24/09 :: ROCKERS – Wozani eDurban – here’s your party!
For the ROCKERS in the house – Cuervo Tequila (why do I feel instantly high and ready to rock the house down?) is showcasing a whole lot of ROCk including a DJ with a remarkable name – JAN SMUT – that alone gets our couvert charge – not to mention the Tequila give-aways…: Jose Cuervo tequila is very proud to announce that they will be moving in on Durban, Kwa Zulu Nata…l on 24 September to turn party lovers and gig goers in Durban into citizens of the Cuervo Nation. The Durban Cuervo Nation party is set to take place at Burn on Saturday 24 September and features Pretoria-based rock legends The Narrow as well as support act Passenger and DJ’s 8 Ball and Jan Smut. In keeping with the rapidly growing reputation of the Cuervo Nation parties, this will be an ass-kicking affair featuring the best of SA rock and great DJ’s into the small hours of the night. With tequila specials, prizes and give-aways on offer, punters are guaranteed a great night out in Surf City. “Our ambition is to host the best parties at the best venues all over South Africa,” declared Cuervo brand manager Candace Gilowey, “With this move into Durban we are getting very close to realizing that ambition. As with the other parties so far, we aim to deliver a top class entertainment offering and expose our top quality bands in the very best light. If you’re a Durban resident, you better get down to this rocking affair!” Cuervo Nation at Burn Nightclub Saturday 24 September Featuring The Narrow and Passenger Plus DJ’s 8 Ball and Jan Smut Entrance R40 at the door, R30 pre-booked Doors open 9pm...
South Africa’s TOP BRANDS – Markinor/Sunday Times
If you’re in the game then you need to know who the competition is – check it out – real bone-chewing stuff…. Article by Dikatso Mametse from Marketing Web. Click here for the full article from Marketing Web. Soft drink, Coca Cola has come up as South Africa’s favourite brand. Not only that, it also ranked top…s as South Africa’s coolest brand and as the company that does most for community upliftment, according to the 2005 Markinor/Sunday Times Top Brands survey announced on Wednesday. The survey is divided into two categories, Business to Consumer and Business-to-Business Categories. Business to Consumer consisted of 35 000 respondents who were older than 16, living in residential homes in South Africa. The Business-to-Business module was compiled from 400 telephone interviews at Chief Executive level. This is what the survey revealed: The company that does most for community upliftment Coca-Cola takes first position followed by Eskom and Telkom. Coke’s overall marketing activities, including their involvement with the Nelson Mandela 46664 campaign, always attract a lot of attention. The top ten are Coca-Cola, Eskom, Telkom, SAB Ltd, Vodacom, Pick ‘n Pay, Absa, Shoprite, MTN and Standard Bank. South Africa’s favourite brands Three of South Africa’s favourite brands are Coca-Cola, SAB Ltd and Nokia. South Africa’s Favourite Advertisers (billboards, radio, TV or print) Five of the brands are from telecommunications industry. The top ten are Vodacom, Coca-Cola, Motorola, MTN, Klipdrift, KFC, Omo, Jet, Telkom and Cell C. Motorola, which comes in at third place overall, is positioned second after Vodacom in the metro breakdown. Pedigree dog food makes it onto the top ten Metro list while the Love Life campaign fills the tenth position in non-Metro areas. Top Business Media The SABC, which did not appear in the top ten last year, heads the list this year followed by Business Day and then the Sunday Times Business Times. No radio programmes made the top ten. The top ten are SABC, Business Day, Business Times Sunday Times, M-Net, Die Beeld, Financial Mail, Rapport, the Star, Die Burger and eTV. Domestic Airline SAA, Kulula and BA Comair make the top three. On the domestic front, Kulula.com has moved up into second place replacing BA Comair and improving its score by more than 60%. 1time, which did not feature in this category last year, has moved into sixth place. SA International Airline BA, SAA and Lufthansa make up the top three. SAA has lost international status within the minds of South Africa’s business leaders. Last year, SAA was only 1% lower than British Airways. This year the gap is 8.9%. Cars Cars is the only category in which it...
Giant Pink Bunny is there to stay!
Thanks to Stoffel for the heads-up yet again… Love this – a GIANT SOFT PINK TOY BUNNY has been installed on a mountain in Italy and will stay there for 20 years! Credit to Ananova.com – click here for original article: “The 200-foot-long toy rabbit lies on the side of the 5,000 foot high Colletto Fava mountain in …northern Italy’s Piedmont region.Viennese art group Gelatin designed the giant soft toy and say it was “knitted by dozens of grannies out of pink wool”.Group member Wolfgang Gantner said: “It’s supposed to make you feel small, like Gulliver. You walk around it and you can’t help but smile.” And Gelatin members say the bunny is not just for walking around – they are expecting hikers to climb its 20 foot sides and relax on its belly.The giant rabbit is expected to remain on the mountain side until...
