Super Rugby made a welcome return last weekend, with Round 16 serving up six local Conference derbies, and in terms of the final standings, the top-of-the-table Chiefs became the first franchise to secure a Finals Series position. The Chiefs 27-21 victory over the Highlanders at Forsyth Barr Stadium was notable for three reasons, primarily securing... Continue Reading →
The Sharks v Vodacom Bulls – preview
It’s do or die for The Sharks at Mr Price Kings Park on Friday evening when they host the Vodacom Bulls in what promises to be an enthralling Vodacom Super Rugby encounter. Lose and The Sharks will not make the playoffs. It’s as simple as that really. The permutations are a little bit better for... Continue Reading →
Great book coming out on 31 July 2012 -called “From Me to Me”, Letters to my 16 1/2-year-old-self
If you could send a letter to yourself aged 16 1/2, what would you say in it? From Me To Me: Letters to my 161/2-year-old-self is a collection of just such letters written by some of South Africa’s best-loved and ordinary personalities to their younger selves and published with photographs of them as teenagers. From... Continue Reading →
DHL Stormers team announcement v Cheetahs.
Allister Coetzee today named the DHL Stormers team to take on the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein, on Saturday 7 July, at 15h00. Notable selections include: · Steven Kitshoff returns from a week’s rest, after the Junior World Championships, to partner last week’s man of the match Deon Fourie and Frans Malherbe in the front row. Brok... Continue Reading →
Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy Cape Town (CTICC): 6 July – 10 July 2012
The world famous touring family production has taken South Africa by storm with its first visit to the country. Feld Entertainment’s Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy which brings to life four favorite Disney stories with dazzling skating, special effects and beloved characters, sold out the Coca-Cola Dome (Africa’s largest indoor arena) eight times... Continue Reading →
HEART 104.9FM TOP 30 – 23 JUNE 2012
HEART 104.9FM TOP 30 - 23 JUNE 2012 POS ARTIST SONG TITLE MOVE L/W WEEKS 1 USHER CLIMAX UP 1 2 14 2 DRAKE feat. RIHANNA TAKE CARE UP 5 7 20 3 MI CASA HEAVENLY SENT UP 3 6 21 4 JOHN LEGEND feat. LUDACRIS TONIGHT (BEST YOU EVER HAD) DOWN 3 1 16... Continue Reading →
DHL Stormers v MTN Lions Preview
The DHL Stormers will be looking to build on their brilliant Vodacom Super Rugby victory in Pretoria before the break when they host the MTN Lions at DHL Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday afternoon. But the MTN Lions will also be heading into this match on the back of a win, as they beat... Continue Reading →
DHL STORMERS TEAM TO TAKE ON THE LIONS ANNOUNCED
With 3 league fixtures to play, the DHL Stormers currently lead the South African Super Rugby Conference, 5 ahead of the Vodacom Bulls and 9 ahead of the Sharks. The Chiefs currently lead the overall log, 4 points ahead of the 2nd placed DHL Stormers. The DHL Stormers remaining fixtures are against the Lions(H), Cheetahs(A)... Continue Reading →
Leon Schuster’s Mad Buddies takes in R4.5 million (Gross) in its opening weekend in SA
Leon Schuster’s latest box office release, Mad Buddies, has been well received by local audiences, taking in a staggering R4.5 million (Gross) in its opening weekend (Friday 22 June – Sunday 24 June). The result makes Mad Buddies the biggest ever 3-day opening weekend for a Schuster film, beating the likes of Mr Bones 1... Continue Reading →
Acoustic Tales On The Lawn
Acoustic Tales on the Lawn, 15 July 2012
South African star goes back to school at 60 | Yahoo! News
On Saturday nights, 60-year-old Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse is on stage, thrilling South African audiences with hits from his more than four decades in music. But on week nights, the massively popular music maker is in a classroom near his Soweto home, working to earn the high school degree he abandoned in 1969 as his music... Continue Reading →
Mark Haze launches his debut solo album, Where Angels Fear To Fly
2011 Idols runner up Mark Haze has released his much awaited debut solo album Where Angels Fear To Fly (Universal Music). The package, produced by Theo Crous and complete with a star-studded list of local and international songwriters, is destined to set a benchmark in South African rock music. Named after one of his self-penned... Continue Reading →
The designer Craig Jacobs from Fundudzi asks you to read this please.
Hi friends, I am not sure if you know but the City of Cape Town and Cape Conservation has caged and is set to kill two Cape Peninsula baboons this week by lethal injection. This follows the killing of two baboons, William of Scarborough and Fred (who featured in the British documentary Baboons with Bill... Continue Reading →
Heart 104.9FM -TOP 30 for 23 June 2012
HEART 104.9FM TOP 30 - 23 JUNE 2012 POS ARTIST SONG TITLE MOVE L/W WEEKS 1 JOHN LEGEND feat. LUDACRIS TONIGHT (BEST YOU EVER HAD) NC 1 15 2 USHER CLIMAX UP 1 3 13 3 NABIHA NEVER PLAYED THE BASS UP 1 4 7 4 OLLY MURS DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT UP 1 5... Continue Reading →
Jan Serfontein Named IRB Junior Player of the Year 2012
South Africa's Jan Serfontein has been named the IRB Junior Player of the Year 2012 following a thrilling Junior World Championship final at Newlands against New Zealand, which saw his side crowned champions for the first time. Serfontein is the first South African to win the Award, and the first to receive an IRB age... Continue Reading →
South Africa Crowned JWC 2012 Champions
South Africa Crowned JWC 2012 Champions Hosts South Africa have finally ended New Zealand’s dominance of the IRB Junior World Championship after second half tries from scrum half Vian van der Watt and centre Jan Serfontein secured a 22-16 win to the delight of a sold-out Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on Friday. The two... Continue Reading →
Heyneke Meyer vs Peter de Villiers
This week in Port Elizabeth it has been hard for us reporters who have been on the Bok beat for many a year to fail to see the disparity between the Springbok mood before this dead-rubber Test against England and the exact same scenario three years ago against the British and Irish Lions. In 2009,... Continue Reading →
Boks vs England in PE – Preview
There was a throw-away remark from Pierre Spies at Wednesday’s team announcement that neatly summed up the Springboks’ approach to the third match of a series they have already won. “Heyneke is just not the type of coach that lets you take your eye off the ball … it just won’t happen,” he laughed as... Continue Reading →
Any match between South Africa and New Zealand is always something special.IRB under 20 final preview
Junior Springboks coach Dawie Theron made two injury-enforced changes to his starting team that will play New Zealand in the final of the IRB Junior World Championship 2012 at DHL Newlands Rugby Stadium on Friday and also included fit-again captain Wiaan Liebenberg to lead the team from the side of the scrum. Liebenberg, who missed... Continue Reading →
THE Boks In PE -2012
This week in Port Elizabeth it has been hard for us reporters who have been on the Bok beat for many a year to fail to see the disparity between the Springbok mood before this dead-rubber Test against England and the exact same scenario three years ago against the British and Irish Lions. In 2009,... Continue Reading →
