This month we travelled to the dusty Northam plains of Limpopo and made it back in one piece to report on our virgin experience of the music fest beast that is
Oppikoppi. Our very own main man and Bizcommunity content director Rod Baker spends a night at le charming hotel
Le Franschhoek.
Cinema buff Daniel Derckesen reviews the very non taxing
Step Up Revolution, and theatre fundi Eugene Yiga enjoys some belly laughs at the Kalk Bay Theatre for literary adaption
Mafeking Road, while new time contributor Angie White witnesses the announcement of Jonathan Boynton-Lee as the winner of
My Top Billing Dream at the fancy finale at 15 On Orange.
Photographer Mary Fay Everard gets up close and personal with the international headliners of Oppikoppi who also graced the Grand West stage for
One Night in Cape Town last Thursday. In other music news, the lineup for the Rocking the Daisies teaser event
Sowing the Seeds is announced, and Matthew Mole is crowned winner of
Converse's Get Out Of The Garage competition.
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Matthew Mole has won the Converse Get Out Of The Garage Competition and will perform at London's legendary 100 Club. 
The full line-up for Sowing the Seeds, the prequel to 49M Rocking the Daisies, which will be held at Zula Sound Bar in Long Street, Cape Town on1 September, 2012, has been announced. There will be three stages, hosting the best up-and-coming and established bands, DJs and MCs. 
Describing their music as urban/electro - a cosmopolitan, soulful blend of African groove and electronic beats, a new band, TheCity, have launched with a debut album that is free to download. 
The Bloemfontein High Court has set aside Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande's appointment of an administrator at the Central University of Technology (CUT) in Bloemfontein. 
