Syntech appointed as official distributor for TOTOLINK Networking products.

TOTOLINK, Korea’s leading provider of wireless and networking solutions is now available in South Africa. The range of networking equipment designed to deliver the latest technology at competitive price points includes Wireless routers, Wireless USB adapters, Wireless PCI-E Adapter and Switches.

“We conducted a lot of research and product testing before deciding to partner with TOTOLINK.  The brand fills a gap in our product that many resellers had been asking for, we confident that TOTOLINK will empower our customers to deliver even more value to their clients.” Says Ryan Martyn, co-founder of Syntech.

TOTOLINK Networking products are aimed at solving the network requirements of small office and home users. Their simple interface and robust product design make the equipment easy to set up for almost every user. Syntech started stocking the range in January and has reported high demand and favourable customer reviews.

Networking equipment has started advancing and embracing new technology, this is important because it plays such an integral part of today’s digital lifestyle. TOTOLINK’s range includes high speed Wi-Fi Routers that support the latest range of mobile devices including tablets and smartphones. Another Innovative product from TOTOLINK is the power line adapter kit, which makes use of existing electrical circuits to create a local network by simply plugging the adapters into a standard wall socket.  

Syntech Overview:
Syntech was established in 2002. Our product ranges are sourced from a variety of international manufacturers. We distribute a number of top brands and distribute an extensive range of computer related products throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Our objective is to create solutions. We have developed our product range by offering these complete solutions with several focused products that cater for individual reseller requirements.

Our solid relationships with our suppliers ensure that we deliver products which have been developed in accordance with market demands. Our distribution orientated business model and advanced logistics system ensures that all of our clients can expect cost effective solutions delivered on time.

For further information, please visit www.syntech.co.za or contact us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. +27 21 514 5300

AXECESS presents Tyga and SchoolboyQ live in South Africa at #AXECESSJozi on the 7th of March 2015. Be sure not to miss this epic event!

Johannesburg, South Africa –On the7th of March 2015, #AXECESSJozi will welcome two mega Hip Hop artists, Tyga and SchoolboyQ, who will be performing in Johannesburg for the first time together, brought to you by Axe.

This is the first announcement phase of the international artist line up for Axecess Jozi 2015. Additional international and local artists will be announced in January 2015, so keep it locked on www.axecess.com for more information. Let’s get the Twitter-sphere rocking by using the hash tag #whoisjozibound?

Spend one night with these lyrical geniuses at the Mary Fitzgerald Square, in the heart of the Johannesburg CBD, where there will be an array of both international and local celebrities, as well as VIP A-listers.

AXE is exceptionally excited to be the pioneers who are bringing these multi-award winning artists into the country after successfully hosting the Big Sean concert in 2014. This one-night affair guarantees to bring out the essence of what it means for music and lifestyle to intersect.

“AXE and Music are integrally linked,” says Sphe Mjadu, Public Relations Manager for Personal Care, Unilever. Music is central to youth culture; hosting Axecess Jozi for the second year proves that this is a great way to connect with our consumers.”

Hip Hop superstar, Tyga, needs very little introduction. With over 5 million followers on both Twitter and Instagram, his celebrity status is undisputed. From his early days of releasing mixtapes, his debut mixtape ‘Young on Probation’ garnered enough hype that culminated in him landing his first record deal with Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment label. Needless to say, this began the tidal wave of hits ranging from the track "Deuces" which was released as the debut single of the mixtape and, as of August 26 2010,  reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. More recently, on September 12 2014, Tyga announced via Instagram that his new single titled "40 Mill", which will be produced by Kanye West, Mike Dean, Dupri and his own producer Jess Jackson, is set to launch.. The upcoming album is also set to have features from Justin Bieber, Young Thug, Kanye West, Chris Brown and Drake.

Whether you are talking about SchoolboyQ’s independent albums “Setbacks” and “Habits and Contradictions”, or his contributions to Hip Hop group Black Hippy together with Jay Rock and Ab-soul, he has undoubtedly been in the rap game for a long time. His most contemporary album “Oxymoron” which has hits like “Studio” and “Man of the year” have made the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Upon its release, Oxymoron debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 139,000 copies in the United States.  In April this year, SchoolboyQ also made his solo magazine cover debut with the April/May issue of the long-standing Hip Hop magazine The Source, which hit newsstands on April 10 2014.

