Photos: GAY PRIDE – a colourful city experience!
We went to the Joburg Gay Pride – WOW> Walking through the city surrounded by proud and loud multilcultural fabulous people was surreal. Hundreds of beaming faces popped over the piled up balconies along the route – the city residents gathered, some smiling, some laughing, some shocked, but most were loving it. The rejuvenated GAY HEARTLANDS were magnificent in their new outfit -… we are definitely going partying there soon – here’s the website. CHECK OUT OUR PHOTO’S – they say it all. ***************************************************** 23 September GAY PRIDE MARCH DETAILS WE WILL SEE YOU ALL AT THE GORGEOUS CONHILL AT 4PM!!! You’all ready for this?? – Gay Pride back in the city and Braamies in September – the more the merrier folks… Put it this way, let’s make it rock and all the better our chances will be in our bid for the Gay Games in 2010 – more on the games soon! Johannesburg Lesbian and Gay Pride Heritage Week will be celebrating its sixteenth anniversary this year during the week-long festival from 17 to 24th September, which traditionally culminates with the Pride March and Mardi Gras. The theme for this year is: “Pride – Sweet Sixteen: the Right to Be, the Freedom to Express”, and significantly, this year, Heritage Day falls on the Saturday, 24th, the day of the Pride March. Following on from the process which the Equality Project set in motion, the organised LGBTI sector, consisting of OUT from Pretoria, Forum for the Empowerment for Women and Behind the Mask, has facilitated a number of public consultative meetings to advise and involve interested stakeholders of the progress of Pride logistics. “It is our belief that bringing Pride back to the inner City and linking key historical, political and cultural places such as Constitutional Hill, Newtown and the Nelson Mandela Bridge will elevate the profile of our messaging and our engagement with diverse audiences and other sectors,” said Joburg Pride Co-ordinator, Paul Tilly. “More significantly, our ultimate objective for years to come is to establish key public and private partnerships to maximise resources. It is important for Pride to engage with the rebirth and modernisation of sub-Saharan Africa’s financial capital and we need to ensure that Joburg Pride is an annual event on the City calendar.” he said. This year’s Pride march will start off in the square at 15h30 outside the Constitutional Court at Constitution Hill chosen for its significance, both for the impending same-sex marriage case and because of the link to the world’s first Constitution to enshrine the right to sexual orientation in its Bill of Rights. The parade will then continue into town...
PolitBuro Sessions reawakened – FABULOUS!!!
If you’ve never been to one of the infamous POLITBURO underground events and you love to get down to soulful funk, make sure you get active – choose the slot that best appeals and start sipping redbull. See you there! And so the “thomasses” thought that it was all over… Not now! Not ever! The struggle continues… Phezukwayo!!! Grooving Masses of ou…r country, and the world, please come and join the PolitBuro Khru on Saturday, 29th October, 2005, at The Color Bar, Milpark, Jozi for the launch of the compilation album, 50FunkYears! – A SoundTrek, The People Shall Groove… celebrating Half-A-Century of South African Music, Art & Dance – SAMAD! 50FunkYears! will come to you Live starting at 15:00 in the afternoon, through to 03:00 – a 323 you will neva 4get that will be broken into Three (3) segments, as follows: 1) 15:00 – 19:00 – Jazzin’ Out Loud with VOICE *50FunkYears! starts with a Jazzy Afternoon as we listen to one of the tightest jazz acts today, VOICE featuring Marcus Wyatt – Fluge Horn & Trumpet; Herbie Tsoaedi – Double Bass; Andile Yenana – Piano; Sydney Mnisi – Sax; and Morabo Morejele – Drums + Guest Artists. VOICE will be jamming the sounds of the Blue Notes – one of the last South African jazz acts to be exiled by Apartheid in the sixties… an act that went on to “bring back Jazz to London”, as they took on a residency at Ronnie Scotts… We been funky 4-2Long! DJ Smiling Lion, will drop us some Jazz on Dex featuring the sounds of Coltrane, Kippie, Nina Simone, Mama Afrika… As we will be saying “Thank you to the Great Generation of Yesteryear”, we encourage all to invite your parents and kids for the afternoon session. And as this will be a family day, there will be lots for kids to do in the surrounding child-friendly courtyard. The menu will include Afro-Soul Food, a Spit Braai, and lots of Fruits & Roots 4 Da’ Ital Khru!; 2) 19:00 – 22:00 – Back 2Africa Wid da QUEENS 21:00 – 22:00 After waiting for so long to have these fine divas of song bless the PolitBuro stage, a miracle has finally happened! MAHOTELLA QUEENS have been grooving since 1964, to this very day these powerful African women are still rocking the world! Together with the late Mahlathini, and the killer Makgona Tsohle Band, they revolutionarised the sound of Mbaqanga… We could not have been more honoured than to finally work with this South African Institution of Sound whose beautiful harmonies and dances will take us back to the “days gone-by”… 19:00...
