What To Do On Valentine's Day

uShaka Marine World

It’s going to be primo at uShaka Marine World this February and definitely the place to be to hang loose and experience some love, peace and fun, with 30% off all Sea World, Wet n Wild or combo tickets from 1 – 28 February 2017 – that’s a month full of love. 

For those going steady, Cargo Hold is sure to pull at your heartstrings with their delicious new special menu spread. There are two sittings – 17h00 and 20h00, so don’t delay, make a booking by calling the reservations team on 031 328 8065 / 8066 / 8067 or emailing cargohold@ushakamarineworld.co.za  

Village Walk will also be filled with love in the air with the chance to snuggle and take a “smooching” photo at the 60s Kombi of love. Snap the picture, upload it to the uShaka Facebook page or Instagram using #uShakaLove which will run all Valentine’s weekend long with tons of entertainment that will definitely set the vibe for a fabulous occasion.

For more information contact uShaka Marine World on 031-3288000 but get to the park and come have some fun. 

Consider Dining In

Cooking at home is a great way to control your food consumption. Many restaurants offer specials which include hearty dishes, complete with heavy dressings and rich sauces. Prepare a healthy romantic candle lit dinner and watch a romantic movie.

Use this delicious recipe from The Diet Everyone Talks About “Eat Slim/Eet Slim” recipe book to make a decadent yet healthy dessert with only 1.3 g carbs per portion.

Cheese Cake

Portions: 6 8

Prep time: 20 min

CHD: 1.3 g per portion

kJ: 448 kJ

Ingredients:

3 Eggs yolks (use the whites to prepare meringue shells)

200 ml Canderel powder

30 ml Thick Cream

45 ml Water

5 ml Cinnamon / cool drink

30 ml Gelatine

125 ml Water

250 ml Cream, beaten till stiff

250 ml Cream cheese

Method:

1. Cook the first ingredients till thick.

2. Add cinnamon and gelatine dissolved in water.

3. Allow to cool.

4. Add cream and cream cheese

5. Refrigerate for 2 hours.

For more information about The Diet Everyone Talks About, and where it is offered in your area:

Tel: (016) 362 4890

Email: dietinfo@thediet.co.za

Website: http://www.thediet.co.za/

My Chef has got your Valentine’s Day covered

Delivery Area

A delivery area guideline below for your information:

· Windermere, Nandi Drive, Morningside

· Westville Central, Mount Edgecombe, Durban North, Umhlanga, Cowies Hill, The Esplanade, Briardene,

Glenwood, Sherwood, Glen Hills, Berea ,Westville North, Durban CBD, Umgeni Park, La Lucia, The Point

,Sunnindale, Glenashley, Riverhorse Valley, Berea West, Glen Anil

· Pinetown, Forest Hills, New Germany, Maydon Wharf, Kloof Central, Bluff, Winston Park, Gillitts,

Assagay, Everton, Westmead, Waterfall, Crestholme, Hillcrest, Bothas Hill

· Escombe, Westbrook, La Mercy, Umdloti, Queensburgh, Northdene, Malvern, Yellowwood Park

· Ballito, Amanzimtoti

So get clicking, visit www.mychef.co.za  and head to the Valentines menu option which is now available or view their range of menu options, which also change on a weekly basis.

For more information, contact 086 169 2433 during office hours.

Take Your Partner On A Romantic Trip

Sweden’s pop rock duo Roxette will be familiar to anyone who listened to the radio in the early ’90s and lovesongs like “Listen to your Heart” and “It Must Have Been Love” provided a soundtrack to dates, dances roadtrips and the occasional awkward silence.

But even if you’ve had a fledgling romance end when you realised your crush preferred Napalm Death to John Legend, Sweden and other Scandinavian countries offer many pleasures for body and soul. In Stockholm, there are boat tours of the Stromma River and the Stockholm archipelago. If you and your love have an interest in pop culture’s Crimpleneclad ’70s epoch, take a stroll around the Abba museum.

The country is famed for its husmanskost, or homely fare, and the smorgasbord – a platter of a variety of hot and cold foods – lends itself to an evening picnic in the Monteliusvägen, a park overlooking Stockholm’s Old Town. Stockholm is also one of the relatively few cities over which you can drift in a hotair balloon, offering a quiet, soaring view of its waterways, turrets and spires.

British Airways has 38 weekly flights between Heathrow and Arlanda Airport in Stockholm.

Applications Open For Realness Pan African Scriptwriting Residency 2017

Following the success of the inaugural scriptwriting residency, Realness is thrilled to announce the call for submissions for the 2017 edition.

Realness is a pioneering residency that provides filmmakers with the opportunity to hone and develop their creative scriptwriting skills. It serves to address the need for promising African film projects to be supported in their development phase to be able to realistically compete in global film markets.

This year five filmmakers Amirah Tajdin (Kenya), Hiwot Admasu (Ethiopia) Luck Razanajaona (Madagascar), Sheetal Magan (South Africa) and Wim Steytler (South Africa) spent six weeks at the Nirox Artists’ Residency in the Cradle of Humankind under the mentorship of script consultants Selina Ukwuoma and Nadja Dumouchel, including attending the Durban FilmMart and Talent Campus at the Durban International Film Festival.

