I spent the morning in the Engineering department. My friend, my guide for the day, was a Law student and we spent the day in the Engineering grounds. To be fair we were scouting for hotties (and free food) but I also wanted to be anywhere else but the place where I would face my...
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Catching Feelings (Movie Review)
This dark dramedy is set in modern day Johannesburg, with the landscape of the city being its own lead character in the film. The viewer gets to look in to the world of a married couple played by Kagiso Lediga, a university professor and Pearl Thusi, a journalist. The couple’s seemingly ordinary lives get shaken...
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Unplugged.
Hi. Do you do that thing where you fall asleep with your phone in your hand? Do you drive with your phone on your lap, or do you sometimes feel an overwhelming urge to stop on the side of road to share an interesting moment that just happened? Do you prefer staying home and cuddling...
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Prepare For Greatness
I remember when I got the WhatsApp massage from Gugu asking if I would be available to speak in New York in June 2017. I said “yes”… this is June 2016 when I got the call so I am thinking I have an entire year to prepare. I tell my business partner at the time...
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#BookYour1stGIG with Thapelo Mokoena
Award winning actor, filmmaker and producer – Thapelo Mokoena, is introducing a series of talks that will empower future stars by guiding their thinking and approach to the entertainment industry. The talks which are aimed at equipping budding, aspiring and student actors with the right technical know-how, on getting that first acting or presenting booking...
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What is The Standard/Acceptable Black English Accent?
So, Banele asked me why kids who were sent to former Model C schools in the early 90s still twang today? The psychology behind the sending of kids to these schools is the root of how the twang came about. Black kids in the early 90s were sent to former white schools by their parents as a way to access...
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Where I Am From …
When you create something magical chances are that moment is as bland as possible, it is so basic at times yet so fulfilling. When you create something no one has created before so much goes through your mind, will they get it this time, is this thing even worth it. I remember that these were...
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Sharpeville Food Festival
Sharpeville Food Festival has quickly earned its fair share of buzz as one of South Africa’s coolest food and music event. Since its announcement some two months ago through various online media platforms, Sharpeville Food Festival which features 20 Food Stalls, Beverage Garden and 15 Musical Artists including an International Surprise Act, has got food and music lovers across...
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I Wanna Be A Showgirl, I Dream About It Almost Daily
In my next life or, depending on your views on metaphysics, in my other life that continues parallel to this one that I am supposedly more aware of, I hope I’m a showgirl. I dream about it almost daily. The music, the costumes, the choreography, the fans, the feather boas… oh, the feather boas! That...
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80’s Babies – Music And Life (Part Four)
The thing about kwaito was that it was not universal; it was not for everyone and it had no intentions of being such. It was for the hood and only the hood and it was damn proud of the fact. Mandoza’s Nkalakatha’s crossover appeal was a flash in the pan but, kwaito was still too...