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Peace trains, EDM & winter specials

All aboard the Peace Train! Top story this week is the announcement that Ysuf Islam aka Cat Stevens will be touring SA for the first time this November.

While in other noteworthy news I interview Das Kapital about his new compilation album Overtime Volume 2, Natalie Le Clu declares the Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets a miss and Eugene Yiga reviews the winter special at the beautiful Tintswalo Atlantic.

Tickets to Grietfest 2017 are up for grabs, so enter here!

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Yusuf/Cat Stevens‘ Peace Train Tour comes to SA in November
Yusuf/Cat Stevens‘ Peace Train Tour comes to SA in November
British singer-songwriter, and Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Yusuf Islam/Cat Stevens' first South African tour will be taking place in Cape Town, Joburg and Durban in November 2017. read
Calling all EDM artists - Das Kapital wants you on his next album
Calling all EDM artists - Das Kapital wants you on his next album

Ruth Cooper

DJ, producer and co-founder of Do Work Records, Das Kapital, is calling on music producers and artists across South Africa to submit tracks for possible inclusion in his upcoming album Das Kapital Presents Overtime Volume 2, due to be released in October 2017. We got in touch with him to find out more. Read

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets misses the mark
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets misses the mark

Natalie Le Clue

For decades films based on comic book series have raked in the cash and generally entertained the masses. But every so often one misses the mark, and today Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, by Fifth Element director Luc Besson, well and truly lost the plot, pun intended. Read

Escape to Tintswalo Atlantic Hotel this Winter
Escape to Tintswalo Atlantic Hotel this Winter

Eugene Yiga

It's hard to believe that it's been two years since Tintswalo Atlantic was almost destroyed in a Cape Town wildfire. If you visit the five-star boutique lodge today, you'll find a place that's risen from the ashes and resumed its position as one of the top spots for a luxury escape. Read


WOMEN'S MONTH
Disruption anticipated at Standard Bank Top Women Conference
Disruption anticipated at Standard Bank Top Women Conference

Issued by Topco Media

What's your next? As an entrepreneurial, ambitious woman, the best place to answer that question is at the must-attend event this Women's Month: the 2017 Standard Bank Top Women Conference... read
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#CSIMonth: 5 For Change black-tie gala raises over R240k

Juanita Pienaar

5 For Change's annual black-tie fundraiser raised more than R240k treating guests to a five-star experience while also raising awareness about five inspiring social enterprises which are changing the way Cape Town gives back... read
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#Yochallenge: Bite-size bikram for a good cause

Leigh Andrews

The problem with taking a stand in July, even if you do so for a host of #MadibaDay and #CSIMonth initiatives, is that these are usually limited to just that one day of the year. Here's how you can stretch your body - and your wallet - to uplift others this August... read
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Movies
#OnTheBigScreen: Van Der Merwe, Dunkirk, Nina Simone and Goya
#OnTheBigScreen: Van Der Merwe, Dunkirk, Nina Simone and Goya

Daniel Dercksen

This week real life is transformed into reel entertainment on the big screen with; Dunkirk, Van Der Merwe, Nina, Viceroy's House and Goya - Visions of Flesh and Blood. read
Music
First annual South African Dance Music Awards launches
First annual South African Dance Music Awards launches
Concept initiators Soul Candi announced the launch of the first ever annual official Dance Music Awards South Africa in Johannesburg yesterday, 26 July 2017. read
Ultra SA announces ticket prices for 2018
Ultra SA announces ticket prices for 2018
ULTRA South Africa, now in its fifth consecutive year, has announced its return to Cape Town on Friday, 9 February 2018 at the Cape Town Stadium, and Johannesburg on Saturday, 10 February 2018 at the Expo Centre, Nasrec; as well as ticket announcement prices for its various phases. read
#MusicExchange: MarcAlex
#MusicExchange: MarcAlex

Martin Myers

Brothers' Alex and Marc Rantseli from band MarcAlex, exploded on to the SA music scene in 1989 with the seminal song, Quick Quick, are now back on stage at the GrandWest Arena, Cape Town, in a show titled Rocking the City 2017 Down Memory Lane... read
Events
Focus on content will drive SA Motoring Experience 2017
Focus on content will drive SA Motoring Experience 2017

Issued by SA Motoring Experience

“We are putting major focus on the content for the WesBank SA Motoring Experience, ensuring an unforgettable event for all our visitors,” says the CEO of SA Shows Messe Frankfurt... read
MCQP announces 2017 theme at new Christmas in July party
MCQP announces 2017 theme at new Christmas in July party
For a first in its 24 years of existence, MCQP will be announcing it's theme for it's December costume party, earlier at new Christmas in July event. read
Win
The new series of Win a Home is here!
The new series of Win a Home is here!

Issued by Private Property

Win a Home, brought to you by Private Property, is back on SABC 3 for a fourth season! The season premiere kicked off on Friday, 21 July, on Afternoon Express... read
Motoring news
VW Golf turns up the heat
VW Golf turns up the heat

Henrie Geyser

Volkswagen has added a double salvo of fire power to its popular Golf range with the addition of a sporty GTD diesel version of its iconic GTI and a new Golf R, the hottest Golf yet unleashed on the local market... read
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Business
Gig economy businesses like Uber and Airtasker need to evolve to survive
Gig economy businesses like Uber and Airtasker need to evolve to survive

Joshua Healy, Andreas Pekarek and Daniel Nicholson

The honeymoon is over for the gig economy. The loose collection of online platform companies has long trumpeted its difference from the business norm... read
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Earth's 2017 resource 'budget' spent by next week: report
Humanity will have used up its allowance of planetary resources such as water, soil, and clean air for all of 2017 by next week, said a report Tuesday, 25 July... read
Multimedia
Bye Beneco - Jungle Drums
Bye Beneco - Jungle Drums
Bye Beneco release the official music video for "Jungle Drums". - View/Rate
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Bye Beneco - Jungle Drums
Theonista acquaints Cape Town foodies with kombucha
Puma Select Braamfontein revamp revealed

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