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Events calendar: 2008

Calendar - African Origins 2008


Events calendar: 2007

In order to get an idea of the types of events held during the month, have a look at the calendar of Events held during African Origins Month 2007.

Activities included:  cartoons on television, special museum lectures and tours, a mini exhibition on indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) and guided tours through caves of archaeological interest.

Service Provider / Site

Activity

Target Audience

Date

Time

National Museum of Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein, Free State

 

Self-tour (Palaeontology
Hall). Lecture by Dr. Zoe Henderson and Ms Shiona Moodley Archaeology.

Students

4 - 11
September 2007

9H00-11H30

African Origins Family Open Day.

General public

15
September 2007

9H00-11H00

MTN Science Centre, Canal walk, Western Cape

Mini exhibition
Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Students and general public

The whole month

9H00-15H00

MTN Science Centre, Peers Cave, Fish Hoek

Guided tour through the caves where memoirs of Stone Age people were discovered in 1927

Students and general public

08
September 2007

 

MTN Science Centre, Canal walk, Western Cape

Public talk about “Mrs Ples and our distant relatives on the African continent” by Dr Francis Thackeray

Students and general public

 

12
September 2007

 

19H00

 

 

Public talk by Shadrack Shirikure titled “Then and now: how metals were worked before industrialisation in South Africa”

Students and general public

19
September 2007

19H00

University of Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal

Talk  by scientist

Students and general university community

Week of 10 September 2007

13H00

Essay competition & distribution CD (film)

Students and general university community

Week of 10 September 2007

 

- Judging of essay
  entrants during heritage
  week
- Announcements
  University publicity of   
  project and winners

Students and general university community

Week of 17 September 2007

13H00

Palaeontological Scientific Trust (PAST), Schools in Gauteng and North West

Theatre about evolution and general palaeontology

Learners

First and second weeks of  September 2007

 

Jive Media, National

 

Production of a cartoon strip for TV

Everyone

Third week of September 2007

 

SABC, National

 

Airing of the cartoon strips

Everybody

 tbc

 

 

Palaeosciences strategy workshop

DST held a workshop in September 2006 to finalise the OAP strategy and implementation plan. Contact: Dr Gilbert Siko on tel: (012) 843-6859. View the Draft Strategy in PDF format.