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UBUCIKO MY TALENT UNLEASHES BOMB AT HEIDELBERG COURT! THE BEST OF GAUTENG ARTS! Reported By Stephen Seakgwe
The case of Bomb Threat was opened after a telephone bomb threat was received at Heidelberg Court on Tuesday morning, June 14. According to Heidelberg SAPS, the threat was received by a Chief Administration Clerk of Magistrates Court. She immediately reported to the police for further attention and necessary investigations. Police immediately responded and evacuated all personnel out of the buildings for their safety. The Prisoners and accused were also evacuated and escorted back to Heidelberg Prison.
I-Afrika Theatre hosted Ubuciko My Talent this past Saturday at the Springs Theatre, which was an audition for the main event this coming Saturday, the 18th of June. The participants were required to sign up online through I-Afrika Theatre’s website, and over 40 applications were received from West Rand, Kathorus, Ratanda to Kwatsaduza, Tembisa, etc. Ubuciko My Talent is a platform for emerging acts in traditional music and dance to showcase their skills by competing on stage, with the winners selected to go through to the main event for a final paid performance.
out of the lot that came through, five best groups were selected: Duduza Young Generation (Pansula) Intuthuko Arts Production (Gumboot dance), Rethabile (traditional dance), Taxido Arts Production (Kofifi dance) and Siyavuma New Generation (traditional music). These groups will now form a single production, to be facilitated by I-Afrika Theatre, which they will then perform at the main event.
The main event will start at 10:00 and finish at 14:00, and will also feature guest performances by local schools and other local artists and will also be attended by the Ekurhuleni MMC for arts and culture, Cllr Dorah Mlambo and Gauteng arts & Last Saturday’s event was another edition of the culture, Miss Faith Mazibuko. show, which is running for its sixth year, and it focused on traditional music, traditional dance, The community is invited to come and witness this Kofifi dance, gumboot dance and Pansula, and only exhilarating performance at Tsakane Community one from each category were to be selected for the Hall and the tickets will be R20 at the door. For main event. After a grueling day, with the judges more please call I-Afrika Theatre offices on 011 732 working hard to ensure they select the best groups 3977 or visit our website: www.iafrikatheatre.com
The Explosive Unit from Vaalrand and Vaalrand K9 Explosive dog unit were summoned and immediately attended to the allegation. After thorough sweeping around the building and Court Holding Cells, it was cleared safe. The Personnel and the Court resumes their duties. No injuries, damages or harm occurred. Police are furthering investigations on this matter. The Station Commander Colonel Johannes Hennie Jasper Maass condemned this kind of threat and appealing to the community or those that are playing with this kind of threat to stop or to abstain.