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Dankfees 2011 UK
The Dankfees is a festival for the South African community, celebrating our unique taste (beskuit, koeksiters, biltong, vetkoek, proper bazaar pancakes, boerewors rolls and much more), our sense of adventure (4X4 route, mechanical bull, cross bow and target shooting) and love of sports (touchies, putt-putt, Saracens kick competition, tug of war). Come and browse the stalls or just relax in the t ...
DSTV's new proposed porn channel KYKSLET in Afrikaans
DSTV se nuwe porno kanaal is KYKSLET. Die voorlopige skedule is as volg:
16h00-Sop nat sussie. 17h00 - Wille Rosa. 18h00 - Mollie het n wors. 19h00 - Vroetel met Freek. 20h00 - Noot vir stoot. 21h00 - 7de slet. 22h00 - Boer soek n hoer. 23h00 -Binnebouders. 24h00 Egoli plek met die goue horing. 01h00 - Dis hoe sy buk met steve. 02h00 - Plek van die draadtrekkers. 03h00 - Vet para paleis. ...
Doreen Thobekile tribute show in London
On Friday 7 January, there is a one-off tribute concert to Doreen Thobekile in London. It will be performed by Doreen's daughter, Ingrid Thobekile, together with Transglobal Underground. All proceeds go to WOMA - World of Music and Arts Assists - an organisation which Doreen was very involved in supporting.
WOMA is a charitable trust which a clear focus to help women across Africa who have been wid ...
Dynamic Saffa - Heath Bateman
SA Promo Magazine Dynamic Saffa - Heath Bateman
Name: Heath BatemanSA hometown: DurbanCurrent hometown: WImbledonOccupation: Graphic Designer
Being a senior creative designer for one of Europe's largest Media companies tell us what you do and why you think you have the best job?
My title is Senior Creative Designer and I work with the Cross Media Sales team, Events team and for the trade-market ...
Dark or Blue…. Or GOLD! -TEARGAS
Dark or Blue…. Or GOLD!
Electromode Music is very proud to announce that hip hop legends TEARGAS have had a string of accolades presented to them in the last week.Saturday 20th November saw the band performing in Lagos, Nigeria at the Sound City Music Video Awards and were the recipients of the Best Cinematography award for their video Mhlobo Wami (Gorilla Films) The moment they touched back do ...
DYNAMIC SAFFA Mandy Meredith
DYNAMIC SAFFA
Name: Mandy MeredithOccupation: PR turned African importer | Director of ShengweziHometown in SA: DurbanCurrent hometown: SurreyWe love interviewing dynamic South Africans from all over the world. Please tell us what you do for a living and long you have been doing it.I’m a PR turned African importer and Director of handmade home interiors, decor and accessories business, Shengwezi ...
Du Toit does it again!
Natalie du Toit won South Africa's second gold of the 2010 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday in her last race as an S9 freestyle swimmer, touching in at 29.17sec - 0.13 sec off her world record!
"I knew it was my last race as a 50m freestyle (S9) swimmer and what a way to finish with a gold," an emotional Du Toit said afterwards.
The gold adds to those she won in Manchester in 2002 and Melbourne in 2006. Whil ...
Die Antwoord hits UK top 40
Cape Town hip-hop outfit Die Antwoord made BBC's Radio One hit parade this week. Their hit single Enter the Ninja, a new entry on Radio One's Top 40 hit list, is currently at number 37.
Die Antwoord consists of Ninja, Yo-landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek. Their debut CD, $O$, will be released worldwide on 12 October 2010.
The video for Enter the Ninja, which is also on YouTube, has been watched by more than 7. ...
Diagnoses clown
Diagnoses clown
If a man calls himself a clown, who are we to disagree, argues disgruntled Bok supporter Peter Church.
If something happens, there is always some idiot who says he knew it was going to happen. Today I will be that idiot.
When Peter de Villiers was appointed coach of the Springboks in January 2008, I predicted it would take about 18 months before the coaching discipline installe ...
DEB'S MOVING by Trek Net
This local comic strip appears 6 days a week in newspapers throughout South Africa.
