With less than a week to go, the 18th MTN South African Music Awards organising committe has announced a number of personalities who will all be hosting different segments of the ceremonies. When I received the email about this, some confusion set in because to me hosting and presenting mean two different things. Therefore I don’t understand if they will be presenting or acting as show hosts. However, read the below release for yourself. All... 

Otelo Burning, a film that chronicles unprecedented black surfers’ odyssey from their neighbourhood swimming pool into the open waters of the ocean, is finally getting its shine. Set in the little township of Lamontville, the film has gained much hype since I first learnt about its showcase at the Durban International Film Festival last year. It has since traveled the world, being screened in different film festivals across the globe. Moreover,... 

A few days ago I published a write up with brief reviews of the shows I managed to catch on the first day of the 2012 installment of the annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival. As a follow, I’ll do the same for the artists that performed on the second day, 31st March, below. Some of them made an appearance and were quizzed at the press conference earlier that day. Again, we could only shoot the first 15 minutes of each show. And more times... 

DStv‘s Comedy Central debut their live stand up events dubbed Comedy Central Live…At Parker’s last month, with John Vlismas as the host. Supporting Vlismas were comedy giant Donovan Goliath, “Italian stallion” Vittorio Leonardi and Mpho “Popps” Modikoane. The monthly event will see Conrad Koch take the seat as the host next week. Photo credit: JHBLive. Below are more details on Conrad‘s stint: Hilarious... 

Amid protests by some of the South African entertainers, the MTN Bushfire Festival is going ahead with booking more talent from this country. It has just been announced that the play Woza Albert, pop group Mango Groove, singing sensation Lira, and comedian Joey Rasdien, have all been added to the line up of the annual festival taking place in Swaziland next month. Photo by: Wesley Poon When I was in Cape Town at the end of last month I got to meet... 

Since my first time in Cape Town in 2004, I’ve always wanted to take a trip to the world-renowned Robben Island. Over the next years, I would try to book, but unfortunately I would learn that it’s fully booked. This time around, I decided to ensure that my tickets were booked early. Luckily, a friend of mine gifted me with two tickets for my birthday. Hence, I finally got a chance to experience what many across the world have described... 

The 2012 edition of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival finally began at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on Friday, 30 March 2012. There had been drama leading up to the music extravaganza dubbed Africa’s Grandest Gathering. Most of the issues were administration related. But the biggest was a booking matter whereby Jill Scott cancelled just few weeks before the event. espAfrika did, however, manage to replace her with the... 

Tuesday night, 10 April 2012, YEAHBO.NET finally hosted their first screening in over a year. The film that started the revered, exclusive and advanced screenings of some of the hottest movies to hit our local screens was Joyful Noise, starring Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer, Dolly Parton and Jeremy Jordan. Queen Latifah and Keke Palmer in Joyful Noise. Even though the screening took place after the long Easter weekend, YEAHBO readers and supporters turned... 

During my recent trip to Cape Town for the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, I paid a visit to an old friend of mine as I always try to do whenever I’m in his resident city. You may remember this piece I wrote after after visiting Thokozani Shezi, during the same period, in 2010. TK, as he is affectionately known, has since left Darkie and started his own company with business partner and girlfriend, Anja Helene Louw. Shezi & Louw... 

Sibongile Khumalo, one of South Africa‘s and the globe’s most respected and revered female jazz vocalists, is set to celebrate two decades of music. Whether she is recording, performing the music live, or showing us another facet to her talent on a theatre stage, she has never failed to wow the audiences with her powerhouse voice. In celebrations of this milestone, Sibongile Khumalo is staging a couple of shows to co-incide with two other...