The KayaFM and Wade Bales Wine and Malt Whisky affair is slowly earning itself a spot as the appetiser tasting event in Joburg. This event seems to attract a particular type of Joburgers known as Afropolitans, which is no surprise considering the event organisers. None the less, it was an event worth attending, and this is beside the...
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Conversation with Kabomo …
Kabomo Vilakazi (also known simply as Kabomo) is a South African writer, poet, editor, musician, producer, artist manager and actor best known for his first single, Uzobuya, which was released in 2012; and his subsequent album All Things Grey. He is also known for editing Y-Mag and Uncutt Magazine and contributing to True Love Magazine and...
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Dear African Man …
Dear African Man, I saw you standing to the side with your head held high, broad torso and wise eyes, trying not to draw attention to your magnetic presence. I noticed that you endured wars, suffered my humiliation, and labels like Garcon! Boy! N***er! whilst still holding your ego in check. I walked towards you...
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The Kaya FM Wine & Malt Whisky Affair 2015
An intimate discussion with Kaya FM Managing Director Greg Maloka about the Kaya FM Wine & Malt Whisky Affair presented by Matchmaker Wade Bales brought to you by Old Mutual. The Crowd Favourites Prices include free delivery to your door (In South Africa) These Wine & Malt Affairs have become sought-after experiences embraced by guests...
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Fall From Grace …
It sounds dramatic but the fall from grace is very real. Thabo Mbeki, Robert Downing Jnr, George Best are some of the larger than life celebrities to have fallen from grace with the world watching in disbelief. Mbeki was recalled as the President of South Africa just months before his term came to an end....
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Stop the Hate and the Blame …
Let me start of by saying, that I do not agree with a violent route for you to be heard. You can never gain anything by breaking down, or worse still killing someone else to further your cause. Over the past few years I have noticed with much anticipation and interest the growing number of...
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Life …
Read these first: STOP CHASING PEOPLE’S SHADOWS & ACCEPT YOUR LIGHT So, I’m wrapping up this rant that I’ve been on for the last two posts. I’ve been on this tip of not comparing yourself to other people as a way of measuring your own success. My emphasis has been on the fact that we all lead lives...
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Stop Chasing People’s Shadows …
Some people will not amount to anything in life. Some people’s lives will have very little impact on others. Some people’s obituaries will be a few sentences long. Some people will disappear into memory sooner than the dust had settled on their coffins. When you wake up in the morning, you get out of bed...
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There Are No Men Like Me …
It sounds like an arrogant thing to say but really I feel that men like me are a true rarity. I’m that man that always opens the car door for his woman, that will offer to carry heavy bags for any woman and that will stop and help a woman who is struggling with a...
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Africa’s Need For A Change In Perception …
Inspired by a slogan I once saw on local lifestyle apparel brand which goes History depends on who wrote it, I felt it important to use the 52nd celebration of Africa Day; one of our founding strides in being recognized as free and sovereign people, as a platform to collectively rethink our brand as Africans....