Yaya Mavundla

EMTEE, YANGA, PEBBLES & SAMTHING SOWETO ADDED TO STOGIE T’S SET AT SHOW WITH REBIRTH OF COOL THIS SATURDAY 29 JULY EMTEE, YANGA, PEBBLES & SAMTHING SOWETO ADDED TO STOGIE T’S SET AT SHOW WITH REBIRTH OF COOL THIS SATURDAY 29 JULY AT LYRIC THEATRE Kaya FM & Bassline Live is excited to be bringing one of the freshest musical collaborations to the Lyric Theatre on the  29th July  in the form of Stogie T (Tumi from Tumi & The Volume) and jazz collective Rebirth Of Cool - for one night of old school jazz-infused hip-hop craftsmanship. The show brings audiences a completely fresh interpretation of hip-hop & soul. The addition of schooled jazz maestros Rebirth Of Cool to one of South Africa’s most established and socially conscious rappers breaks new boundaries in all traditional musical sense and takes both genres to elevated heights. Stogie T is the moniker used now by one of the countries finest rappers – Tumi (ex-Tumi & The Volume). Wit...

PALEDI SEGAPO TO HOST 2 ND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT OF FASHION SEMINAR     Founder and Creative Director of Palse SA, Paledi Segapo will once again host “The Business Management of Fashion Seminar” (BMOFS) on the 5 th of August 2017 at the Reef Hotel in Johannesburg. The seminar will be centered on imparting business and fashion advice to aspiring designers and entrepreneurs about the protocols of running a business in this highly competitive and fast growing industry.  Following the success of the seminar held in March this year, which featured guest speakers such as Jerry Mokgofe, Quiteria and Lesley Mofokeng, BMOFS promises to be bigger and better.  Celebrities known for cladding Palse include m ulti-award winning and platinum selling artists Donald, Kwesta, Prince Kaybee, Idols SA ‘s Proverb and actor Kay Sibiya. Now in its second running, BMOFS aligns with Segapo’s vision to mentor up and coming designers, providing them with a much nee...

The Voice SA  voting results revealed   M-Net has kept its promise to release the voting results that turned 24-year-old Craig Lucas from Elsies River into the winner of  The Voice South Africa  Season 2.  During the final Season 2 voting period (from the end of the show on Sunday 2 July until Wednesday 5 July at 22:00),  The Voice SA  fans supported their favourite talent in full force with more than 1.67 million votes being cast – a new weekly record for the show. Craig came out tops with 20.18% of these votes ahead of runner-up Josh Ansley’s 16.89%. Nabbing the third and fourth position was a neck-on-neck race for Samantha Leonard and Caroline Grace Brussow. In the end, Samantha secured 15.47% of the votes while 15.09% went to Caroline. The two ladies were chased by Fatman (Johan Brummer), who garnered 14.15% of the votes and followed by PJ Pretorius and Luke Lovemore who respectively ba...

Durban FilmMart Awards 2017 Press Release   The Durban FilmMart (DFM), the industry development programme of the eThekwini Municipality’s Durban Film Office and Durban International Film Festival ( Centre for Creative Arts, UKZN)  ended on a high note with an awards ceremony at the Tsogo Maharani Hotel in Durban, South Africa on Monday, July 17. “The DFM is one of the most important film finance platforms and industry events on the African continent, and this year’s eighth edition has certainly been our biggest.” said Toni Monty, Head of the Durban Film Office. “We hosted over 600 delegates with over 30 countries participating in this year’s market; 17 of which were from Africa. We are thrilled that we have had a record number of 70 projects presenting at this year’s finance forum.” Central to the Durban FilmMart have been the networking sessions and meetings held over four days between delegates comprising filmmakers, producers, distributors, agents, broa...