New on The BlaBla Blog today... RAMfest 2012 – SA’s Ultimate Rock Festival

Want to Win a LIFETIME TICKET to all future RAMfests? Click here. RAMfest – South Africa’s Ultimate Rock Festival March 2012: 5 cities! 5 days! 7 stages! Local and international artists!   Every year it gets bigger. And better. And probably louder too. The 2012 edition of South Africa’s hardest [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Sting to Sing in South Africa

Big Concerts announced that ex-Police frontman and 25 year solo artist Sting will visit South Africa in March 2012 for 4 concert dates in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Sting will bring his Back to Bass Tour to the Coca-Cola Dome on 24 & 25 March and to the Grand Arena [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Cape Town is World Design Capital 2014

After months of planning and presentations, and a nail-biting wait for this mornings’ announcement, it is now official: Cape Town has been elected as the World Design Capital 2014! World Design Capital? What is the World Design Capital you may wonder? In a nutshell the World Design Capital status is [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... deadmau5 south africa tour 2011

All the deadmau5 SA Tour 2011 details (dates, venues and ticket prices) are here: Deadmau5 Live in South Africa–Tour Details It’s been a rumour for a while. Now it’s confirmed. deadmua5 will visit South Africa this year, probably in late November or early December. Summer holiday dance party time! With [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Did the ARMS DEAL fund BEE in South Africa?

The reoccurring arms deal investigation saga has got my brain spinning…Why with so much smoke is a fire not being investigated? Just GOOGLE the term and see how many articles there are about it….. Saab admits secret arms-deal payments : A R24-million commission was hidden from Saab by its partner, [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Just How Cold is it in Joburg?

Very, very cold indeed, as you can plainly see…

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Catch Watershed Live In Johannesburg

It’s Old Mutual Music in the Gardens time again, and the series is kicking off June with a Sunday Afternoon concert featuring one of South Africa’s leading acoustic pop/rock groups: Watershed. Sunday 12 June: Watershed at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Johannesburg SA’s leading acoustic rock and pop group Watershed [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Super South Africans: Luke Taylor – Google Science Fair Finalist

Just making the list of semi-finalists was a huge achievement. Now, 14-year old Capetonian Luke Taylor has been selected as one of just 15 finalists in the inaugural Google Science Fair. His project will now go up against 4 others (all for US-based entrants) in his 13 – 14 year [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Jeffery Deavers’ James “Carte Blanche” Bond Makes Merry in Cape Town

With its’ plot lines shrouded in secrecy befitting the Protection of Information Act, the latest James Bond 007 novel, Carte Blanche, was launched to the media at what sounds like an epic event earlier this week in Cape Town. And by the sounds of things, the worlds’ most famous secret [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Super South Africans: Lauren Beukes wins the Arthur C. Clarke Award

Super South African Lauren Beukes last night received the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award for Literature at the Apollo Piccadilly in London for her second novel Zoo City. She is the first South African to be honoured with the award in its 25 year history. The award is given for [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... SAMA 17 – South African Music Awards 2011 Nominees

All the Nominees for the 17th Annual MTN South African Music Awards – SAMA17 And the winners are…. click, click! Public Voting for Record of the Year has opened via SMS lines Click here to see the voting letter code of your favourites The MTN SAMA17 event will be held [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... RAMfest Is On Its’ Way To Joburg

After the successful RAMfest event in Cape Town this past weekend, the show moves up the coast to Durban (tonight at the WaveHouse) and then to Johannesburg on Saturday – 12 March – at Riversands Farm in Fourways. This is the first time that acts from the main Real Alternative [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Edenvale Round Table/Jeppe Girls St. Patricks Pub Evening

The Edenvale Round Table, in conjunction with Jeppe High School for Girls, is once again doing fantastic work for the community and they are having their first fund raiser of the year to coincide with St. Patricks’ Day. Not certain about the “British” bit, but none-the-less… A Pub Night with [...]

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... One Beautiful Day in the Name of Love – a Fan Vid of U2′s Joburg Concert

If you’re still bathing in the afterglow of the U2 concert, here’s a little something we put together from the Johannesburg leg of the tour, where we interviewed several fans. If you see yourself in the vid, give us a shout! ;) Enjoy!

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New on The BlaBla Blog today... Catch the BlaBla Blog at U2 in Cape Town

Our esteemed editor in chief should be safely on the ground in Cape Town by know. He has taken his Mrs. as well as their lovely daughter to see U2 in Cape Town (thanks for the offer on the spare ticket by the way). I wish them a good time. [...]

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