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18th SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees a hit

(MyPR.co.za) By Filed Under: Entertainment, Featured

The annual SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees which is held in the Eastern Cape’s Sundays River Valley celebrated its 18th anniversary with increased numbers and perfect weather. Attendance over the three day of the festival was 15 per cent up on 2018, with around 45 000 visitors, according to festival director Jenni Honsbein. Total attendance on Friday, June 28, was 38% up. One of the attractions was the first performance by Lira in the region. She was one of 40 of the country’s top singers and instrumentalists to perform on the giant Adventure Province Stage over the three days of the festival. “We are delighted that so many people came to kuier with us in Kirkwood for the weekend,” says Honsbein. On Saturday the grounds were close to their 20 000 capacity, with sales up by 23% on 2018. Sunday, traditionally a quieter and slower festival day, saw a 23% growth in visitors. “Millions of rand are pumped into Kirkwood and surrounds by visitors from the rest of the province and South Africa. Accommodation is fully booked for 80 kilometres from Kirkwood months before the festival. “In addition, feedback from our stallholders is that most enjoyed a bumper festival,” says Honsbein. A clan of 5 hyenas from the Addo Elephant National Park sold for a surprise R26 000 each at the Kirkwood Wildlife Festival auction on Friday, June 28. The auction turned over R5 million, compared to R4,6 million in 2018. “We are very happy with the prices and the interest in the auction this year. We have proved that there is interest in quality game,” said auction convener Johan Swart. There was great interest from buyers at the auction and on the telephone for buffalo with Kruger National park genes, which were offered for the first time by the sale, which previously had only buffalo from the Addo Elephant National Park. A top price of R300 000 was paid for an adult female with a 38 inch horn span and her male calf. An adult male with a horn size of 45 ½ inches sold for R230 000. …

Good kuier with Country music

(MyPR.co.za) By Filed Under: Entertainment, Featured

This June the SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees will be ending off the three days of action-packed entertainment with good old country music. The giant main Adventure Province Main Stage will host some of the country’s top country artists on Sunday, June 30. The Country Legends Spectacular includes “Big Daddy” Lance James, “Queen of Country” Barbara Ray, “Midnight Cowboy” Clive Bruce and “Little Jo” Jody Wayne. They will be on stage from 10 in the morning. The country music will continue after the legends have left the stage with the talented HunTer Leiter, who will be in Kirkwood for the first time. HunTer promises to have festival goers on their feet as they dance the morning away. She is a multi-award winning passionate and super-talented singer, song-writer, MC and motivational speaker. HunTer will be performing songs from her latest album “Kicking Up Dust”. After HunTer festival goers will be entertained by Wynand and Cheree, Ricus Nel, Elizma Theron, Ray Dylan and Die Campbells. Festinos will be able to kuier under the Karoo sky with the galaxy of stars on the giant main stage from 16h00 on Friday, 14:45 on Saturday and from 10 am on Sunday. Adult tickets cost R150 per day for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A weekend pass will be R350. For festival goers aged between seven and 17 tickets cost R70 per day for Friday, Saturday and Sunday and R150 for a weekend pass. SASSA pensioners tickets can be purchased at the gate only for R100 per day for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available from: Mafuta Padstal in Kirkwood, Westway Tickets on the corner of Lewerkie and Hoepoe Streets in Cotswold Extension Port Elizabeth, and BZN Stationers in Uitenhage   More Info on Good kuier with Country music here: http://wildsfees.co.za Twitter: https://twitter.com/Siyathetha Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SiyathethaCommunications/ CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za. …

