The 2015 South Africa Fashion Week SpringSummer was launched recently at the upmarket Crowne Plaza in Rosebank. The bi-annual, four-day fashion event saw more than 20 of South Africa’s top designers showcase their “luxury, ready-to-wear” collections. It had works by Black Coffee, Amanda Cherry, Clive Rundle, Lalesso, Urban Zulu, Fundudzi,
The Economic Freedom Fighters sends revolutionary condolences to the family, friends and fans of the legendary Senyaka Kenana who died after a battle with pneumonia this week. South Africa has indeed been robbed with a great local artist whose work represented the township idiom and comedy in both entertaining and
A few days before Tim Plewman returns to the stage in ‘Defending the Caveman’, J. BROOKS SPECTOR spoke with the actorwriterdirectortheatrical entrepreneur about his upcoming role and much more. We meet in Tim Plewman’s quiet suburban home, steaming hot, excellent coffee in hand, a gentle rain in the garden. The
The Department of Social Development has appointed a committee to look at the abuse of children placed in foster care, Minister Bathabile Dlamini announced on Wednesday. Addressing social work practitioners at the National Social Work Indaba, Minister Dlamini said there were issues that needed attention with regards to foster care,
Taking to the stage at Medunsa in Tshwane, Ishmael ‘Ish’ Morabe will be launching his new solo album, titled ‘I’m the Ish’ at the next free CAN DO! Campus Refresh Tour concert on Saturday, 28 March 2015 – a party not to be missed! Morabe started his music career in
After five incredible years Zayn Malik has decided to leave One Direction. Niall, Harry, Liam and Louis will continue as a four-piece and look forward to the forthcoming concerts of their world tour and recording their fifth album, due to be released later this year. Zayn says: “My life with
Guide to the best ever concert experience Before the concert If you have not collected your tickets at a store yet, please collect before Wednesday this week, we expect long queues at the Money Markets from Thursday because it is the end of the month. The credit card holder in
All MPs should get themselves tested for TB, the Treatment Action Campaign says. Several thousand people joined TAC’s march to parliament today to mark World TB Day by handing over a memorandum addressed to the Secretary of Parliament. “We are marching to ask MPs to show their solidarity with the
The Congress of South African Trade Unions, jointly with the alliance, is going back to the expensive toll gate at Swartruggens to continue with its program to put pressure to our own government to implement their resolution on reducing the fees at the Swartruggens toll gate which is the most
It is official the finalists for the 2015 MTN Radio Awards have been selected. It took the adjudication panel approximately 2500 hours of listening to submissions to complete the process of adjudicating and scoring all the entries, to determine the best of the best in South African radio. “We received
“Every image draws me into their lives” Haunting photographic images and sculptures shape a circular exhibition entitled “Unrest”. Arranged around the walls of the Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery at The University of the Free State, the award-winning work of Hasan and Husain Essop speaks to both a local and international
Being part of the Rainbow Warrior ship tour was the most beautiful experience I have had in my entire life. This somewhat paved a little piece of a pathway of the journey I would like to take in the future. I have never felt such joy, purpose and unity as
