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Upcoming Feature Film: 'Europe in My Heart'

2011-10-11T20:40:00.000+02:00

"'Europe in my Heart' is a full-length film produced by Media Village Nigeria, as a campaign tool to fight human trafficking. This film has some of the best Nollyhood actors and actress like Ramsey Noah, Tina Mba and the late and legendary Sam Loco-Efe. Also introducing the gripping and compelling performance of actress, Ven Lannap.

Shoot in two continents, the film takes you through a journey into the dark world of Human Trafficking and how many fall victim to this inhumane practice

This film was produced in partnership with Church Integration Ministries (KIT) Denmark, and The Danish Mission Council Development Department (DMCDD).".

Watch the trailer in the 'Film' tab link.

Dear Sister

2011-03-24T22:34:00.002+02:00

We are almost close to finishing the short film 'Dear Sister'. Its been such a privilege to work on a project with such a strong social message. My hope is many people will become more aware of the dangers associated with human trafficking. Human trafficking has been dubbed 'morden day slavery'. As explicite as that may sound its only the tip of the iceberg with regards to how many suffer all over the world because of freedoms taken away from them. At most children are the most vulnerable. Many have watched the movie 'Taken'. As dramatic as that movie may have seemed it does address a very real problem that. It is my hope that with 'Dear Sister' we can localise the problem specific for the black community.

Although the short film touches on one aspect of the problem. It does show spring forth many of the stories happening on ground level of people who have disappeared in townships because they were chasing for greener pastures.

For more information on this please follow the following links and spread the word out:

http://nktalksnews.blogspot.com/p/film.html
www.facebook.com/dearsister.film
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/

Keep it Tight

nK

Dreams and Wishes

2010-08-07T02:02:00.001+02:00

Like an old music record album, I usually get stuck in a song repeating the same lines over and over again. In most cases I have no idea how the song crept into my mind. One almost feels like some mysterious cosmic wave infiltrated my brain and implanted an incomplete data base of information. In this case an incomplete song. Yet in most cases you might have picked up that catchy lyric -though incomplete - from your fellow mates, family members or even complete strangers. In-turn the same strangers might have been caught in the same spider's web of what I would call 'lost in lyricism'.

After a while you might realise you actually do not even know the name of the song or its artist. If you are as curious as I am, you will not resist the temptation of diving into the world of google in search of 'that song that you actually do not know anything about'. The first step would be to type as many words that you can salvage off your memory of 'that song that you actually do not know anything about'. So type away I did and true its status as the best search engine in the world, google managed to precisely get the right hits. Step two is to click one of the links at listed on google to confirm if the lyrics match up to your expectations of what you hope is the complete lyrics of 'that song that you actually do not know anything about'. If the result is to the affirmative, you then proceed to my other buddy christened, youtube. Sorry to write his name in small letters, after all he only exists in the cyberworld.

The song that had been stuck in my head is by an artist called B.o.B and is called 'Airplanes'. Further exploration revealed a second version of the same song called 'Airplanes 2' featuring Eminem. Now we all know Eminem for his rather unsavory lyrics to say the least. I would not be surprised that some of you might not even bother listening to the rest song and with good reason. After all who wants to listen to a guy who has made a career for himself bashing women (including him mom), glorifying the pleasures of drugs and other negative things that we would go through lengths in making sure young kids never hear of . Well I did listen to the rest of the song. True to his nature there is profanity in his lyrics to ain a song that for most of its part has clean lyrics. I usually cringe when I hear artist revel in vulgarity. My take on this is that one can be creative musically in communicating your message without spitting vile oaths and curses.

Instead of dismissing this song in its entirety, I explored its message. I was surprised that despite the swear words it was very inspiring. How often can one say I was inspired by Mr Marshall Mathers (that is Eminem's real name for the less knowledgeable in te genre of Hip-Hop music). Before you throw me to the wolves hear me out. Looking past the swearing they is no doubt some of these artist work very hard to achieve 'success' as musicians. However the playing fileds for are as equal as most people in this world. Eminem evokes that sentiment (of anything is possible in life) in his lyrics as he talks about the importance of hard work and the need to stay motivated in chasing your dreams. He raps about how eliminated procrastinating and driven by a motivation to succeed how he looked past discouraging words from those who where around him when he was growing up . Yet I bet some will be quick to dismiss him as wayward rapper with no sense of purpose. Whether you life it or not he has a purpose. One can not deny that even though you may disagree with some artist's music and message. One can learn (like in this particular instance) that we all have a choice between hard work so as to fulfill some of those dreams we have had for years. Credit does go to the main artist B.o.B in his debut album.

So what is stopping you?

The answer to that is more likely YOU. Only YOU is standing between yourself in realising your life's dreams and fuilfiling the purpose for which you where created. Procrastinating, blaming others, laziness, playing the victim all the time, abuse and betting against yourself, are some the self inflicted wounds of a life of abandoned dreams.

So like Marshall Mathers all things are possible to those who dream and work towards their dreams consistently and persistently.

Some of the lyrics that stood out to me:

Let’s pretend Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen
Let’s pretend things would’ve been no different
Pretend he procrastinated, had no motivation
Pretend he just made excuses that were so paper-thin
They could blow ‘way with the wind
Marshall, you’re never gonna make it
Makes no sense to play the game, ain’t no way that you’ll win
Pretend he just stayed outside all day and played with his friends
Pretend he even had a friend to say was his friend
And it wasn’t time to move and schools weren’t changin’ again
He wasn’t socially awkward and just strange as a kid
He had a father and his mother wasn’t crazy as s*#%
And he never dreamed that he could rip stadiums
And just lazy as s*#%

1 Corinthians 1:27: But God has chosen the foolish things of this world , that He may put to shame the wise...'

So despite the fact that the song is filled with a tinge of vanity and unpalatable words. Be inspired by the foolish things of this world. Even if they come in the name of Eminem.

