Sawubona Final Playlist

In the last days we were collecting all your songs you contributed to the Sawubona Music Jam. Please have a look at the final playlist for a last check from your side.

Sawubona Playlist "Various" containing the songs you contributed not using the lyrics "Songs of Good Hope" is now available. Please check!

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Sawubona Music Jam as an example of use of new media within the school competition of the Federal President Horst Köhler. More

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The so called "Höfleswetz-Turnier" on Tuesday, 22.09.2009 in Stuttgart, will be the opening event for the Club of Good Hope Baden-Württemberg Community. In line with a collaboration with "missio" and the "Club der guten Hoffnung" young German and South African kickers will have the possibility to get in contact and to exchange their experiences previously to the football World Cup 2010.

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IBM Launches New Cape Town Africa Innovation Centre to Help Fuel Skills Growth in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – September 17, 2009 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today opened an Africa Innovation Centre in Cape Town to foster the development of information technology and business skills and to expand its customer and business partner ecosystem in the region. The centre will help local businesses develop and deploy new technologies that support key digital infrastructure opportunities in government, banking, insurance, retail, and travel and transportation industries. Read more

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Stuttgart, 5 July - 3 members of Hugh Masekela's band, Abednigo Sibongiseni (Fana) Zulu (Bass), Lee-Roy Sauls (Drums) and Francis Manneh Fuster (Percussion) team up with the Sawubona Acustic Band, Werner Acker (Guitar), Annette Kienzle (Vocals), Mthunzi Fesi (Vocals), Ekkehard Rössle (Saxophone), Albert Mayer-Mikosch (Acustic Guitar) and Eckhard Stromer (Percussion) for songs "Rainbow Scatterings", "Collecting The Money" and "A Word". The band started the concert with Brian McDonald's "Soweto, June 1994".

The concert was also the opening for Hugh Masekela's great concert in Suttgart which was not sure because Hugh had to visit hospital in the morning - he had an accident with his arm. "If that accident would not happend, I really played with you guys" told us Hugh in a video statement - You will find his statement as well as other statements in videos form the event - they will be ready in the next day. Fana, Lee-Roy and Francis met up in the afternoon of the concert with the Sawubona Acoustics Band at the University Of Suttgart for very first rehearsal. Werner said: It's magic how they find their ways into the songs from the begining. For us it was a great rehearsal and concert with such outstanding musicians". Fana was already member of the old SAWUBONA band 1998/1999 and he said "it is absolutly great to relaunch the project on an Internet platform". Siyabonga, Fana, Francis and Lee-Roy for the magic collaboration, siyabonga Hugh and all members of his band for the great concert in Suttgart! "All about Hugh Masekela"

"Club of Good Hope" is opened!

The project "Club of Good Hope" created by missio and supported by IBM Lab wants to inspire the interest of young people in South Africa through sports, especially football. More about this project and the relationship with Sawubona at http://ibm.clubofgoodhope.com/.