
theatre and dance.
MaAfrika Tikkun is a registered
Non-Governmental and
Public Benefi t Organisation that
is focused on the sustainable
transformation of communities.
The touring Iqala Ngam
Group, consisting of 12 high
school girls and post matric,
who have been part of our after
school programme since 200.
They are part of Ma Afrika
Tikkun Chid and youth care
programme which is facilitated
in Western Cape townships of
Mfuleni, Delft and Khayaletsha,
will be in Johannesburg from 13
to 17 July. They will perform at
MaAfrika Tikkun’s Youth Development
Centres in Diepsloot,
Orange Farm and Alexandra.
Thereafter, the Group will take
the production on a tour of
schools in the Cape Peninsula
and the centres in Mfuleni and
Delft.
Iqala Ngam leader and
founder, Lizeka Rantsane, says
the dance-drama performed by
the Group is developed out of
life skills discussions, research
and workshops attended by
children involved in the programme.
Over 1000 children
between the ages of 8 and 19
have participated in Iqala Ngam
over the past eight years.
Dance and drama provides a
creative outlet for these children
to express their thoughts and
feelings about what are often
sensitive and painful issues
for them. We normally
end each discussion session
with an impromptu
dance-drama, she explains.
The xenophobia piece
developed from some of
these discussions and valuable
input from MaAfrika
Tikkun volunteer and UCT
lecturer, Gabriella Sulcas,
helped them to transform it
into a 35-minute theatrical
production and help to
write the script.
Xenophobia and other
forms of discrimination
directly affect many of our
children. The production articulates
the complex issues that
underpin the phenomenon and
addresses the children’s own
fears and perceptions about it.
We believe that our audiences
and those at MaAfrika Tikkun
centres in both Gauteng and the
Cape as well as schools in the
Peninsula – will identify very
closely with what we present,
Rantsane adds.
More than a theatrical production
MaAfrika Tikkun COO Mark
Gamble says that what makes
Iqala Ngam a highly successful
intervention to girl-children of
township communities is the
fact that it is delivered within
the context of a model that
supports the full development
of the child – in this instance
children who face chronic
poverty and associated trauma
and abuse.
This model is the MaAfrika
Tikkun Holistic Circle of Care.
It is the approach used by
MaAfrika Tikkun in its work
with vulnerable children, youth
and families in several Township
communities in South
Africa, he explains.
According to Gamble, the
Holistic Circle of Care model
seeks to serve the whole development
of the child. This
includes any combination of the
various dimensions of development
- physical, emotional,
social, spiritual and intellectual.
In addition, the model understands
development of the child
within the context of the child’s
family and community. This
can be best understood from the
African proverb that states: It
takes a whole village to raise a
child.
It is very important to understand
that the emergent model
of practice within MaAfrika
Tikkun as articulated in the
Holistic Circle of Care, has
been developed in considering
a body of practice that the
optimal likelihood for healthy
development. This is in full
alignment with policy and
practice of the South African
government in working with
vulnerable children, he
says.
The Iqala Ngam group is a
very effective demonstration
of this model.
There are fi ve Iqala
Ngam groups, one senior
and four juniors providing
healthy developmental
experiences to over 100
children. Dance and drama
is the key activity for this
group, but the support
reaches into family support,
educational support,
addresses advocacy issues
on behalf of the children
ñ all with the objective to
support the optimal development
of the child.
This all sounds very theoretical,
maybe even idealistic, but
what does it mean to a young
person who belongs to the
group?
It is through the medium of
dance and drama that we get
to understand the child and the
needs of the child. This could
mean in one instance that we
assist the young person in their
schooling. In another instance
it could mean that a range of
family support is offered. It
could also mean that statutory
intervention is provided to
ensure the safety of the child.
It short the medium of dance is
used as a gateway to support the
full development of the child.
When you watch a MaAfrika
Tikkun dance you are witness
to more than choreographed
movement and music. You are
experiencing the child who…
* Has returned to school
* Is assisted with food parcels
to support herself and her
younger siblings.
* Has a new home to live in
* Is receiving counselling
* Is about to attend a leadership
camp
* Is on a learnership in Child
and Youth Care to herself work
to build the lives of the many
vulnerable children in our
country.
* And a child who has a vision
about her future
When you watch a MaAfrika
Tikkun dance you are witnessing
one of the most accurate
demonstrations of developing
children who are vulnerable
and considered to be at-risk,
Gamble concludes.
* For more information about
the Iqala Ngam tour to Gauteng
and the Peninsula, or if you
would like to attend one of
their performances in your area,
please contact Amanda Zar,
MaAfrika Tikkun marketing
manager, Western Cape on 021
448 0120:
For additional information,
please contact: Amanda
Blankfi eld, Marketing Manager,
Gauteng, MaAfrika
Tikkun. 011 325 5914
Amanda Zar, Development
and Marketing Manager,
Western Cape, MaAfrika
Tikkun. Tel 021 448 0120
www.maafrikatikkun.org.za
Marilyn de Villiers, Troika
PR. 011 884 0775Ayouth theatre group
from the Western Cape
townships of Mfuleni
and Khayaletsha is preparing to
take a dance-drama inspired by
last year’s xenophobic violence
on tour to Gauteng and the
Cape Peninsula.
The Iqala Ngam (it starts
with Me) Group is part of the
MaAfrika Tikkun Youth Development
Programme which
provides the most vulnerable
school children in township
communities with holistic support
in dealing with the chronic
poverty and associated trauma
and abuse most face daily using
theatre and dance.
MaAfrika Tikkun is a registered
Non-Governmental and
Public Benefi t Organisation that
is focused on the sustainable
transformation of communities.
