THE CHILL ZONE

Guest: Lalla Hirayama - Entertainer

The Big South African Hair Book is a celebration of #NaturalHair and an exploration of the South African #NaturalHair community. Penned by Janine Jellars the book covers a wide range of subtopics around hair, and if you are a Parent with a child with a different hair texture than yours or
Interested in becoming a natural hair entrepreneur its certainly for you.

Guest: Janine Jellars – Journalist and Author

Guest: Sylvester Falata – Fashion Designer and Illustrator

Guest: Inga Gubeka – Founder and CEO of Inga Atelier

Over two years a play called Ulwembu (‘spider web’ in isiZulu) was collaboratively developed with the aim of aim of tackling the scourge of the street drug whoonga / Nyaope.

The play has been performed to diverse affected communities and for policymakers, impacting lives, and the production is now set to travel internationally.

Guest: Dylan McGarry - Senior Researcher in Educational Sociology at the Environmental Learning Research Centre, Rhodes University

The Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal will be hosting the 24th edition of the Time of the Writer Festival. This will be in the form of engaging, provocative and inspiring series of dinner table seminars each evening from March 15 to 21, 2021, at 7pm.

Guest: Dr Ismail Mahomed is the director of the Centre for Creative Arts

Guest: Niq Mhlongo – Author

SOSS is a smart device app that uses a crowd-share personal safety platform to connect to a public, volunteer network of nearby responders and protectors. The network of responders and protectors is made up of not only the user’s personalised list of emergency contacts, but also sends an SOS call for help to nearby Emergency Response and to community members who
have signed up to be active allies and protectors.

Guest: Thabo Nonkenge - CEO and founder of SOSS TECH

PASS OVER is a great contemporary piece that resonates globally
Pass Over will be staged in commemoration of Black History Month. Although mainly celebrated in America, the play will inspire South Africans to have the tough discourse around issues of common interest like police brutality and white supremacy long after Apartheid.

Guest: Kabomo – Musical Composer

Back in 2003 Lekau Sehoana took an Old torn Sneaker and redesigned them so he could have Shoes to wear. the Sneakers became a hit and people started moving them. 16 Years later he launched DRIP, turning his Pain into a Footwear Brand.

Guest: Lekau Sehoana – Founder of Drip Footwear

An Online campaign starring some of South Africa’s established as well as new artistic talent has been launched to address the impact of gender-based violence in SA.

Guest: University of Cape Town academic Mandla Mbothwe who is also co-artistic director of Magnet Theatre.