*click on link below for the video on Youtube minus Eminem and profanity*

B.o.B - Airplanes

A dream about to come true

2010-03-20T02:05:00.000+02:00

Ever since I was a kid I have always treasured the experience of watching the soccer World Cup. At one moment in history I thought I would be one of the participants in the World Cup. I bet they are so many young Africans who grew up in townships and romanticizes their prospects of being in a World Cup. Even as I write, I am sure they are parents who are currently encouraging their kids of their 'impending' future prowess in soccer.

I guess in a nutshell most of us in this part of the world will have our dream and passion right here in our doorsteps. The FIFA World Cup Soccer is coming to Africa. One of my dreams is about to come true albeit under different circumstances. I can not wait.

I am an African

2009-11-29T21:55:00.007+02:00

I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land.

My body has frozen in our frosts and in our latter day snows. It has thawed in the warmth of our sunshine and melted in the heat of the midday sun. The crack and the rumble of the summer thunders, lashed by startling lightening, have been a cause both of trembling and of hope.

The fragrances of nature have been as pleasant to us as the sight of the wild blooms of the citizens of the veld.

The dramatic shapes of the Drakensberg, the soil-coloured waters of the Lekoa, iGqili noThukela, and the sands of the Kgalagadi, have all been panels of the set on the natural stage on which we act out the foolish deeds of the theatre of our day.

At times, and in fear, I have wondered whether I should concede equal citizenship of our country to the leopard and the lion, the elephant and the springbok, the hyena, the black mamba and the pestilential mosquito.

A human presence among all these, a feature on the face of our native land thus defined, I know that none dare challenge me when I say - I am an African!

I owe my being to the Khoi and the San whose desolate souls haunt the great expanses of the beautiful Cape - they who fell victim to the most merciless genocide our native land has ever seen, they who were the first to lose their lives in the struggle to defend our freedom and dependence and they who, as a people, perished in the result.

Today, as a country, we keep an audible silence about these ancestors of the generations that live, fearful to admit the horror of a former deed, seeking to obliterate from our memories a cruel occurrence which, in its remembering, should teach us not and never to be inhuman again.

I am formed of the migrants who left Europe to find a new home on our native land. Whatever their own actions, they remain still, part of me.

In my veins courses the blood of the Malay slaves who came from the East. Their proud dignity informs my bearing, their culture a part of my essence. The stripes they bore on their bodies from the lash of the slave master are a reminder embossed on my consciousness of what should not be done.

I am the grandchild of the warrior men and women that Hintsa and Sekhukhune led, the patriots that Cetshwayo and Mphephu took to battle, the soldiers Moshoeshoe and Ngungunyane taught never to dishonour the cause of freedom.

My mind and my knowledge of myself is formed by the victories that are the jewels in our African crown, the victories we earned from Isandhlwana to Khartoum, as Ethiopians and as the Ashanti of Ghana, as the Berbers of the desert.

I am the grandchild who lays fresh flowers on the Boer graves at St Helena and the Bahamas, who sees in the mind's eye and suffers the suffering of a simple peasant folk, death, concentration camps, destroyed homesteads, a dream in ruins.

I am the child of Nongqause. I am he who made it possible to trade in the world markets in diamonds, in gold, in the same food for which my stomach yearns.

I come of those who were transported from India and China, whose being resided in the fact, solely, that they were able to provide physical labour, who taught me that we could both be at home and be foreign, who taught me that human existence itself demanded that freedom was a necessary condition for that human existence.

Being part of all these people, and in the knowledge that none dare contest that assertion, I shall claim that - I am an African.

Escaping the black box

2008-04-07T00:11:00.003+02:00

A 50 year old woman that was abused at the age of 10, will never forget that moment when her father robbed her of her dignity. Leaving her with deep wounds that she wishes time will heal, yet cringes at the memory thereof….. She let it control her so much that she missed the opportunity to experience the magic of love and giving a man the opportunity to treat her like a queen. She died, unloved, burying resentment and scars of the past with her.

Just like that woman, are we allowing South Africa to slowly die, unloved, with unleashed potential, the country alive with possibility, because we are letting the past become a walking shadow everyday through our racist thinking?

Am I insensitive to the fact that my forefathers had been economically and socially suppressed so a particular race can be empowered?
Am I insensitive to communities being torn apart by the group areas act, where those who are homeless are subjected to living in tin homes 14 years later?
How can anyone be insensitive to the suffering of another?

We cannot deny the footprints of Apartheid that still exist today, but are we going to allow it to haunt us for generations to come and stagnate? Looking back, rather than pressing forward to a better South Africa for ALL, red, yellow, blue, white, black?

Is unemployment, lack of education, crime, insufficient health facilities and HIV/AIDS (but to mention a few), challenges related to a particular colour of people or does it to relate to humanity?

The call I make to you is to escape the black box thinking that I am owed something because of the past, subjecting others to our prejudices because they the same colour as the past oppressors. Issues of colour seem to be menial to the blaring problems set before us today. Even apartheid was not overcome through using the same weapon of racism, but through people working together in unity.

What is the colour of this country we want to reflect? Is it this of pigmentation or of a rainbow nation united to fight the conquerable giants of our time?

Cheryl-Lynn Freeman
PS: Inspired by Obama’s speech (A More Perfect Union) on race
(check it out on YOUTUBE, it will transform your thinking)

Jealous Kind

2008-03-05T20:49:00.002+02:00

I built another temple to a stranger

I gave away my heart to the rushing wind

I set my course to run right into danger

Sought the company of fools instead of friends

You know I've been unfaithful

Lovers in line

While you're turning over tables

With the rage of a jealous kind

I chose the gallows to the aisle

Thought that love would never find

Haning ropes will never keep you

And your love of a jealous kind

Love of a jealous kind

Tryin' to jump away from rock that keeps on spreading

For solace in the shift of the sinking sand

I'd rather feel the pain all too familiar

Than be broken by a lover I don't understand

'Cause I don't understand

One hundred other lovers, more, one hunderd other altars

If I should slow my pace and finally subject me to grace

And love that shames the wise, betrays the heart's deceit and lies

And breaks the back of foolish pride

Jars of Clay

from album: Who We Are Instead

'I love you too'

2008-03-04T10:49:00.001+02:00

Once again I am standing

In-front of your throne of mercy

I fall on my knees

As I lift my hands to pray

Humbled by your grace

Comforted by your reassuring

voice - 'I love you'

As I look at life

Through 'blue glasses'

My heart will still choose you

This is my life, my offering to you.

