TBD: Bringing ‘virtual’ good to real life
Winter is on it’s way in SA and the cold is setting in…brrr. Do your bit this winter to help those in need by supporting the first ever Twitter Blanket Drive this Saturday the 29th of May, an impressive and ambitious effort by some South African tweeters who hope to rally the South African Twitter community to action… Follow Represent.co.za on twitter @sisiwami : Just a short while ago, the idea of rallying the South African Twitter community for a good cause was hatched. The power of social networking and the strength of the SA Twitter community has flexed its muscles and this idea has grown into a full blown initiative with national interest. The community pushed for a stake in the ground and the date has been set for Saturday, 29 May 2010. This is the 1st national TweetUp in the country, and from 6pm in main cities around the country Tweeters will be out in force, all for a good cause. All events will take place on the same day and time countrywide. Venues have been confirmed in Cape Town (2 venues), Joburg, Durban and Port Elizabeth. Knysna and Plettenberg Bay have also shown keen interest in holding their own event too. We would love to have an event in East London as it is the city with the 3rd highest amount of registered tweeters in SA. There are over 50,000 registered and active Twitter users in South Africa. The event will be considered a success if just 5% of these Tweeters make a contribution at the TweetUp or through alternate channels. Tweeters and non-Tweeters alike are invited to join in this groundbreaking social media experiment by coming along to any of the TweetUps and making a donation. For more information go to www.twitterblanketdrive.co.za or follow Melanie Minnaar on Twitter: @melanieminnaar RSVP’s to any of the national events can be done through this website too. City Host Media partner Venue & contact Venue address Joburg Melanie Minnaar @melanieminnaar melanie@twitterblanketdrive.co.za 702 Highveld VidaE Sandton, next to JSE CapeTown (S.Suburbs) Amanda Lambe@alambchop amanda@twitterblanketdrive.co.za Cape Talk Kfm TRUTH Coffee V&A Waterfront Cape Town (N. Suburbs) Stefan Diedericks@sdiedericks stefan@twitterblanketdrive.co.za Cape Talk Kfm Coffee Junction Tyger Valley Centre Port Elizabeth Monique Taylor@monique_tays monique@twitterblanketdrive.co.za Algoa Mint Café Bar Humerail Durban Nevin Pillay @nevinsp Nevin@twitterblanketdrive.co.za East Coast Radio VidaE Gateway Pretoria Janthinus Schrage @Janthinus Janthinus@twitterblanketdrive.co.za 702 Highveld The Hub Cafe Universiteitsoord premises 105 Duxbury road, Hillcrest Pretoria. Coordinates: S25*45’20” E28*14’14” East London...
Support Haiti in the spirit of UBUNTU ♥
Represent’s good friend, the gorgeous Melanie Ramjee, is spearheading a party on Saturday night to raise funds for Haiti – so if you still haven’t had a turn to help the Haitian people out, or even if you have, here is your chance to get involved. Get to Premium night club on Saturday night – they’re asking for R50 or more, new clothes (come on, Mr P!) and non-perishable canned food. Dignified. Come on now, REPRESENT! Good luck Mel, we ♥ you long time. Premium night club together with the support of reputable relief organization Gift of the Givers Foundation and local ‘do-gooders’ Cheesekids will be hosting a fundraising event this Saturday 30th January 2010 at Premium in Rivoniva, where all proceeds will be donated to the Heal Haiti cause. What : Haiti SOS Where : Premium When : Saturday, 30th January 2010 Time : Doors open 9am DJ : Vigi-lante / Voodoo / Naves / Zinhle / Biz / Master M / Paul / Switch / Franky Donation : R50 upwards /Non-perishable canned foods / Clothing Following the recent natural disaster in Haiti earlier this month, with an urgent plight from the Haitian people for basic survival support, Joburgers are asked to ‘stand up’ and make a difference now. Haiti SOS was created for that purpose. Premium hosts 2 dance-floors, with house and hiphop beats, DJ’s donate their time and skill. With additional support from various urban brands, the initiative hopes to raise over R100 000 in money and goods. All proceeds made on the night, will be donated to the Gift of the Givers Foundation based here in South Africa, who conduct direct weekly deliveries to Haiti. ‘So many Africans want to assist and just don’t know how. With support from the Gift of the Givers Foundation, we know that the right people will get our donations,’ says Raphael Benza, Managing Director of the Vth Season. Requested donations include a financial contributions (R50 or more), new clothing and non-perishable canned...
