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Evil incarnate in this gripping Afrikaans Drama By Jaco Lotriet South African film productions have garnered quite a few accolades in recent years on the International scene. Sink and especially Tsotsi come to mind, cementing our country’s achievements in filmmaking, not only on the local scene, but especially abroad. This wide acclaim catapulted our filmmakers into the upper ranks of producer royalty, subsequently exposing them ...

Nuwe Album vir SA se Saam-Sing-Stêr! Die Storie van Afrikaanse Musiek is Pieter Smith se negende en mees onlangse CD wat uitgereik is in 2019. Met hierdie CD en vertoning, neem Pieter sy gehoor terug in die geskiedenis van Afrikaanse Musiek – van die heeleerste opname van Afrikaanse Musiek wat sovêr as 1906 dateer en bring hy hulde aan legendariese liedjieskrywers en sangers soos Chris ...

Rhythm, rhyme and rapturous laughter guaranteed during the holidays. By Jaco Lotriet With the school holidays now in full swing, one cannot wonder whether parents are dreading this break, or embracing it? While Johannesburg offers a myriad of different entertainment options for both young and old, serving as a most welcome reprieve from boredom, one entertainment option seems to be overlooked by most families: The ...

Monster Jam® thunders into SA for the FIRST TIME EVER!! American-based Feld Entertainment and leading local promoter, Showtime Management, in association with SuperSport and regional radio media partners East Coast Radio, Kfm 94.5 and JacarandaFM are bringing Monster Truck Juggernaut Monster Jam® to South Africa for the first time ever in 2019, debuting at Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban on Saturday, 20 April followed by Cape ...

It’s time to get #lekkerrr again King Price and Matchbox Live have teamed up again to bring fans the third instalment of the Lekkerland Carnival, on the 23rd March 2019. This year the festival is literally bigger and better as it will take place over a long weekend and the lineup of acts will not disappoint. This year, the Lekkerland stage will host stars Bobby ...

HBO® and M-Net Invite Game of Thrones® Fans to Bleed For The Throne! What would you do for the Throne? Prove your devotion and Bleed For The Throne– join the global Game of Thrones blood donation promotional effort. In partnership with HBO, M-Net, the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) and the Western Cape Blood Service (WPBS), the broadcaster is inviting all Johannesburg and Cape Town fans to prove ...

International Tutus in new Joburg Ballet Production With thanks to Joburb Ballet, we are giving away a double ticket to Sleeping Beauty performance on Saturday 30 March at 19:30 at the Joburg Theatre. A classic fairy-tale of evil defeated and love triumphant, Joburg Ballet opens its 2019 season with a new production of The Sleeping Beauty, staged by former British ballerina Maina Gielgud, from Friday 29 March 2019, to ...

Tickets to this Year’s Sexiest Musical up for grabs… With compliments of Showtime Management, we are giving away tickets to Chicago; The Musical, for both Cape Town and Johannesburg audiences. Up for grabs, are two double tickets to the 20:00 performance on Tuesday, 30 April 2019, at the Teatro in Montecasino.  Each ticket is valued at R320, with a total value of R640.00 for the ...

Award winning Reality Dining Show Returns to BBC Brit. The SAFTA award winning Come Dine With Me South Africa will return for a fifth season on BBC BRIT, DStv channel 120, from Monday 11th March at 8pm with the celebrity special to kick things of, with a repeat on Saturdays at 7Pm. Candice Modiselle, Christall Kay, Gert Johan Coetzee, and Lucky Du Plessis will all take each other on to be ...

Die Siener is die ware Jakob Die heldersiende, Gerald Burger, wat reeds jare gelede die Lainsburg-vloede van 25 Januarie 1981 vooraf korrek voorspel het, is vanaf 24 April deel van kykNET se nuwe realiteitsreeks, Die Siener. In dié program gaan hy mense met verskillende kwessies help – van mense wat afgesterf het en nie kan aanbeweeg nie tot bonatuurlike verskynsels wat inwoners teister. Gerald het ...

