Afrikaans romantic comedy Semi-Soet moved from No 4 to No 2 this past weekend on the South African box office Top Ten, placing it ahead of action film This Means War, local comedy-drama Materialand action-thriller Safe House.
Freshlyground makes soundtracks for a young South African democracy. They are like no other band, yet liked the world over. From an international point of view they are not mainstream, but certainly well known.
Oprah Winfrey, impressed by the transformation of the University of the Free State, will visit the campus in Bloemfontein on Friday, 24 June 2011. The vice-chancellor and rector, Prof Jonathan Jansen tweeted: “You heard it here first … On 24 June Oprah Winfrey lands on the campus of the University of the Free State.” Jansen [...]
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Loading ...South Africa’s beloved canine icon Jock of the Bushveld has again been immortalised on film, this time in an animated 3D version which, if director Duncan MacNeillie has his way, is set for international distribution. MacNeillie will travel to Los Angeles at the end of November 2010 to present the film to Hollywood film studios [...]
Sunday, 14 November – For one night only the Oscar winning director Danny Boyle and actors Sir Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, Benedict Cumberbatch and others (see the full list of actors and writers at the bottom of this post) are coming together to support Dramatic Need and the new Pete Patsa Community Arts Centre in Rammolotsi, [...]
The Nelson Mandela Foundation has announced that a new book by Nelson Mandela, “Conversations with Myself”, will be released worldwide in 22 editions and 20 languages from October 12, 2010. With a foreword by President Barack Obama, “Conversations with Myself” is an intimate journey from the first stirrings of Mr Mandela’s political consciousness to his [...]