On my knees I will stay

Conscious of a thousand loves you gave.

Out weighing the negatives on the scales

Your voice strongly proclaims your love

To me with simple words - 'I love you'

Empty as I am.

I know your heart is full to the brim.

Ready to quench a soul so desperate for you.

On my knees I call to you.

You all this heart is longing for.

The hope and love I receive from you.

Leaves me with these words, 'I love you too'

nKanyiso nCube

22/11/2005

Karin's Devotion

Freedom Writers

2008-03-03T03:09:00.003+02:00

I watched the movie 'Freedom Writers', late Sunday night which in essence is Monday morning. Now this is half a movie review and half expressing my thoughts thanks to the movie. Just to put out the positives, I must say although this is not one of Hilary Swank' best acting roles yet, she manages to portray the character with such grace and elegance. Patrick Dempsey (the dude in Grey's Anatomy, McDreamy) managed to show a glimpse of his acting prowess almost at the end of the movie and admittedly I felt like he left it (or the writers) a bit late. I The rest of the cast was fairly average but after watching the movie for a while you will pay less attention to their acting abilities.

When I started watching the movie I started to dissect the movie from a technical angle. The lighting, the acting, sound, editing and everything else that you can think of in what makes a good movie. Of course that does not neglect the story line as is what makes a movie great. Mid way in the movie I wanted to stop it as I did not think it qualified to be a great movie. Yet I hesitated. I hesitated because I was wrong. You can not just judge a movie only on technical aspects but at times you have to draw the heart of the whole production. It is a good movie. Good in that it addresses an issue that is such a cancerous tumor with seemingly little hope of visible cure.

Racism is another form of discrimination that continues determine people's decisions and of course ultimately whether they get to fulfil the purpose for which they were created in this world. Cases of racial discrimination still continue to dominate not just the South African society in the news headlines but the world at large.

So what has all this got to do with the movie. The movie address us, 'discrimination'. We live it, we speak it, we think it, we make decisions based on it it and we will die of it. We may think we not part of it, yet subconsciously we as discriminatory as the some of the worst perpetrators of discrimination in history.While we may not be as explicit in such acts, we live our day to day lives tolerating such injustices and become desensitized to it.

Freedom Writers is a movie of hope. I movie of understanding that despite the prejudice of this world we should never at all make decisions or live our lives under the shadow of deep seated hatred for others because of their culture, race and sex. Instead we should celebrate each other's diversities or at best marry into it. So the movie 'Freedom Writers' may not be the best in a text book recipe of what makes a good movie. Its a good movie in that it is not shy in tackling issues that have continued unabated for centuries and giving us hope by celebrating other's differences. Its a good movie as it shows that if we do stand for what is right it will be difficult. You might lose your friends and at worst your family. The question would then be, 'Is it worth it? I don't know. Maybe what one needs to ask is of love. Is love worth it? So go watch it if you still have not and discover the love in all of us despite our differences.

New Year New Opportunities

2007-01-20T02:16:00.000+02:00

It's the new year although I must admit after having gone through 20 days of this year. It certanly does not feel new anymore. Strange enough if you think about it, only less than 30 days ago we were on festive mood and most people were jovial. All the same even though it feels like we have been through this year for months it is important for of us to realise that it is still a new year and it is not too late to approach it as one that will spring new opportunities as you journey through it. I guess one's attitude should be approaching the rest of the year with a positive passion especially at those times were the inevitable discouraging moments will crop out from time to time.

So embrace this year and know that God's promise to prosper you is still as real as the day he said it. God Bless.

nKanyiso

News 4Real July 06

2006-07-31T00:39:00.000+02:00

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURATE PICTURES I TOOK IN NIGERIA.

WHO SAYS IT SUCKS BEING A PIG :-)

Its almost a month since I came back from Nigeria. I must admit I am really blessed to have been part of the School of Video Production (SVP) in Media Village Nigeria. It was great to experience a culture different to the one I am used to. My host Anne and Alex were super amazing. They really know how to make one feel welcomed. I literally felt like I was a prince :-) I did a bit of teaching, had the honour of being cast in Nigerian movie and also did some editing work that went on TV. I don't know about you but that is what I call a trip well spent.

When I came back to South Africa the video production school had already started and I had to change gears for that. They are about 23 students from all over the world. Its awesome yet again to meet people from different countries and being able to make new friends with them.

I have just finished editing the Global Day of Prayer Transformation Video. The client came and was happy with the job and that put a smile on my face. A few editing work is coming while list juggling with the work load of SVP.

Thank you so much for your prayers and support. Please do stay in contact whenever possible. I would love to hear from you.

God Bless and keep it Tight 4Real...

nK

Media Village Nigeria

2006-05-13T12:41:00.000+02:00

Media Village Nigeria is part of the international ministry called Youth With A Mission (YWAM). It was started by Anne Abok who studied with us in South Africa (Media Village Africa). They are currently running the School of Video Production (SVP) which gives students excellent technical skills that range from camera work, to lighting, sound, script writing and editing.

With a focus on capturing stories of the Nigeria and Africa as a whole they want to deliver a message of hope through Jesus Christ. Films and short videos have the power to impact our nations and communicate God's heart. It is with regard that Anne decided to start a Media Village focused on training young people in her country.

