Bring in the Festive at Evo Lokxion.
Dec03

Bring in the Festive at Evo Lokxion.

Oh yes it’s on… the Festive Season is now, and I hope you’ve lined up your party zone all through the month.  Editorista has been out of action bringing in her baby to this crazy world, but she’s back and on her way to SA for the holidays… Watch out! Representah’s, please don’t drink and drive, catch a taxi, take turns (enough parties to go round), sleep over, go on the Rea Vaya, walk… Let’s look after our precious lives South Africans and bring down the road accidents, violence and babelaas mess ups this party season. And what a line up to kick it off… at EVO Lokxion… That time has come, as we mark the end of a chapter that has been on the 6th of December 2009 is the date and who better to headline the last edition than one of finest emcees in the land… MAWE-2 the timing is picture perfect o this one as the Vaal born emcee is to release a mix-tape titled a “colorful tunnel “ …the tape will feature some material that did not make his successful debut album “A Fool’s Hope”. So brace yourself for a performance to remember. On the 1’s & 2’s our guest, all the way from Cape Town with a bag full of them funky fresh soulful grooves… Slowpoke is the man accompany the in-house duo DJ BlaQt (The MTN Hype DJ of the year 2009 Awards Nominee) and The Backyard Selekta together as Evo Lokxion All-Stars are to take us down memory lane with evo’s all time tunes and anthems since September 3rd 2006 to date. It all goes down from 3pm till midnight and R20 gets you in by now ladies you know the deal, ladies free till 4h30pm and for the guys drinks are on special… @ ALDO’s Lounge(Naledi Mall) Vosloorus. See you...

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Shake hands with the Devil @ First Wed Film Club
Oct30

Shake hands with the Devil @ First Wed Film Club

We just checked and it’s been nearly 5 years since the First Wednesday Film Club was started by John Barker and Ziggy Hofmeyer with Johnothan at Atlas Studio’s – and as we’ve always said, if you live in Jozi and love film, you should be going at the beginning of every month… in fact, the first Wednesday of every month. This month features the Canadian drama “SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL” and the actors will be present NOGAL for questions. GO GO GO DIRECTOR:  Roger Spottiswoode GENRE:  Drama STORYLINE: Shake Hands with the Devil is a Canadian drama feature film starring Roy Dupuis as Roméo Dallaire, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in August 2007. Based on Dallaire’s autobiographical book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, the film recounts Dallaire’s harrowing personal journey during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and how the United Nations failed to heed Dallaire’s urgent pleas for further assistance to halt the massacre. FILM NOMINATIONS: The film received 12 nominations at the 28th Genie Awards and tied with the film Eastern Promises for most nominations. ADDRESS: 33 FROST AVE, MILPARK      TEL: +27 11 482 7111      EMAIL:  INFO@ATLASSTUDIOS.CO.ZA    WEB:...

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Call for Entry: Short films – Design Indaba Expo
Sep02

Call for Entry: Short films – Design Indaba Expo

Here’s your chance to get your short film seen by a global audience at the fabulous Design Indaba Expo (considered one of the top Design gatherings in the world by those in the know) taking place in Feb next year. Get your entries in by the end of October.  All South African filmmakers, students and hobbyists are invited to submit their short films, music videos and animations for  screening at the 2010 Design Indaba Expo. The curated film festival is open for viewing by all Design Indaba Expo visitors, from 26 to 28 February 2010, and is screened between the fashion shows  at the fashion arena. Submissions must be less than 12 minutes in length and need to be in mini dv or high resolution QuickTime (uncompressed or pal).  There is no fee for participation. Submission deadline: 31 October 2009 For more information and submissions please contact Kim Terblanche at kim@interactiveafrica.com or on 021 465...

