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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.
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 |
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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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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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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 |
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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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