The School of Video Production is the key to unlocking the door of young people's imagination. Hence Media Nigeria run its first school last year 2005 with great success. This year the second school is already in session. Unfortunately with pioneering a new school and ministry comes with difficulties and Anne has had to work very hard in making sure she covers all areas to make this year's school a success again. At the moment she has a very low number of staff members in her team. Hence she has asked me come and help her in the area of Post Production and teaching of editing and other elements involved in Post Production for three weeks. So I hope to go to Nigeria in June and help her out. If in anyway you can help make this possible please do contact me through my email and let me know. Your prayers and financial support will be appreciated.

It has been said that minds of millions of people are influenced by the dreams and visions of one creative producer or director. Media Village Nigeria hopes to create a generation of young people who will influence Africa as a whole with the good news of Jesus. So join me in making this possible.

KeEP iT tIgHT

nK

email: nkanyiso07@yahoo.com
cell: 27 72 4100 104

boy_meets_girl

2006-04-04T00:21:00.000+02:00

'Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one's life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; Perhaps it crept to one's side like an old friend through quiet ways; Perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music; Perhaps...perhaps..love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath.'
SOURCE: Anne of Avonlea by L.M Montgomery.

KeEp iT tIghT 4rEaL.........

'lonely and deserted'

2006-03-29T02:27:00.000+02:00

MY 'LONELY & DESERTED COMPANION THIS MORNING'

I am sure by now you have once in your lifetime experienced some form of sleepless night ordea. Be it you stressed over something specific in your mind, overly excited by prospects for the future, maybe you have too much caffeine flowing through your veins and more likely you madly in love with someone and all your head is filled with is that one mortal that makes your heart pound louder than the djembe drums. Well it is 2:08hrs Wednesday morning and I am struggling to sleep. I am feeling slightly sickish for lack of a better term to describe it, so 'la la land' seems but a distant dream at this moment. What better way to pass the time than making an entry into, as someone put it, my 'lonely and deserted' blog.

The strangest universal occurrence whenever someone is struggling to sleep is to go straight into the kitchen and make themselves some 'killer sandwich' and go straight in front of the television set hoping you will get bored by late night CNN news and slowly drift to sleep. In my case I have done the former and almost the latter although of course I am sitting in front of a computer and typing some 'ob' entry of which I have no idea were is going to.

Another occurrence waking up in the middle of the night is you tend to do things you otherwise do not have enough time to do during the day. Like say read a devotional from your favorite website (www.jesusfreakshideout.com). However you also tend to see your mind drifting to some other important elements of your life, like say for example: thinking of your 'super gorgeous amazing girlfriend'. Now I have fell into both those two categories this morning and I will share briefly on both of them.

Starting with the 'devotional' element. I have just read a devotional titled:"The Driver's Seat". It talks of allowing God to be the main dude controlling your life at all times as opposed to you always making the decisions and only trying to get him to validate all nonsensical decision you have already made. As the theme verse speaks for its self: "Anyone who intends to come with Me has to let Me lead. You're not in the driver's seat--I am." Luke 9:23 MSG I was left in no doubt that at times I have constantly taking the lord off the drivers seat and like a learner driver without an instructor. I have crashed into objects around me and afterwards I still have the nerve to blame my instructor for my waywardness........ Jesus said, "I do nothing without consulting the Father." (John 5:30 NLT) The Amplified translation makes the Savior's intentions even clearer by stating: "I do not seek or consult My own will [I have no desire to do what is pleasing to Myself, My own aim, My own purpose] but only the will and pleasure of the Father Who sent Me....So I am left with no doubt that we at all times need to be aware of the driver in the front seat before the vehicle is in motion. So that is my devotion moment this morning.

Last in relation to thoughts this morning on my 'super amazing gorgeous girlfriend' I can only say I greatly appreciate her for being part of my life and I am so grateful that she keeps my arrogance in check at all time.

As for my my 'lonely and deserted' blog. I will try to pay attention to you as often as I can. Now I need to go and try to get a VISA to la la land otherwise I am in big trouble staying awake tomorrow morning during working hours.

KeEp iT tIght 4rEaL

nK

Been Lazy Lately

2006-03-15T13:46:00.000+02:00

I have been a lazy blogger lately having not posted any news in the last few months. I have been busy but not too busy to post a comment or two.

I am thinking of making this blog slightly more interesting so I l am to add footage of some of my editing work. This is just to make this blog worthwhile for you. If you like the idea let me know.

I will post in a much more indepth news on this part of the world. Drop a comment and let me know how you are doing.

Keep it Tight 4Real

nKanyiso

A New's Resolution

2006-01-16T14:17:00.000+02:00

I would like to wish you all a belated happy new year. Belated because one can say that after just few weeks into the new year it does not feel new any more. All the same hope God guides you into the year with lots of hugs and kiss......

As a new year's resolution, I resolute to keep this blog as up dated as possible. Please do post a comment when you come through so that I know who is reading my junk.

Keep it Tight 4Real

nK

No Words

2005-10-25T19:27:00.000+02:00

DIVERSITY
SOURCE: The image in its original context on the page: glks.ipk-gatersleben.de/ home.php

I would like to thank each and everyone of you who posted a commenting my blog with regards to the Media Village's Cable Awards. It was fun putting the pictures together and its good to know that they is someone who appreciated it. So I thank you again for that.

Things are moving on as normal at Media Village. I am enjoying the 3D School though I must admit it is a bit strenuous on the mind. One needs a lot of concentration which if you know me is not one of my biggest attributes. My mind is gifted in diverting to so many places of my fantasies. I guess one needs to practice self discipline so I am sure I will manage this school.

So all is normal at this side of the world except for a few things that leave me at a loss for words. For one the Western Cape has had an increase in the number of abductions of children. Of lately a lot of the abducted children have been recovered. However one's heart goes out to the families of those whose children have not been accounted for.

