30/09 :: Wake Up! VUKA AWARDS call for entries!
If you have a WINNER of an idea for a TV commercial that highlights a charity or cause that’s “close to your heart” – then WAKE-UP i.e VUKA!!! Come up with an award-winning idea and win a milli… well we’re not sure what you win – but your commercial gets shown on DSTV. So get begging and borrowing calling in favours and most importantly, brainstorming. Entries must be in by th…e 30 September ! See below for more info – follow the guidelines and GOOD LUCK! The annual MultiChoice VUKA! Awards 2005 is officially open for entries after last month’s first phase VUKA! Workshops attended by over 1000 students and independents from around the country Representing MultiChoice’s flagship corporate social investment programme, the MultiChoice VUKA! Awards encourage established and aspirant creatives to make a TV commercial for a charity or cause that is close to their hearts in the form of Public Service Announcements (PSAs). PSA Briefs in 2005 include Celebrating democracy; Love thy Neighborhood and Environment, Act Like a First Class Citizen, Think/Live More Healthily, Living Positively with Aids, The People Who Serve South Africa, Making a Kid’s Future Mean Something, Literacy For Old and Young, and South Africa: Land of Heart, Soul and Beauty. The MultiChoice VUKA! Awards Competition’s two categories encompass Newcomers and Professionals, with awards being presented in each of these for the following: Best Overall PSA, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Creative Concept and/or Script, Best Use of Humour to convey a serious message, Best Soundtrack (i.e original music composed and arranged specifically for the PSA – or sound design created using library SFX and music), Best Creative Editing, Best Animation (provided at least five PSA’s are received in this category), and at the sole discretion of the competition organizers, a further award (applicable only for previously disadvantaged newcomers who have not attended a film school) for “RAW Talent”. Critical dates for those managing their agency’s entries are: 1. Entries close: 30 September 2005. 2. Judging takes place: 26 October – 9 November 3. The MultiChoice VUKA! Awards 2005: November 24 Top professional and newcomer finalist entries from last year’s MultiChoice VUKA! Awards 2004 are currently being broadcast via MultiChoice’s premium platform, DStv. Those interested can access the entry form at VUKA AWARDS All queries can be directed by EMAIL...
MTV ANNOUNCES FIRST EVER AFRICA VJ
The votes are in! Check out the winner! He’s from KZN…. SIZWE DHLOMO WINS NATIONWIDE COMPETITION TO HOST MTV BASE WORLD CHART EXPRESS! MTV base, the pan-African music channel from MTV, last night appointed its first ever African VJ after a live face-off between the three VJ finalists on South African TV. Durban-born rap music fan, Sizwe Dhlomo, was appointed the official h…ost of MTV base World Chart Express, the new music chart show sponsored by Fanta, which airs weekly on SABC1. Sizwe beat fellow finalists Ash-Leigh La-Foy and Sfiso Magagula and thousands of hopefuls who attended three regional heats in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. His prize – the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to host the first series of MTV base World Chart Express, which he will present from next Wednesday 12 October. The confident 22-year old who was initially beaten in the Durban auditions by fellow finalist Ash-Leigh La Foy, was so determined to become MTV base’s first South African VJ that he traveled to Johannesburg in order to try his luck one last time. “There was no way I was going to give up,” he enthused. “I took what I could from the Durban auditions and made sure that I gave my best possible performance in Johannesburg.” And it was this performance that clinched him a place amongst the three finalists. Sizwe’s fate was decided by SMS voting by viewers of MTV base World Chart Express, which accounted for 50% of the total vote, with the remainder decided by a panel of 5 celebrity judges including MTV base talent and music executive, Richard Dimosi, SABC TV presenter Zam Nkosi, 5FM’s queen of the airwaves Nicole Fox, kwaito superstar Zola and Fanta marketing guru Sgwili Gumede. MTV France VJ, China, who acted as caretaker host for the first 2 shows, symbolically handed over the winners’ microphone to Sizwe at approximately 6:55 pm local time. Going home empty-handed were the two runners up: 18 year old Ash-Leigh La’Foy and 22 year old Sfiso Magagula. Ash-Leigh will be returning to her studies at the University of KwaZulu Natal in Durban, while Sfiso returns to Cape Town where he works as a presenter for radio station Clicks Live. *************************************************** 6 September For those of you that q’d and q’d for the MTV Base presenter auditions, you may be interested in who the top 3 are… check it out: SIFISO MAGAGULA (CT), SIZWE DHLOMO(JHB) and ASH LE FOY(DBN). (In that order from top to bottom) “Following a day of grueling auditions to find the last finalist in the MTV base World Chart Express VJ search, it was 22 year old Sizwe Dholomo who...
