2010
The Ubuntu Festival, in the heart of Cape Town at Mandela Rhodes Place on St George’s Mall takes place from 17 to 19 July. Join in the Community cook off on Saturday 17 July from 10am onwards, attend the gala dinner and celebrate Madiba’s birthday. Sunday 18 July, Mandela Day - free music festival with our hottest acts. Enjoy cultural cuisine, music and fashion from 10 am to 6pm. Harness the spirit of Ubuntu at our Symposium on Monday 19 July.
The Ubuntu Networking Breakfast kicks off the Festival on Friday, 16 July at The Pavilion Conference Centre, Waterfront. Mewa Ramgobin speaks on "The challenges facing us" and the cost is R185 per person and your name goes into a draw to win 2 return air tickets to Abu Dhabi from Etihad Airways.
Bookings: michelle@saubuntu.co.za / 021 462 5052
At a loss as to how to spend your 67 minutes of community work? On Saturday 17 July join the Giggling Gourmet, Jenny Morris from 12 to 2pm in the Atrium of Mandela Rhodes Place, St Georges Mall with celebrity Chefs and help to cook up great meals for our various City shelters.
A Ubuntu gala dinner at The Rainbow Room in celebration of Mr Mandela’s Birthday on Saturday 17 July presents a line up of top musicians and divas as well as a sneak preview of the upcoming Cape Town Show with our talented youngsters.
Bookings: michelle@saubuntu.co.za
Then on Sunday 18 July sing Happy Birthday to Madiba as Mandela Day gets off to great start with the DJ’s from Good Hope FM as they bring the best of Cape Town music to the Grand Stage in St George’s Mall. Music from all genres rocks the City at this FREE music festival from 10am to 6pm. The sounds of Hot Water, Coda, Hessel van der Walt, Tina Schouw, The Gugulethu Tenors, Moreira Project and more will rock the heart of the City. Enjoy some of the culinary delicacies of the Cultural Cuisine Quarter and marvel at the many influences that have made it so unique.
The Ubuntu Symposium on Monday, 19 July 2010, discusses how to continue our sense of unity.
The Ubuntu Symposium, the final event, takes place on Monday 19 July at the Taj Hotel in Wale Street and explores ways in which Cape Town can harness that wonderful feeling of unity amongst Africans and all visitors that was achieved during the World Cup – Ubuntu at its very best!
The Symposium aims to unpack the concept of Ubuntu and encourage Capetonians to practise Ubuntu at work and at home, within our communities and beyond – to create a better city to live, visit, work, study and invest in.
How do we foster Ubuntu and take forward the legacy of the World Cup? How do we maintain the momentum of the warmth and humanity that was one of the greatest attractions for visitors to the City? Taking into account how important tourism is to our economy, how does practising Ubuntu contribute to Cape Town’s success as a destination, leading to the creation of more jobs and unlocking the city’s full potential? These and many more questions will be discussed and debated during the three hour workshop. A key focus will be to identify the obstacles to practising Ubuntu and explore creative ways to overcome them.
Opening the event will be the powerful voices of Jenny Cargill (CEO BusinessMap), Max Moyo (Head of Emerging Market Development at Allan Gray) and Tony Ehrenreich (regional secretary, Western Cape, of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), who will set the scene of "where we are now." With their unique understanding of various sectors, each can offer a broad perspective of what is happening in our City and our country.
Using the interactive powers of Open Space Technology, every participant will have a voice at this unique event. The Ubuntu Symposium will be facilitated by award winning actress and theatre maker, Mwenya Kabwe, who will lead participants through a process of finding solutions.
This is no talk shop, but a meeting of minds and collaboration on driving the process forward. We are putting traction on transformation and finding solutions for the social problems that still face us as a city. Undoubtedly, this will be a memorable and very different event, where you set the agenda.
Following the symposium delegates will enjoy delicious refreshments and Afro Jazz at The Rainbow Room in Mandela Rhodes Place, where the great ambience and social drinks will provide the perfect networking opportunity.
You can make a difference, so book now!
Registration starts at 2pm with the symposium taking place from 2:30 to 5:30pm.
The price per person is R200 with a special concession for Cape Town Tourism and Creative Cape Town members. Seating is limited so book early.
021 462 5052/ anita@amybiehl.co.za