Another important thingy (pardon my dodgey English) is the racism factor and discrimination. A black judge in the last week had been accused of uttering derogatory words to a white lawyer. This alleged incident spiraled into an unprecedented debate in different sectors of society. Counter accusations of who is to blame are being thrown from all directions. In the same week the Western Cape Premier had been accused of racism as he fired some of his council workers asking them to re apply for their work. Reasons for firing them is based on the fact that the Western Cape working community did not reflect the racial demographics of the Province. The statistics have it that the so called colored people are a bigger majority followed closely by blacks and eventually somewhere there in the lower numbers whites. Please note I am touching the surface on this subject hence there is much more to this story of which I can not go indepth.

I am not in any way trying to pick sides or to put anyone in bad light. If anything all these incidents have lead me to one conclusion about the situation in the Western Cape. That racism is still thick in the air despite the fact that the majority pretentiously live as if it does not exist. They is so much one can go into in seeking a solution. Ultimately it boils down to each and every person making a conscious decision to fight racism and discrimination in them. At the same time making a point that people do not base their lives or crucial decisions on the race or tribal view. Of course this can be debated indepth specifically if you start looking at addressing the imbalances cause pre 1994. I just hope that every single person in South Africa deals with this issue personally and aim for a better diverse country. After all we should be celebrating each other's diversities instead of fighting it. I have not much to say for now. I have a lot to say with regards to this subject at a later stage. If you have any views or comments please do drop me a comment and let me know.

kEEp iT tIgHT4rEAl

nK

Cable Awards Pictures

2005-10-10T17:57:00.000+02:00

THE BANDS

MARIMBA BANDSKA BANDVIOLIN
RANDOM PICTURE OF THE NIGHT

nk'S aWARds fOR tHE eVenINg

FuNkEst MalE Of EveNinGplAyeR Of The EveNINg CooLEsT, MoSt HandSome, BeSt DressED Duo.....Mmmmm!!!@@## YouNgEst CouPle Of EvenINgEveryThinG Is AlWays Blk & WhIte @ CAbLe AwardS BeSt SmIle Of THE EveNInG My 3Fav...BLaCK WoMen 4 ThE EveNIng DeFinAteLy The Best PrOduCer in ThE WORLd...aND LaStLy The BOys

okaY thatS a gLImPSE oF tHE eVENing hOPe yoU lIKEd THe pIcTUreS....kEEp iT tIgHT 4rEAL

nK

The End

2005-09-30T14:43:00.000+02:00

SVP has finally come to an end and all the students have left to face new challenges of their lives. Cable Awards was grand as always. Thanks to each and everyone of you that came and from your feedback sounds like you had an awesome time.

It was fun doing cable Awards from an organizational side. I had fun...Mmmmmmmm was nervous that things would have gone wrong but hey... All turned out for the best so that was super cool.

One end marks a beginning. So while SVP has come to an end and my role as head of Production along with it. A new beginning dawns. As from next week I will be a student again doing the animation school. I am excited and slightly nervous. I hope all works out. We will see how this turns out.

It was good seeing all of you who came. Thanks for your prayers and support. I will throw in some Cable Awards pictures for you soon. Keep it Tight 4Real.

NK

Almost at an End

2005-09-19T21:36:00.000+02:00

This is our last week of SVP. This coming Saturday we are having the Cable Awards to sum up the school. One would expect things to be slowing down. However that is not the situation. On the contrary things are heating up as we speak (I mean as you read). Students are rounding up their projects. I am running like a headless chicken just to make sure everything goes according to plan. All the same I am loving it yet at the same time I can not wait to see SVP come to an end.

Next time I post a post it would be after Cable Awards. Unless if some unseen forces of the unknown prompt me to do so. Otherwise watch this spot for pictures and all that would have happen during Cable Awards.

KeeP It tiGht 4rEAL

nK

DRAWING TO AN END

2005-09-10T19:19:00.000+02:00

The School of Video Production(SVP) is slowly but surely coming to an end. As we speak the students are working on their last projects. This time they have been placed in teams of at least up to four people with specific roles. For example, Producer, Editor, Cameraman(or woman to be politically correct) and Script Writing. These are some of the roles that the students see themselves in after having going through an intensive time of studying and mastering the art of Videography and Film making.

In two weeks time we will be having SVP graduation popularly know as Cable Awards. I am looking forward with such excitement as we also celebrating ten years of this school running. I guess this is the only time I get to spot a tie as it is a black tie event. The Awards ceremony is taking place at the Baxter Theater. I will keep you posted or at least give you an account of what took place at these awards in my next post.

For now Keep it Tight 4Real.............

Nk

NEWS 4REAL

2005-08-27T12:42:00.000+02:00

It has been a while since I posted a newsletter on my blog. As expected this has been one of the busiest times at Media Village. However everyone at the Village is up for the challenge.

Just to refresh your mind. We are currently running a Video Production School. This school encompasses all the three stages of production (i.e.Pre Production to Production and Post Production). I am heading the Post Production Department for this school under the watchful eye of the head of all Productions, Adrian. We have about 23 students from all over the world just going through the intensities and intricacies of the Video and film world.
Last week the students finished their first project which is a three minute Soft News piece and currently they are working on their adverts (Public Service Announcements:PSA). I must say its always exciting to see the progression of each individual from knowing nothing into producing, shooting and eventually editing their own film. That gives me such great fulfillment.

I guess the biggest challenge for me would be to at least get all of them to be efficient Editors by the end of the school. Efficient enough to enter any Production House in the world and start editing. Well for me whatâ€™s even more exciting is the fact that all this is coming out of Africa. Think about it with all the negativity associated with Africa its very refreshing to see something positive come out of this continent. The Tranformation Day of Prayer is one of them .....now talk of Africa being a dark continent....Okay I am going off the tangent now.