BOTSWANA the “Durex” of Aids strategies
The sad news is that the toll of the HIV/AIDS virus is rearing it’s ugly head and the predictions of thousands of orphans suffering either from the disease or through it’s deadly social impact are ringing true. Catch this Special Assignment that looks at the methods employed by our neighbour Botswana in handling the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the severity of the disease in thier context. /STRONG Special Assignment 25 October 2005 SABC3 21:30 “SAVING A GENERATION” Unlike our own country, Botswana has done almost everything right in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Yet large numbers of children continue to die of AIDS-related illnesses. This beautifully filmed documentary gives a human face to the tragedy of children with HIV and its screening marks the launch of a global project aimed at meeting the needs of children affected by the virus. Internationally children still see only a tiny fraction of the resources dedicated to fight AIDS. Few HIV positive children have access to life-preserving pediatric drugs. Even fewer children orphaned and made vulnerable by AIDS receive outside support. And less than ten percent of women receive services to prevent the transmission of HIV to their babies. Botswana has done much to address the spread of the disease. It spends almost a quarter of its budget on health and only 5% on defence. But this is still not enough. While children have free access to treatment, thousands of them die from AIDS every year and many more have been orphaned by the disease. “Saving a Generation” will be screened on 25 October 2005, the day the UNICEF launch their “Unite For Children, Unite Against AIDS” campaign. It will highlight the fact that HIV/AIDS is now a children’s disease, robbing tens of millions of their futures. It aims to put children back in the picture – for treatment, protection, prevention and support during pregnancy. ******************************************************* 30 September Our favourite investigative/documentary style tv show keeps on exposing the realities of our fledgling but amazing society and pushing for positive change and respect for all human rights… UBUNTU! Special Assignment 4 October 2005 SABC3 21:30 Residents of Alexandra township in Johannesburg are angry. They say their lives are no better than they were four years ago, when a project aimed at renewing the area was initiated. They feel they’ve been let down and they want to know why. Alexandra is a few kilometers from wealthy Sandton. In 2001, President Thabo Mbeki established the Alexandra Renewal Project (ARP) with a budget of R1.3 billion. The aim was to build houses and to upgrade the area with better roads, bridges, sanitation and shopping centres. The project would generate...
Wanna be in studio for the Most Amazing Show?
Yes the clowns from the Most Amazing Show finally went national with their very own cheesy show last Tuesday – we missed the first episode but promise to catch this weeks show! SABC2 at 22h00 on Tuesdays. Corne and Twakkie are looking for good people to come and experience their show as part of the studio audience…Check it out: Hey Guys, LadyGuys and Guy Ladies We are about t…o start recording our very own TV show! Could you believe it? Well, we hardly can but we are looking pretty damn forward to it anyways and so to all you golden kids out there who always believed in the Dream and shared in the Love, we just want to say: Come on! Believe it! We want you, our faithful fans and supporters, to share the glow of our famebulb with us by being on the television as part of our studio audience. If you would like to come and watch us – you must get hold of Howard on (011) 4829362 or EMAIL Here are the dates: 15 January (morning and afternoon) 21 January (morning and afternoon) 22 January (morning and afternoon) 28 January (morning and afternoon) 29 January (morning and afternoon) Okay. Keep it the faith. Keep on keeping it on… And keep it in style of love. Corne and...
Izandla phezulu – It’s PITCH BLACK AFRO
BY the way for non Zulu’ists out there IZANDLA PHEZULU means [PUT YOUR] HANDS IN THE AIR and you better learn it if you’re going to watch one of our favourite artists of the last year or so if you wanna fit in… Pitch…. Black…. Afro……I have seen this man make white middle aged car dealers jump for joy – he has the true talent to move you. TOFO TOFO!!! (that’s the song …about bosoms and softness!!!) We wish him luck at the SAMA’s which are round the corner!!! PS: Zulu 101 – isandla = 1 hand izandla = 2 (or more!) hands Phezulu – up, to lift, on top...
MISSY ELLIOT COMING TO DURBAN! U lucky so & so’s.
We told you Durbs was hotting up as the place to be seen at…. When Missy Elliot bypasses Joburg for Durban you know it’s the shizel. Come on Corporates and clever brands, organise a Joburg concert too – you’re guaranteed a full house. DAMN! Durbanites, best you appreciate this! Joburgers and other less priveleged music-lovers, keep ’em peeled on SABC 1 for the live broadcast! … Kora All-Africa Music Awards has confirmed that hip-hop icon Missy Elliot will be performing at the Kora Festival on December 2nd, at the ABSA Stadium. The artist, who is as renowned for her own compositions as for the production skills she’s displayed on other artists music, will deliver her trademark dynamite performances during the Kora Festival, and will feature at the Kora All Africa Music Awards on December 4th. The KORA all-Africa Music Awards & Festival, which is being held to commemorate the KORA all-Africa Music Awards 10th anniversary, is being held in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal for the first time. “We are thrilled to be bringing Missy Elliot to South Africa for the first time to celebrate with us at Kora 10” enthuses Ernest Adjovi, executive producer of the KORA all-Africa Music Awards and Festival. “The Kora Festival will offer African entertainment in a way that’s never been seen before in South Africa, Fittingly, the entire Kora Awards ceremony is being screened live on SABC1, ensuring that music lovers nationwide will be able to watch Africa’s finest being awarded for their musical achievements. “As a broadcaster, SABC is very focussed on the celebration and upliftment of musical talent from South Africa and beyond, and we take our role as the Kora Awards broadcasting channel very seriously”, comments Ray Nkwe, channel head of SABC1. “SABC1 has a number of programme offerings that fulfil this mandate, and we are thrilled to be able to bring the worlds only African Music Awards Ceremony to our viewers live and direct – we trust all eyes will be on us, watching Africa’s finest do what they do best!” A Kora Commemorative Special and the opening ceremony will be broadcast on December 1st on SABC 1 at 22h00, and the Kora Awards Ceremony live on December 4th at 20h00. Kwa Zulu Natal MEC for Finance and Economic Development Dr Zweli Mkhize explains “Kwa-Zulu Natal has developed into an entertainment hub to be reckoned with, and the Kora 10 is strengthening what’s becoming a very strong tradition. The exciting line-up of musicians from throughout Africa and beyond, from industry giants such as Papa Wemba and Mbilia Bel, to our own Ringo Madlingozi and Lebo Mathosa, as well as international stars...
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