Next generation of media stars take over radio station

(MyPR.co.za) By Filed Under: Entertainment, Featured

Learners from schools across the Nelson Mandela Bay metro will be given the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in broadcast and online media through the annual Algoa FM Youth Day, which has been running since 2014. After several weeks of training the youngsters are given responsibility of all the production, on-air and electronic media aspects of the station for the day on June 17. “They are made to understand that the presenter may be the end product, but that the entire team is what makes this radio station work,” says programme manager Baydu Adams. “Some, of course, make it on air. Just the other day I was tagged in a post that an ex Algoa FM Youth Day learner became Bay FM’s new Drive show jock. “It is, to my knowledge, the third learner to work at a community radio station,” he says. “This is a great opportunity and I love the idea of becoming a part of something.” says Kiara Bouw, who is a grade 11 student at Collegiate. She says this is “dream come true” for not just her, but for her mother as well, because her mother loves the station. Bouw and Carla Michaels will be the presenters on the morning DMB show, with Michael Kietzmann as producer. Being part of the producing team at the station on youth day is a dream come true, as well as an “eye opener” to know what he wants to do in the very near future says Kietzmann, a grade 11 student at Newton Technical High school.   More Info on Next generation of media stars take over radio station here: http://algoafm.co.za Twitter: https://twitter.com/Siyathetha Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SiyathethaCommunications/ CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za. …

Big interest in buffalo and hyena on Wildsfees auction

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The annual Kirkwood Wildsfees game auction in association with Nedbank and SANParks is breaking new ground with hyena and prize buffalo with Kruger National Park genes on sale. There will be 15 lots of buffalo from the Mokala National Park, which is near Kimberley in the Northern Cape. “Certainly, the pick of the day is an exceptional 38? cow with a bull calf at foot,” says auction convener Johan Swart. “There is also a magnificent bull with a 46? horn span, and a 32? cow with a bull calf at foot that will be sold with a 1½ -year-old heifer as a parcel. The buffalo, which are known for their large horn sizes, have been bred outside of Kruger by SANParks, and have been certified disease-free. There will also be five disease-free buffalo bulls from Addo on auction. Their horn size ranges from 33? to 39 ½?. A clan of five hyenas from Addo has also caught the attention of lodge owners across the country, according to Swart. Addo Elephant National Park Park Manager, Nick de Goede, says the decision to make hyena available this year is because the Park is reaching its threshold of potential concern and would like to be pro-active in reducing their numbers. It is estimated that there are about 40 spotted hyenas in the main game viewing area of the Park. There will be a wide selection of other prime game on auction. Buyers can view the game that will be on auction from noon on Thursday, June 27 in the Mayogi bomas, which are situated on the R75 between the two Kirkwood turnoffs. The Addo buffalo will be in the Addo bomas. Game that will be in the boma includes kudu, blue wildebeest, eland and waterbuck bulls. Sought-after catalogue game include genetically certified Cape mountain zebra and top quality kudu, according to Swart. There will also be breeding groups of gemsbok, blue wildebeest, springbok, impala, golden wildebeest and more. The 18th annual SPAR Kirkwood Wildsfees takes place from Friday, June 28 to Sunday, June …

Cape Town learner tasting life at sea

(MyPR.co.za) By Filed Under: Education

When the tall ship Gulden Leeuw departed Cape Town on January 20, her crew was one stronger with the addition of Cape Town Grade 11 learner Luke Planting on a four-month “Class Afloat” scholarship. The South African Maritime Institute (SAIMI) assisted in making the voyage possible, as a first step in partnering with international programmes that expose learners to life at sea and maritime career opportunities. Promoting awareness of maritime careers is part of SAIMI’s skills development role to support the growth of South Africa’s maritime economy under Operation Phakisa. A pupil at South African College High School (SACS) in Cape Town, Luke, 16, will be continuing his Grade 11 curriculum while gaining experiential learning, life skills and sailing skills. Opportunities to explore the ship’s various ports of call during his semester at sea that ends in Amsterdam in the Netherlands on 18 May, will enrich his favourite school subjects of geography and history. The Gulden Leeuw is a Canadian sail training vessel operated by Class Afloat - West Island College International in Nova Scotia, Canada. The programme provides opportunities for Grade 11 and 12 learners, ‘gap-year’ and first-year students to continue with their formal education while experiencing life at sea for a semester or full year. Luke’s voyage was fully sponsored by Class Afloat for the onboard costs and arranged by the South African Sail-training and Life-Skills Association (SASLA), while SAIMI is sponsoring his visas, uniform and flight home in May. The South African Maritime Training Academy (SAMTRA) assisted with the administration and logistics in getting Luke safely on-board. A keen surfer, whose main goal for 2016 was making the first hockey team, Luke was selected for the voyage after a rigorous swim test, medical examination and two interviews. He hasn’t yet finalized his future career plans, but is leaning towards BSc studies in an environmental science or sports medicine …