We still have a couple of weeks left before the school ends and the big graduation ceremony aptly called the Cable Awards takes place. Cable Awards is when we have a little Oscar Wards ceremony were we get to celebrate the students' work for the last 3 months. So I am inviting you to join us on the 24th of September, 1930hrs at the Baxter Theater Main Road, Rondebosch. It is a black tie event so dress up or should I say dress to kill. If you are around Cape Town on that day please do contact in advance so that we can make the necessary arrangements. I will give out all my contact details at the end of this letter....

Otherwise thank you so much for your support and prayers. Please pray for me I am considering doing the Animation School coming up at the beginning of October. So I need finances to that regard. All the same do email me anytime and let me know how you keeping I would love to hear from you.....

God Bless and Keep it Tight 4REAL...................

Nkanyiso Ncube

CONTACT DETAILS:

cell: + 27 72 4 100 104
landline: +27 21 788 9296
email: nktalks@gmail.com
nkanyisotalks@hotmail.com

P:S THAT LITTLE MAN WEARING A RED T-SHIRT IS YOURS TRULY. TALKING TO MY MOM MILES WAY...............................

Life is Beautiful

2005-07-19T23:18:00.000+02:00

Greetings earthling, well I guess to anyone who cares to read about the junk happening in my life (Oh!!! Junk is a good term.....Slang equivalent to cool. So don't cringe reading that). I have not posted an entry for a while. They are a combination of factors that have contributed to my lack of zeal in putting fingers on the keyboard and typing. I have been to Zimbabwe and came back. Worked on a couple of projects and mastered them. At the moment we running a Video Production School and I have been made to head the Post Production Department. At the same time I am working on projects that need to be finished before the second coming of Christ. Given the fact that no one 'knows the day or the hour' it could be any time. Hence the urgency with which I have to finish all my projects. So that obviously means my time to cope with all that I so wish I could do has been cut short. I have made it a point though that I at least strive to balance my life out in the midst of all this work. I absolutely love it.

So that in a nut shell has been my life in weeks that have gone by. So much has happened good and bad like we have come to know life to be. Hence I have been left to contemplate what life is. So much has come to my life all of which can now be deemed cliches. These are some of the cliches that have run in my mind on what life is:

Life is like a box is chocolate....(yea!! yea!! You probably know the rest)
Life is like a lemon, sour.
Life is wonderful.
Life sucks.
Life's a b#@&....(fill the gaps)
Life is a gift from God.
Life is not the amount of breathes you take but the moments that take your breathes away. (Got this one fron the movie 'Hitch' starring Will Smith)

Okay I guess you catch my drift. In other-words with so much happening within a space of 24 hrs in all the days that we spend in our lives. It is only natural that we go through so many conflicting emotions. That strangest thing though is we tend to focus on the negative feelings and forget the positive. Looking at my own life I guess I can only come to one conclusion on what life is despite the negative that clouds the positive from time to time. That conclusion being: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. If you have watched a movie with that title (Starring Roberto Benigni) I am sure that despite its tragic ending you left gasping these words, "Life is Beautiful". Thank you again for your support and your prayers. I greatly appreciate them. God Bless and Keep it Tight 4Real....

Nkanyiso

Global Day of Prayer a Success

2005-05-18T21:16:00.000+02:00

This Sunday the 15th (which also happened to be Pentecostal Sunday) was the Global Day of Prayer. Yep!!!! The world humbled its self before God and prayed. What an awesome feeling knowing that I was part of a prayer movement that started here in Cape Town and spread like a wild fire through out Africa over the last five years has gone global am so blessed to know I am part of his historic occasion.

Its so funny because when one is seating in the editing suite and working on documenting all prayer events that have transpired across Africa you are so unaware of the bigger picture. Well on Sunday the 15th as the world prayed the picture became much more clearer to me. I was at Newlands stadium with the rest of at least 30 000 over of other people who came to pray. I had the privileged of seating in the media suite as it all happened. So I could see what was happening on the TV and of course the live event at the stadium. It was so heart warming watching some of the inserts that we as Media Village packaged for the live broadcast that was beamed to the world on different TV channels. It goes to show that one can play a big part in the transformation of God's people in this world.

I had the honor of being invited to an early breakfast the day after the prayer event with Graham Power. Graham Power is the man who had the vision of having people pray for their land. His vision has since (as already indicated) spread from a stadium in Cape Town, to the rest of South Africa, then Africa itself and now the whole globe. It was so encouraging to her the statistics of people who prayed all over the world and how different parts of the world and community had been transformed. If you need more information and testimonials from various countries you can check out the website http://www.globaldayofprayer.com/news

Otherwise I am greatly honored to part of God's work and to be part of the Transformation process. God Bless you all. Thanks for you prayers and support. Keep it Tight 4Real.....
Nk

Flirting with SABC

2005-05-06T21:15:00.000+02:00

Looks like at the moment we doing a lot of work for SABC (South African Broadcasting Corporation. We still doing some work for one of the production houses commissioned to run a program called 3:16. This program is run on SABC 2 every Sunday at 9am. I have edited at least 3 inserts for them. Currently working on another which a story on Media Village and our Executive Producer,Diane Vermooten. Its always exciting to do small productions that will eventually be broadcast on TV.

The big productions which we are currently working on is on the massive prayer day (15 of May 2005). Transformation Africa prayer movement is going global this year. it promises to be one of the biggest prayer days ever. Not only are all African countries going to be involved but other countries around the world will be involve this time. Media Village is taking the responsibility of run the live broadcast on the actually day. This broadcast will go to various TV stations including SABC 2, TBN, God TV and so on. The broadcast will start at 1300 hrs so if you next to a TV set and you not in a prayer gathering you can watch it. It's such a great honour to be given the responsibility of be part of this day though Television work. However having the responsibility of running this broadcast spells one thing for Media Village stuff (or is it staff), it spells 'high levels of lunacy'. Its like a mad house this side as we edit various inserts that will be shown on the day. All other departments in the bulding are geared towards Transformation day. So we would greatly appreciate your prayers to this regard.

