National Arts Festival South Africa, Grahamstown
Sci-fest Africa
22 June 2010
In our third episode of Fest Forward, we explore why some performers are going "Beyond Therapy"; look at one of Grahamstown's most promising Festival projects, the Innovation Hub; bring you the latest World Cup updates, and help you find a Festival's dish of the day…
In our third episode of Fest Forward, we explore why some performers are going "Beyond Therapy"; look at one of Grahamstown's most promising Festival projects, the Innovation Hub; bring you the latest World Cup updates, and help you find a Festival's dish of the day…
23 June 2010
In today's Fest Forward, we take recognition of Fringe performances in our best of Fest feature, and bring you the reviews of some of the comedy acts. We also bring to you some soul food in our Dish for the Day, and finally look at how local traders try to make the most of Fest…
24 June 2010
In today's Fest Forward, we go to the grassroots level with Home Ground music productions, who bring us simple, yet meaningful messages through their music. Mlu Zondi, 2010 Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner, joins us in studio to discuss and explain his performance, Cinema, and finally we bring to the African version of the bunny chow on our dish of the day...
25 June 2010
In today's edition of Fest Forward, we chat to magician, Stuart Lightbody, about the School of Magic and the sleight of hand required for his show "Telling Lies". We also bring to you the best of Belgium, two radio journalists traveling the country and broadcasting the show "Soccer Cities" on Radio Belgium. And, as always, our reporters bring you another mouth-watering Festival flavour in our regular feature Dish of the Day...
Sci-fest Africa
By showcasing the most applicable and topical science relevant to our communities through activities at SciFest Africa (regional and national), and the outreach programmes, science will be communicated in an enthusiastic and understandable way so as to change misconceptions about science and assisting our youth about to embark on a career choice to make an informed decision regarding science, technology, engineering and mathematics as a career choice.
Since its establishment in 1997 as a project of the Grahamstown Foundation, Scifest Africa, South Africa’s National Science Festival, has become very successful in changing misconceptions and attitudes of the general public towards science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Through a range of interactive activities ranging from lectures, workshops, talks shows, exhibitions etc, visitors are shown how STEM underpins their daily lives. Learners and educators are given the opportunity to experience science outside the classroom in a fun and informative way. They are able to interact with scientists who share their work and provide career guidance thereby acting as role models for our youth.
Your Five Senses
We often forget that science is not just a textbook applied subject. We often forget that we use all our senses everyday to experience the world around us in its full capacity. Students from the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein showed other learners this Scifest that science is fun and diverse.
SASOL, The New Age
Don’t work hard work smart. Why not make your scientific ideas work for you. Chem. City a subsidiary of Sasol Chemical industries can help turn your ideas into lucrative business opportunities. Santisha Chattergoon speaks to Elain Prosper a representative from Chem City at their exhibition stall.
Solar Power The Way Forward
Have you ever imagined a clean car, one that runs of electricity rather that diesel or petrol. Imagine what environmental impact it would have, with a reduction in carbon, there would be a possible decrease in the effects of global warming. Santisha Chattergoon speaks to technology evangelist Winestone Jordaan about the concept.
