The high toll road fees imposed on Gautengers are to become a reality according to Jimmy Manyi and Pravin Gordhan. So they think.
If Joburgers, normally supportive of govenment on many issues grow a backbone and actively resist the toll fees, we could see an end to this nightmare. Government needs to get back to the drawing board and make life simple for those that voted them in, and those that hadn't.
So Star Trek will take us back, way back in time when Fox Retro on TopTV 181 show the episodes from the start. Showdate is 7 March, Wednesday, 17.40. It'll be good to check out Captain Kirk in his prime before he became the bloated, botoxed William Shatner of Boston Legal fame and more recently a Comedy Central, DStv 122, roastee. Though the roast was an ageng re-issue, it was good to see. There is no PVR for TopTV so Trekkies and would be well advised to make a date with 1966. And start all over again...
Bolly Bust Up
In a country starved of real celebs, it's probably easier to create stories public swallow wholesale. Case in point is that of Tarina Patel whom our media has been telling us for years is a Bollywood star.
Top Billing, covering her wedding, labelled her a Bollywood star. So did M-Net towards the tail-end of a recent season of Idols.
Her dance number, sadly, thereafter on the show was almost as embarrassing as Raeesa Mohamed's sprained neck interpretation at the end of her sweet movie For Better For Worse. Patel was out of shape, boobies falling all ever the place and, in fact quite dreadful in a performance coma-inducing.
Whereas Raeesa made no claims of being a star and her dance was contextual to the closing credits, Patel's, ah well...
That's why I was more shocked when Patel's hubby was allegedly punched by Saif Ali Khan aka real Bolly star and son of Bolly star Sharmila Tagore and forebear of India's national anthem writer and Nobel prize winner Rabindranath Tagore.
Surely Bolly star to Bolly star, Patel could have prevented the alleged attack at the Japanese restaurant at the Taj. I tried to catch the news on NDtv but it was not revelatory.
Her comment in the Sunday Times where she claimed to know Saif personally and mentioned he was "cultivated" was baffling.
Surely you meant "cultured" Miss Bollwood! As plants can do no harm last time I checked.
Celluloid Jam
Moving along to the big screen, Material was given a five star rating from my pack who enjoyed Joey Rasdien and Riaad Moosa. Great to note homegrown stories told with charm, wit, heart and integrity, minus stock Indian stereotyping like the Mr Naidoo on the FNB ads are on the up.
I opted for the racy thriller Safe House with Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington shot in Cape Town.
From Malmesbury to informal settlements in Langa to shots at the world class Green Point soccer stadium, the charms of the city and even Stellenbosch form the backdrop of the engrossing thriller about a CIA cop turned rogue agent.
Edge of your seat action makes sure this riveting piece keeps one guessing.
Grossing $22 million in its opening US weekend at the box office, like Material, this too was distributed by Anant Singh's Videovision. Safe House used Singh's Cape Town sound studio's facilities for the picture.
Flat Screen - Indian Zone
Zee's Cinema Awards filmed in Macau, part of the Hong Kong Islands was packed with fun and
Shah Rukh Khan Saturnight. I need to remind myself to watch Vidya Balan in Dirty Picture. Sounds promising.
On American Idol it's down to the last 24.
Netting
Durban's Kishyr Ramdial scooped a Vodacom award for creating his RadioPOD app for android.
The talent works at Immedia in Umhanga and his goals are to create apps for Africa and beyond.
**By the way, Vodacom's 3G is faster than its 8ta counterpart though using both to watch movies and cach sod radio on iPad2 has been a blast. Cell C's 3G modem remains the fastest as far as download speeds are concerned.
Remembering Steve
Steve Jobs would've been 57 on Feb 24. RIP big man. No one's going to fill your boots.
(Cartoon by SAonSunday's Khulekani Magubane).
So then until the next update, hopefully midweek, let's wish Julius Malema happy groveling to El Presidente.
