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This year’s Leadercast is here, as is the Paris New York Heritage Festival, which will see musicians from five cities performing in Soweto. Phumlani S Langa has your week sorted in the gig guide like no other.
JOBURG
LEADERSHIP
Leadercast 2019
Sandton Convention Centre (Joburg); Cape Town International Convention Centre (Cape Town); Nelson Mandela University (Port Elizabeth); Royal Palm Hotel (Durban)
June 6, 8am
R2 950 at leadercast.co.za
Leadercast is the largest one-day leadership event in the world, broadcast each year from Atlanta, US, to hundreds of host sites around the globe. This year’s speakers include TV personality, journalist and author Gayle King, Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza, business management writer Patrick Lencioni, neuroscientist and author Dr Caroline Leaf, chef Marcus Samuelsson, consultant and speaker Juliet Funt, and many more. Alert your company about this event so that you can be in the audience too.
WINE
Juliet Cullinan Standard Bank Wine Festival
Summer Place, Sandton
June 4 and 5
R220 at webtickets.co.za
It’s all about excellence – quality wineries, quality guests and quality service. After 29 years, this remains the oldest and possibly the longest running festival under single ownership in the world. On offer are masterclasses to discover elegant wines for everyday drinking, the art of wine tasting, and an opportunity to chat to the Cape Wine Masters experts. There will also be a salt and wine masterclass to learn about the effects of salt on wines.
ART EXHIBITION
Phillemon Hlungwani – Ntsako Wa Xibelani
Everard Read
Until June 15
Free entrance
Life in Giyani, Limpopo, will be celebrated in this exhibition that pays particular attention to traditional Xitsonga attire, xibelani.
SOWETO
THEATRE
Paris New York Heritage Festival
Soweto Theatre
June 8, 2pm
R200 at webtickets.co.za
A global music festival that will see artists from Paris (France), New York (US), Montreal and Vancouver (Canada), as well as Johannesburg celebrate the richness of African and Latin-American cultures. It will star Nduduzo Makhatini, Bombshelter Beast, DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson, The Mooses, DJ Mks, Don Mescal, DJ Kobal, DJ Suspect, Only Tlou and Nicky B.
BRUNCH
Mothers and Daughters Brunch
Soweto Hotel & Conference Centre, Klipspruit Valley Road
June 8, 1pm
R200 for mother and daughter. Call Boikarabelo 061 637 1191 to book
An event to celebrate the bond between moms and their daughters. There’ll be plenty of bonding activities in store, including blindfold makeovers and pedicures, all done by daughters (who don’t have to be biological) for their mothers. Grandmothers are also welcome.
ART
Wine and Paint – Ladies’ Night
Eyethu Lifestyle Centre, 651 Tshabalala Street
June 7, 5pm
R250 per person
Come for this event every first Friday of the month. Ladies, what better way to round off the week than with some wine sipping and three hours of painting tutorials with the man himself, Ras Silas. It’s a lovely new way to spend quality time with friends, family or your partner. At the end of each session, you will be able to leave with your artwork and the most creative piece of the night will be featured on the flyer of the next session.
PRETORIA
THEATRE
Qina
The SA State Theatre
Until June 23
R100 to R110 at webtickets.co.za
A young man finds it hard to please those around him, which saddens him. He goes through a few life-altering moments that teach him the value of self-love.
OUTDOOR ORCHESTRA
Symphony in the garden
Leriba Hotel
June 2, 2.30pm
R250 at computicket.com
The Capital Chamber Orchestra will be on hand to play some classical favourites while you indulge in wine tasting. Certain things just go well together.
MARKET
Alt.Market
Railways Cafe
June 8, 11am
Free entrance
Enjoy a day out with the family at this adorable market.
ELSEWHERE
CAPE TOWN
Cape Town Coffee Festival
Castle of Good Hope
June 2, 9am
R75 to R550 at capetown-coffeefestival.com
Coffee is a culture and this way of life will be celebrated at this festival with free tastings, interactive workshops and experts from far and wide.
DURBAN
Justice is a Woman
Hexagon Theatre, Pietermaritzburg
June 4 to 8
This draws on the effect of the #MeToo movement. The story is set at a university in KwaZulu-Natal, where a female student experiences harassment at the hands of one of her professors.
The Cannabis Expo
iZulu Theatre, Sibaya Casino
June 6 to 9
R150 to R200 at computicket.com
Legal weed is in the air in quite a few countries and it would seem that ours will soon follow suit. Conventions of this nature have been held in Joburg and Pretoria. Now Durban gets to catch some vapours.
