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Help write the history of Durban soccer
Friday, 05 February 2010

The eThekwini Municipal Libraries' Ulwazi Programme needs your help to write the history of soccer in Durban.  If you have stories of famous football players or clubs in or from Durban please submit them, along with any photographs or audio/video recordings.

They currently have a category Soccer in Durban but could do with a lot more information on what made soccer so vibrant in Durban, from the 50s and 60s up until the present day.

 
Person to person car-sharing
Thursday, 04 February 2010

I'm sure everyon will agree that there are way to many cars in Durban.  Is this a possible solution?

RelayRides bills itself as the first person-to-person car-sharing marketplace. Launching soon in the Baltimore area, the site allows people with cars to earn money by renting them out to people who don't have cars of their own. Car owners begin by registering with RelayRides, which then arranges for a certified mechanic to install a device in the car that will allow authorized renters to access it without having to be given keys. It also establishes an insurance policy to cover renters during the rental period. Next, owners set the car’s rental price, along with where the car will be rented and when it is usually available. Renters can then reserve the vehicle by the hour or day within the owner-set schedule. RelayRides screens the driving record of every renter; it also promises to take care of owners in the event of any loss. A renter rating system, meanwhile, lets owners provide their own evaluations. With suggested hourly rates of between USD 6 and USD 12—covering 20 miles per reserved hour or 160 miles per day along with gas and insurance—owners can earn as much as USD 8,000 per year by renting out their cars for just 20 hours a week, RelayRides says.

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Soccer ball generates electricity
Thursday, 04 February 2010
Just in time for 2010!

Over 1.5 billion people—one quarter of the world’s population—live in areas with no access to electricity, according to a recent UN report. Capitalizing on a sport's global appeal to address this problem, a group of Harvard University students developed sOccket, a soccer ball that turns energy from a kick into electricity.

The portable energy-harvesting device captures the impact energy normally dissipated when the ball is kicked, storing it to charge lights, cell phones and batteries. It works with inductive coil technology, similar to that found in flashlights that power up when shaken. For each 15 minutes of play, it can store enough energy to power a small LED light for three hours. sOccket could eventually help ease the reliance on toxic kerosene lamps in developing nations, thereby reducing the associated health risks.

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Ekhaya Multi Art Centre - a home for creative people
Tuesday, 02 February 2010

Ekhaya Multi Art Centre is an art centre that is situated in Kwa Mashu and it was the first art centre to exist within the boundaries of the INK area (Inanda, Ntuzuma and Kwa Mashu).  The Ekhaya Multi Art Centre was started by the Kwa Mashu Community Advancement Project (K-CAP) that was aimed at developing artistic talents of the youth of Kwa Mashu and keep them away from activities that could mislead them in life such as criminal activities.

Ekhaya Multi Art Centre(E-MAC) was founded in 1998 and it was officially opened in 2003.  It is headed by Edmund Mhlongo who is the founder and director of the Centre.  There are numerous activities that take place annually within the E-MAC.  E-MAC hosts the Kwa Zulu Natal Annual Film Festival which attracts a lot of film directors from all over Africa to the township of Kwa Mashu.  It also hosts the Annual Inkundla Poetry Festival that allows poets to present their poems to the public and the Ishashalazi Women’s Film Festival which is film festival for women film makers and women who wish to join the industry.

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