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A Chedza Media team has been invited to speak at a WCC conference focussing on violence in the media. The
conference takes place in June this year when people from around the world will convene in Boston to develop strategies that the church could take in
addressing the issue. Coetzee Zietsman and Asania Nkate Aphane will be sharing
the stage with some of the world’s leading media practitioners and scholars on
the matter.
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Chedza Media produced the launch video announcing the partnership between Thebe
Investment Corporation and Compass South Africa. Compass SA is one of South
Africa’s leading food providers and employs more than 7000 people across the
country. The video was shot in industrial kitchens in and around Johannesburg
and includes the voices of many Compass SA employees.
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Chedza Media, in partnership with Skyco Television has completed the second series of WOEMA. The popular biker lifestyle show was broadcast
weekly on KYKnet, DSTV’s premier Afrikaans channel. It received
AR rating of 10 and above, indicating a viewership of at least 180 000 Afrikaans
speakers. English speaking households were not included in the ratings but
have been estimated to bring the complete viewership up to about 220 000 people. The WOEMA team, KYKnet and interested sponsors, are gearing
up for the production of WOEMA 3 which is likely to take place in January 2011.
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Coetzee Zietsman joined a team of highly trained
conservationists from the South African Wildlife College to film official
Toyota 4x4 Enviro Outreach. The focus of the trip was to give delegates an
opportunity to visit past students in wildlife parks in Malawi and Zimbabwe and
to identify ways to improve the parks' skills development programme.
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A team travelled in a convoy of 10 Toyotas across the wild terrain for three weeks. The use of the video footage acquired is multifaceted. It has been used to create a promotional video for the parks and will form part of visual training tools for future students. Plans are also underway to create a 48-minute broadcast documentary.
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Preproduction is underway for a documentary about a Tshivenda Chief who is changing the lives of the people in his village. The Northern Province village is known for its low employment rate and every year young educated people leave to find work in the big cities. The Chief's concern is whether they take a love for their Venda culture with them. He has found a solution in bringing back the tradition of dance.
For a sneak preview see the the insert below. The chief is being welcomed by the village youth doing the Tshikona Dance.
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