Not in Our Lifetime Concert Give-away
Get your party gear on, take back the city and officially make your pledge to the “Not in Our Lifetime” pro-African initiative taking place in Newtown Park next . It’s all about bringing musicians together from across Africa to mobilise citizens to continue to make a difference in our communities and to encourage the positivity we all share about our glorious continent. It’s chipile at R50 but leave your shisanyama’s at home as there will be stalls providing everything you need… We have two double pairs of tickets to give away, simply email editor@represent.co.za with your name, ID number, contact number and email address, and answer the question: Name two of the presenters of the ‘Not in our lifetime Concert’ to be held in Newtown on 3 August. Send your entries before the 31st July and remember. Read all about it below… All in one day for “Not In Our Lifetime” concert – tickets now on sale! MTN SA is proud to announce that it is to sponsor the “Not in Our Lifetime” concert to be held at Newtown Park in Johannesburg on Sunday 3 August 2008. The concert is the second phase of an awareness, educational and fund-raising initiative that was launched on 9 July. ‘Not In Our Lifetime” , which is driven by music, is aimed at spreading a positive message about South Africa and the African Continent. MTN SA is the founding Corporate partner of the initiative. Says Pieter Verkade, Chief Marketing Officer for MTN SA: “MTN has come a long way since its inception and is today the biggest mobile telecoms provider on the African continent. We recently launched our 2010 FIFA World Cup™ campaign, One Spirit One Africa, so we are very happy to celebrate this great continent through one of its strongest roots and one of our passions, music.” The concert line up includes Lungelo, Teargas, MXO, Slikour, Necessary Noize (Kenya), Danny K, DJ Sbu, Kwela Tebza, Tuks, Tic Tac (Ghana), KB, Kalibrados (Angola), Pro Kid, HHP and DJ Cleo. MC’s for the event includes Thomas from Metro FM, Lee from Yfm and Shugasmakx. The concert is about bringing artists from across Africa together to share one stage and unite in pledging their support to changing the world around us. It will take place at Newtown Park (adjacent to The Bassline ) in Newtown. Tickets, priced at an affordable R50 each are only available through Computicket. All proceeds from ticket sales will go towards the “Not In Our Lifetime” initiative. Gates open early from 9am until 6pm for a full day line up of incredible artists who support the initiative. Refreshments and food...
BE at the Million Man March on Tuesday
Men, women and every citizen that can make it, 3 days to go to the Million Man March against in Tshwane on Tuesday the 10th of June 2008! Find out everything you need to know about the Million Man March by clickign here. REPRESENT! The objectives of the march are: The Million Man March is an anti-crime initiative formed as a direct response to the unacceptable levels of crime in South Africa. The March aims to: *Unite all South Africans against crime, crime can only be defeated if confronted with a collective will, a combined commitment and a united plan of action.The March endeavours to empower people who feel helpless, vulnerable and alone by giving them a specific time and place to join together with others, and provide them with a voice against that which they fear the most. *The March will call on the Government of the Republic of South Africa to act decisively on the crisis of crime in South Africa. Urgent attention needs to be given to combating crime, more resources need to be allocated to our police, with efficient mechanisms put in place to combat corruption. *Law abiding citizens have the constitutional right to have an efficient justice system to support them. We want to call on the people of South Africa to recognise that we are part of the solution. We call on each and every individual to take responsibility of his or her actions. *We aim to challenge the perceptions that our society has about crime and use this opportunity to engage government, business, religious groups and individuals that this is the platform to launch and extensive and aggressive MORAL REGENERATION PROGRAMME. *Remind one another that there is a lot to celebrate about our country and need to make sure that the negativity of crime does not take away from all the good that has been accomplished. *The integrity of the march is dependent on the peacefulness of its nature. It is scheduled and planned to take place within the boundaries of the law. *This march is for all citizens of South Africa who feel passionate about making a positive contribution towards the country, it will not be used as a platform to advance political or financial...
Good People of Africa, let us free ourselves
20 May 2008 Every person we have spoken to in the last few days about South Africa, is feeling strong emotions. Emotions that they want to put down and share. Emotions that have been building up for a long time. We would like to use this forum to invite you to have your say on the situation in our country, for many of us have kept quiet for too long. No hate speech will be tolerated – this is a place for people to express themselves freely but ALL comments will be monitored… This is not a space for you to criticise others’ thoughts, language or syntax or to try and be the ‘cleverer one’. This is a space to understand everyone’s point of view. Freedom of speech is of huge importance now, so South Africans and citizens of the world, share your thoughts, intelligently. You can go anonymously, but we invite you to tell us who you are, your age and where you are from. (click here to read full article and comment) Editorista will begin: My name is Sarah, I am 33 years old, I was born and bred in Johannesburg, Swaziland, Mpumalanga and Kwazulu-Natal , but I have been in Europe for 4 months. I have been privileged to live a rich, interesting life in South Africa and Swaziland. I am a young South African, not a politician and these are my thoughts: Good people of Africa, how can we free ourselves from these chains? So many of us are tarred with fear and hatred of each other, fueled by the evil teachings of our past that brainwashed us into categorising each other. How can we rid ourselves of these stains, these superficial concepts that claw so deeply within us? Once, Africa was a borderless place, and now, we withdraw into the labelling and naming that was imposed on us and today divides us. Excited by freedom and driven by a desire for new beginnings, so many citizens in our country have thrown themselves into the ‘growing business economy’ since ’94, striving for a piece of success, hungry for financial gain, often getting ourselves more and more into debt as we aim for bigger, better and more. In this money-hungry process, so many of us have forgotten about the poor (but not all of us, there are many people who do as much good as they can), with the rich getting richer and the middle class booming beyond belief (which has been a blessing for many people for which we are deeply grateful). But in our ambitious desires to achieve our economic, consumerist dreams(or nightmares), we...
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