Jalibird Productions, the company behind the spectacular production of the Axecess Jozi featuring Big Sean earlier in 2014, will be the team behind the production in 2015 in partnership with Glen21.

About the tour venue and dates:

#AXECESSJozi will be staged on the 7th of March 2015 at Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown.

Tickets are on sale from Computicket [link to: www.computicket.com] from Friday 6th of December 2014 at the following prices:  

General - R450, Golden Circle - R750.

Let’s get ready to turn up the music with #Axecessjozi. For more information, questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact Sphe Mjadu, Public Relations Manager – Personal Care | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | 031 570 2472.  

About AXE

Axe is a Unilever Brand and was first launched in France in 1983. Since then it has become the deodorant of choice for men in more than 60 countries, including South Africa. It is the number one selling deodorant in several European and Latin American markets, and since its 2003 launch in Asia and the United States it has also achieved a notable presence there. Axe is masculine, original, individual, cool and fun and we pride ourselves on giving guys the edge in the mating game.  

Santa's Story, a theatre fundraiser for street children in need of trauma therapy Santa's Story, Aviva Pelham's beautiful and uplifting one-woman musical revue about her mother, Santa Erder, is coming to Theatre on the Bay in February 2015.

Thanks to Aviva's generous support, opening night, Tuesday, 3 February 2015,  is a theatre fundraiser. The money raised will be used to put (at least) 14 Cape Town street children through a drama therapy programme with Zakheni Arts Therapy Foundation. Your R200 ticket includes a welcome drink, the 75 minute show and heaps of gratitude from the fundraising team! For bookings, please email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 081 243 4771

Please see the attached flyer for more information on the show that has toured Germany, Finland and will soon be seen in New York.

The 5 star Kurland Hotel, located near the striking beach resorts of Plettenberg Bay on the breathtaking Garden Route has introduced its new look spa, created by the Sanctuary Signature Spas Group, a leading expert in creating, managing and marketing 5-star Spas at award-winning hotels, lodges and wine estates across Africa.

The new look Spa includes a private steam room, sauna room, two therapy rooms, relaxation area, gym and a refreshing plunge pool and guests are also welcome to have their treatments in the privacy of their suite or at one of the many stunning locations throughout the Estate. The Kurland Spa now offers !QMS and Moya health and beauty products as well as the renowned Morgan Taylor Lacquer for manicures and pedicures.

Alison Rightford, CEO, states “With the summer season upon us, it was the perfect time to present the spa to in-house guests and local residents in the Plettenberg area. The treatments we now offer at Kurland are the finest available in the health and wellness industry.” Kurland Hotel

Owner, Peter Behr, “It is a pleasure to be working alongside the renowned, Alison Rightford and Sanctuary Signature Spas and the new look spa now offers our guests yet another 5-star offering.”

AXECESS Jozi returns on March 7, 2015. In anticipation of this, AXE looks back to AXCESS Jozi 2014 and remembers the highlights of this extravagant urban music festival.  

Johannesburg, South Africa – AXECESS Jozi returns to Newtown’s Mary Fitzgerald Square bigger and better with three international hip-hop acts dropping by for a one-night only musical extravaganza come March 7, 2015.

The second edition of the annual AXECESS Jozi festival follows a little over a year after megastar Big Sean set the square ablaze alongside local talent including AKA, Da Les and Reason, among others. Legendary local hip-hop crew Teargas also made their mark on the AXE stage and the night was, without a doubt, one of the biggest hip-hop gatherings of 2014.

Kuli Chana re-united with his Morafe peers and together they roused the crowds with their classics including “Lekwalo to Metswako” and “The Whole Thing”.

AKA and Da Les turned the swag up a notch by performing some of their best loved hits and all the while the audience was getting heated up for the act of the night, while not only enjoying the best musical acts but also the eye-popping spectacle of world-class stage design, a spectacular fireworks display and an all-round festive atmosphere in the heart of the colourful city.

