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Cinema & Media

RSTYLE announces the 9th edition of the Urban…

CALL FOR ENTRIES: SEND YOUR FILMS BEFORE 30 MARCH 2014Short Films /// Performances /// Lifestyle /// Fiction /// DocumentariesThe talents of the urban cinema are invited to participate in the call for entries of the Urban Films Festival. Directors can submit…

Science Research

Africa and the Indian Ocean: a long-term…

The series of encounters co-organised by IFAS, UCT and Wits University aim at rethinking the exchanges that have been taking place between the African continent and the Indian Ocean since the 11th century. On the opposite side of the colonial myth of a…

Arts & culture

Tribute to Congolese music giant FRANCO NA BISO !

Tribute to Congolese music giant FRANCO NA BISO ! celebrates Franco Luambo with a touch of Jazz As part of Francophonie 2014 & Institut Français African Tour 19, 20 & 21 March 2014 | Yeoville, Soweto & VUT Often referred to as Franco, Franco Luambo Makiadi…

Books

Book launch "Breyten Breytenbach, A Monologue in Two Voices" by Sandra Saayman

Book launch Thursday 13 March at 5:30 for 6 pmClarke’s Bookshop, 199 Long Street, Cape TownRSVP books@clarkesbooks.co.zaBreyten Breytenbach and Sandra Saayman will be in conversation with Bronwyn Law-Viljoen.Published by Fourthwall Books /…

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Book launch "Breyten Breytenbach, A Monologue in Two Voices" by Sandra Saayman

Book launch Thursday 13 March at 5:30 for 6 pmClarke’s Bookshop, 199 Long Street, Cape TownRSVP books@clarkesbooks.co.zaBreyten Breytenbach and Sandra Saayman will be in conversation with Bronwyn Law-Viljoen.Published by Fourthwall Books /…
Events and News

Award-winning Francophone authors to take part to 2014 Time of the Writer

Writing in Francophone Africa: trends and issuesWednesday 19 March, Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre The 17th edition of Time of The Writer: International Festival of Writers proposes a weeklong showcase set to provoke, inform and inspire interesting debates and…
Calls for applications

Worldwide Innovation Challenge

France was recently ranked in the global top-three for innovation by the 2013 Thomson-Reuters award of the most innovative companies in the world - read more here. To promote such a favorable ecosystem, the French government multiple initiatives to support…
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Nanosciences labs offer grants for Master, PhD and researchers

In 2014, LANEF is offering grants for Master and PhD students and research chairs in the fields of nanosciences, condensed matter and electrical engineering.LANEF is a ‘Laboratoire d’Excellence’ that associates five fundamental research labs based in…
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French Embassy Bursary Programme

1. Embassy of France in South Africa - Masters bursaries 2014 & 2015The Embassy of France is currently inviting South African students who wish to continue their tertiary education at Master’s level in France to apply for its bursary programme for the…

French Language

Concerto à la mémoire d'un ange

Vous trouverez ICI un recueil d'activités pour l'enseignement-apprentissage du Français Langue Etrangère par la littérature. Toutes les activités ont été créés à partir de la nouvelle d'Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt "Concerto à la mémoire d'un ange" ainsi que sept…