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  By Siyamazi Khathola Yesterday we attended the Press Launch and nominee announcement of the Savanna Comic’s Choice Awards at Parker's Comedy & Jive inside Monte Casino. It was definitely not ‘dry’ cause it was filled with a number of well-known comedians, even the legendary Bra Joe Mafela graced us with his presence, pity I couldn’t take a selfie with him (as proof). After much campaigning, vetting, lobbying, nail-biting and sweating, the nominees for The 4th Annual South African Savanna Comic’s Choice Awards® (CCA’s) have been announced. And the nominees, as voted for by the comedy industry are…! The Savanna Newcomer Award :  Alfred Adriaan, Loyiso Madinga, Yaaseen Barnes, Glen Biderman-Pam, Bradford Keen The Breakthrough Act Award: Donovan Goliath, Jason Goliath, Schalk Bezuidenhout, Deep Fried Man, Kagiso KG Mokgadi The Comic’s Choice Comic Of The Year Award: Tumi Morake, Chester Missing, Loyiso Lungile Gola, Trevor Noah, Riaad Moosa ...

In keeping with the '20 years of democracy' theme, which has seen the nation pause to celebrate the dawn of democracy in South Africa through various activities, this year's Gauteng Sports Awards will celebrate the province's contribution towards building South Africa's social cohesion through sport. In the same vein, this year's Awards will also commemorate Gauteng's 20 years of excellence as the leading sporting province. Announcing the launch of the 2014 edition of the Gauteng Sports Awards, MEC for Sports and Recreation Lebogang Maile said that it was important that the province celebrate the province's critical role in realising the freedom we enjoy today as a country. "Gauteng has hosted a number of important global sporting and cultural events which have helped to boost social cohesion and unity in this country. We therefore urge the people of Gauteng to join us in this year's Awards to celebrate that contribution and re...

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has announced UJ Arts & Culture’s “Art Much?” magazine as the recipient of a Bronze Award in the category of Special Constituency Magazines for the CASE Circle of Excellence Awards 2013.   “Given that only the first two issues were eligible for adjudication by CASE, a bronze award is an outstanding achievement which we are tremendously proud of,” says UJ Arts Marketing Officer, Precious Maputle. “I would also like point out that ‘Art Much’ is the only arts publication from the African continent which features as a winner in this category alongside Ivy League institutions such as Harvard who placed gold for their Harvard Medicine magazine,” she adds.   CASE is an international association of educational institutions including more than 3,600 colleges and universities, primary and secondary independent and international schools, and non-profit organizations in 76 countries. The Circle of Excellence Awards i...