Kabelo Gwamanda, a former mayor of Johannesburg and now MMC for Community Development, has launched the Arts Alive programme for the city, which will run from September to June next year.
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At the launch, Gwamanda hailed this year’s Arts Alive programme, describing it as ‘an assemblage of artistic and creative minds of note within our city that will take the arts programme to another level’.
Gwamanda said the city was a hive and bedrock of arts and culture in the country and indeed the continent and hence ‘we always go out of our way to ensure this tradition of 32 years continues to flourish with its economic impact on our city and the country as a whole’.
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One of the major attractions of the Arts Alive is the Jazz in the Lights programme which will be held at Zoo Lake and will feature both local and international jazz artists such as Yallunder, Feya Faku, Themba Mkhize, Thandiswa Mazwai, Ndabo Zulu and Nomfundo Xaluva.
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