Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie will be coming to South Africa in 2016 performing ‘all the hits all night long’. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, October 21 at 9 am through www.bigconcerts.co.za and Computicket. The concerts are presented by KFM, CapeTalk, 947, 702, Algoa FM, East Coast Radio and M-Net. Continue reading
The Durban FilmMart (DFM) has opened submissions for projects for the 7th edition, which will take place next year. It is important to note, that the deadline for submissions has been being shifted earlier to December 14, 2015 to allow for the selection committee to have more time to assess projects, and for more time to create opportunities for marketing and promotion of the projects and film-makers at the DFM. Continue reading
Bradley Cooper in Burnt.
Gather your girlfriends and get ready to see Hollywood heartthrob, Bradley Cooper, cooking up a storm in the new release, Burnt. Cooper plays a brilliant but troubled chef with great ambition, an even greater ego… and everything to lose. Continue reading
Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre presents Qaphela Caesar! at the State Theatre.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Julius Caesar – the Roman dictator who was assassinated – is making his way to the State Theatre this month. Well, sort of. Continue reading
Ed Sheeran is hosting the MTV EMAs.
This year’s MTV EMAs, sponsored by Smirnoff in partnership with Expo 2015, promise a night of musical mayhem on a truly epic scale. Award-winning singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran, together with actress, Ruby Rose, are set to host the awards – one of the biggest events in the global music calendar – from Milan, Italy. Continue reading
Ron Lock, author of Tales of the Old East Coast
Review: Tales of the Old East Coast by Ron Lock (published by I-Go-Books)
TALES of the old East Coast is exactly what its title implies, a number of stories spanning from Cape Town to KwaZulu-Natal and beyond.
It begins with the hazards of sailing up the East Coast and the ships which foundered off into, including Sao Joao, which was wrecked off Port Edward in 1552. The survivors trekked over one thousand kilometres to Lourenco Marques.
There are also tales of white children being taken in by local tribes, like the amaPondo, including a young girl called Bessie, who legend has it, gave birth to Senzangkona, father of King Shaka.
Other stories tell of slavers, the colonisation of South Africa by European nations, the 1820 settlers in the Eastern Cape, the Bushmen, and Robben Island’s first white convicts.
The book contains close on a hundred illustrations and spans a period of over 400 years. All the stories are told with the expertise of a true raconteur, so if enjoyed Lock’s previous offerings – Hill of Squandered Valour, Spionkop 1900 and Blood on the Painted Mountain – then this will definitely appeal.
Estelle Sinkins
Contact Ramsgate Stationers & Booksellers, 4 South Coast Mall, Beach Road, Shelly Beach, 4265 or phone 039 315 0213 for more information.
Dorren Gaze, author of Ramsgate Recollections
Review: Ramsgate Recollections by Doreen Gaze (published by Brevitas)
DOREEN Gaze, owner of the Gaze Gallery in Ramsgate and a member of the family which owns the popular Waffle House in the South Coast village, describes her book, Ramsgate Recollections, as ‘a collection of other people’s note and memories’.
“I believed Ramsgate’s colourful past was something that needed to be recorded for those coming next,” she says simply.
Gaze, who was one of several local authors who took part in the inaugural Ramsgate Literary Festival on the Heritage Day weekend, was born and schooled in Johannesburg.
In 1949 she married John Gaze and they left for a new life on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. In 1957 the couple built the Tea House of the Blue Lagoon, which apart from a break of 15 years, has been in the family. It is now the popular Waffle House.
In Ramsgate Recollections, Gaze has threaded together recollections from people who helped shape Ramsgate into a place that, as John Clarke says in the foreword, ‘upcountry bumpkins like me could enjoy for a week or two once or twice a year.’
The book also takes a closer look at the shark attacks from 1957 to 1961 which nearly crippled the local tourism industry. And there are stories about the pioneering families of the South Coast, iconic eateries like the Crayfish Inn, and how the tiny village developed over the years. A must for local history buffs.
Estelle Sinkins
Contact Ramsgate Stationers & Booksellers, 4 South Coast Mall, Beach Road, Shelly Beach, 4265 or phone 039 315 0213 for more information.
Ruth Fifield, author of The Postmaster’s Mistress
A PASSION for history and the need to tell the story of legendary Port Edward resident, Elena Jennings, led Ruth Fifield to pen her inaugural book, The Postmaster’s Mistress, published by Partridge Publishing. Continue reading
Hugh Bonneville as the Earl of Grantham
THE wait is over Downton Abbey fans! Season five gets underway on the new channel, BBC First (DStv channel 119) on Sunday, October 18 at 7.30 pm. Continue reading
Hosted by none other than Uncle Snoop at the Boisfeuillet Jones Civic Center in Atlanta, Georgia, the BET Hip Hop Awards 2015 delivered yet another notable year of celebrating hip hop’s most influential artists as well as featured performances by some of the hottest names in the genre. The BET Hip Hop Awards 2015 premieres on BET (DStv channel 129) and BET2 (DStv channel 135) on Saturday, October 17 at 9.35 pm. Continue reading
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