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This local comic strip appears 6 days a week in newspapers throughout South Africa.

Yo-Landi Vi$$er, who along with Ninja, make up the South African band Die Antwoord, has confirmed that she was approached to play the main character in the film version of the top-selling The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. She said she wasn’t interested, however, as Die Antwoord was...

If you’re stuck in London this summer but longing for the beach, then just head down to the 02 Dome at Greenwich, where Cheyenne Spur Steak and Grill will be creating a great beach scene for the school summer holidays.  There’ll be great fun for all the family, and not...

The Parlotones are making news amidst the World Cup for all the wrong reasons. But where there is controversy there is coverage and this has surely got a dialogue going, from Seth Rotherham to The Parlotones and anyone else who has a patriotic opinion. What do you think?

A very unique interpretation of guitar playing - only in South Africa!

The Jack Parow craze is taking over in all sorts of ways and this very intricate tribute video shows how some dedicated fans have taken it upon themselves to interpret and re-craete the video for Die Vraagstuk, a song by Due Heuwels Fantasties featuring Jack Parow.

Ian Camfield of XFM nailed it when he said that South African melodic rockers Starseed are hotly tipped for 2010. It's only June, and Starseed have been invited to play at Download Festival 2010 and have also been asked to support UK rock stalwarts, Senser on their upcoming O2 Academy...

An official album of 12 songs has been released as the official FIFA World Cup album. It includes the official World Cup anthem, the official World Cup song as well as the official World Cup mascot song - just in case you were confused! Well-known internataional artists on the album...

The song that made former president Nelson Mandela stand up and jive shortly after he was released from prison 20 years ago has been revamped and sung by international superstars for the official World Cup album.

Travelling from London to Cape Town on motorbikes was a childhood dream agreed upon over a bottle of whiskey and the urge to do something different. Joburg high school friends, Dean, who has lived in London for three years, and Erich, for nine, have been planning this trip for two...

You get some SA musicians and bands, the likes of Hugh Masekela and the Soweto Gospel Choir, who tour around the world so regularly that they have become global SA artists who most probably claim tax breaks from being out of the country for so long! We take a look...

The 2010 edition of South Africa's famous ultra-marathon, taking place on Sunday, promises an interesting contest, with a field that is arguably the most competitive in the history of the event.

South Africa will once again showcase its talent at the World Music Expo (WOMEX), one of the biggest music conferences in the world. The conference will be hosted in Copenhagen, Denmark from 27 to 31 October 2010.

Candice Vetter is a South African who has lived in London for 10 years. For the last three years, she has been working as a project consultant on restructuring projects in a financial services company in the city of London! On the side, she is into film and has created...

South African hip hop powerhouse Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP), has been nominated in America's prestigious Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards. HHP is nominated for the Best International Act Award alongside top African stars such as Somalia's K,naan, Nigeria's P-Square and Ghana's Kojo Antwi.

I’d like to use the word ‘quaint’ when I describe most English villages but as the dictionary states the word means strange in an interesting or pleasing way, then I’m not exactly sure it’s the word I’m after. And yet, it’s the only word that comes to mind each time...

Taking you back to a gritty version of South Africa some may rather forget, it is early 1994 and the new South Africa is about to begin. The story is raw and shocking, yet reflective of a place, a time and people, all a real part of SA’s history.

My expectations of being part of the sports staff were somewhat different to what the job actually entailed. There were so many safety procedures that employees had to learn as part of the job requirement. In addition, staff are required to dance on theme nights, marshal excursions, disembark guests and...

In a first for South Africa, MK, DStv¹s leading rock and pop music channel, is commissioning 10 high quality music videos of South African artists valued at R50,000 each.

Website www.putumayo.com On 18 May, Putumayo will release South Africa, a CD collection that celebrates the rich musical diversity of this unique country at the southern tip of Africa.

Just a month after SA act Die Antwoord signed to Interscope - an American record label renowned for platinum-selling artists such as Dr Dre, Eminem and 50 cent - a retro-electro duo from South Africa, known as Locnville, have signed a worldwide deal with Sony Music International.

A South African short film, Father Christmas doesn’t come here, has won the award for Best Narrative Short Film at the Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan, New York. The film is directed by Bhekumuzi Sibiya

South Africa’s La Colombe has been named the 12th best restaurant in the world, and the best restaurant in the Middle East and Africa, in the 2010 edition of the prestigious S.Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, produced by the British Restaurant magazine.

5FM, in association with Jose Cuervo, are launching the first (Live)5 album that will feature over 40 live recorded tracks from over two years of live broadcasts from both local and international bands that have been featured on the show. This CD, which will be in shelves in SA from...

Five thousand songs were entered into public broadcaster SABC's Bafana Song Competition, which will see the winning song receiving airplay on SABC during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Website www.bafunnybafunny.com Turning comedy into sport is nothing new. The chaps behind ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway?’ have been doing it since 1988 and many local theatres have capitalised on this on-the-spot, audience-suggestion-improv with a style called ‘theatre sports’. But now, comedy has been turned into a whole new ball...

From 13-15 April 2010, the Thai New Year Celebration - also known as Songkran - is celebrated nationwide. Although the festival is a time to reflect on life's blessings and pay respect to elders, the most obvious celebration of Songkran is the throwing of water.

Never mind the year of the tiger, it is the year of South Africa. And Arno Carstens' timing and location couldn't be more well planned than to be based in London, releasing a new album. SA's blonde golden boy of Bubblegum on my boots acclaim is launching his latest album...