Maputo: A Tale of One City

Monoswezi came to Harare in November, they had a workshop and concert at the Zimbabwe College of Music, and a concert at the Mannenberg Jazzclub. Later they continued their tour to Mozambique and South Africa. The band has released the album Monoswezi; the cd has been critically acclaimed in Norway and abroad.

From 12 to 15 December Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is visiting the South Pole to mark the centenary of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reaching the Pole in 1911, and to underline the importance of the Antarctic continent in relation to global climate change.

Norwegian Red Cross Youth Delegates Ingvild Onstad Helle and Sigbjørn Solli Ljung are currently seconded to Zimbabwe Red Cross. They take part in a nine month youth exchange programme and work with youth in Mutare. At the same time two Zimbawean delegates have gone to Norway to work ten months with Red Cross in Bergen. Under follows their impressions after some months in Zimbabwe:

What happens when one man's quest to do right is at odds with the best interests of his community? Henrik Ibsen's play "An Enemy of the People" raises so many thoughts and arguments about community, responsibility and the democratic process, one might think it had just been ripped from today's headlines. That is truly a signature of timely and timeless theatre!