HARRY POTTER SPOTTED Sat 9am Amsterdam
Thanks to ‘Sis’wami’ for sending in this pic of her first spotting of the new Harry Potter book. It’s from Schipol Airport in Amsterdam early on Saturday morning, apparently travellers were reading the book all over the terminals… Around 6.9 million books were sold in the Us in 24 hours making JK Rowling one very rich author – u go girl!!! Not having read t…he books we’re a little behind on the phenomenon but the whole world is all over them and we’re fascinated by the mass hype. Any Potter fans out there do fill us in! From the BBC Potter book beats US sales record Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth in the series The new Harry Potter book has sold 6.9 million copies in the US in its first 24 hours, beating the record held by the previous Potter release. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sold more than 250,000 copies per hour after its publication on Saturday. The previous Potter book, Order of the Phoenix, sold five million copies in 24 hours in the US when released in 2003. The number of US Potter launch parties increased from 800 in 2003 to 5,000 on Saturday, US publisher Scholastic said. Sales figures for the UK were expected to be released on Monday. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released at 0001 BST on Saturday....
SABC 2 looking for Poets
If you’re a poet and you know it make sure to get creative and send in your words – you can get them broadcast on TV as part of the Lentswe Poetry Project. SABC 2 presents the Lentswe Poetry Project, a performing arts initiative that aims to promote poets and poetry to the people of South Africa. As a proud supporter of the arts, SABC 2 seeks to stimulate the nation using this fr…esh, interactive development. Creative Africans with a penchant for dabbling in words are encouraged to submit their poems, which will be broadcast on the channel. SABC 2 is proud to offer eleven poets (both aspiring and established) a platform for their voice to be heard. The channel believes that through the Lentswe Poetry Project, we can build a more inspired, motivated and culturally aware nation.” There are eleven topics based on national celebratory days and categories for poetry entries are as follows: Valentine Day (1 Feb) Human Rights Day (8 Mar) Family Day (15 Mar) Freedom Day (5 Apr) Workers Day (12 Apr) Mothers Day (19 Apr) Africa Day (3 May) Youth Day (31 May) Women’s Day (19 Jul) Heritage Day (30 Aug) Aids Day (22 Nov). The poems can be in any of South Africa’s eleven official languages and sent through to the SABC via email or post. The top ten poems from each topic will be selected from all the entries around the country. Short-listed participants will be invited to recite their poems at the Lentswe Poetry Cafý held at Bassline in Newtown Johannesburg. The poetry cafý will be based around each theme, with a total of eleven poetry readings in the year 2006. There will be one overall winner from each topic and this poem will be translated into an on air commercial to be broadcast on SABC 2. South Africans are heirs of a vibrant and rich culture – now is the time to express this through SABC 2’s exciting poetry project. If you are a lover of poetry, make sure your poem gets the love it deserves! Send your entries by post to: Private Bag X41 Auckland Park 2006 OR YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL BY CLICKING HERE On the poetry pluck, please check out this poem sent to us by a very young and talented Poet Jocelyn who is only 12 years old – hope she enters the competition! LIFE IN A SHACK As the wind blows through the crack in the wall There they are waiting for just that one phone call The fire flickers In the shack next door you can hear the bickers Finally the fire blows...
STICK IT UP THEIR B-*** DAY – 22 Sept – NO PETROL!!!!
We often get these kind of emails about the petrol price – we’re waiting for the day that people actually get behind the hot air… let’s see if we can do it on the 22 September. IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN SOUTH AFRICA DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF PETROL FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES. AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIR…E INDUSTRY WITH A NET LOSS OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL COMPANIES. THEREFORE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED “STICK IT UP THEIR BEHIND ” DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION AND THE WORLD SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP OF PETROL THAT DAY. THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT. WAITING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THE PRICES IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL IN PRICES THAT THE ARAB NATIONS PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO? REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE OF PETROL GOING UP BUT AT THE AME TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES, TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE ORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH EFFECTS PRICES ON EVERYTHING THAT IS SHIPPED. THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING SUPPLIES MEDICAL SUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END? WE DO! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON’T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER ONE DAY, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. SO DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MAKE SEPTEMBER 22nd A DAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD SAY : “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” ——————————————————————- 15 July This is A reminder to all those that like to count the pennies… fill up your tanks today – Petrol is going up tomorrow. Article from IOL A litre of 93 octane petrol will go up by 29 cents [this] Wednesday, the department of minerals and energy announced on Friday. Unleaded 95 and 97 octane petrol goes up by 32 cents and diesel with a 0,3 percent sulphur content goes up by 49 cents a litre. Diesel with 0,05 percent sulphur content rises by 51 cents a litre. Illuminating paraffin goes up by 33 cents per litre in wholesale price with the single maximum national retail price going up by 43 cents a litre for paraffin. – Sapa...