“The success of this residency is not only evident in the encouraging feedback from the participants, who welcomed the opportunity to be in a quiet headspace to tap into their creative sources, but it is also evident in the numerous awards they have received and the progress made following the residency,” explains Elias Ribeiro, Creative Director of Realness. “Luck, for example, had a project selected for the Durban FilmMart prior to the residency, where we met and worked with participants as a precursor to programme. Here he walked off with awards from CineMart (International Film Festival Rotterdam) and the International Organisation of La Francophonie to further develop his

script. Hiwot has since won an award to participate at another residency programme in Switzerland,

the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, and two of the projects have signed coproduction

agreements since completing the residency.”

As a result of the Realness programme, Ribeiro has,been invited to present the initiative at five major international festivals since starting it earlier this year, namely Berlinale, Cannes, Locarno, Venice and Torino. “The continued interest is very encouraging and serves as a platform for the residents to maintain the momentum towards getting their films made. We have structured Realness in a very holistic and strategic way, engaging with heavyweight partners and advisors in developing the framework for the programme. It is rewarding to see the genuine interest in developing synergy between African cinema and the rest of the world.” Amirah Tajdin said “Realness made me realize that…time and space really does make all the difference during script writing.” Wim Steytler said that Realness gave him the courage to “throw my script and 8 months of work into the bin.

I gained important insights into how to take my story from decent to good. After Realness my goal is to take the project from good to great.”

Realness is proud to announce that the partnerships established in 2016 will continue into the second edition, which means that the 2017 residents will also have the opportunity to further develop their projects through the awards offered by the Durban FilmMart, Locarno Filmmakers Academy, Torino Film Lab, Midpoint, EAVE and La Fabrique des Cinema du Monde.

The submission window closes on 31 January 2017:

Applicants must submit ONE PDF dossier containing:

• a motivation for wanting to participate in REALNESS (1 page)

• a synopsis of the proposed feature project (1 page)

• a narrative treatment of the proposed feature project (6 pages)

• a draft of the screenplay (if available)

• a writer's note of intention (1 page)

• a short biography (1 paragraph)

• two links to samples of previously produced work, uploaded to vimeo.

If selected, residents will be required to donate one copy of their previous work to the Nirox film library. The call is open to screenwriters from across the African continent and selection will be based on artistic merit. REALNESS will hold no legal claim over the work once the residency is completed.

All submitted material must be in English. A committee appointed by the Realness team and their partners will read the project entries and conduct interviews with a shortlist of candidates in April. The REALNESS selection will be announced at an event hosted by the pavilion Les Cinemas du Monde in Cannes, 2017.

Dossiers must be submitted to realness@urucumedia.com.

For more info and to download the application form go to www.urucumedia.com/realness.

Win A KFC Summer Hamper

KFC is launching a new summer combo meal, called Tropical Combo, it’s a crunch burger with a slice of pineapple and a pineapple and coconut Krusher.

You can also get free WIFI and charging stations for your devices in Margate and Ballito courtesy of KFC.

They will be placing giant inflatable pineapple domes across Margate and Ballito beaches this summer, beachgoers can come and charge their devices at these giant pineapple domes as well as use the free WIFI, to create and upload their summer experiences at the beach.

Find them in Margate 24 and 26 Dec

Find them in Ballito 27 – 29 Dec

The good folk at KFC have given us a Summer hamper just for you.  It consists of an inflatable pineapple float, a beach bag, beach hat, a towel and some KFC vouchers.

Simply answer this easy question:

Where will the giant pineapple domes be?

Send your answer, name, contact details and address to umhlangalife@gmail.com

Giveaway closes 20 Dec 2016 at 3pm.

Good luck!

Ts and Cs Apply.

R1 million donated to East Coast Radio's Toy Story with Game

Thank you for spreading the love, KZN!

The generosity of KwaZulu-Natal has shined through once again, with nearly 13 thousand toys and R1 million donated to East Coast Radio’s Toy Story with Game. The initiative, one of the province’s longest-running CSI campaigns, has wrapped up.

Thanks to businesses and residents from across KZN, they were able to provide each child in a government hospital, crèche and children’s home with a brand new toy. For many of the little ones, these were the first new thing they have ever owned. It was truly heart-warming to watch tiny faces light up!

The East Coast Radio Toy Story with Game team spent hours packing toys and delivering them to state-run hospitals on the North and South Coasts, in the Midlands and in the greater Durban area. The Red Cross Air Mercy Service helped deliver and distribute the new toys to areas that the team could not reach by road. 

Celebrities and sports stars too did their bit for the children, with the likes of Uzalo’s Khaya Dladla, former Idols champ, Khaya Mthethwa, Amazulu and Dolphins players, Mo Magic, Logie Naidoo, Man International Models and comedian Carvin Goldstone, helping raise more than R1 million at the Toy Story Corporate Day Challenge on 2 December 2016. This year, every cent donated to the campaign supported Game’s Amalunchbox initiative, which creates sustainable school lunches for under-nourished children across KZN. Hungry children cannot concentrate on schoolwork so the Amalunchbox project provides disadvantaged schools with the facilities so they can prepare nutritious meals in hygienic conditions.