Stellar Line-Up for Andrea Bocelli’s Sold Out SA Tour. Big Concerts has announced that Carlo Bernini, Maria Aleida, Beverley Knight and Anastasiya Petryshak will be joining Andrea Bocelli for his Sold Out South African tour. Carlo Bernini earned the title of Conductor in 1999 at Livorno Conservatoire, under the guidance of Maestro Lorenzo Paris. Since 1986 Maestro Bernini has been Andrea Bocelli’s friend and artistic ...

“I’d like to travel the world, and South Africa is the perfect place to start” By Louw Mulder Sometimes, when you get to experience pure talent reimagined, then brought to life by an artist of a young age, there are simply no words to describe the majestic sense of wonder. This was the case when Marcin Patrzalek gave me a personal one-on-one demonstration of only ...

Veertien splinternuwe naelbyt-episodes in Tweede Seisoen. ’n Talentvolle span voor en agter die kamera. Ja, kolonel Piet van der Bijl en sy span is terug vir nog ’n reeks! Die Byl vertel die verhaal van kolonel Piet van der Bijl, ’n briljante speurder wat spesialiseer in die vastrek van reeksmoordenaars. Sy hele wese is ingestel op die detail van die lewe en die stukke van die legkaart ...

The Latest in a Winning Line of Gay Themed Films Queer cinema has steadily grown to become one of the leading forces in film internationally over the last five years. And South Africa is no different. Etienne Kallos’s film Die Stropers, which won critical acclaim at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, opens nationwide on 15 March and is the latest in a series of award-winning ...

Huge SA Line-Up Supports the Cure in SA! Compliments of AMP Events, we have tickets to give away for this year’s Rock on the Lawns Concert, featuring headline act, The Cure.  We have tickets for the following Concerts: Two Tickets: Festival Lawns, Carnival City, Joburg on 16 March 2019 Two Tickets: Kenilworth Racecourse, Cape Town on 21 March 2019. Rock on the Lawns is a 1-day ...

Nat Geo’s Rock Climbing Thriller wins the Oscar!! An edge-of-your seat thriller and an inspiring portrait of an athlete who exceeded our current understanding of human, physical and mental potential, was awarded during the 91st Academy Awards with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.   See below how Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Shannon Dill, and the climber Evan Hayes, accepted the their Golden Statue. From ...

Social and On-line Media Influencers, Join the Voice Team for Post-Blind Chats… With the 3rd Season of M-Net’s The Voice South Africa currently being broadcast on DSTv’s channel 101’s most Successful Slot on Sundays, the deserving Talent of our Country, is slowly but singingly filling up the available spots in their chosen Coach’s teams. Audiences all across M-Net’s satellite reach, have already familiarized themselves with ...

Ferry’s Fantastic Flair Wows SA Audiences! by Louw Mulder A live concert with a well-known act is an experience very seldom to be forgotten. But a concert where the artist has the ability to take you through a mosaic of memories, is customarily more memorable, mainly because of nostalgic value, making the experience priceless. This was once again done by Big Concerts bringing Bryan Ferry ...

Nuwe Video Sal jou Huis toe Vat! Burgerd Botha het pas sy volgende enkelsnit en video, Vat My Huis toe vrygestel en beloof om luisteraars en kykers te bekoor met betekenisvolle lirieke, elektroniese klanke en treffende beeldmateriaal. Die lied is geskryf deur Burgerd Botha in samewerking met Oriison. Oriison is die verhoognaam van die skrywer en vervaardiger, Joshua Oosthuizen. As ons moeg en moedeloos raak vir die ...

New Pop-Up theatre opens in Sandton The famous Protea Hotel by Marriott Johannesburg Balalaika Sandton celebrates its 70th Birthday this year. It was the only hotel seventy years ago in Sandton and the original venue that hosted live entertainment fifty years ago has now created a Pop-Up Theatre called Live at the Balalaika. This Pop-Up Theatre, has a prime location in the hub of the Sandton Precinct and is opposite ...