All the same thank you so much for your support. I greatly appreciate it. Thanks to those who have given me feed back. If you have any personal questions about anything do email me God Bless and Keep it Tight.

Nk

News 4Real

2005-04-08T21:00:00.000+02:00

DTS.com 2005 Media Village
The past few months have flown so fast like a rocket down here at Media Village. It is only 3 months go that we had students coming through to do DTS and only last week we saw them off for outreach. Yep!!! That's how fast time goes. So the DTS for 2005 (pictured on top) are on outreach for the next 3 months. The team has been divided into two groups. One will be doing outreach in Johannesburg and Lesotho and the other team will be in Durban and the surrounding areas.

I must say I miss these guys a lot and they are definitely my favorite DTS to come through Media Village. YWAM is definitely the best place to be but at times the most sad. It is always great meeting new people and building great friendships with them. It is sad, however, when those very people have to go. So that is how I feel about the guys who just finished the lecture phase of their DTS.

Well with the departure of the DTS they is the arrival new students are two schools running at the moment namely the writing school and the Communications Schools. The picture below is some of the students part of these two schools. These two schools is a nice blend of Europeans, Americans and Africans. Gosh we have half the United nations with us. We are definitely blessed.

2005
This is the blessing of YWAM were you get to met new interesting people from different cultures and backgrounds. I must say it is definitely a previledge. So from the training side that is what is happening at Media Village.

On the production side the last month I finished editing a project called Coronation which was produced by my sweet friend Sarah Thomas (I pray she doesn't find out I called her sweet she might start getting ideas I am a softy). Coronation is a group of business people (I think they are called fund managers) who deal with funds and all that boring stuff. They basically came up with an initiative were they teach women in disadvantaged communities like Khayelitsha how to strategically market their garden produce(i.e vegetables) and make a living out of them. So we did a video for them basically showing the methodologies they are using to make this project a success.

At the moment I am editing an insert for a Television program on SABC 2 Sunday morning called 3:16. I am working with Bart Love (from Zimbabwe) whose producing it and this happens to be his first project and his very excited. This insert is about a magician called Nick (sorry I forget his surname) who goes around the street doing some magic tricks to the public just like the famous magician David Blaine. The twist of the story is that he is a Christian and uses every opportunity he gets to share God's word through his magic. I will let you know when this will be aired on SABC if you interested. Just let me know if you are interested. We still have to courier the offline to Johannesburg for the producers of 3:16 to validate it before we do an online.

Pretty soon we will be going full scale in preparation for the live broadcast of one of the biggest prayer days in our history called Transformation Africa. We are packaging all the programs and inserts that will be shown live on the 15th of May during the live broadcast. So I will greatly appreciate your prayers especially for my executive producer Diane Vermoteen who has to see to it that this day will be a success.

Well enough has been said. As promised in the email I sent you this me now. So if you have not seen me in a long time this is how I look. So brace your self................

It doesn't get any doggier, hey
Mmmmmmmmm I guess I have changed then. All the same thank you for taking time to read. God Bless you. Thank you again for your friendship and support.

KEEP IT TIGHT 4REAL

NK

The Life and Times of Absolute Truth

2005-04-07T17:45:00.000+02:00

One of my favorite rock bands besides U2 is Tree 63. This band has a CD called: 'The Life and Times of Absolute Truth'. I love Tree 63's music and find it so relevant to the times we live in. I have at least two CDs of this band and the other one is titled 'King of Kings' I got it for free after having subscribed to one of my favorite magazines called 'Truth'. I am sure by now you have figured out I have a fascination for the word 'truth'. True!!!! I do have a fascination for the word 'truth' but more importantly I have a fascination for the truth its self.

I guess the main reason being 'the truth' is what most of us are seeking. That's exactly why I work in the video and radio industry, to know the truth and make it known. What truth? You may ask. My answer is simple, the truth that I am referring to is the one that you seek in-order to make sense to life's questions. Questions ranging from the difficult like, 'What is the meaning of life?'. To simple questions like, 'Is is wrong to listen to a song that has swear words in it?' (Mmmmmmm....Come to think of it that might be a complicated question to some). Ultimately we are all seeking the truth one way or the other
and the truth is not 'out there' as we have been lead to believe. The truth is standing right in front of you almost tempted to slap you on the face because you looking past it.

"So what is the truth? If its standing right in front of me why can I not see it ???????" If you have read this article up to this point you might be asking those questions. Maybe you already know the answers. If you do know the answers to the 'truth' you need not bother visiting my site again. However if do not know it or you seek to have a deeper understanding of it and you have a passion to make the truth known, please do frequently check out my site and join me as we seek the truth so as to have a deeper understanding of it and make it known to the ignorant. The truth of 'The life and Times of Absolute Truth' is exactly the reason why I am working in the media industry. To make the truth known to masses as I seek it myself.

Please do support me in my work in any way possible in seeking and making the truth known. Thank you again for your prayers and support. Keep it Tight 4Real.

Nk

The Passion Of Christ

2005-03-24T21:49:00.000+02:00

This morning my boss Graham Vermoteen spoke about his recent visit to America were he had gone to a Broadcasters meeting. In that meeting Mel Gibson the director of the movie "The Passion of the Christ" was honoured for making that movie. I hear he got a standing ovation and rightly so.

In his speech he mentioned the fact that since the movie had been shoot they have received tons of letters from all the world as people gave their feedback. Interestingly enough, he added, they still have not managed to get through half of the letters that they have received. The letters that they have managed to get through one thing that comes out oftein about the movie is the amount of violence in it. Hence as an Easter special they have cut out half the stuff that is deemed too violent. Well thats subject to debate I guess.

The reason why I write about this is just to remind you the great significance of Easter. The death of Christ for us. Forget the easter bunny, easter eggs and all that mumbo jambo. However you would want to look at Christ death the fact is it was the most gruesome and inhumane tortue that an individual has had to go through. All this as you probably know was just to save our own beacon.

