Studies have shown that yoga can be supplementary to sports like swimming, soccer and rugby. In this video montage we take a look at a yoga class and a soccer practice, to see if there are any similarities between the movements.
Report by Jenna Lillie & Louise Fuller
Is South Africa facing an energy crisis? Eskom says the situation is under control. However, the large number of citizens present at the Green Peace Rainbow Warrior campaign in Port Elizabeth shows that people are not happy with the current energy situation. The government’s temporary solution to the energy shortage has been switching off power to certain areas at scheduled times. Most of us know this as ‘load shedding’. Green Peace proposes a solution to these issues centred on renewable energy projects, but Eskom and the government say that coal and nuclear energy are the answer.
Greenpeace ship the Rainbow Warrior docked in Port Elizabeth on Sunday the 22nd of February to fight the South African government’s proposed nuclear plans. The government has proposed the construction of a nuclear plant in the Eastern Cape as the solution to South Africa’s current energy shortage. Greenpeace argues that this is not the solution and will only cause more problems for the country, they argue that renewable energy is the only long term solution.
Report by Rhea MacDonald and Louise Fuller
Imagine going to festival where nothing is for sale. Where free food, free clothes and free costumes are the order of the day. AfrikaBurn is one such festival that is all about giving without expecting anything in return. With more than 10 000 festival goers this festival aims to make radical self-expression accessible to everyone.
Produced by Rhea MacDonald and Siyavuya Makubalo
Sugar Loaf Hill in Grahamstown is a popular illegal dumpsite, so the local community members decided to clean up the otherwise beautiful space. Filmed and edited in the style of Dziga Vertov, this piece compares the actions of littering to students wasting in their university dining halls.
Produced by Nikho Mageza and Tebo Ramosili
Production by Jack Kaminski
In the Joza township of Grahamstown, many artist entrepreneurs build and run their own home studios, recording and producing local music. Regardless of the township’s socio-economic environment, self-producing artists don’t record for financial stability, but rather as a means of empowering themselves and others. Project Joza is the story of three producers who make music for selfless purposes, all aimed at enriching the musical capital of their community.
Project Joza is the story of three self-producing artists; Azlan, Suffo and Steal. Azlan records and produces music of other performers to keep them from leaving Grahamstown in search of professional studios. Suffo produces music as a means of spreading certain messages to the children of his community. Steal runs his studio as a way of teaching other artists how to produce their own music.
Production by Minette van der Walt, Katja Screiber & Kirsten Allnutt 24mins
South Africa’s patchwork-quilt of cultures ranges from Khoisan to Afrikaners, Cape Malays, Indians and many others in between. So where do Chinese and Taiwanese fit in? Do they fit in? Who are ‘they’? And what are they doing here? Paper Dragons is a documentary that explores the experiences of Chinese and Taiwanese descendants living in South Africa. The film delves Into the lives of seven individuals, taking the viewer on a journey of cultural exchange. From the rural Free State to Johannesburg’s second China Town, Chinese and Taiwanese communities have a presence that Is both nation-wide and historically significant.