Mark Lottering brings Athlone to Joburg in Family Fun Musical. By David Simmons Joburg Theatre is infused with bucket loads of wit and charm this March where Aunty Merle: The Musical has taken centre stage. Together with abundant local humour, local problems and some of the best one-liners on offer, audiences are in for a very special homegrown experience! Aunty Merle: The Musical is making ...

Flexed Electronic Muscles in New Flowing Grassy Single. Grassy Spark continue to adapt in the ever-changing current of being an artist. The bands’ new direction is very much weighted in the element of water and their new single Flow, is a shining example of where their heads are at creatively. Band member Yanick Bathfield explains the song emulates the metaphor of water – its force is such ...

Young-Motion Remix Colab not to be Erased Erase, an emotional single about letting go of past love, is a powerful release from Native Young. The release of the single includes an uplifting house remix by DJ duo Black Motion, the original version of the track, along with a heart-breaking acoustic version of the song – a strong statement for a dynamic project that’s ready to be ...

Stap Soos Karlien, Maar dis die Liefde wat Tel. Ná die weghol sukses van Vincent Gordon se eerste enkelsnit, Stap soos Karlien, is dié sanger weer op almal se lippe met ’n nuwe enkelsnit vanaf sy debuut-album, Asem… en dis net betyds vir die maand van liefde! Dis die Liefde Wat Tel, uit Vincent se eie pen, gaan oor die liefde wat meer gewig dra ...

Blazing new Single for Previous The Voice’s Hat-Guy. AJ, better known as pop-sensation Armand Joubert, known for Number 1 hits like So Gone, Should I and Sun Back also made waves after Jacaranda FM challenged him to do a cover of Queen’s Somebody to Love and scored him 10 / 10 for his perfect version… Armand has already worked and performed with big names and ...

Daar is Engele wat waak oor jou, selfs tydens ‘n Wêreldoorlog. Met meer as een miljoen trefslae op YouTube, nommer een treffers op verskeie radiostasies, goue- en platinum-albums, Ghoema-benoemings en verskynings op Huisgenoot Skouspel en Afrikaans is Groot, is Arno Jordaan geen vreemdeling nie. Dié sanger, wat reeds veertien jaar bedrywig is in die musiekwêreld, se splinternuwe enkelsnit, Derde Wêreldoorlog is pas vrygestel. Derde Wêreldoorlog, ...

Afrikaanse Duet maak Nuwe Gevoelens vir Musiek. Die sanger Hugo Nieuwoudt, wat verlede jaar sy splinternuwe album, Net Soos Die Sneeu vrygestel het is terug met ’n nuwe enkelsnit wat beloof om Ou Gevoelens weer te laat opvlam. Ou Gevoelens, Hugo se duet met die pragtige Lianie May, is ’n kontemporêre-popliejie uit die pen van Werner Beukes, en vertel hoe al die ou gevoelens opnuut ...

Ampie se Nuwe Enkelsnit Val nie Sonder Jou op Dowe Ore nie! Ampie du Preez het geen bekendstelling nodig nie. Dié begaafde sanger, liedjieskrywer en deesdae ook finansiële-beplanner spog met treffers soos Plain Jane en Niks en Niemand wat aan hom ’n SAMA-nominasie besorg het. Nou is die sanger terug met ’n nuwe enkelsnit vir diegene wat met ’n liefdesteleurstelling worstel. Val Sonder Jou, wat ...

Nóg ’n Engelse treffer vir Mnr. Hartklank. Na die reuse sukses van Joe Foster se eerste Engelse snit, Look Away, is dié sanger terug met ’n popliedjie wat beloof om nog lank op menigte radiostasies se trefferparades te boer. One Body is ’n liedjie wat Joe geskryf het na hy eendag op ’n troue gesing het. Joe sê dat hierdie liedjie een van die sterker ...

Showmax goes Original with Travel Series! Filming is underway on Showmax’s first travel show Trippin’ with Skhumba. In each 30-minute episode, the Comic’s Choice Comic of the Year 2017 will get down and dirty with a fellow South African comedian in their hometown, exploring places that won’t make any tourism brochures and stories that would be edited out of any authorised biographies. Skhumba mentions that ...