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Keith Ngesi's honeyed and silvery voice was first heard on the isiXhosa radio station, uMhlobo Wenene FM, a year after South Africa's vibrant democracy was born. Back then, this young lad from Grahamstown  Eastern Cape, South Africa, was clueless that one day, he would  own  and oversee the operations of  his online radio station, Keith Ngesi Radio. Keith Ngesi, a big dreamer from Eastern Cape, South Africa... All pictures and videos supplied by Keith Ngesi Radio To date, the station based in East London, Eastern Cape, has more than 200 000 end listeners whom in the past invested their hard earned data and  tune in. It also turned three years old the past weekend.  The station's humbling beginnings is started in Keith's bachelor flat. Ngesi who also present the evening show, Matters on Going said in addition to locals, the station also boasted listeners  as far as the United States of America, Australia, Ohio, France, Island, Chin...

Underneath the multi million rand property, the Sunday line up of luxury cars at an affluent suburb  of Sandton is a South African led church that cares about the well being of people, family and the country.   Pastor Wilma and Andre Olivier in their Sandton Church in South Africa. All pics taken from their social media pages mainly Instagram.  It doesn't matter what  background you from, color, nationality or status in society you will find something that will attract you to stay in this  spiritual home.Yes it uses its glamorous state of the art building to lure lost souls and pray long enough that they see beyond the Sunday church event that sees singer and now author, Lloyd Cele amongst its worship leaders. Idols SA finalist, Loyd Cele lead the worship team every Sunday.  Humanity, humbleness and humility is the order of the day and triumph any pride or ego. But you will still  be treated as a VIP from the moment you step out of yo...

Barely a year ago, she was an extra playing a character of a slay queen in the South African Telenova, The Queen . Little did she know that in a few months time, she will land a job as a presenter in one of the biggest township television station. New kid on the block, Bokang Lebina Bokang Lebina,24 couldn't contain her excitement when her form of being a presenter on Soweto TV was approved. For a week, she will be presenting Kasi Vibe ,  a music show on the station based in the famous township Soweto on Vilakazi Street, Orlando West. Bokang visiting the Trending SA studio with mentor, Nonhle Thema and class The talented youngster, was one of the South African, upcoming talents that was mentored by veteran tv presenter, Nonhle Tema. But her love for TV and arts had always been there when she was growing up.  She has appeared as a guest presenter on the children's programme, Yo-TV and a commercial Nik Naks advert. "I've always been a creative person. My g...

IF the premier of Gauteng Province, David Makhura can come dine with us, why don't you? Gauteng premier, David Makhura coming to greet the mobile at the Auto and General Small business Market in Dainfern. pic Outspoken Multimedia  Last week, we were fortunate to be among the small businesses that were invited to showcase at the Dainfern, Auto And General Business Market. Ndabeni Creatives assistant, Xolani Ndabeni ready to assist customers  From everything, arts and craft, clothes and books were amongst many things that were on display in the market that is aimed at boosting small black businesses in Gauteng. Our arts and craft stand was there not only to document the event so we can share those memories with our customers on this blog. But we were boosted too. Our customer trying to choose from the variety we have  Thank you to all  that came through to support. I'm always looking forward to talking to strangers alike about their upcoming wedding, ...