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The future of South African design looked especially bright this year at the 2012 Design Indaba Expo, with a high standard of craftsmanship and design from both the seasoned and Emerging Creatives sectors.

Following a record number of entrees in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town this year, the final auditions for this year's Season eight Idols were held on Saturday, 25 February, at the Walter Sisulu Hall, in Kliptown Soweto. Adding to the hype and the nerves on the day was a well played out flashmob, organised by sponsor KFC South Africa and successfully performed by the Mzansi Youth Choir.

PocketMedia® Solutions spiced up the lives of advertising and marketing creatives who were hungry for ideas on Valentine's Day.

On day two of the Cavendish Square LIFTED school arts project in association with Plascon, Grade 7 Learners from Bishops and Rustenburg worked alongside one another to create highly individual artworks.

The 2012 Design Indaba Conference, which opened on Wednesday, 29 February 2012, took place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre until 2 March 2012.

The shortlist of the 10 most-beautiful objects in South Africa over the past year has been selected by lineup of design journalists and cultural commentators for Design Indaba's 2012 Most Beautiful Object in South Africa (MBOISA) award.

Reportedly marking the first occasion in which a radio station has done a live broadcast from a working newspaper newsroom in South Africa, Talk Radio 702's presenter David O'Sullivan was invited by Kevin Ritchie, Saturday Star executive editor, to do his Friday afternoon drive show, 4pm-6pm, as a live broadcast from the newspaper's newsroom recently.

Thousands of ladies attended one of the most glamourous events of the year, Brutal Fruit Glam Camp and it truly was a fabulous affair! Held at Casalinga in Muldersdrift Johannesburg from Friday 10 February - Sunday 12 February.

Nothing sums up our idiosyncrasies better than BBC Knowledge's epic new Human Season, which happens on Tuesday and Wednesday nights on DSTV at 9pm on channel 251.

Starting during the Festive Season and moving into 2012 Huggies set out to help the caregivers of South Africa by donating Huggies stock to them for the children in their homes.

The inaugural 5 for Change benefit to raise social awareness amongst Cape Town's business professionals for five local social enterprises identified for making a pertinent and notable difference in the lives of others, took place at The Runway on Saturday 21 January 2012.

Among the shortlist for the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards Student Focus competition, announced on Tuesday, 7 February 2012, is Nina Grindlay from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, for her Nightclub Portrait Series (the dance).