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South African Indie Volume 1

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:58:00 +0200

What does it really mean to be indie or alternative these days? In a way, indie has become almost a dirty word, spurned by those painfully hip ones who usually can't seem to enjoy or appreciate anything from the mainstream. Indie originally meant independent of a major commercial record label and usually classified those lesser-known obscure bands, but when indie and alternative is the current in-thing and enjoyed by the majority, what can truly be considered the “alternative”?
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Farryl Purkiss embarks on national tour

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:01:00 +0200

Farryl Purkiss, and his Australian counterpart Lior, will be embarking on the Fruitbats & Crows Tour of South Africa, visiting, Cape Town, Joburg, Pretoria and Durban, commencing Wednesday, 2 December 2009.
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Disaster strikes in 2012!

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:49:00 +0200

From the director of ‘Independence Day' and ‘Day After Tomorrow', Roland Emmerich, brings you 2012, the next apocalypse. Much controversy is circling the Mayan prophecy of 2012. Movies are being made about it and speculation is in the air that ‘the world as we know it is coming to an end'.
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Jim Carrey is Scrooge

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:40:00 +0200

Jim Carrey's especially great in family-friendly comedy flicks. He probably holds the Guinness World Record for Most Number of Facial Expressions - he'd be a rather scary guy if he wasn't so funny. Carrey plays Ebenezer Scrooge as well as all three Ghosts of Christmas in the animated adaption of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Word on the street is, it's a good one for a festive season outing.
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Dube launching fashion line

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:21:00 +0200

Radio personality Phumlani Dube will arm wrestle Durban city manager Dr Michael Sutcliffe to promote his (Dube's) new fashion line called Nix Mapha. The launch will take place at the M2 Hall at the SABC on 100 KE Masinga Road in Durban on Monday, 30 November 2009, starting at 9.30am.
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December is VanFokKingTasties

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:09:00 +0200

VanFokKingTasties combines the powers of Van Coke Kartel, Fokofpolisiekar, aKING and Die Heuwels Fantasties. These four Bellville Rock City bands first joined forces at the Stellenbosch Town Hall in July this year. This event was instantly sold-out with a queue outside the door estimated at two kilometers long. The wake of this phenomenal event left thousands of fans nation-wide begging for more. South Africa's strongest line-up invites you to experience the biggest party this summer has to offer.
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Claire Philips and Neo Muyanga at Kirstenbosch

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:32:00 +0200

Claire Phillips and Neo Muyanga will take to the outdoor stage at the National Botanical Gardens, Kirstenbosch on 29 November 2009 in an Old Mutual Encounter.
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Win a trip for two back to SA for Christmas

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:19:00 +0200

Two airline tickets back to South Africa in time to spend Christmas with the family is the prize being offered in a competition by KuduClub, in collaboration with the ATKV, Jukebox, kykNET, Rapport and OFM.
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Clegg kicks off Summer Sunset Concerts at Kirstenbosch

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:28:00 +0200

Well summer has finally come to Cape Town, just in time for the start of the Old Mutual Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert Series. And who better to kick off the season in this wonderful setting than Johnny Clegg? As usual, the show was sold out and the gardens packed with happy picnickers. Johnny, dressed in bright orange, together with his band, put on a wonderful performance.
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kykNET and Backsberg Picnic Concerts

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:05:00 +0200

kykNET and Backsberg Estate Cellars are thrilled to introduce a new live music series in the beautiful and scenic landscape of the Cape winelands. The series, which runs every Sunday from 29 November 2009 to 31 January 2010 brings a superb musical line-up of South Africa's best-loved artists to Backsberg.
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