From October 27th Siphokazi Jonas will be in Lagos, Nigeria for the Lagos International Poetry Festival. Looking forward to connecting with a new community! #LIPFEST22
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Siphokazi takes home the Most Innovative Young Artist award at Western Cape Cultural Affairs Awards for 2022
Cape Town, Friday , 14 October 2022 – Having just returned from a successful tour of Europe and delivered a poem at the 12th International Peace Lecture in Cape Town, producer, poet, writer and performer Siphokazi Jonas’ talent has once again been affirmed this week at the 20th Annual Culture Awards. On Wednesday evening, Siphokazi…
UN Deputy Secretary-General’s remarks at the 12th Annual Desmond Tutu Peace Lecture
Siphokazi Jonas had the honour to perform at the Tutu International Peace Lecture on Friday 7th October 2022. She had the opportunity to open for the UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina J Mohammed. She is one of the key people in the creation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Siphokazi had a few moments with…
What Must Fall? | Webinar With Siphokazi Jonas on 13th October at 15H00
What Must Fall? | Webinar If we were to conduct a comparative study of anti-Colonial / anti-Apartheid liberation struggles and the #Fallism Movement, we would find that one of the defining differences between these two is the (supposed) clarity of enemy and purpose in the former. Who were we taking down? The colonial or Apartheid government. What did…
Reflections in pictures of the Desmond Tutu 12th International Peace Lecture with Siphokazi Jonas
Some pictures of a special evening at the City Hall last night (7th October 2022), where Siphokazi Jonas had the honour of opening the 12th International Peace Lecture This year’s Peace Lecture was delivered by the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, who appeared with best-selling author Doug Abrams.
Siphokazi Jonas to open the 12th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture
THE 12th ANNUAL DESMOND TUTU INTERNATIONAL PEACE LECTURE COMES BACK TO CAPE TOWN CITY HALL The 12th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture returns on 7 October 2022, marking the first Lecture since Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s passing at the end of 2021. The event is being held on Archbishop Tutu’s birthday and will honour…
Mkhuseli by Siphokazi Jonas
From Litnet Stemme | Voices | Amazwi is LitNet’s series of 15 short, powerful monologues, written by established and upcoming playwrights, presented in collaboration with Suidoosterfees, NATi and ATKV. In Siphokazi Jonas’ Mkhuseli, a fallen star whose memory was wiped when it fell to earth, stands guard at a shoreline to save the spirits of the drowned. Peggy Mongoato performs the…
Siphokazi thanks #WeAreDyingHere team. Official SAFTA pic below with the award
Again, on behalf of the entire #WeAreDyingHere team and all our partners, we are grateful for this recognition. My hope is that this award will serve to bring attention to this story. Further, my wish is that Poetry will be appreciated (and funded) for the power that it has to move and transform us. This…
#WeAreDyingHere is going to Sweden
Some really cool news, #WeAreDyingHere is going to Sweden! We’re honoured to be part of this amazing #SE_SA exchange with Hear My Voice. We’re taking the film and stage production to Gothenburg, Stockholm, and Uppsala along with individual performances and collaborations with the team. Tell somebody please.