Despite all this Christ conqured death and rose again. Whatever theories archiologist or the other, have come out with in qualifiying or disputing his resurrection. All that matters is the facts that only the heart can comprehend through faith. The fact that he died for us and rose again. So this Easter let it not just be another occasion that you take time out of work and do the normal easter routine of going to church or munching your Easter eggs like they is no tomorrow. Let it be a time that you apply the victory of his death and resurrection to all aspects of your life.

You have yourself a God filled and celebratory Easter. Keep it Tight 4real.

Nk

Internet Blues

2005-03-15T17:43:00.000+02:00

I would like o sencerely apologise for not updating my blog in a long time. I have not had access to the internet for a long time and only got it recently.

It all started with someone downloding or using our internet space without our permission. Basically we run out of Gigs in the shortest time imaginable. Trust me losing 6 gigs of internet space is a hack of a lot. I guess someone got hold of our passwords and did what any Jack would do, "Go on a shopping spree". Well in this case download major league DATA.

So if you thought I was being anti social I hope you understand and forgive me. They is tons of unread emails I have to go through so I will be doing that in the next few days. Hopefully in the process I will be able to reply yours promptly.

Otherwise you Keep it Tight 4Real. Thank you again for being part of my life. God Bless

NK

UPDATE ON MV TSUNAMI TEAM

2005-01-27T23:05:00.000+02:00

Thought I give you guys a quick update on the Media Village team which went to South East Asia to gather information on the Tsunami Disaster. The information is to be used to mobiles various Christians who have a want to go and offer their services building up the countries affected by Tsunami disaster. We have mobiles more 100 volunteers who have vast experience and practical skills needed to build up and help Tsunami victims.

The team came back on Wednesday looking very tired with a lot of stories to tell. Sad stories I might add..... We have a lot of footage so the Post Production team of which I am part of will soon be working on it. We will be editing stories to show the aftermath of stories which will shown different communities. Volunteers will be much more informed on what to expect and what their services will entail once they get to Asia. They are so many Aid organizations in Asia helping out in response to this sad disaster. The danger however is as soon as media attention shifts from Tsunami, so will be some of the Aid organizations sationed in that continent. I will not be surprised if the missionaries, as been experienced in the past disaster, are left behind to finish the work. So it is of paramount importance that we pray that as media attention shifts we will still have people working and helping our fellow brothers and sisters. As I always say the best way to give your whole being in helping others, is to put yourself in the situation and imagine your family members in the same situation. I am sure you will be so moved pray even harder than you have ever done before. Trust me I have done that before.

I will greatly appreciate your prayers. Thanks for to all who emailed me and left comment in appreciation of the Blog. I greatly appreciate that. Hope to hear from you soon. KEEP IT TIGHT 4REAL

NK

Fire and Water

2005-01-16T11:19:00.000+02:00

Boyes Drive Fire
In the past few days we have seen fires erupting from different parts of Cape Town. As seen in the picture above one of the fires that hit Boyes Drive right above were I live. Strong winds fanned a fire a few days after above the Lakeside area in the Southern Peninsula. I believe people had to be evacuated and some of the houses in the area burnt down.

To add on to the misery of fires. The iol news agency also reported the death of an unidentified infant on Saturday as runaway fires swept through several informal settlement zones in Langa outside Cape Town. At Muizenberg a fire which has been burning intermittently since Thursday and which had destroyed about 2000 hectares of fynbos was also contained, with final damping down operations underway on Saturday night.

Adding to the woes of Cape Town is the water shortages which ha since seen the council putting strict rule on Water usaged. For example you can not water your garden any time you feel like it. They are times which have been scheduled for that failure to do so resulting with on the spot hefty fine. In one way or the other I fully back the council's initiatives as the situation is highly critical. Hopefully soon the situation will improve and all will get to normal.

Okay that's the news on my side. Drop me a comment and let me know what you getting up to. KEEP IT TIGHT 4REAL.

NK

WELCOME

2005-01-14T05:35:00.000+02:00

nkrocks baby
Hope you doing great in all aspects of your life. Okay I have procrastinated this for a while now. I have been meaning to start a personal blog were I can keep you guys abreast on what's happening in my life. So "Walla!!!!!!!!!!!! Here goes something. I will be posting all vasts of information that I deem necessary for 'touching base purposes. So pop into this website anytime you feel like you miss me. Thank you so much for taking time to check out this site. Please drop me a comment on this site and give me your views or just let me know what you getting up to. I will respond is necessary. To post a comment just click on comment (which is next to tracker} at the end of each post and then type your fingers away. God Bless you....

KEEP IT TIGHT 4 REAL...............

Tsunami Disaster

This a bit of news from Media Village in response to the Tsunami disaster. Our team flew to Asia this morning to lend their hand:

Graham, our CEO, is leading an advance team to Sri Lanka right now and then on to Indonesia. The team consists of a journalist (Inge Verster), a photographer (Debra Bell) and a videographer & sound person (Butho Ncube). The reason for taking this team is to assess the needs on the ground in order to plan the effective sending of manpower and finances, and to supply stories back to all our supporters, radio stations, magazines, etc.

Media Village Team
At present, we are talking to major church leaders in Indonesia and will meet some key contacts in Singapore. After the team's visit, the Coalition of the South Africa Joint Christian Response (which Graham coordinates) will know where to focus their attention.

We will help anybody who needs help, regardless of race or religion but we are committed to channel our money and efforts through the Christian community on the ground.

Our commitment is to keep all overheads to a minimum and make sure that all donations are directly used for the relief effort. The fund we have set up will be administered through the Transformation Office and will be audited by the auditing company Moore Rowland.

Okay that's the news from this part o the world. God Bless you and thank you so much for your prayers and support. Keep it tight 4REAL.....

NK

2005-01-12T22:48:00.000+02:00

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