City Speaker Nandi Mayathula-Khoza

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Acting chief executive officer of the Johannesburg Tourism Company, Eddy Khosa

Delphic team off to Malaysia A TEAM of 22 performers has jetted off to Malaysia to represent Johannesburg at the International Delphic Games. August 31, 2005 By Mamello Makgana A HIGH-spirited delegation from Johannesburg has jetted off to Kuching, Malaysia, for the 2005 International Delphic Games, an international arts and culture competition. The delegation will represent the City, which will host the 2007 Junior Delphic Games in Newtown. The junior games are open to people 18 years old or younger, and about 5 000 participants from around the world are expected to take part. Although she has not yet left for Malaysia, Council Speaker Nandi Mayathula-Khoza will lead the delegation to Kuching in the first week of September to prepare for the 2007 games. The highlight of the visit is the handing over of the Delphic flag by the chief minister of Sarawak, where Kuching is situated, to Mayathula-Khoza. With her will be the acting chief executive of the Johannesburg Tourism Company, Eddy Khosa. The chairman of the board of the National Delphic Council, praise singer Zolani Mkiva, and the council's chief executive, Jill Sumption, are already in Malaysia. Over and above the games, the council will host a competition in Kuching to showcase choreographed performances by artists, traditional musicians and dancers. The tourism company will mount an exhibition in the city to show Joburg's infrastructure, facilities and tourist attractions for those who will be taking part in the 2007 games. About 22 performers left with the delegation to take part in the international event, including traditional Zulu storytellers, or o Mxoxi. According to Nlhanlha Zwane, a traditional Zulu dancer from Alexandra, in the north of the city, all the participants were auditioned before they were chosen to compete. The games are held on a four-year cycle, with the Delphics every four years and the Junior Delphics midway through the cycle. The first Junior Delphics of the modern era took place in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1997, followed by the modern Delphics in Moscow, Russia, in 2000. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za