SABC, government hold workshop on COP17

South Africa will be hosting the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) and the seventh Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP7), 28 November - 9 December 2011. As part of the build-up, the SABC and government officials held a public broadcasting and climate change workshop at the SABC on 20 October.

Dina Pule, deputy minister in the presidency of South Africa: performance, monitoring, evaluation, administration and SABC acting group CEO Phil Molefe led the workshop, which targeted the broadcaster's content producers, commissioning editors, on-air personalities and production houses. The goal was to inform and educate them on the key issues and messages that government would like highlighted to the public, around the growing phenomenon of the climate change globally.

Pule said, "We have to mobilise our people around COP 17, so they can understand what it is all about, so they can participate and not be spectators. We must inform them and create awareness behind the gathering to ensure they participate properly."

As the country's only public service broadcaster, the workshop was critical to assist it in its duty to inform and educate the public on matters of importance. Through this role, it will help citizens to internalize and better understand the impact of climate change and provide solutions on how they can adapt and mitigate the negative effects of climate change.

Molefe said, "It is important to simplify climate change messages, in our quest to inform, educate and entertain our audiences. Our content will focus on how climate change affects the ordinary citizen. We will also focus on the importance of the 'Green Economy', which has benefits in terms of job creation and sustainability."

Jacaranda 94.2 supports new Hall of Fame

South African Sport & Arts Hall of Fame (SASAHOF), a vision of rugby star Naas Botha, is dedicated to identifying and shaping great performers and sports persons by recognising their talent and celebrating their achievements. In early October 2011, it launched the interactive Hall Of Fame exhibition with Soccer City precinct as its new permanent home.

Station manager, Kevin Fine, David King, marketing manager Jenny Griesel, Naas Botha and Johnny Burger

"This is a passion that I have carried for years and we have now created opportunities for everyone to join us, as we build our nation and celebrate success," says Botha.

Jacaranda 94.2 is the official radio partner to SASAHOF and will support its next big event, the first SASAHOF Golf Challenge, sponsored by Cipla, 3-4 November 2011. This event will take place on the Jack Nicklaus Signature Serengeti Golf Course in Johannesburg.

Previous sports and arts ambassadors invited

SASAHOF has invited previous South African sports and arts ambassadors to select teams to play in this event. These ambassadors have in turn invited other players to join their team. Among the 144 celebrity players are Naas Botha, Victor Matfield, Roland Schoeman, Schalk Burger, Ryk Neethling, Brian Mitchell, Mark Williams, Marc Boucher, Lucas Radebe and Baby Jake.

Jacaranda 94.2 will be broadcasting live from the event, moving an audience in excess of 2.3 million across Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West to support this initiative.

"Passionate about sport and arts in SA"

"It's no secret that the station and its audiences are passionate about sport and arts in South Africa. Not only is it a natural match for us to join forces for this initiative, but also a privilege to be involved in something that marks a defining moment for South African sport and arts - both past and present," says Kevin Fine, station manager at Jacaranda 94.2.

SASAHOF aims to create a lasting legacy of great South Africans, which honours individuals in sport and art who have made outstanding contributions. It also wishes to educate the public about the origin, development and growth of sport and the arts as a part of South African culture, promote the positive values of sport and the arts to society, preserve sport and art historical documents and artefacts and inspire the next generation to sport and art greatness.

Ligwalagwala FM looking for finest house DJ

Pioneered by the Afternoon Drive, hosted by Shabbisto, Ligwalagwala FM called for entries to become Mpumalanga's best house DJ and received close to 100 mix tapes.

"The station has realized that there are a lot of upcoming local DJs who have not yet received a chance to be recognized. With this competition, we wish to provide upcoming DJs with a platform for them to gain recognition," said, Christinah Mazibuko, marketing manager.

Next step is the shortlisting, which will be done on the show weekdays from 3-6pm, chosen by the listeners. The short listing will produce the top 12, top 6 and the top 3, which will lead to the winner being decided at a Rock n Roll Shisa nyama in Mkhuhlu on 10 December 2011.

Moses Moreroa

SABC Development Forum

by Moses Moreroa

The SABC Development Forum seeks to serves as a discussion platform for addressing and proposing solutions for problems experienced in local community development sphere. The Development Forum will be loaded and published monthly within the SABC Educational portal. It will be guided by its editorial policy in terms of content generation, design, marketing and dissemination strategies.

The Development Forum will provide space for blogging, development networks and links for Government Departments and other development organizations in South Africa. The on-line publication will provide space to extend its broader scope to South African Development Community (SADC) and other international development sectors.

Development users in the Internet will be able to receive copies of each publication in their e-mail addresses in html, word and PDF formats. Downloads will be available in SABC Education portal. Each format of html, word and PDF will have a mailing or distribution list and users will be able to subscribe and unsubscribe.

In order to broaden the scope of the Development Forum, the design will be able to provide items such as forward to a friend, easy to print and make the newsletter a home page.

The Development Forum will report on development issues around foundation, intermediate and senior phases as well. The overall objective of the Development Forum will be to focus its attention mostly on development news, partnerships, collaboration and foster contribution to strengthening of a democratic civil society for our diverse audiences. Please do subscribe to receive future editions of Development Forum. You can also e-mail us at mailto:developmentforum@sabc.co.z.

Avusa Media Ltd Journalism Training Programme/ Internship 2012

Filed under Humanities, Internships

 

The Avusa Journalism Internship is one of the long-running graduate journalism training programmes in the country. This journalism internship is aimed at South African citizens of any race. It is a year-long programme running from January 2012 until December 2012.
Requirements
The requirements are, to quote this year’s advert, “We’re particularly interested in graduates with  driver’s licences who want to be in business or financial journalism or think they have what it takes to handle hard and breaking news beats.”
How to apply for the Avusa journalism internship?
To apply for this internship you must go to www.avusa.co.za and click on “careers” > “Avusa Journalism Internship” and download the 2012 application form and the essay instruction and topic.
Fill in the application form and write the essay as instructed and return the form to Avusa on the relevant email address by 27th October 2011 or please email your queiries and application form collectiob at informationgiants@gmail.com or call Moses Moreroa @ 079 940 9398 on working hours,
All the best of luck.
Information Giant Team