{"id":47546,"date":"2024-04-14T14:28:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T14:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs"},"modified":"2024-04-14T15:33:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T15:33:13","slug":"central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs","title":{"rendered":"CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Mbabane Central High School and Woodlands High School emerged victorious at the culture competition held in Prince of Wales Sports Ground, Mbabane today.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The second leg of the Mbabane Schools Culture Competition saw 12 high schools compete in three categories, Sibhaca, Ummiso, and Ingadla. Mbabane Central High School won first place in both the Sibhaca and Ingadla categories, while Woodlands High School took home the top prize for the Ummiso category.<\/p>\n<p>During the Mbabane Schools Culture Competition, Mbabane Mayor Vusi Tembe highlighted the city\u2019s commitment to preserving its cultural heritage, noting that Mbabane is a leading example in this regard. The mayor further revealed that the city had sponsored a similar competition for primary schools, which had seen over 1 000 pupils from 12 different primary schools participate.<\/p>\n<p>Tembe expressed his concern about the potential for the younger generation to lose touch with their cultural heritage, and stated that the city\u2019s sponsorship of such events was a means to prevent this from happening.<\/p>\n<p>Representative of the Hhohho Reginal Education Officer (REO) Nomfundo Makhathini commended the Municipal Council of Mbabane for their sponsorship of the Schools Culture Competition.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that the competition was an effective means of supporting the SiSwati curriculum, as the performances of the students directly reflected what they were being taught in school. Makhathini emphasised the importance of these events in reinforcing cultural education and enhancing the relevance of the curriculum in the lives of the students.<\/p>\n<p>Makhathini made it clear that poetry was not overlooked in the SiSwati curriculum, and that students were being taught the art of writing and reciting poems. She emphasised that by nurturing the students\u2019 poetic skills, the schools were enabling them to potentially pursue poetry as a career path. Makhathini believed that this focus on poetry would not only enhance the students\u2019 cultural understanding but also provide them with valuable communication and creative expression skills for the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Mbabane Central High School and Woodlands High School emerged victorious at the culture competition held in Prince of Wales Sports Ground, Mbabane today. The second leg of the Mbabane Schools Culture Competition saw 12 high schools compete in three categories, Sibhaca, Ummiso, and Ingadla. Mbabane Central High School won first place in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,242],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-47546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mbabane Central High School and Woodlands High School emerged victorious at the culture competition held in Prince of ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mbabane Central High School and Woodlands High School emerged victorious at the culture competition held in Prince of ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-14T14:28:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-14T15:33:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/sm_1713095951.313023.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-14T14:28:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-14T15:33:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs\"},\"wordCount\":334,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/sm_1713095951.313023.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs\",\"name\":\"CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS - Eswatini\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/sm_1713095951.313023.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-14T14:28:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-14T15:33:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Mbabane Central High School and Woodlands High School emerged victorious at the culture competition held in Prince of ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/sm_1713095951.313023.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/sm_1713095951.313023.jpg\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":680,\"caption\":\"CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/\",\"name\":\"Eswatini\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS - Eswatini","description":"Mbabane Central High School and Woodlands High School emerged victorious at the culture competition held in Prince of ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS","og_description":"Mbabane Central High School and Woodlands High School emerged victorious at the culture competition held in Prince of ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs","og_site_name":"Eswatini","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-04-14T14:28:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-04-14T15:33:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":680,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/sm_1713095951.313023.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS","datePublished":"2024-04-14T14:28:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-14T15:33:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs"},"wordCount":334,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/sm_1713095951.313023.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Eswatini","Eswatini"],"articleSection":["all news","community","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs","name":"CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS - Eswatini","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/sm_1713095951.313023.jpg","datePublished":"2024-04-14T14:28:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-04-14T15:33:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Mbabane Central High School and Woodlands High School emerged victorious at the culture competition held in Prince of ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/sm_1713095951.313023.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/sm_1713095951.313023.jpg","width":1080,"height":680,"caption":"CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/central-woodlands-crowned-mbabane-schools-culture-champs#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CENTRAL, WOODLANDS CROWNED MBABANE SCHOOLS CULTURE CHAMPS"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/","name":"Eswatini","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}