By Abigail Visagie
The search for Benjamin van Wyk’s(20) body, who drowned inside the Heidedal Quarry located behind Twin City Mall in Bloemfontein, is now in its third day.
On Thursday afternoon, Van Wyk (20) and two friends went swimming when tragedy struck.
He reportedly jumped into the water...
The Department of Sports, Arts, and Culture invited all members of the media to the 2025 Choral Clap and Tap Festival launch on June 13th. This event is aimed at presenting new opportunities for the youth to showcase their talent and uplift them economically.
This program will run for three years. Its main purpose is to actively pursue talents and assist in developing individuals to perform for high-end audiences. It will cover all Free State municipalities and, not only that, but also create jobs in the arts and culture sector.
Spotlight on leading Clap and Tap choirs as they are selected to be part of the launch - the Bloemfontein Mighty Creators cut with an astounding background history in the Clap and Tap industry, and continues to thrive in the industry with an international trip to Italy upcoming. " This festival is going to be big and we're excited for it", Mr Boiki states.
The festival will be in October final date will be confirmed.
CEO of PACOFS Mr T.C Dlamini proudly indicated that he is ecstatic that he'll be honesting an event of this nature because it assists in promoting PACOFS and has a major effect on its plan of action and further stated with joint effort from the organising team, they have a sustainable strategic plan that includes all genres and that with the arrival of this one it will bring a new gist or feel and he is supporting it fully.
