Mweet Muzi Mohale & retweet to win fab travel prizes.
Represent gets in touch with another inspirational Southern African this week who has followed their dreams and made them a reality… Meet Muzi Mohale, the intrepid travel blogger and tweeter who spends his days sharing useful information on his growing SA travel and tourism blog TravelWires – Muzi is celebrating his blog’s 3rd birthday with a bunch of freaking awesome travel prizes – all you have to do is tweet away… read below and enter fast. Sharpile Muzi for your words and hey… hook us up with the Rastafarian community in Knysna1 Hi Muzi, thanks for meeting with us, tell us a little bit about yourself: My name is Muzi Mohale born 35 years ago in Swaziland where I attended both primary and secondary education. A year after my O’ levels in 1994 I relocated to Johannesburg to study Financial Management at Benoni Technical College. Between 2000 to 2002 I was employed by Classic FM and therefore by Moneyweb until I resigned in March this year to nurture my dreams of being a fulltime blogger. What attracted you to the tourism industry? My love for travelling and the internet attracted me to the tourism industry. Since discovering the internet in 2000 I’ve been hooked and have made it a point to learn more about running an online business. Through my work at Moneyweb, where I was involved with updating their in-house websites, I figured out that I could also earn an income from running a website as well. Then in 2003 I created www.accommodate.co.za which was basically a lodging booking portal focused on B&B’s in Soweto. Tell me about Travelwires.com – what is it and why/how did you start it? I started adding industry news on www.accommodate.co.za just to spice up the offering, as displaying only lodging facilities on a website was a stagnant exercise. Updating industry news daily was meant to generate interest with browsers so they could visit the website on a regular basis. Then in 2006, Christine Searle the owner of www.sa-venues.com sponsored the creation of www.travelwires.com a standalone website to exclusively cater for tourism news. I now blog fulltime, which allows me the opportunity to discover the various tourism routes the country has on offer and to earn a living doing what I love. Who is your ideal target audience? I’m more focused on helping small tourism operators on running profitable websites for their operations. A website if used properly can greatly improve the bottom line of your business. Besides helping small tourism operators I also blog about the latest trends within the industry in South Africa. May I also take this opportunity to invite...
Win tickets: Rocking the Gardens
Cape Town’s bringing it’s massively successful jol Rocking the Daisies to Emmarentia where they’re Rocking the Gardens this Saturday… We have a pair of tickets to give-away to one lucky reader… All ya gotta do is email Editorista with your name, id number, cell number and the name of 3 of the bands performing on Saturday. We’ll let you know who the winners are on Friday! Read all about it: Complete Events, in partnership with Oppikoppi Productions, is bringing Rocking the Daisies to Johannesburg. By popular demand, Rocking the Gardens will be a one day event hosted on 3 October 2009 as part of the Old Mutual Encounters Series at Emmarentia Dam. Boasting some of SA’s hottest bands including Freshlyground, aKING, 340ml, Gang of Instrumentals and even more exciting up and coming bands. Rocking the Gardens will offer Johannesburg the best in live entertainment, lifestyle exhibitions and gourmet food. Taking a leaf from Rocking the Daisies, South Africa’s premier eco-friendly music and lifestyle festival, Rocking the Gardens too will be ‘green’. By partnering with Food and Trees for Africa, and other leading NGO’s, the event will continue to spread the ‘play hard, tread lightly’ message in the Northern regions of South Africa. Date: 3 October 2009 Venue: Emmarentia Dam, Johannesburg Botanical Gardens Gates open: 12:00 ADMISSION: Ticket sales Pre-sale online – R100 At the gate – R130 Children: Free for children under 13. Buy your tickets at www.tunegum.com RTG WAP SITE “SMS ‘GARDENS’ to 32424 (SMS cost R1) to receive the link to the Rocking the Gardens WAP site which includes the festival line-up, tracks, videos and wallpaper downloads, a map to the event, ticket information and much, much more!” FACILITIES AT THE FESTIVAL • Gourmet food village • Main stage • Bar facilities • Vendor village • Clean toilets • Day-care facilities available for children. This facility includes trained nannies, a jumping castle and various other facilities to make sure your little ones are entertained. Operating hours: Saturday: 12:00 – 23:00 • Medical and security staff • Shaded areas Bring it leave it What to bring and what to leave to make sure you enjoy the festival to the max. Bring it: • An open mind and a green attitude • Your festival ticket • ID document/driver’s license • Money • Rubbish bags • Warm jacket/clothing • Sunglasses • Suntan lotion • Raincoat/umbrella – just in case Leave it: • No fires allowed • No illegal substances • No firearms or weapons • No glass • No damaging the natural environment • No litter • No bad...
