So you want to get walking in Jozi? Here it is…
It’s great exercise and a real feel-good way to spend the day – there are so many pristine and gorgeously green areas to walk through in Joburg – go there on your own or join an organised walk – great for kids! Don’t forget to take water and a hat with you! The great news is that the water has been turned back on in the WILDS and all the cascades are tumbling around again! Well done to… TJ and his team for getting good things done for all of us to enjoy! Walking Diary October 1 – November 13 Melville Koppies – West and Central, The Wilds and Delta Park, together with the Braamfontein Spruit Trust and the Wits Bird Club. —– Melville Koppies WEST Saturday, October 1 at 07:30. A courtesy walk on Melville Koppies WEST. Meet at the cul-de-sac off Arundel Road, Westdene. Good walking shoes. Children and dogs are most welcome. Details: Wendy Carstens, 011 482 4797, or visit VELD.ORG for more information. —– Melville Koppies Sunday, October 2: Open from 15:00 – 18:00. Explore this pristine indigenous nature reserve. Park opposite the entrance at Marks Park Sports Club in Judith Rd, Emmarentia. Optional guided tours leave at opening time. No dogs here please. Donations. Details: Wendy Carstens, 011 482 4797, or visit VELD.ORG for more information. —– A walk in The Wilds Come and see water cascading through The Wilds for the first time in more than seven years! Join a walk at The Wilds in Houghton/Killarney/Parktown on Sunday October 9 at 8:00am. Secure parking at the end of St Patrick Rd cnr Houghton Drive (M31S). Children and dogs (with leads) are welcome. Good walking shoes. Donations. Tel TJ 082 554 9972, visit WILDSWALK or e-mail for details. —– Melville Koppies Sunday, October 9: Open from 08:30 – 11:30. Explore this pristine indigenous nature reserve. Park opposite the entrance at Marks Park Sports Club in Judith Rd, Emmarentia. Optional guided tours leave at opening time. No dogs here please. Donations. Details: Wendy Carstens, 011 482 4797, or visit VELD.ORG for more information. —– Delta Park The Delta Users Committee will conduct a walk around Delta Park on Sunday October 16, leaving the main car park at Delta Environmental Centre, Road No 3, Victory Park (off Rustenburg Road) at 08:00 and returning at about 10:00. As you enter the park turn left and follow the road to the parking ground. No charge, children and dogs are most welcome. Contact: Clive Fletcher, 082 688 1879. —– Melville Koppies Sunday, October 16: Open from 15:00 – 18:00. Explore this pristine indigenous nature reserve. Park opposite the entrance...
Silvahkneedle brings you REAKTOR ROOM Hip Hop
REMEMBER THE ROOFTOP SURREAL HIP HOP UNDERGROUND EVENT WE WENT TO? Well the JoHAZARDous boys are back – this time not on a rooftop though but still keeping it underground, they’re at the old Bob’s Bar in Fairview… REAKTORROOM – INDEPENDANT HIP-HOP ALERT!! DANGER!!! The onslaught o…n mediocre-pseudo-hip-hop-cross-over-pop-junk crosses the threshold& SilvahKneedle invites you to enter the sterilised chill-rooms and dance-floors of the ReaktorRoom for your regular anti-toxins and measured dosages of raw hip-hop: Clinically refined, filtered and purified of confounded-media-hype-contaminants and industry-impurities from the finest laboratories here and abroad! Every session features premium underground Breakers, DJ’s, MC’s and Writers in closed-quarantine& This month the chosen quarantine is London Calling – presenting: Performers: Distant Cousinz Witchcraft Soulah System Seven Sealz DJ’s: KGB Brim Kriz B-Boys: Broken Puzzle Date: 23 September Time: 21:00 Damage: R30 Address: London Calling Cnr.Browning & Op de Bergen Sts. (off Commissioner Street) Fairview ********************************************************* 29 August 2005 CLICK HERE FOR PICTURES OF EVENT – YOU MUST SEE THEM REVIEW We went along mainly to see the rooftop and of course to enjoy the HipHop… Let’s just say that it was SURREAL. Check out the pics and you’ll see what we mean. More HipHop Heads should have been there. As we gazed at the bopping heads brushing against the dazzling cityscape on the 5th floor of a warehouse in the East/Southern end of town (dodgy-ish but so appropriate), we knew we were experiencing the true Jozi Underground. Big Ups to you guys. **************************************************** 26 August 2005 We got an e-mail hinting at a BIG PARTY in da city this Friday and if our guesses are right, it’s on a rooftop… We made some enquiries to see if we were right and we were – it’s in the Joburg CBD on a rooftop not far from Carlton Centre – It’s a pre-album launch party and if you love HIpHop then best you get there. SilvahKneedle Presents….. REAKTOR ROOF – INDEPENDANT HIP-HOP Showcasing Underground’s Finest From B-Boys, DJ’s to MC’s and also screenings of hip-hop documentaries and videos (the infamous Style Wars, local underground videos and Manga flicks). All this at SilvahKneedles’s new home in the heart of Joharzadousburg. Performers: Basemental Platform(BMP) Witchcraft Soulah System Tha Hymphatic Thabs Seven Seals Breeze DJ’s : Sistamatic D-U-Neek Brimstone KGB EXO B-Boy Crew: Broken Puzzle Venue: SilvahKneedle (JHB CBD Delvers str) Coming from Kensington take Commissioner st, into Joburg CBD left into Delver before Carlton. Coming from Newtown, follow Market to the East and then right into Delver. Time – 21:00 Entrance – R30 Safe parking provided For info: 072 576...
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...
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