SaonSunday@gmail.com
If Joburgers, normally supportive of govenment on many issues grow a backbone and actively resist the toll fees, we could see an end to this nightmare. Government needs to get back to the drawing board and make life simple for those that voted them in, and those that hadn't.
Flat Screen - All Audiences
So Star Trek will take us back, way back in time when Fox Retro on TopTV 181 show the episodes from the start. Showdate is 7 March, Wednesday, 17.40. It'll be good to check out Captain Kirk in his prime before he became the bloated, botoxed William Shatner of Boston Legal fame and more recently a Comedy Central, DStv 122, roastee. Though the roast was an ageng re-issue, it was good to see. There is no PVR for TopTV so Trekkies and would be well advised to make a date with 1966. And start all over again...
Bolly Bust Up
In a country starved of real celebs, it's probably easier to create stories public swallow wholesale. Case in point is that of Tarina Patel whom our media has been telling us for years is a Bollywood star.
Top Billing, covering her wedding, labelled her a Bollywood star. So did M-Net towards the tail-end of a recent season of Idols.
Her dance number, sadly, thereafter on the show was almost as embarrassing as Raeesa Mohamed's sprained neck interpretation at the end of her sweet movie For Better For Worse. Patel was out of shape, boobies falling all ever the place and, in fact quite dreadful in a performance coma-inducing.
Whereas Raeesa made no claims of being a star and her dance was contextual to the closing credits, Patel's, ah well...
That's why I was more shocked when Patel's hubby was allegedly punched by Saif Ali Khan aka real Bolly star and son of Bolly star Sharmila Tagore and forebear of India's national anthem writer and Nobel prize winner Rabindranath Tagore.
Surely Bolly star to Bolly star, Patel could have prevented the alleged attack at the Japanese restaurant at the Taj. I tried to catch the news on NDtv but it was not revelatory.
Her comment in the Sunday Times where she claimed to know Saif personally and mentioned he was "cultivated" was baffling.
Surely you meant "cultured" Miss Bollwood! As plants can do no harm last time I checked.
Celluloid Jam
Moving along to the big screen, Material was given a five star rating from my pack who enjoyed Joey Rasdien and Riaad Moosa. Great to note homegrown stories told with charm, wit, heart and integrity, minus stock Indian stereotyping like the Mr Naidoo on the FNB ads are on the up.
I opted for the racy thriller Safe House with Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington shot in Cape Town.
From Malmesbury to informal settlements in Langa to shots at the world class Green Point soccer stadium, the charms of the city and even Stellenbosch form the backdrop of the engrossing thriller about a CIA cop turned rogue agent.
Edge of your seat action makes sure this riveting piece keeps one guessing.
Grossing $22 million in its opening US weekend at the box office, like Material, this too was distributed by Anant Singh's Videovision. Safe House used Singh's Cape Town sound studio's facilities for the picture.
Flat Screen - Indian Zone
Zee's Cinema Awards filmed in Macau, part of the Hong Kong Islands was packed with fun and
Shah Rukh Khan Saturnight. I need to remind myself to watch Vidya Balan in Dirty Picture. Sounds promising.
On American Idol it's down to the last 24.
Netting
Durban's Kishyr Ramdial scooped a Vodacom award for creating his RadioPOD app for android.
The talent works at Immedia in Umhanga and his goals are to create apps for Africa and beyond.
**By the way, Vodacom's 3G is faster than its 8ta counterpart though using both to watch movies and cach sod radio on iPad2 has been a blast. Cell C's 3G modem remains the fastest as far as download speeds are concerned.
Remembering Steve
Steve Jobs would've been 57 on Feb 24. RIP big man. No one's going to fill your boots.
(Cartoon by SAonSunday's Khulekani Magubane).
So then until the next update, hopefully midweek, let's wish Julius Malema happy groveling to El Presidente.
SaonSunday@gmail.com
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