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Don’t Miss: The last Party People at ROKA this week…
Jul21

Don’t Miss: The last Party People at ROKA this week…

Sadly the fabulous indoor/outdoor venue ROKA is closing down as apparently their lease will not be renewed… So many of us have kicked back at some of our best Jozi nights out at ROKA, lapped up some superb live performances and induced some of the worst cocktail hangovers… Anyone that attended a Party People will have fond memories of one of Jozi’s best party nights… this Thursday is the last time Party People will take place at ROKA and we urge all the Party People to be there! Party People congrats and we wish you an even better next venue. Change is often a good thing.  On a brighter note, Cape Town Party People will feature the divine ZUBZ, do NOT miss this Cape Town… see below. Dj Kenzhero Presents Party People 3rd Anniversary Feat: Kwani Experience and Special guests Johannesburg 25th July 2009 This month, the month of July 09 is both bitter and sweet. The sweet part is that this month we, Party People; Dj Kenzhero and the people of the Party People celebrate 3 whole years of throwing and enjoying possibly the greatest Hip-Hop event to ever hit Jo’Burg City, and I say this with confidence. The bitter part is that Party People and Dj Kenzhero see the last Party People to take place at Roka, I know it’s hard to swallow. But, Dj Kenzhero could not let this affect the musical act Party People would feature this month. It took Kenzhero a while to finally decide on who will perform the last live performance at Roka and still do our 3rd anniversary justice, and along came the thought of Kwani Experience. But why Kwani Experience? Kenzhero the hero thought whom better to translate the history of Party People through music than Kwani Experience? They’ll be doing a set “with the cliché twist”, says Kwani’s spokesperson Po Box, “There’ll be new songs, favorite joints; fused with surprises and surprise acts. We don’t wanna reveal much, but expect some of your favorite acts who have performed at Party People in the last three years.” “We might also do a collaboration with Kenny, we haven’t done it since 2005 so it would be nice…just come to the show words sometimes can’t explain music”, Po concluded. And well with all that said come and join us for the last dance at Roka Lounge, situated on 44 Stanley Ave Milpark. Tickets for this one will be sold at the door for R100. Doors will open at 9:00pm. See you there! For More Info see: www.myspace.com/partypeoplesa or www.myspace.com/kwaniexp Cape-Town Feat Zubz the last letter Zula Bar, Cape-Town 24th July 2009 Last...

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Represent Interview: Mongezi Mtati – Netweb Events
Jul07

Represent Interview: Mongezi Mtati – Netweb Events

He’s a youthful left-handed Aquarian (but of course!), he started his first business at 16 selling goods at robots and fervently believes in the untapped potential of the millions of innovative South Africans out there all waiting to find out how to make their business idea work. Mongezi Mtati is selflessly hustling the often barren terrain between those with business knowledge and experience and those with ideas and enthusiasm, this conduit role has brought about the growing Netweb Events in Joburg. There’s one taking place tomorrow night in Melville, go go go (details below) – Represent managed to find out more about Mongezi and the Netweb Event concept: “When I started in business, I searched everywhere for opportunities and  work for the company. It was only much later that I discovered it was people who connected to any and everything that made companies what they are. The Netweb Event began from the premise that, there are many people with skills and expertise they are willing to share with others. However, with the rise of social media we network online mostly thus leaving a larger audience offline. Business changes hands over coffee and and a meal, which is where most small business have advantage. Your livlelihood could be sustained by that piece of business. The Netweb Event is a monthly networking dinner and talk that connects entrepreneurs. We are a developing community of passionate entrepreneurial minds, building an on offline community. As Howard Man, a speaker at our forthcoming Netweb Event says “80% of business is brought through by 20% of your contacts, focus on the 20%” Tell us a bit about your backstory Mongezi: I am from the East Rand, in the growing township of Vosloorus, where I lived most of my life and went to school. Some of my teenage years were also spent in a school at Welkom. After finishing high school, I began working part time as a filing clerk while studying banking with Technikon SA. It was more about archiving the largest heap of paper into a strongroom than work. My studies as a developing banker went uncompleted, and I then went and studied Human Resources 2 years later, which also wasn’t for me. What are you up to these days: Most of my time is spent doing research in business innovation, sourcing clients for Xenia Tech (an ICT company I’m co-founder of) and constantly growing the Netweb community. I’m a blogger and online entrepreneur, who hasn’t quite graduated to geek yet. When did you first venture into business? The earliest memory I have of venturing into business was after my 16th birthday where I...

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