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Giveaway: Win double tickets to see comedian Joey Rasdien

The Comedy Central Presents gigs have become a must-see on South Africa’s stand-up circuit. This time around comedy heavyweight Joey Rasdien is headliner. Rasdien (@JoeyRasdien) was right there as post-Apartheid South Africa first learned to laugh at itself. As part of the collective of comedians behind the groundbreaking sketch show The Pure Monate Show, Rasdien and comedians such as David Kau and Kagiso Lediga found the funny in a changing [...]

 

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First Look: Watch Episode 1 of 'Love Games', a Weekly TV Series About Love & Relationships Among Five Zambian Women

When watching local TV in Zambia it is rife with Mexican and Filipino (seriously) telenovas. There is the odd spattering of locally produced TV that doesn’t really resonate and bores you to death, on top of its bad sound and dodgy picture quality. My love for all things TV made me ask, is this really the best we can do? Must we always turn to DStv for programming we can [...]

 

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Tats Nkonzo's soundtrack...win 5x double tickets to see the musical comedian

From the hilarious wit to that megawatt smile and of course those guitar strings, Tats Nkonzo has very quickly become one of South Africa’s favourite comedians. Nkonzo has come from being a contestant to hosting one of the country’s biggest rea brand viagra price lity shows. He first made an appearance as a top 24 finalist on South African Idol, then showed his funny side as a finalist on the [...]

 

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Get to know Nomuzi Mabena, South Africa's newest MTV Base VJ

I caught up with Nomuzi Mabena the newly crowned MTV Base VJ to get to know the stylish 20-year-old a little better. The young woman from Gauteng beat out thousands of other hopefuls vying for one of the sweetest gigs on TV. Meeting Nomuzi, it’s e canadian viagra asy to tell exactly how she did it. She’s a bold (and bald) young woman with plenty of ambition and drive and [...]

 

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela with the panel of young leaders and MTVBase VJ Sizwe Dhlomo
 

Hanging out with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

“I am an African grandmother, you can be as frank as you like.” At 75, with make-up caked for the harsh television lights, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is still beautiful. A necklace of thick pearls hangs from her neck. Below it, another of black pearl generic cialis online s. She’s a gracious host, and soon journalists, camera crews, producers have forgotten the four hour wait. This is how a group of young [...]

 

 
 
 

South Africa: A new face for MTVBase …and it could be you!

MTVBase kicked of a nationwide search for a new VJ this week. You’re sure to see thousands of 18 to 25-year-olds lining up for the gig of a lifetime as MTV is giving anyone with a TV glint in their eyes the chance to become the next face of the network. Veteran VJ Sizwe Dhlomo was the first winner of the competition in 2005 and has had the opportunity to [...]

 

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A Site We Love: Buni TV

I’m cheating. This spot is usually for blogs technically. But Buni TV, a web and mobile video channel, is too good and long overdue an idea to pass up. It’s an aggregation of innovative content you’re more likely to find off the beaten path of mainstream entertainment. It doesn’t say anything about curating just content from Africa, and it is brand new but so far that’s where the content appears [...]

 

 
 
 

Tawiah and Ghostpoet perform 'Us Against Whatever' For Channel 4 (Video)

I peeped this recording for Channel 4′s Random Acts via the homies at Pinboard and had to share the goodness. Tawiah is something of an obsession of mine. (If you missed it, her free EP from Christmas past does not get old) Also, I love it when food is used as endearment. Like here where Ghostpoet (real name Obaro Ejimiwe) says, “I love you like chicken soup, some biscuits and lemonade.” To [...]

 

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MTV's 'Shuga' Launches + Behind The Scenes Pictures

Guest blog by Cathy Phiri Shuga: Love, Sex, Money has been in the pipeline for two years, and this past week, all that hard-work culminated in the star-studded premiere at the National Museum in Nairobi. But before the premiere, there was still the title track music video and the wrap show to be done. Music has always been a strong part of the Shuga series. This year MTV commissioned Bon’eye [...]

 

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'Shuga: Love, Sex and Money' featuring L Tido, Banky W, Wizkid and Bon’eye (Listen + watch trailer)

As promised, the title track for Shuga: Love, Sex and Money, MTV’s series and multimedia campaign designed to promote messages about safe sex and tolerance to African youth with the aim of changing their attitudes to risky sexual behaviours. It airs weekly in Africa from 14 February 2012 on MTV Base (DStv channel 322) at 20:30 WAT/ 21:30 CAT/ 22:30 WAT.   There will be six episodes followed by a discussion episode where the issues [...]

 

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Joelle Kayembe Is The New Face of Trace

Joelle Kayembe has posed for GQ, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, FHM and Sports Illustrated amongst other renowned publications. You might also recognise her from Ludacris’ Pimpin All Over The World video. The Congolese-born, South African beauty will now be known as the face of Trace, the international media brand available in 160 countries. Joelle will appear in jingles on all TRACE channels worldwide (TRACE Urban, TRACE Sports, TRACE Africa and TRACE Tropical) [...]