Africa’s greatest horseracing event takes place this Saturday, July 5th, 2008.

The Durban July Handicap is a South African Thoroughbred horse race held annually on the first Saturday of July since 1897 at Greyville Racecourse in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Raced on turf, the Durban July Handicap is open to horses of all ages. It is South Africa’s premier horse racing event .

Over 56 000 people are expected at Greyville this Saturday to watch South Africa’s best thoroughbreds storm down the home straight to the finish of the R2 million race.

Date: 05 Jul 2008
Venue: Greyville Racecourse

Uchungechunge lwengqephu seluyosongwa kulomgqibelo Mlha ka 5 lapho silindele ukubona osaziwayo nabathameli bomjaho IVodacom Durban July besikhiphele unyayo.

Le ndumezulu yomjaho yenziwa minyaka yonke kanti ingenye yezinto esiziqgaja ngazo Ethekwini.

Namuhla ngolwesithathu (2/07/08) Kuzobe Kunomnqamula juqu womqhudelwano iVodacom Durban July Young Designer Awards. Kubhekeke izintokazi zase DUT ezimbili oLauryn Ninow beno Jennifer Hodge ukuthi baphakamise Itheku kulama National Finals ethulwa yi Côte d’Or.

Lezi ntokazi ezimbili zidle umlhanganiso ngomsombuluko kuma regional finals abebanjelwe khona EGreyville Racecourse Champions Room.

Kulemicimbi Zimbiwe yinsele yazishiya ngengqephu njengoba kubuye kukhonjiswe Ingqephu yabasiki abayisishiyagalombili abanohlonze abamennywe Yi Vodacom Durban July Ukuzokhangisa. Laba Ngo Malcolm Kluk, Tasleem Bulbilia, David Tlale, Francoise Vedemme, Vino Moodly, Gideon, Katherin Kidger no Bongiwe Walaza abamteketisa ngokuba yi ambassador for afro chic kulomsebenzi wokusika ingqephu.

Amaphupho ayophela Ngomgqibelo Mhla ka 5 July 2008, Ngalendumezulu yomjaho omkhulukazi eAfrica. Ziyobe Zilhangene e Greyville Racecourse.
Imininingwane: Vodacomdurbanjuly

The fourth annual One World Festival returns to Durban at the end of July with three distinct areas of focus aimed at building bridges between New Orleans and sister city Durban: a business forum, a medical expo and an awesome music concert.

These three events cumulatively will forge relationships between New Orleans and Durban – the concert will showcase the best gospel and Afro-rock and jazz music from the two continents; The One World Festival Business Breakfast Forum will provide an excellent networking opportunity for business representatives from both cities, and the One World Festival Medical Expo will facilitate the sharing of knowledge between US and SA medical practitioners.

The anchor event is a music concert featuring gospel star Kirk Franklin, Musiq Soulchild, Busi Mhlongo, Rahsaan Patterson, HHP, Judith Sephume & Selealo Seloto, New Orleans brass band Soul Rebels, Siphokazi, Lira, KB, DJ Tira, DJ Celo and many others.

“The One World Festival is a unique international cultural experience that incorporates music, food, visual arts and crafts of the world that will provide a true one world experience of inclusion for all in attendance” affirms Karlton Kirksey – Partner SAIG Entertainment in New Orleans – one of the organizers of the event.

A contingent of stakeholders from New Orleans recently came to Durban to celebrate the festival and to meet with city representatives and civic leaders. Earlier this month, the Mayor of New Orleans, Mayor C Ray Nagin, and a delegation of business, culture, city and faith leaders from New Orleans came to Durban on the invitation of Mayor Mlaba, to pave the way for the annual festival in July. Mayor Nagin met with Mayor Mlaba to share ideas and experiences as sister cities – with special reference to business opportunities and health issues which are two of the areas of focus of the cultural exchange. They also formally re-signed the Memorandum of Understanding between the two cities.

The 2008 One World Festival intends to build bridges and create relationships between New Orleans and Durban. The festival serves to create awareness about an ambitious and far-reaching initiate which aims to generate tourism jobs in the long-term, create cultural connections and be the impetus for economic engines between the two dynamic cities.

The One World Festival will host a business breakfast forum on Friday July 25, 2008 to discuss potential for business links and investment opportunities between American business people and South Africans. New Orleans is considered a special events mecca – a mantle which Durban, with its increased branding as an events city, would be keen to wear. Experts will be on hand to share knowledge on aspects of successful eventing. This promises to be useful in the lead up to 2010. Representatives from industry, commerce and eventing service providers will be present to engage with Durban delegates.

There will be a one-day medical expo in the form of an info-sharing forum and free clinic hosted by a committee of medical professionals headed by KZN Health Department working together with Dr Corey Hebert – a New Orleans-based pediatrician , which will take place on Saturday July 26. The medical workshop will focus on four specific medical issues: HIV/AIDS; obesity; hypertension and diabetes. The latest in literature and technology will be available. The public is warmly invited to attend the expo to engage with the medical professionals.

Booking for the concert is through Computicket nationwide. For more information, visit the website www.dowfestival.com and www.southfricaninvestmentgroup.com.

Abahleli bombukiso wamabhayskobho wamazwe ngamazwe obizwa
Nge Durban International Film Festival sebephothulile ukuhlunga amafilimu abazowakhombisa kulonyaka. Lendumezulu yombukiso Izovula ngefilimu lalapha emzansi elilindelwe ngamehlo abomvu, iJerusalema.

Lelifilimu elibhalwe laqondiswa uRalph Ziman, selike labonakala kwifestival yaseJalimane, kanti kuzobe kungokokuqala libonakaliswa I Africa yonkana lapha Ethekwini. Njenge Tsotisi, likhuluma ngempilo yobugebengu egoli. Kulelifilimu ungalindela abalingisi abango:- Rapulana Seiphemo, Ronnie Nyakale, Shelly Meskin, Jeffrey Sekele, Malusi Skenjana, Robert Hobbs, Jafta Mamabolo, Motlatsi Mahloko.

Okuzosijabulisa Kakhulu Ngalefestaveli ukubonakala Kwamafilimu aphekwe lapha Ethekwini, iFlight of the dancer, Inanda – my Heritage ne Between the Mountains and the Sea aqondiswe ngowesimame wasethekwini u Omelga Mthiyane. uTiny Mungwe walapha ethekwini uzobe eziveza okokuqala ngefilimu lakhe elithi Akekho Ugogo.

Amanye amafilimu asethekwini yi Durban poison , ekhuluma nge Stable Theatre, okuyitheatre yokuqala ezimele yabantu abamnyama lapha eNingizimu Africa. I KwaMashu still My home Ekhiqizwe uEdmund Mlhongo we K-Cap Productions yakwamashu sizoyibona. I Stimela - The Search for the Missing Chord ekhiqizwe Ngu Manlde Ndimande, Oke waphatha e Durban Film Office Nayo iZobonakala.

Lefestival yamafilimu IzoQala Mhla Zingu 23 ku July kuze kube zingu 3 ku august 2008.