GOLDFISH – catch this talent live in Jozi
We’ve already heard about them from the Breathe Sunshine collection (if you haven’t got your hands on one yet – go to AMABALA and buy one! Great chill out and weekend afternoon tunes.) But now they’re performing live in Joburg at Sudada and if you’re interested in how electronic and live music can fuse in a sweet jazzy way – go and see them live. H…ere’s the 411: With the launch of GOLDFISH’s new CD, Caught in the loop, it’s time that South Africa discovered what music industry players internationally have known for some time… that there’s an exciting new sound on the world dance and groove scene, and it’s coming out of South Africa. Headed by David Poole and Dominic Peters, GOLDFISH is a breath of fresh air in the South African music scene, and in two short years this duo have indelibly stamped their mark on electronic music world-wide, with tracks appearing on compilations in Europe, Australia, USA and Asia. Their single, “Dream” has already appeared on Palace lounge presents Cafe d Afrique II, The Clio Va Va Voom Edition (track 1), as well as on Breathe Sunshine vol.2 – track 4 (voted 4th best compilation by UK music festival and website – The Big Chill). Both accomplished musicians in their own right, Dave and Dom have taken their grounding in Jazz and stepped up the pace dramatically by brining their Electronic skills into play. Combining samplers, a Groove box, Keyboards, Vocoder, upright Bass, Flute and Saxophones, what ensues is live dance remixes like we’ve never heard before. When performing live, they’re DJ’s so to speak, but there’s no predestined CD or Vinyl involved. All the musical elements are created live. Anything can happen, and often does, allowing the musicians to bring in the fluidity and spontaneity of Jazz and combine it with anything from dance to chill out. They’ve been in the studio for the past year putting the finishing touches to their long-awaited debut album, Caught in the loop, and building on a cult-like following in their home country, have also brokered a deal with UK electronica label Black Mango Music (a division of Amabala Records) release Caught in the loop in the UK. The album is a double-disc release consisting of a CD, as well as a DVD, which features a documentary\interview, and VJ set by the legendary group Iaminawe – mixing videos of Goldfish’s live performance and animation to the sounds of the album. The album is a continuation of tracks that have developed live and in the studio in the past two years, combining influences from jazz, dance, African music and downtempo,...
You can do it! Spar Women’s walk / race / crawl…
Ok so December is only 3 months away – which means that if you want to get ready for skimpy summer clothing, best you get going now… THE SPAR WOMENS WALK/RUN (or crawl) is a great goal to aim for – it’s only R20 – LETS DO IT. Thx to LILY for the heads up on this fine way to kickstart the Spring fitness program… It’s for WOMEN ONLY – but see rule number 20 – men are allowed …to run in drag! Love that! RACE INFORMATION DATE: Sunday, 16 October 2005 TIME: 08:00 VENUE: Old Parktonian Sports Club; Garden Road (off Jan Smuts Avenue), Bordeaux, Randburg CLICK HERE TO ENTER ONLINE BEFORE THE 30 SEPTEMBER ***REMINDER: CREDIT CARD ENTRIES ONLY. ENTRY FEE: 10 km R20.00 Temporary Licence R15.00 (For 10km only, if no licence number) 5 km R20.00 (No temporary licence required) RACE OFFICE: Tel (011) 442 8256 The closing date for on-line entries is 30 September 2005. If you know of other women who are keen to walk/run, invite them to join us. RULES 1. SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge is only open to female runners 15 years and older. 2. SPAR Women’s 5km Run/Walk is open to females over the age of 9 years. 3. Your SPAR race number must be collected at registration at Old Parktonian Sports Club on Thursday 13 October 12h00-15h30, Friday 14 October 12h00- 15h30 or Saturday 15 October 10h00-16h00.Your licence is to be worn on the front of your running vest. Your provincial licence or temporary licence to be worn on the back of your vest. NO NUMBERS WILL BE POSTED. 4. Age ID Category tags must be worn by athletes competing for age category prizes on the front and back of their vests. Only licenced athletes qualify for a category prize. 5. Proof of age to be produced on request on race day. Juniors to produce original birth certificate or ID document. 6. No seconding is permitted and all runners must obey marshals and traffic officers at all times. 7. Prize giving will be at 10h00 and only those attending will be eligible to participate in the lucky draws. Live entertainment before and after prize giving. Refreshments will be on sale. 8. Final results of the SPAR Women’s 10km Challenge will be printed in The Star newspaper, and both the 10km Challenge and 5km Run/Walk results will be on website www.spar.co.za 9. Pre-entries close 30 September 2005. NB: ONLY THE FIRST 5000 PRE-ENTRIES WILL RECEIVE A T-SHIRT, TO BE COLLECTED AT OLD PARKTONIAN SPORTS CLUB (Thursday 13 October 12h00-15h30, Friday 14 October 12h00-15h30 or Saturday 15 October 10h00-16h00). 10. Late entries...
LADIES – MAJOR airfare sale for u only from midnight!
There’s a big sale online kicking off at midnight tonight for the ladies – R103 one way to any destination in ZA.. wonder if this has anything to do with those SAA drama’s last week that had people swearing never to use SAA again??? Whatever! BOOK BOOK BOOK at Travel.co.za Three conditions – **you have to book online (at this stage through Travel.co.za – but ma… ybe check the flysaa site as well) **you have to book by credit card **you have to fly before the 13 September Watch out for the amazing Women’s Day Special starting at midnight on Wednesday 04 August on SAA Travellers can book on line with travel.co.za Selling Period : 4 and 5 August 2005 ONLY Travel Period : 9 August – 13 September (all travel to be completed by 13 September) Flights between most domestic destinations on SAA from R103 one way (excluding taxes) Payments can only be made by credit card – but hey – at this rate it’s a real...
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