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...
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....
ANIMATORS – another gathering in Jozi tonight!! 3 AUG.
Get animating, get it out there! This month we have more goodies to get you fired up and creating: Dave has managed to get a hold of Stash 07 and 08 – more slick work to be seen! Phil has sourced some interesting tidbits for our viewing pleasure as well as some showreels. Matt has a copy of “Kung Fu Hustle” from which we will show some selected scenes containing really incred…ible effects work! Denise from VideoLab will be bringing an award-winning short film entitled ‘Le Building’, recently released at Annecy. Show us what you’re up to. Even if you have some wireframe captures, we’re keen to see them! As usual, there will be some beers, wine , snacks and lots of good company. Come along and bring a friend to: The Convent, Wits Digital Arts 3 August Be there by 6.30pm!...
Remember the postings on XENOPHOBIA? It’s your time.
REMEMBER this posting on police XENOPHOBIA experienced first-hand by Represent readers living in Johannesburg – watch this weeks SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT that EXPOSES all, ‘Kwere Kwere’ 13 September 2005 SABC3 21:30 On Special Assignment this Tuesday, we investigate allegations of abuse, xenophobia and assault by the Booysens police. Following our expose of extortion and bribery by …the Booysens police last week, we now look at the experience of a Congolese woman who was allegedly beaten with a wheel spanner by the Booysens “raiding squad”. The woman received ten stitches after the alleged assault. When Special Assignment arrived at her house about two hours after the event, she was still covered in blood. There were several witnesses who described in detail what had happened. The Congolese woman and her Nigerian partner live in Rosettenville. One Sunday morning in July, the Booysens raiding squad stormed into their house. Without identifying themselves, they demanded to see the refugee papers of two people who were visiting them at the time. The police looked at the papers, threw them aside, called them kwere-kwere (foreigners) and allegedly beat the woman with wheel spanner. Her partner was then arrested for allegedly interfering with a police investigation. A pistol was allegedly pointed at him. Both people claim that the police warned them not to attempt to lay a charge as they would “get back at them”. The husband was locked up for the night. When the woman went to the Booysens Police Station to complain and to find out what had happened to him, she was again told not to bother to lay a charge as it would not be investigated. Special Assignment has spoken to various other immigrants who also allege abuse and assault. From our investigation a clear pattern of xenophobia on the part of the Booysens police has emerged. ************************************************** 1 August Our EXPOSE BAD/GOOD ATTITUDE posting, is the forum for people to complain about bad service, driving, attitudes, racism, sexism, bad manners, bad smells… you name the charge, we publish it. In the name of Ying and Yang we decided to extend this posting to also highlight GOOD ATTITUDE – so if you have some good service experience let us know! Represent reader “TRUTH” tells us about her bad experience when it comes to dating a foreigner: I have just read an article posted on your sight by an angry “South African” whose partner was arrested at Hillbrow Police station and had to bribe a police office to let him out. Unfortunately this sort of abuse happens to so many of us (South Africans with foreign partners). I too had the misfortune of such...
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