http://blog.ulwazi.org A community, digital library of indigenous knowledge and local history Tue, 14 May 2013 12:33:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 TheUlwaziProgrammehttp://feedburner.google.com http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/south-africa-to-launch-national-traditional-knowledge-recording-system/ http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/south-africa-to-launch-national-traditional-knowledge-recording-system/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 12:33:46 +0000 Ulwazi Web Editor http://blog.ulwazi.org/?p=1518

While diplomats are trying to find consensus on an international instrument to protect traditional knowledge at the World Intellectual Property Organization, some countries are establishing systems to protect their traditional knowledge domestically. South Africa will be launching on 24 May its National Recordal System to catalogue its indigenous knowledge. The National Recordal System (NRS) is an initiative [...]]]> http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/south-africa-to-launch-national-traditional-knowledge-recording-system/feed/ 0 http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/tokoloshe-tikoloshe-evil-spirit/ http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/tokoloshe-tikoloshe-evil-spirit/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 12:29:31 +0000 Ulwazi Web Editor http://blog.ulwazi.org/?p=1514

I know little about Tokoloshe or Tikoloshe dependence on the pronunciation, what I know is that tokoloshe is an evil spirit. I have never seen tokoloshe nor have friends who have seen it, but when we were at primary school we would hear a lot of stories of it and fairy-tales. I went to Indian [...]]]> http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/tokoloshe-tikoloshe-evil-spirit/feed/ 0 http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/new-manager-of-durban-international-film-festival-announced/ http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/new-manager-of-durban-international-film-festival-announced/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 06:12:35 +0000 Ulwazi Web Editor http://blog.ulwazi.org/?p=1510

Plans are well underway for the 34th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), South Africa’s largest and longest running film festival hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA), reports Kishore Gobardan Director of Professional Services in the College of Humanities at UKZN in which the CCA is housed. The CCA is currently [...]]]> http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/new-manager-of-durban-international-film-festival-announced/feed/ 0 http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/isizulu-idioms/ http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/isizulu-idioms/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 09:37:51 +0000 Ulwazi Web Editor http://blog.ulwazi.org/?p=1507

This is a list of IsiZulu idioms by Nelisiwe Hlongwane. Ukudla mfundambili njengemboma: Ukufuna izinto zonke zibe ngezakho, ukuba yigovu Ukubuya nempande yesikhova: Usuke ungazuzanga lutho Ukufinya ngolimi njengenkomo: Ukweswela izinto eziwusizo, ukuba hlwempu Ukusenga ezimithiyo: Ukuqamba amanga Ukudla wesulele phansi njengenkukhu: Ukwenza izinto ube uphika Ukuqaphe eqolo njengonwabu: Ukuqikelela noma iyiphi ingozi engase ikwehlele Ukuba [...]]]> http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/isizulu-idioms/feed/ 0 http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/sounds-of-durban/ http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/sounds-of-durban/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 13:26:04 +0000 Ulwazi Web Editor http://blog.ulwazi.org/?p=1504

A partnership between Durban Tourism and National Geographic to promote Durban as a tourism destination.]]> http://blog.ulwazi.org/2013/05/sounds-of-durban/feed/ 0