Treknet is a proudly South African cartoon strip about two unemployed entrepreneurial friends Boet and John. Follow Treknet as they live the ups and downs, high and low tides of life in the new South Africa. Armed with a positive attitude, optimistic and entrepreneurial spirit, Treknet is an inspiration to both young and ol ...
DEB'S CLOSED by Trek Net
This local comic strip appears 6 days a week in newspapers throughout South Africa.
Treknet is a proudly South African cartoon strip about two unemployed entrepreneurial friends Boet and John. Follow Treknet as they live the ups and downs, high and low tides of life in the new South Africa. Armed with a positive attitude, optimistic and entrepreneurial spirit, Treknet is an inspiration to both young and ol ...
Dynamic South African - Mary-Anne Anderson
Following her appointment in June, Capetonian Mary-Anne Anderson is the first female to head up the SA Business Club in the UK, where she has been living for 13 years. As Chairperson, Mary-Anne plans to extend the reach and work of the SA Business Club in bringing thought-leading business insights to the SA community in London.
While the SA Business Club has been running since 1993, Mary-Anne has been invo ...
Discovering the best of Basingstoke
When the move to the UK was firmly on the cards, as my husband paced up and down the streets of London, going for multitude interviews, I would spend feverish hours on the internet back in SA, searching for the right place for us to stay. We had a long criteria list: Hampshire, close to rail and bus transport, reasonable schools/colleges, swimming-training facility, hopefully a dancing school and some shops ...
Dynamic South African - Idene Doyer
What do you do?
I’m a hairdresser and salon owner of two salons in London.
When did you start your business and why?
My husband and I arrived in the UK in May 2003. I started working at Saks Hair and Beauty and realised I could offer much better service at significantly better prices, so I started doing clients at home. At that stage we lived in a one bedroom flat and as you can imagine it wasn’t the ide ...
Dunlop Surkski World Cup underway in Durban
The 2010 Dunlop Surfski World Cup takes place in Durban today, 16 May 2010. At 32 kilomtres long, there is R120 000 in prize money up for grabs.
With the men's winner set to bank a R40 000 purse, there is substantial interest from global pacesetters, including the reigning world series champion Dawid Mocke of Fish Hoek, Cape Town, and the winner of the World series pipe-opener EuroChallenge in Spain earlie ...
DIY TV channel part of new pay TV network launched in S...
Following last week's launch in South Africa of the new pay satellite network known as Top TV, 50,000 decoders were sold out in less than six hours which was a world first. The network will boast over 50 new channels and will bring to the industry a competitively priced business model.
TopTV will offer different pay TV packages which have been created to meet the needs of subscribers with quality programm ...
Dance4life backed by Goldfish and Tiesto
Global dancing competition dance4life is back in South Africa this month. The schools programme starts in the Eastern Cape with the support of top entertainers including Goldfish, DJ Tiësto, Maxi Jazz, Paul van Dyk and current ambassador, Jenerik Soulz.
dance4life is an international initiative that uses the power of dance to inspire, educate and mobilise young people to take action against HIV and AIDS. ...
Dutch group invests in SA mining
Dutch pension fund manager Algemene Pensioen Groep (APG) has committed US$250-million of equity capital to resources group Pallinghurst for investments in mining, $200-million (about R1.4-billion) of which has been earmarked for South Africa.
The commitment is for up to 10 years, and will be made at the discretion of Pallinghurst Advisors.
As a first investment, APG will apply for a $50-million allotment ...
Die Antwoord rocked at Coachella festival in California
South African zef rappers Die Antwoord, who have a new deal with major label Interscope, had a 20-minute slot on the schedule at Coachella festival in California, held 16-18 April.
Die Antwoord proved to be confusingly entertaining considering their unusual shot to the public eye, as three kids growing up together in a 'zef' (aka South African slang for 'white trash') neighbourhood near Cape Town.
All thr ...
Durban's new King Shaka Airport ready to take flight
The newly constructed King Shaka International Airport situated outside Durban came out with flying colours during a trial exercise on Thursday, says the Airports Company South Africa (Acsa).
The mass trial at the airport in La Mercy involved the participation of an estimated 800 fake passengers and 300 staff members as part of the last leg of rigorous checks to ensure its readiness ahead of its big day on ...