The touring Iqala Ngam
Group, consisting of 12 high
school girls and post matric,
who have been part of our after
school programme since 200.
They are part of Ma Afrika
Tikkun Chid and youth care
programme which is facilitated
in Western Cape townships of
Mfuleni, Delft and Khayaletsha,
will be in Johannesburg from 13
to 17 July. They will perform at
MaAfrika Tikkun’s Youth Development
Centres in Diepsloot,
Orange Farm and Alexandra.
Thereafter, the Group will take
the production on a tour of
schools in the Cape Peninsula
and the centres in Mfuleni and
Delft.
Iqala Ngam leader and
founder, Lizeka Rantsane, says
the dance-drama performed by
the Group is developed out of
life skills discussions, research
and workshops attended by
children involved in the programme.
Over 1000 children
between the ages of 8 and 19
have participated in Iqala Ngam
over the past eight years.
Dance and drama provides a
creative outlet for these children
to express their thoughts and
feelings about what are often
sensitive and painful issues
for them. We normally
end each discussion session
with an impromptu
dance-drama, she explains.
The xenophobia piece
developed from some of
these discussions and valuable
input from MaAfrika
Tikkun volunteer and UCT
lecturer, Gabriella Sulcas,
helped them to transform it
into a 35-minute theatrical
production and help to
write the script.
Xenophobia and other
forms of discrimination
directly affect many of our
children. The production articulates
the complex issues that
underpin the phenomenon and
addresses the children’s own
fears and perceptions about it.
We believe that our audiences
and those at MaAfrika Tikkun
centres in both Gauteng and the
Cape as well as schools in the
Peninsula – will identify very
closely with what we present,
Rantsane adds.
More than a theatrical production
MaAfrika Tikkun COO Mark
Gamble says that what makes
Iqala Ngam a highly successful
intervention to girl-children of
township communities is the
fact that it is delivered within
the context of a model that
supports the full development
of the child – in this instance
children who face chronic
poverty and associated trauma
and abuse.
This model is the MaAfrika
Tikkun Holistic Circle of Care.
It is the approach used by
MaAfrika Tikkun in its work
with vulnerable children, youth
and families in several Township
communities in South
Africa, he explains.
According to Gamble, the
Holistic Circle of Care model
seeks to serve the whole development
of the child. This
includes any combination of the
various dimensions of development
- physical, emotional,
social, spiritual and intellectual.
In addition, the model understands
development of the child
within the context of the child’s
family and community. This
can be best understood from the
African proverb that states: It
takes a whole village to raise a
child.
It is very important to understand
that the emergent model
of practice within MaAfrika
Tikkun as articulated in the
Holistic Circle of Care, has
been developed in considering
a body of practice that the
optimal likelihood for healthy
development. This is in full
alignment with policy and
practice of the South African
government in working with
vulnerable children, he
says.
The Iqala Ngam group is a
very effective demonstration
of this model.
There are fi ve Iqala
Ngam groups, one senior
and four juniors providing
healthy developmental
experiences to over 100
children. Dance and drama
is the key activity for this
group, but the support
reaches into family support,
educational support,
addresses advocacy issues
on behalf of the children
ñ all with the objective to
support the optimal development
of the child.
This all sounds very theoretical,
maybe even idealistic, but
what does it mean to a young
person who belongs to the
group?
It is through the medium of
dance and drama that we get
to understand the child and the
needs of the child. This could
mean in one instance that we
assist the young person in their
schooling. In another instance
it could mean that a range of
family support is offered. It
could also mean that statutory
intervention is provided to
ensure the safety of the child.
It short the medium of dance is
used as a gateway to support the
full development of the child.
When you watch a MaAfrika
Tikkun dance you are witness
to more than choreographed
movement and music. You are
experiencing the child who…
* Has returned to school
* Is assisted with food parcels
to support herself and her
younger siblings.
* Has a new home to live in
* Is receiving counselling
* Is about to attend a leadership
camp
* Is on a learnership in Child
and Youth Care to herself work
to build the lives of the many
vulnerable children in our
country.
* And a child who has a vision
about her future
When you watch a MaAfrika
Tikkun dance you are witnessing
one of the most accurate
demonstrations of developing
children who are vulnerable
and considered to be at-risk,
Gamble concludes.
* For more information about
the Iqala Ngam tour to Gauteng
and the Peninsula, or if you
would like to attend one of
their performances in your area,
please contact Amanda Zar,
MaAfrika Tikkun marketing
manager, Western Cape on 021
448 0120:
For additional information,
please contact: Amanda
Blankfi eld, Marketing Manager,
Gauteng, MaAfrika
Tikkun. 011 325 5914
Amanda Zar, Development
and Marketing Manager,
Western Cape, MaAfrika
Tikkun. Tel 021 448 0120
www.maafrikatikkun.org.za
Marilyn de Villiers, Troika
PR. 011 884 0775
A highlight of the 2009 conference was the second annual international Street Paper Awards, which took place in the Logen Theatre on Thursday 14th May. Thanks to all the supporters and sponsors for making the event happen.
The awards ceremony was hosted by Peter Lavern, a well know DJ on Bergenís Radio1, and co-hosted by Quiz Master Tom James Leaver Gunner. The event was sponsored by Reuters, ALF AS and Bergen City Council.
The prestigious international judging panel of some of mediaís big hitters supported the awards. They were Martin Wanjala Ocholi, Media Consultant, Kenya, Sanjay Suri Editor for Inter Press Service, Europe-Mediterranean (IPS) Silja J.A Talvi award-winning investigative journalist and author, USA: Oddlely Apneseth, Award winning photographer, Norway. The awards were chaired by David Schlesinger, Editor-in-Chief of Reuters News and INSPíS honorary President.
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