WHO’S YOUR MAMA? MTV Mama Awards Pre-party
Not only is it the monthly banging MTV Base party this Friday, but this month’s shindig heralds in the MTV MAMA’s taking place next week in the fair land of Masai warriors, vast stretching plains and wildebeest gunning it around in massive herds – you guessed it, Kenya. Latinova in Rosebank will be hosting the MTV Africa Music Awards party on Friday, 2 October in anticipation of the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards to be held in there on the 10th of October. Join us at our MTV base night on 2 October at Latinova in Rosebank as we celebrate the upcoming MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain. The MTV base night’s have become one of the most anticipated monthly events on the social calendar. Hosted on the first Friday of every month, base nights is the place to be. Throw on your freshest threads and make sure you’re at the Latinova, in Rosebank to celebrate till sun up. There’ll be a killah performance from Shugasmakx or Smakx, as he is affectionately known as well as Slikour, one of the founding members of Skwatta Kamp. Kwela Tebza and Slikour will be performing their hit single ‘Umsindo’. To add to the party mayhem, ex Yo TV presenter, Psyfo, will be performing a couple of his chart topping hits from his newly released album “The After Party”. Catch his new single “Double Cross”, as it hits the MTV base play list from Wednesday, 23 September. Mixing it up till sunrise on the decks is DJ’s Dimplez, C-Live, Milkshake and resident DJ Biz. Your host with the most for the night is MTV base VJ Sizwe. Tickets available at the door. Dress code – award winning threads! Follow the base nights page on FB, and on http://mtvstreetteam.blogspot.com for competitions, reviews and...
Win tickets to H20 this weekend
This party has become so legendary we don’t need to mention more than the name and the date. If you don’t know all about H20 Aqua Fiesta taking place this weekend Saturday the 3rd of October at Wild Waters, check out our photostory from last year here to check out the vibes…bru. All the info is on the flyer that you can download here or click on the image… We have two DOUBLE sets of tickets to giveaway – simply email your name, your ID number, your cell number and the answer to the following question to Editorista editor @ represent.co.za by the end of today (Tuesday). Question: What is the (fabulous) name of the DJ from Miami featuring on Saturday 3rd October at H20 Aqua Fiesta. (YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO COLLECT YOUR TICKETS in Morningside this coming Friday, 2 October between midday and 6pm. TICKETS WILL NOT be available for collection from the H2O Ticket Office on the day.) ...
Represent Snap Interview: Meat the Veggie’s
Represent’s trend-seeking journo Banele Rewo sniffed out some fresh talent on the move upwards and hustled a snap interview with Johannesburg’s latest next big experimental band… Meat the Veggies. Remember where you read it first. Pics by Scott Smith. Who is Meat The Veggies (who does what) Bongani – Flutist/Producer Carla – Lyrics/Vocals Tiko – Percussions/Producer Where is the group from and how did you all meat (Ed: lol)? Bongani and Tiko met in Kagiso and later met Carla through Draco at Wounded Buffalo Studio. The name? Initially we were four guys in the band, which two guys were vegetarians and the other two meat eaters. While chilling trying to decide what to eat, the conclusion was pizza. As we were ordering we realised we had enough money for one pizza. So the meat guys were tired of the veggie food and so one suggested why not half the pizza into two – meat side and veggie side. Hence we ordered, Meat the Veggies! What kind of music does Meat the veggies prepare? Nu Jazz, Drum and bass, Lounge, Deep house and experimental sounds. Describe a Meat the Veggies Individual? Um… be yourself. Are the any bands in these genres that you do what you do? We discovered that there are many, one being the Layders Inspiration and other interests? We interested in design and the arts. Our inspiration is simple really – African culture and the lifestyle. Title of the Album and the inspiration behind it Well the album is still in progress will let you know soon ok? What kind of gigs does Meat the Veggies perfom at? Mostly its were we are called eg. Social functions, Varsity functions and corporate gigs Where to catch Meat the Veggies next.. 24th October – Kagiso, Lewisham Park 31st October – Jozi, Drill Hall (see flyer...
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