It was thanks to KwaZulu-Natal for heeding their call to help for the 16^th year running. It is through their invaluable contributions that they have made a difference in the lives of some of our province’s most destitute and ill children.

Images: Abhi Indarajan

Opportunity For Filmmakers

France South Africa coproduction Workshop

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and the National Centre for Cinema (CNC) of France, in conjunction with the French Embassy in South Africa, are organising a 2 day coproduction workshop between the two countries, which will be held in Paris the week of 27 March 2017.

This workshop is part of the ongoing collaboration between these institutions to strengthen the cooperation in the film industry between France and South Africa, and to encourage coproductions within the framework of the coproduction treaty existing between the two countries.

The workshop that will be organised in Paris specifically aims to create a platform for South African filmmakers/producers with developed feature film projects to meet with their fellow French producers, and find potential partners with a view to coproduce their projects.

In order to be considered for the coproduction workshop organised in Paris, a project must meet all of the eligibility criteria outlined below:

1. Application is for feature length film projects only (80 minutes minimum).

2. Project must have a director and producer attached to it.

3. Film producers and directors are either citizens or permanent residents of South Africa.

4. Previous industry experience is required. The director and producer must have experience in their respective role (no less than one feature film for the producer, at least 2 shorts for the director).

5. The project must be fully developed and relevant for the French/European market

How to Apply?

Send your complete application in English by email to: coproductions@nfvf.co.za 

To be considered, applications must include the following:

1. Covering letter

2. Synopsis

3. Director’s treatment

4. Full script

5. Director and producer’s profiles.

6. Tentative budget

7. Finance plan

Closing date for applications is 15 December 2016.

Selections will be made according to the above criteria and successful

applicants will be notified by the 31 January 2017.

Transport and accommodation costs of selected participants will be covered by NFVF (One participant per project).

For more info and to download  the application form visit: www.nfvf.co.za

MRP Foundation Learnerships

There are still places available for school leavers / graduates who are considering a career in

retail to apply for a ten month skills learnership through MRP Foundation.

Starting in 2017, the Professional Retailers Programme aims to teach graduates in‐demand

critical skills for careers in Retail Buying, Planning and Operations Management

Development. The ten month internship is delivered through a unique cloud‐based learning

platform and a combination of classroom, self‐study and group project work along with six

months of valuable work experience. Modules include: introduction to the world of retail;

the retail business system; product and pipeline the merchandise cycle and achieving

results; trading for merchants and trading for retailers

Deadline: 4 December 2016.

There are only 40 positions available. Applications must include:

A letter explaining your interest in applying;

CV showing academic and employment history;

Academic record;

Certified copy of ID book;

Matric certificate, and academic certificates.

Applications must be sent to: applications@mrpg.com

Queries can be directed to:

Thandeka Nala / Head of Programmes / MRP Foundation / Tel: 031 310 8141

Opportunity For Fashion Designers

CALL FOR FASHION DESIGNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN CITY FASHION MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME

To further grow the fashion sector in the City, eThekwini Municipality will be hosting a fashion mentorship programme to capacitate fashion designers with skills in order for them to remain competitive in the industry.

The Municipality initiated the programme to equip and expose fashion designers to various fashion skills which will enable them to be innovative and enhance their businesses. The programme will also help facilitate market and networking opportunities leading to growth and sustainability of the emerging fashion designers businesses.

The Municipality invites fashion designers and fashion houses within eThekwini to be part of the Fashion Mentorship Programme.

The programme will focus on four pillars namely business development, participation in the Durban Fashion Fair, participation in the Fashion Pavilion during the Durban Business Fair and access to a wider market which will see designers have contact with international markets.

EThekwini Mayor Councillor Zandile Gumede said the fashion sector continues to be a key driver of rapid economic growth linked to job creation.

“Due to technological advancement, the fashion sector has also undergone significant changes and has become a fast growing sector internationally,” she said.

Gumede added that the mentorship programme will provide opportunities for designers to learn more about the latest fashion trends which will open further market opportunities for them.

To apply for the programme, the following information is required:

•Company Profile

•Individual Profile/CV. Attach copies of Matric Certificate / Diploma / Degree and certificate/s

•Certified copy of ID

•Letter of Motivation detailing why you should be selected for this program as well as your future fashion business prospects

•Professional Portfolios – showing clothing ranges you are currently working on or have worked on in the past 12 months

•Proof of residence

The above documents must be delivered by no later than Thursday, 15 December 2016 between 08h00 – 16h00 to the Business Support, Tourism and Markets Unit, 11th Floor, 75 Dr Langalibalele Dube Street, Durban.

Interested fashion designers and fashion houses are requested to indicate if their businesses are registered. If not, the Municipality will assist the designers with the process of registration through the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA).

For more info and enquiries regarding the Fashion Mentorship Programme contact

Nondumiso Mhlongo on 031 311 4578 or email: Nondumiso.Mhlongo@durban.gov.za.