Tribute to BO ‘BLACK’ Moseneke from all of us
Condolences to all the fans, friends and family of this bright young star Bo Moseneke who passed away on Saturday… He will be missed by listeners and watchers all over the country – a special shout out of support from Represent to all his colleagues and friends at 5fm and MNET. A few words from 5fm: Bo “Black” Moseneke was 26 years old when he passed away this …past Saturday (October 1) in Pretoria. He will always be remembered as the high-spirited sports presenter on 5FM’s The Mark Gillman Breakfast Show. Bo joined the national radio station’s breakfast show early in 2004. Bo loved his sport – he played four years of professional world tennis on the courts of America and Europe. Apart from various accolades, including awards for “Sports Personality of the Year” – honouring his truly unique & bold journalistic skills on both 5FM and Supersport (DStv) – Bo was a popular, spontaneous and absolute gentleman who won the hearts of everyone that met him. “Bo ‘Black’ was truly one of the nicest people I have ever met, a remarkable personality; a great friend and a professional broadcaster. He will be remembered by all of his friends at 5FM in the way that each and every day he would greet us with his unmistakable smile and that infectious laugh. Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with his family during this difficult time. Rest in peace – Bo ‘Black’!” says John Langford, 5FM’s station manager. In his last media interview a few weeks ago, Bo was questioned about his popularity with fans everywhere. “I just think it’s the sense of honesty and level of excitement through the way I present sport on TV & 5FM. People wanna know that their presenter is not just a person who talks about sport, but is a fanatic relating a story about what happened. I love what I do ‘cos I love my sport. That brings everyone listening or watching a little closer to you. And it seems the country’s beautiful ladies like that. I hope I keep doing it right?! Black… Strike hard, baby!” said...
YOUTH DAY -we can &must all do something!
CLICK HERE for our YOUTH DAY PICS YOUTH DAY 2005 was one that has inspired us at REPRESENT to try and make a difference and to encourage our readers to do so too! We caught a glimpse of a poorly organised and bland youth rally in Kimberley on TV with a really despondent youth, the majority of whom are unempl…oyed and caught up in a cycle of poverty and hopelessness. The sombre mood in the stadium was quite disturbing, with the young people not even answering a call to VIVA when president Mbeki walked into the stadium. It seems like in the Northern Cape the glory days of Freedom are mired by the need for real change and alleviation of joblessness and poverty. Watching the news later on, around the country the gatherings of young people were in some places loud and raucous, with pro-ZUMA sentiment toy-toying the crowds, particularly in Mpumalanga and Kwa-Zulu Natal. The message was clear, don’t underestimate our power and force, “we made the difference in 1976 and we can make a difference now if you don’t hear our voices.” Heavy stuff. We never got to go to Orlando Stadium to remember the class of ’76 but we did get to go down to an amazingly packed out Newtown which seemed to embody that Jozi spirit and style and was abuzz with beautiful young people, all celebrating good music and having fun. It was at the smaller stage where we saw stacks of black youth bopping to the heavy guitar sounds of the Parlotones and we looked around us in awe, reminding ourselves that you just can’t put us in a box. The only pity was the lack of white, Indian and Coloured South African youth – guys, we need to come together and pay respect to those that made change happen in ’76 – please next year make sure to REPRESENT – your music was there but where were you? See our pics for the vibe in Newtown. Later on the day ended off beautifully with the first episode of the APPRENTICE and it was here where i realised one small thing we can all do to make a difference to unemployment and poverty – let us all support informal traders – if you do so already – well done – But so many of us go to a garage shop to buy cigarettes or a supermarket for fruit – let’s all make an effort to support informal traders – a daily profit of R12 is frightening – we can make a difference. So the next time you feel like buying NikNaks – walk...
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