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The Darling Hair Exceptional Woman Awards took place at Fairlawns Boutique and Spa in Sandton on Saturday, 19 October 2019.

The One Club for Creativity recently held its first neurodiversity creative workshop for talented artists with developmental disabilities. The PSAs Gone Wild workshop was coordinated with nine leading agencies and production companies.

Creative teams from BBDO New York, Edelman, McCann Health and R/GA New York were paired with four artists represented by LAND Studio & Gallery in Brooklyn, a unique nonprofit day habilitation programme run by curator Matthew Murphy for artists with developmental disabilities that teaches life skills through the modality of art....

The winners of the 2019 Feathers Awards were recently announced in Johannesburg. The awards recognise South African personalities and institutions, activists, performing artists, sportspeople and media organisations that fly the LGBTIQ+ flag high.

The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) recently celebrated its 20th-anniversary. Mayoral committee member for economic opportunities and asset management, Alderman James Vos, spoke at the event saying "The ICT sector is not only one of the fastest-growing industries but it also creates millions of jobs". To find out more about the anniversary, click here.

The 2019 Galliova Awards was held at the Tokara Wine Estate in Stellenbosch. The awards honour the country's most outstanding food writers for their excellence in food writing, styling and the overall promotion of SA's food culture and local health writers for their writing excellence and balanced reporting on health and nutrition issues.

The Africa Rising International Film Fest launch event took place on 16 October 2019 at the National School of the Arts in Braamfontein.

The eighth Wild Shots Wildlife Photography Conference will be held at the Nedbank Auditorium at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on 2 November 2019. The conference is professional and amateur photographers as well as nature enthusiasts. The day includes a packed programme of 12 sessions, with speakers from six countries, lunch, refreshments and finishes with a wine reception. German photographer Michael Poliza will be delivering this year's keynote - titled, 'Eyes over Africa - how my life changed through photography'....

A range of speakers are sharing their expertise on technological advancements and its impact on the world at the third annual SingularityU South Africa Summit, which is being held in Johannesburg on 16 and 17 October 2019. The event is hosted by SingularityU South Africa in collaboration with the Development Bank of Southern Africa, global partner Deloitte and partners MTN and Absa.

The Gauteng and surrounding regions winners of the 2020 American Express Dining Awards were recently announced at Olives and Plates at Embassy Towers in Sandhurst, Johannesburg.

In recognition of National Marine Week this October, over 80 adidas staff members and friends of the brand cleaned up the Black River in Cape Town.

On Friday, 11 October, 2019, Cape Town South Africa hosted the first-ever New York Runway ZA, featuring a collective of designers fresh off the New York Fashion Week Runway.

This year, the London International Awards offered attending creatives a Rare Access Workshop. The workshop showcased insights from Olympic snowboarder Šárka Pancochová, Blair Imani, Samson Bonkeabantu Brown, Professor David Slocum, Waseem Samaan and LIA jurors - Emma Daines, Jimmy Smith, and Wilf Sweetland - who reflected on their biggest learnings.

The London International Awards judging is currently underway in Las Vegas, Nevada. After selecting the shortlists, this past week, the junior and senior creatives serving on the various juries let loose at the Juror/Creative LIAisons Party, which was held at Encore Beach Club.