Titanium area VVIP guests had the exclusive opportunity to rub shoulders with socialites and celebrities alike while SkyroomLive.com was on hand, live-streaming the festival to over 354, 000 viewers who logged on to watch AXECESS Jozi live, a first for any festival in South Africa.

An interactive photo booth located on the festival grounds was constantly jammed with fans documenting the memories that they were making and sharing them throughout a variety of social media platforms.

Hot on the heels of his Billboard chart topping sophomore release ‘Hall of Fame’, Big Sean delivered his first ever performance on African soil and even the rain wasn’t  enough to dampen the spirit of the crowd as they sang along to the rapper’s hits including Beware, Guap and “Dance (A$$)”, which remains one of his biggest to date. A few lucky competition winners even got to meet the rapper for an epic backstage #selfie.

AXECESS Jozi 2014 marked AXE’s first foray into the entertainment circuit. 2015 will establish the festival as an annual event giving the AXE man the ultimate access to world-class entertainment by bringing together the best global and local musical talents.

With three international acts, all of who will be performing on African soil for the first time, AXECESS Jozi 2015 is set to become yet another explosive urban music event, or should we say extravaganza.

About Company

AXE is a Unilever Brand and was first launched in France in 1983. Since then it has become the deodorant of choice for men in more than 60 countries, including South Africa. It is the number one selling deodorant in several European and Latin American markets, and since its 2003 launch in Asia and the United States it has also achieved a notable presence there. AXE is masculine, original, individual, cool and fun and we pride ourselves on giving guys the edge in the mating game.  

The Supreme Flour "A Recipe for Creativity" competition is open to all bakers who are residents of South Africa. If you are a professional baker, a student baker or bake to sell, this competition is for you!

Stand a chance of winning one 20 Macadams litre industrial cake mixer worth R14 500 by sending a recipe, accompanied by a photograph, of your favourite festive season treat. The recipe needs to include one or more Supreme Flour products, such as any Supreme wheat product or Supreme prepared mix. Ensure that the Supreme Cake Flour features as a core ingredient.

All entries must be received by Tuesday, 16 December 2014 at 23:59. The recipes will then be evaluated and tested by the Supreme Flour panel of judges on Thursday, 18 December 2014 and the winner will be announced on Monday, 22 December 2014. The winner will be contacted telephonically and published on the website. 

Here’s your chance to flourish your creativity and capability. Here’s your chance to win the magnificent cake mixer. Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity of displaying your Flour Power, that’s if you are indeed “Born to Bake.”  

Supreme has become one of South Africa's most loved and trusted wheat flour brand. Supreme offers a range of wheat flours, as well as prepared mixes, which are milled at Foodcorp's long-standing milling site in Pretoria. Supreme has been the professional bakers’ choice since 1919.

To enter the competition visit: http://www.supremeflour.co.za/competitions/?utm_campaign=festivecompetition&utm_source=TF&utm_medium=pressrelease. Competition prize queries may be directed to Foodcorp Milling Division on (012) 308 3208, from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. until 16 December 2014.

Media contact person:
Liezel van Bergen, FC HO Marketing
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tel: (011) 549 1086

StateoftheART is proud to present 'Asking For It?' an exhibition of paintings by Maria Patrizi on the Exhibition Wall.

This series of work is the artist's response to the excuse often given that clothes are responsible for rape. Women displaying their femininity and/or sensuality, are considered to be handing out open invitations to being verbally or sexually abused.

"By moulding clothing into evocative and anonymous female forms, the artist has given the clothes a voice, "we are just clothes, so what exactly are we asking for?"" - Maria Patrizi

Patrizi's work has often been compared to photographic negatives. "At first the comparison surprised me but after some thought, I couldn't believe I hadn't made the connection myself" she says.

The starting point for all her paintings are photographs that she have taken and then manipulated. De-cluttering and reducing the images so that she can focus solely on the shapes she finds relevant.

Opens 6th November @6pm

06.11.2014 till 15.11.2014

StateoftheART

61 Shortmarket Street, (between Loop & Bree)

Cape Town.

