News - November 2011

It’s just one week until the eMzantsi Carnival!

The primary schools are ready:

Synergy, Imhoff and Ukhanyo in their final rehearsal this week

The high schools are ready:

Jumpstart participants from Fish Hoek, Ocean View and Masi High Schools after their final parade workshop last weekend

The music project is ready:

Shannen Doherty, finalist in the eMzantsi’s Got Talent competition preparing to compete onstage after the parade

The eMzantsi bloco is ready:

Junior Ramblers from Ocean View and Sentinels from Hout Bay practicing last Thursday night

The giant puppets are ready:

Climate change champion Father Time dancing at the Kommetjie Fair last Saturday

The costumes are (nearly) ready:

The mapiko crew is feverishly making costumes from recycled materials in the workshop at Living Way

ARE YOU READY?

More than a thousand children, performers and musicians will accompany giant recycled-art puppets in the seventh eMzantsi Carnival on Saturday 3rd December. Be at the intersection of Kommetjie Road (M65) and Ou Kaapse Weg (M6) in Sun Valley (near Noordhoek) by 10am to see the fabulous carbon-neutral parade, then tag along for the ‘eMzantsi’s Got Talent’ competition onstage at the Sun Valley green, hosted by comedian Rob van Vuuren. The theme is ‘eMzantsi goes BOS’, so go wild and wear green! All free thanks to support of the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund. Contact 021 785 1515 or info@emzantsi.org.za for more and www.facebook.com/emzantsi

PLEASE NOTE: TRAFFIC DELAYS DUE TO TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES

There will be travel delays in Sun Valley on Saturday 3rd December between 10am and 12 noon due to the annual eMzantsi Carnival. Kommetjie Road (M65) will be partially closed between the Sunnyacres Shopping Centre (next to Masiphumelele) and the fourway intersection with Ou Kaapse Weg (M6), with a stop / go system in effect. Ou Kaapse Weg (M64) will have one lane closed from the M65/M6 intersection to the Longbeach and Sun Valley malls (Buller Louw Drive).

Drivers wishing to travel to and from Ocean View and Kommetjie are advised to go via Scarborough and use Red Hill (M66). For people travelling from Fish Hoek to Longbeach Mall, Sun Valley mall and Noordhoek please use Corsair Road and Frigate Road through Sun Valley to access Buller Louw Drive.

Statement on behalf of the Harlequin Foundation board and management issued Tuesday 15th November 2011

The Harlequin Foundation would like to state that, thanks to Standard Bank Fish Hoek, the 2011 eMzantsi Carnival will go ahead as planned on Saturday 3rd December. Despite delays in the processing of funding from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, bridging finance from Standard Bank will cover the most urgent costs for the day. We would like to thank them for their faith and support.

The Harlequin Foundation board would like to pay tribute to the eMzantsi team of staff, facilitators and mapiko crew who have committed to working without pay this month to ensure that the hundreds of children and youth on our pre-primary, primary, high school and intercultural music projects who have been working together all year get the opportunity to showcase their achievements on the day. We would also like to thank Touareg for their community spirit in providing tents to protect the children from the sun and wind at the post-Carnival show.