 |
31 July 08:17 Change city |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
||
| What's On is South Africa's leading entertainment website with detailed listings of leisure and lifestyle events in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg. Click here to list your event for FREE. | ||||||||||||||||||||
News A Peaceful Riot 30 Jul 10 (Mahala) Johannesburg, 1985. In a helicopter flying back from Bophuthatswana, music producer Hilton Rosenthal saw Ellis Park below. He leaned over and told his companion, 702 boss Issy Kirsch, that he had been listening the previous Saturday to a 702 telethon raising money for a loca... >> More Toilet Signs 30 Jul 10 (Mahala) Heteronormativity. Hetero: A word derived from heterosexual, meaning people attracted to the opposite sex. Normative: Derived from normal, which means.... hmmm.... what does it mean? Things that aren't unusual. Born in the Eighties, first generation of post-apartheid schooli... >> More Bloem Rocks, Jaws Drop 27 Jul 10 (Mahala) Kids will be kids will be kids. Their naivety will shine through and even more so when they consume too much alcohol and before long, in some cases even before the show, they are sprawled out on the bathroom floor between mom's lunch and the remnants of a half a bo... >> More Are We Gay? 27 Jul 10 (Mahala) Another fiery night in fast love city where identities are crafted with the exactitude of a masterful artisan. It is here that we question the power and the prowess of gay and gay identity. Thus questioning being gay, finding pride in gayness, identifying as gay or even the ... >> More DIFF Diary: Day 5 - Film Snobbery and Sweat Lodges 27 Jul 10 (Mahala) ROGER YOUNG Okay, I've bounced back. I had started to wonder if seeing this amount of films in such a short space of time is leading to a film snobbery of sorts so I stayed away from everything all day and did transcendental meditation, yoga and a sweat lodge to clean the im... >> More Soul Smiles 26 Jul 10 (Mahala) Blk Sonshine at the Alexander Theatre somehow manage to transcend the venue's rich ambience. It says a lot. Right in the heart of Braamfontein's student district, by day the place bustles with workers and thousands of locals who live in the surrounding high rises. And by nig... >> More DIFF Diary: Day 4 26 Jul 10 (Mahala) Aaaaarghhh!!! Nerve's everywhere seem rattled and tired, stories of lost filmmakers and late night deals abound. I'm actively dreading the scheduled emotional rape by Haneke later. I'm berated by a filmmaker for being negative about South African film. Exhaustion leads to co... >> More School Cuts 26 Jul 10 (Mahala) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… high school! There's a reunion next year that I may or may not be attending… an excuse to go back to Cape Town, as well as a chance to make small talk with overweight jocks, point fi... >> More DIFF Diary: Day 3 25 Jul 10 (Mahala) Wow. What a great day. Three totally different, back-to-back incredible films, followed by a fabulous, NFVF-hosted party at the Zulu Jazz Lounge, which I only left a few hours ago. And now my over-exerted brain struggles for words to share the love with you. I'll try. NOTHIN... >> More DIFF Diary: Day 2 24 Jul 10 (Mahala) Coming out of 'The White Meadows' I see Khalo Matabane standing around holding his stomach, I try and schedule an interview for tomorrow but he's asked me to postpone it until Monday because, he'll 'finish drinking on Sunday'. It's that stage of the festival. Most of the peo... >> More Well Thumbed 23 Jul 10 (Mahala) I love second hand books. My heart leaps at a title I didn't even know I wanted until I see it on a shelf or sandwiched in a pile of other titles. It was waiting for me. Waiting for me all along. It's a strange dynamic, the book that finds you and accompanies you home: half ... >> More In-DIFF-erence 23 Jul 10 (Mahala) The Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) is probably the most important showcase for the South African film industry. For the next ten days we (Myself and Sarah Dawson) will attempt to cover the DIFF. I say attempt because the program is, as usual, so full of films to s... >> More For the Birds 22 Jul 10 (Mahala) I was in an eatery called Birds recently. A sweet new friend took me there. I want to thank her, and trust we can still be friends. Anyway, it's in Bree Street in Cape Town. Oh, it's lovely. White walls, pretty black waitresses, dappled sunlight plopping in through giant bay... >> More Not Getting My Kicks 22 Jul 10 (Mahala) I don't get soccer. I realize this is probably not going to be a popular view, with the iconic drone of happy vuvus still ringing in our ears; but there it is. Believe me, this is not due to a lack of trying - I watched most of the World Cup's big games, and a few of the sma... >> More Sex Whale Cult 21 Jul 10 (Mahala) Inge Beckmann stands on a stage built over the Mercury Live dancefloor, the crowd sits around, the room reeks of heavy 'art' and a voice somewhere is screaming: 'Why is everyone so god damn quiet?! is this a church?! and what the fuck was that?! A song?! All I heard was blea... >> More The Green Thing 21 Jul 10 (Mahala) Don't act like this isn't the Western world's fault. Because it is. We know it is. Our crime? We're petroleum burning, carbon dioxide emitting, meat eating, non-recycling miscreants. Our crime is the whole green thing. And how little notice we're taking of it. People discus... >> More Radio Gaga 20 Jul 10 (Mahala) If the medium is the message, then that medium has long been mediocre. The last time I cared about listening regularly to the radio was long, long ago. Anyone with a half-decent music collection would be crazy to sit through the collective hours of advertising jingles, inane... >> More Rock Jocks 20 Jul 10 (Mahala) With its poster clad interior, reasonably priced alcohol and tremendously diverse crowd, The Mystic Boer is the most appealing thing about Bloemfontein. Fittingly then, it played host to the aptly named MK Mystic Sessions. In spite of the bleak weather I excitedly made my ... >> More End of the World (Cup) 19 Jul 10 (Mahala) Predictably the swell of FIFA approved journalist's tweeting about their withdrawal symptoms is culminated late last week in 'think' pieces about what we have learnt from hosting the World Cup. Even more predictably most of them focus on how proud we should be that Sepp Bla... >> More Surfing is not Golf 19 Jul 10 (Mahala) The days of competitive surfers being able to freely express their emotions in the view, or ear shot, of the surfing public are over. Fines at this year's Mr Price Pro were getting dished out almost as easily as yellow cards in a Fifa World Cup final. Thanks to Ricky Basnett... >> More |
 |
Recent stories
Win with What's On  |
 |
Add events to your website | | |  RSS Feeds |
||
We try our best to bring you accurate listings. Sometimes we get it wrong. Not often, but the possibility is always there in this business. If you have spotted an error or omission we apologise. Please email us so we can correct it and continue bringing you top class event information. What's On! is not responsible for any inaccurate information. | |||||