KB Motsilanyane grew up surrounded by music with both her parents writing choral music, her mother managing a choir in which her sister was a lead vocalist. After earning her National Diploma in Musical Theatre from Tshwane University of Technology, the young and ambitious Keabetswe became a household name for her role as ‘Kaybee’ in eTV’s [...]

Brandon October won over the South African public when he appeared on the very first South African Idols show back in 2002. Brandon battled it out with Heinz Winckler right to the end, only to miss out on the title by a fine margin. His debut solo album, ‘Temptation’, produced by Marcus Brewer, was released [...]

For a more personal perspective on craft beer culture we sought out beer blogger and general ale enthusiast Nick Mulgrew. Born in Durbs but currently based in Cape Town, Nick is a fairly new but passionate member of the beer blogging community. His blog Suip, includes reviews of locally and internationally brewed beers, as well [...]

Since his initial breakthrough onto the South African music scene in 2001 with his award winning track, ‘In the Beginning’, Roger Goode has continued to evolve. His radio show, The Saturday Surgery continues to rack up new listeners due to his energetic approach to radio and production. On-air, his liveliness and presence is tangible and [...]

The Arrows were hard at work making toe-tapping tunes long before their hit single ‘Lovesick’ exploded on local radio stations and TV’s. Durban-based musicians Pam de Menezes and Christie Desfontaine released their first EP back in late 2007 and were already making a name for themselves, touring the country with back to back gigs. Their [...]

Before 2005, you probably wouldn’t have heard of Jan Scannell, unless you had grown up with him in Stellenbosch. Jan studied accounting and worked in financial services, but realised that it wasn’t really what he wanted to do. In 2005 he resigned from his job to focus all his energy into building the concept of [...]

Jon Savage is a musician,radio DJ and music-addict. He made his name as the frontman of rock band Cassette, who started to make waves locally around 2005 and went on to win their first SAMA in 2007 for ‘Best Rock Album’ for ‘Welcome Back to Earth’.They later racked up 6 more nominations and another win, 2 MTV award [...]

Serena Chaudhry is a South African journalist currently based in Baghdad, working as a correspondent for Reuters. Mostly she covers breaking news in politics, investment, oil and economics and sometimes she also covers stories relating to bombings and attacks. She has worked on major news stories such as the withdrawal of U.S. troops more than [...]

Gareth Cliff needs little introduction. He is a household name and face in many South Africans lives through his daily breakfast show on 5fm and his position as a judge on SA Idols. Gareth started making waves in radio when he got his first post at Radio TUKS in Pretoria in 1998. Later, he moved [...]

Greg Darroll is a 23-year-old Durban-based illustrator & graphic designer, also known as Tokyo-Go-Go. Generally working with vector graphics, he designs clean, colourful, crazy illustrations that get people thinking, laughing or just immersed in detail. He is fascinated by anything and everything creative, however characters, designer toys, 2D animation and T-shirt illustrations are just a [...]