MC Weiler Siyakhona Screening

DATE: 29 AUGUST 2011 VENUE: MC WEILER PRIMARY SCHOOL We as Siyakhona went to the MC Weiler Primary school to screen the rats’ call to action film for 250 learners. We were truly amazed by the way the kids responded to our call for them to join the Siyakhona Initiative to get rid of the [...]

Setshwetla Alexandra Screening Report Back

Siyakhona held their mobile public cinema screening on 25 August 2011, the screening was held in the Setshwetla area near Marlboro Gardens. We demonstrated a good strategy of working together with local stakeholders such as Alex FM and Amakhone Esintu. The Alexandra community station reported on the event and dj Umbrella joined us to listen [...]

Tackling rape & housing and celebrating music in Alexandra Township

They spoke about solutions as to how we could build a sanitarily clean and crime-free township, and luckily the audience really felt the need to stand as one and fight these battles together as a community. And we as Hillside Digital were content to realize that we have given a voice to Alexandra Township and the township has a voice found through Siyakhona and Hillside Digital.

Siyakhona pays tribute to Matthew Lang

Siyakhona Alexandra and Siyakhona Khayelitsha are saddened to hear that Matthew Lang is leaving his post as CEO of Sony South Africa. We wish you all the best for your future Matthew and hope that we will remain in your thoughts as you surely will remain in ours. We want to take this opportunity to [...]

The Premiere of Shack Theatre is a roaring success.

When Florian came to us with the idea of using Khayelitsha Siyakhona to create a multi-media installation that would portray life in Khayelitsha using the four walls of a re-purposed shack, we were excited. I refused to see the film until the night of the premiere and I’m so glad I did. What a beautiful [...]

Siyakhona inspires the city of Johannesburg

Our task is simple, to bring about real change and make a real difference. Our Siyakhona (We can do it) Video Journalists use their skills as community organizers, they are empowered to engage with their community, identify the root causes of their social ills, organize the community to find the answers and implement action plans to solve the issue

2010 in review according to wordpress

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 2,800 times in 2010. That’s about [...]

Zwakanaka shoots, drops and downloads it on Mxit

Zwakanaka is so cool that it’s nc´a, dope, sooooper-  ayt, the bomb, wicked, off the hook, in fact it’s dianesa and njo-jo and most importantly it’s moving forward, that is what it means. And that is exactly what it does. Zwakanaka only looks as far back as the ‘right now’. It can see around corners [...]

NO TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND HUMAN TRAFICKING AWARENESS CHAMPAIGN

I spoke to Amanda Ndlovu, she is 14 years old. She told me that porn is her food, clothes and she can’t live without it.

Into the Limelight

By Nana Mathebula My team and I were given a project by Into the Limelight Communications for The Gauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO), a partnership between UJ, Wits and Gauteng Government. Our brief was to interview people regarding their activities surrounding sports, entertainment, how they use parks, cultural precincts and entertainment. We shot this project [...]