Fixtures for the Durban Central Regional Durban Girls’ High School Sunday 16 May Coming up to midway in the fixtures of the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge, Durban Girls’ High School host the Durban Central Regional at their 3 Schools Astro on Sunday 16 May. Girls High welcomes five teams from in and around the [...]
Fixtures for the North Coast Regional Grantleigh College: Saturday 15 May The fourth regional of the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge heads to the picturesque pitch of Grantleigh College for the North Coast Regional on Saturday 15 May. With hometown advantage, Grantleigh hopes to reclaim their title in this regional that sees six schools taking [...]
Wrap Up for Highway Regional Curro Hillcrest: Sunday 9 May St Mary’s D.S.G. have done it again, claiming the Highway Regional title for the ninth time after a spectacular display at the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge at Curro Hillcrest on Sunday 9 May. TThroughout the day, Saints played a magnificent flowing and controlled game, [...]
Wrap Up for the Umvoti, uThukela and Umzinyathi Regional Wembley College: Saturday 8 May A joyous performance by host school, Wembley College saw them winning the Umvoti, uThukela and Umzinyathi Regional of the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge on Saturday 8 May. Wembley College won the inaugural tournament in 2011 but have since not managed [...]
Fixtures for Second SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge Wembley College; Greytown: Saturday 8 May Fixtures for the second tournament of the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge have been announced for the uMvoti, uThukela and uMzinyathi Regional on Saturday 8 May. A fabulous four teams will take to the turf at host school, Wembley College this [...]
Fixtures for Highway Regional Curro Hillcrest: Sunday 9 May In the third of the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge, teams from around the Highway area will congregate at Curro Hillcrest on Sunday 9 May. Host school, Curro Hillcrest will get the ball rolling in the first game of their tournament where they face Kloof High [...]
Wrap up for Durban North Regional Crawford La Lucia: Sunday 2 May A victorious Danville Park Girls’ High School claimed their third title in the Durban North Regional of the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge on Sunday (2 May) at Crawford La Lucia. In the concluding game of the regional finals, they met local rival [...]
SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge Fixtures for Durban North Regional Excitement mounts as the first regional of the SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge gets underway this Sunday at Crawford La Lucia. Nine schools take to the turf for the Durban North Regional with the first whistle being blown at 07:25. The first fixture sees Our [...]
SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge Take Two of the Tenth Year The hugely popular SPAR KZN Schoolgirls’ Hockey Challenge is back on track this year, with a take two of their milestone tenth year. Having only progressed halfway through the fixtures last year, before CoViD paused play in the tournament’s celebratory year, it will be [...]
Kloof & Highway SPCA - Sat 3 April – 8am until 3pm 1000 Hills Community Tourism Organisation is supporting the Kloof and Highway SPCA in an event packed morning of Covid compliant Easter family fun on Saturday 3 April. Well known creatives Kevin Ellis and Gareth Graves have put together an interactive programme of entertaining [...]
Umgeni Steam Railway is running again! Inchanga Choo Choo train rides The Umgeni Steam Railway is back on its tracks after a long lockdown rest! It is proudly supported by 1000 Hills Community Tourism Organisation (CTO). Watch autumn roll past your window aboard the Umgeni Steam Railway train which runs the last Sunday of each [...]
Kickstart in association with Durban Botanic Gardens Trust presents Charlotte’s Web Durban Botanic Gardens Amphitheatre: 5 – 11 April Daily at 2.30pm, and morning shows on Thursday, Saturday & Sunday at 11am Bring your own picnics and arrive early for an outdoor picnic-theatre experience! Book at Computicket After more than a year without live family [...]
1000 Hills Tourism CTO 1000 Hills CTO supports 2021 MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon 18 to 20 March KZN: The Valley of a 1000 Hills Community Tourism Organisation is supporting the 2021 MyLife Dusi Canoe Marathon taking place from 18 to 20 March, offering special deals and offers for Dusi participants and supporters. After a year [...]
The Denis Hurley Centre AGM and anniversary commemoration of Archbishop Hurley, 2021 Anivesh Singh awarded Barry Wood Award for Outstanding Service by a Volunteer. Literary Ambassador Anivesh Singh was awarded a Denis Hurley Centre Barry Wood Award for Outstanding Service by a Volunteer and was presented his award at the close of a special edition [...]
Our 12th ‘Love the Arts’ feature is with birthday boy, Pavishen Paideya. Pavi has danced his way into many a dance audience’s heart over the years. He became a professional dancer nine years ago and performs tap, jazz, ballet, contemporary, Spanish, kathak and Bollywood, oh and he choreographs too. Especially over the last year, he [...]
In day 11 of our ‘Love the Arts’ feature, we chat to Musa Hlatshwayo - choreographer & dancer extraordinaire. He has performed in many conventional & non-conventional spaces, he has toured through a few states in America, extensively though the UK & Africa & says he has most enjoyed performing in Africa. He rarely looks [...]
The Denis Hurley Centre AGM and anniversary commemoration of Archbishop Hurley Denis Hurley Centre on YouTube: Sat 13 Feb: recorded AGM viewable from 7am, live interactive session: 11am The Denis Hurley Centre Annual General Meeting, stakeholder report back and commemorative prayers will be taking place on-line this year. The pre-recorded material will be viewable from [...]
Our tenth performer that we met up with is the sensational dancer Kirsty Ndawo. She has been dancing since she was in crèche and is trained in ballet and contemporary mainly but has picked up a few more skills along the way. She has completed her RAD Adv 2, did a year dance residency with [...]
Day nine of our ‘Love the Arts’ feature, we go behind the scenes with Lisa Goldstone. She introduces herself by saying, “Hi, my name is Lisa and I like listening to music, writing poetry and random adventures.” She studied Drama and Performance at UKZN Howard College and completed her Honours Degree in 2015. She started [...]
Day six of our ‘Love the Arts’ feature, we catch up with versatile duo Bryan Hiles and Cara Roberts. Masterful Bryan has been dazzling local audiences for two decades since studying drama at Tech. He has worked from coast to coast, including starting 2020 at the Sharjah International Fringe Festival. Energetic Cara has been performing [...]
In day eight of our ‘Love the Arts’ feature, we chat to captivating actress and director Clare Mortimer. What do you love about performing? Nothing and everything. On a daily basis I berate myself for this career path! So much so that for nearly three years I didn’t perform live at all. I am an [...]
In day seven of our ‘Love the Arts’ feature, we meet Amanda Kunene a performer, singer, actor and dancer. She loves every aspect of performing arts. She has been performing rom as young as she can remember, but professionally for 10 years now. She is a BA Music and Drama Performance Studies graduate and a [...]
Day five in our ‘Love the Arts’ feature we meet artist Laurie Glenny. Since graduating as a Fine Artist in 1994, she is never without a paintbrush in her hands, but often with a commercial design or teaching ‘hat’ on. However, after a bout of illness in 2009, she took some time off to focus [...]
Our fourth artist in our ‘Love the Arts’ feature that we had the honour of spending time with is the sonorous trumpet player, Cathy Peacock. Cathy is the founding member of Platform Jazz and is a full time member of the KZN Philharmonic. She started playing when she was nine. Her Dad was teaching her [...]
In today’s ‘Love the Arts’ feature we got to spend time with two contemporary dancers, Zinhle Nzama and Siseko Duba. Both of these powerful, expressive dancers are with the main FLATFOOT Dance Company. Zinhle has been performing with FLATFOOT for seven years now and Siseko joined the Newlands township dance development programme in 2010 and [...]