Friendly City Marathon raising funds for Retina South Africa

(MyPR.co.za) By Filed Under: Health

This year the ‘Die Burger, Rafi’s, Builders Warehouse Friendly City Marathon’ will be held on 30 January 2016. The race will commence and end at the Fountain Vineyard Church fields behind Builder’s Warehouse. Retina SA East Cape Branch is the beneficiary of this event. To create awareness of this event the Run 4 Retina charity Challenge was launched in 2013. The challenge takes place before the marathon on the morning of 24 January 2015 at Builder’s Warehouse. The concept is that four teams will take part running/walking on treadmills simultaneously and there will be three sessions. The first session will start at 10:00 . With a challenge starting on the top of the hour, finishing at 13:00 . There are four members per relay team, each team member is challenged to raise R250 , the goal is for each of the team to raise R1 000. Each team will be given 60 minutes to see how many kms they can finish. Corporate teams will be afforded the opportunity to display their branding. The corporate/business will be acknowledged in Die Burger Wrap-round on 30 January 2016 as well as being mentioned at the event on Radio Kingfisher FM on 24 January 2015. As Retina SA is a registered NPO any financial contribution or donations done by individuals or companies can be issued with a Section 18A Tax certificate. For more information or further discussion, please contact Gail Cillie or Emma Honsbein on 041 3630164. Please help us create awareness by liking us on Facebook - www.retina-ec.org.za or #HelpMeSeeRSA. Author: Ed Richardson from Siyathetha Communications. More Info link: http://www.retina-ec.org.za CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za. Have a look at the online visibility from 01/14/2016 to today for Friendly City Marathon raising funds for Retina South Africa: Google Search Results Bing Search Results Yahoo Search Results DuckDuckGo Search Results Twitter Mentions …

Mio Khondleka – from breakfast jock to programme manager

(MyPR.co.za) By Filed Under: Entertainment

What started as a fun adventure while studying in Australia as an exchange student has grown into a career for newly-appointed Algoa FM programme manager Mio Khondleka. His break into radio came when he qualified with a broadcasting certificate from the Melton FM Radio Academy while attending school at Mowbray College in the city of Melton. The city is around 35 kilometres from Melbourne, Australia. Khondleka then became one of the youngest presenters on the daytime line-up at Melton FM, a community radio station which serves the greater area of Melton in Victoria. The radio and entertainment bug had bitten, and when he returned to South Africa, Mio worked as a musician, voice-over artist and club rugby player. In 2003, while studying at what is now the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, he joined the campus radio station CBFM as a presenter. He was part of the team which took the station off campus, to become the Bay FM community station, where Khondleka was programmes manager. He then moved to Kaya FM in Gauteng as music manager. The station recorded significant audience growth after Khondleka was tasked to re-packaged the music mix. Khondleka and Queenie Grootboom (his wife and on-air soul mate) also hosted mid-mornings at Kaya FM, and built up a large listenership before accepting an offer to join M-Power FM as the breakfast team. A decision by the power radio couple to return to their home town coincided with the restructuring of Algoa FM. This created an opening for a programme manager – and incumbent Alfie Jay is more than happy to hand over the reins to Khondleka. “I first met Mio at a record company function in Port Elizabeth and have been watching his career progress since then. “While consulting to M-Power FM, I recruited Mio and Queenie to present the breakfast show and worked with them in Mpumalanga. Mio has comfortably kept the pace in senior positions both on and off air in the high pressure environment of commercial …