{"id":71472,"date":"2016-06-13T20:53:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T18:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/mpumalanga-learners-to-celebrate-youth-month-with-a-showcase-of-talent-at-old-mutual-ubuntu-earth-festival\/"},"modified":"2016-06-13T20:53:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T18:53:23","slug":"mpumalanga-learners-to-celebrate-youth-month-with-a-showcase-of-talent-at-old-mutual-ubuntu-earth-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mpumalanga-learners-to-celebrate-youth-month-with-a-showcase-of-talent-at-old-mutual-ubuntu-earth-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Mpumalanga learners to celebrate youth month with a showcase of talent at Old Mutual Ubuntu Earth Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mpumalanga-learners-to-celebrate-youth-month-with-a-showcase-of-talent-at-old-mutual-ubuntu-earth-festival\/\">Mpumalanga learners to celebrate youth month with a showcase of talent at Old Mutual Ubuntu Earth Festival<\/a>: <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25943\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25943 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ubuntu-Earth-Festival-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"Ubuntu-Earth-Festival\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ubuntu-Earth-Festival-700x467.jpg 700w, http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ubuntu-Earth-Festival-400x267.jpg 400w, http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ubuntu-Earth-Festival-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ubuntu-Earth-Festival-600x401.jpg 600w, http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ubuntu-Earth-Festival-500x334.jpg 500w, http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Ubuntu-Earth-Festival.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Mutual Ubuntu Earth Festival gives pupils a platform to showcase their talent Photo: Old Mutual Media<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A festival of talent will be on display when finalists selected from 63 schools in Mpumalanga take part in a school version of \u201cSouth Africa\u2019s got Talent\u201d in Acornhoek on June 15.<\/p>\n<p>Titled the Old Mutual Ubuntu Earth Festival, the competition is designed to encourage learners to explore, understand and protect the environment.<\/p>\n<p>The judges will rate the learners on how effectively they weave in a key Ubuntu Earth challenge or opportunity (social or economic) into their performance.<\/p>\n<p>The acts can either be a song (solo, group and choral) or poetry (classic and free-style).<\/p>\n<p>Following the regional talent search (auditions), during which about 63 local schools are invited to submit Ubuntu Earth performances for adjudication.\u00a0 The 63 performances will be whittled down to between 10 and 15, and those acts are the ones that will take part in the regional festival.<\/p>\n<p>Old Mutual sponsorship manager Bandile Mngoma says: \u201cWe\u2019re excited about this opportunity to help raise awareness of environmental issues among our youth through the performing arts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He adds that he looks forward to seeing how the students creatively interpret and engage with the environment theme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venues for the regional competitions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>15 June 2016<\/strong> \u2013 Acornhoek, Mpumalanga<\/li>\n<li><strong>9 August 2016<\/strong> \u2013 Magaliesberg, Gauteng<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za.<\/p>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mpumalanga-learners-to-celebrate-youth-month-with-a-showcase-of-talent-at-old-mutual-ubuntu-earth-festival\/\">MyPR<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/submit\">Submit your own Press Release<\/a> or get free content for your publication.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video &#8211; How to post your Press Release on MyPR:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ovzdChGkuU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><small>My Press Release (MyPR) provides free South African targeted content and press releases for on and off line publishers and media. 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