29 August - Arts, Culture & Environment

Today we were joined on the line by Yasmine Colley – From City Parks. In celebration of Arbour Month in September, the City of Cape Town will embark on a project which plans to plant 738 trees throughout the City. The tree planting initiative is part of the municipality’s commitment to promote a healthy environment and to beautify the city. We were talking about the ‘Plant a tree for life’ project that will kick off on the 1st of September at the Company’s Garden. Various community events have been planned where ward councillors, local businesses, schools and communities will join hands to plant trees. For more information, you can call Yasmine on (021) 400 3269.

We also spoke to Karam Singh – Tricontinental Film Festival Director. Xenophobia comes under the camera lens at this year’s Tri Continental Film Festival, which screens at cinema complexes around the country in August and September. In the wake of the recent hate attacks against foreigners that swept through South Africa, a group of filmmakers came together to address this issue. Calling themselves Filmmakers Against Racism (FAR), these filmmaker-activists have produced a series of nine short documentaries aimed at stimulating dialogue and debate, which will be screened at the festival. Karam told us more about the festival. The screening is at Cinema Nouveau at the V&A Waterfront till the 31st of August. Thereafter, the film festival travels to Pretoria’s Brooklyn Nouveau from 29 August to 4 September, and wraps up at Gateway Cinema Nouveau in Durban from 5 to 11 September. Tickets cost R30. Go to www.3continentsfestival.co.za for the full festival line-up.
PIC:By Cindy Witten

Nigel Vermaas was also in today for the Arts update in and around the city.

We closed off the show with an interview with Rob Small - From the Peoples Garden Centre, better known as Abalimi. Abalimi is a Non Governmental Organisation working to empower the disadvantaged through urban agriculture and environmental programmes and projects. We spoke about the different programs run by the centre which enables communities to plant their own gardens which will inevitably lead to a better and healthier life style. For more information contact Abalimi on (021) 371 1653 or visit www.abalimi.org.za

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