MAI MAI market in the city – a fascinating place
In search of traditional Swazi and Zulu dancing props, Sisiwami and Portia swung past the buzzing Noord Street taxi rank on a mission to find the downtown Sangoma market “under the highway”. Officially known as the MAI MAI market, it is a fascinating hub of rural wisdom and spiritual ways, the prices are higher than we expected but walk around a bit before you buy and if you’re up for it,… remember to negotiate! It’s well worth a visit! MAI MAI MARKET Corner Anderson & Berea Joburg City CLICK HERE FOR PICS OF MAIMAI Thanks to the City of Johannesburg website for the full info as alwasys – click here for the full article: “It is the oldest market in Joburg – dedicated to traditional healing. Apart perhaps, from the Faraday market, no other complex can boast such a rich concentration of traditional herbs and healers. The sickly of the city flock here to have their ills, physical and spiritual, divined and treated by traditional healers. But, following years of neglect, the Mai Mai bazaar began to generate. Now moves are underway to restore the market to its pristine beauty and promote it as a prime tourist destination in the city. The market has now been brought under the management of the Metropolitan Trading Company, a council-owned company dedicated to the construction and maintenance of markets throughout the city, and already, signs of improvement are beginning to show. Dubbed “Ezinyangeni” – the place of healers, the Mai Mai is nestled on the eastern wing of the city centre. Jabu Vilakazi, manager of the market, describes it as “Afrocentric”, catering for indigenous needs and practices, and indeed, it is here that some spiritual and cultural elements of indigenous knowledge have been reworked and preserved. Many consider it to be the “muti” (traditional medicine) capital of Johannesburg, with most of its 176 units dedicated to traditional healing. Mai Mai is also home to some 600 people, many of whom have lived in the complex for decades, evolving into a close-knit and self-contained community. Dance competitions featuring dancing troupes from hostels across the city are a regular feature of the complex. “What sets the Mai Mai apart is its unique product, the presence of an established community in the premises and of course, its cultural richness,” says Nhlanhla Ndovela, of the Metropolitan Trading Company. Tourists fascinated by its exotic offerings stream to the market. “They come here to buy traditional artefacts, including Zulu attire, clothes made from animal skins and feathers, walking sticks, knobkerries, shields, sandals, beaded items. Some also visit the place to have their ills diagnosed,” says young shop assistant...
Fear not, till Birnam wood Do come to Dunsinane
When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly’s done, When the battle’s lost and won. ***************** There’s no art To find the mind’s construction in the face. ************** Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top full Of direst cruelty; make thick my blood, Stop up the access and p…assage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose. ************** Fair is foul, and foul is fair. If you recognise any of the above quotations that probably means you studied Macbeth at school or later on at tertiary level… Doesn’t it just bring back those chilled out feelings of carefree days – lying around trying to decipher Shakespeare? Go and relive those studious youthful moments at the WITS Arts school rendition of MACBETH this Spring! It’s directed by Megan Wilson – which means it should be good! “The Wits School of Arts in collaboration with First National Bank presents William Shakespear”s MACBETH in the Wits Theatre, 13 – 24 September @ 19h00; directed by Megan Willson and featuring students from the Wits School of Arts with special guest, Dale Cutts in the role of ‘Duncan, King of Scotland’ – all the deceit of a soap opera, the battles of a fantasy trilogy, without the cheesy one-liners. If murder and mayhem, intrigue and equivocation excite you, see Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a tale with universal resonance: see what happens when a couple’s greed for power and iniquitous behaviour sets them on a path of spiritual dissolution.” PRODUCTION: Macbeth by William Shakespeare VENUE: The Wits Theatre, corner Jorissen and Station Streets, Braamfontein. SEASON: 13 – 24 September @ 19h00 BOOKING: Computicket ENQUIRIES: (011) 717-1376 / pisantic@theatre.wits.ac.za Tickets are very reasonably priced at R 35,50 ( includes Computicket’s service charge ) and a discount price of R 24,50 ( includes Computicket’s service charge ) is available for students, scholars, pensioners, block bookings of ten and more and Wits staff. WitsTix nights ( pay ten rand only! ) are 13 & 20 September @ 19h00. Light meals and a full cash bar can be enjoyed in Cafý Dulce, situated in the Wits Theatre Foyer. Free, covered parking in the adjacent Senate House ( the entrance is on Jorissen Street ) ensures peace of mind....
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