Gallery hours:

10am-5pm weekdays,

10am-2pm Saturdays.

The exhibition will be available to preview online through the StateoftheART website from the 4th of November. 

For more information please contact Jennifer on 0724709272 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Cape Town – 7th October, 2014 – KWV was the big winner in the Brandy category at this year’s prestigious Veritas awards held in Cape Town this weekend, winning 2 Double Gold Awards for its 12 year Barrel Select Brandy and KWV Alambic 15 year Brandy Limited Release, and 4 Gold medals in the Potstill Brandy category. 

KWV won Gold for its Imoya Brandy, KWV 10 Year Brandy, KWV 20 Year Potstill Brandy and Laborie Alambic Brandy and won Silver for its KWV 5 Year Superior Brandy.The Veritas Awards is the longest running and most prestigious wine/brandy competition in SA. 1,767 entries competed for Veritas glory this year, organized by the South African Wine Show Organization. (SANWSA)  

“Our team is proud to have taken home 2 Double Gold, 4 Gold and a Silver at this year’s awards, which were judged by eight renowned international and 100 local judges, ” says Pieter de Bod, Master Distiller at KWV.

“With these latest accolades our entire Potstill range of premium brandies has now won gold." He continues: “Winning a total of seven awards at this prestigious competition is an exceptional achievement and winning 2 Double Gold out of the total 5 awarded gives us deserved recognition and proves that our focus on top quality and innovation really pays off.” 

KWV Marketing Director, Peadar Hegarty, comments that this is a great accolade for the Home of  Best Brandies and, in the true KWV tradition of Proud Pioneers, recognizes the world class craft of Pieter and his team at KWV’s brandy cellars in Paarl, Western Cape. 

These latest accolades follows KWV’s big wins at the recent 2014 International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) awards in London where it won WorldWide Best Brandy for its 12 year Barrel Select Brandy. 

“It is a very proud moment for us to win Double Gold with our recent World’s Best Brandy winners, the KWV 12 and 15,” says Hegarty. “We can now take consumers on a journey of excellence starting with our KWV 3, right through to our award winning potstill brandies 10, 12,15 and 20. No other spirit brand can do this.”

He adds: “With these latest awards KWV has won over 480 awards and medals in just over 24 months, of which 307 were achieved in the past year alone.” 

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About KWV

KWV is one of the leading wine and spirit producers in South Africa. Its head office is located in Paarl, in the Western Cape - a top wine producing region. The company sources wines and grapes from the best and most sought-after viticultural regions in South Africa. KWV is known internationally for brands such as Roodeberg, KWV Wines, Laborie, Golden Kaan, Cathedral Cellar, Cafe Culture, Wild African Cream and the KWV 3,5,10 and 20 Year Old brandies. KWV is a founder member of the Industry Association for Responsible Use of Alcohol (ARA).

RAD Moto situated in the Sandton area in Johannesburg, South Africa is the largest dealer of KTM Bikes in the southern hemisphere. The store sells all kinds of bikes, motorcycles starting from light engine motorcycles to heavy engine adventure bikes.

RAD Moto is the ultimate store selling all variants and models of KTM bikes like the KTM Street, Enduro and Motocross as well as extensive range of pre-owned bikes. The bike store sells street bikes like KTM 690 Duke R to aggressive and most impressive “Streetfighter” KTM 1290 SuperDuke R. The store also offers KTM 450 SMR and KTM 690 SMC-R which hasarevamped chassis and air-bag system.

RAD Moto offers complete range of off-road KTM Enduro bikes like the Freeride models and the KTM XC, XC-W, XCF-W models with all its variants including the prestigious 2015 Enduro range.

RAD Moto offers the Austrian bike manufacturer KTM’s 2015 ultra-successful off-road motocross bike range. The store sells light motorcycles KTM 50 SX models suitable for kids in the age group 4-10 years. For those looking for high engine capacity bikes, RAD Moto offers motocross bikes like KTM 350 and 450 SX-F bikes which house a brutal but controllable SOHC engine.

For the adventure junkies, RAD Moto offers sporty, raw, high engine capacity KTM 1190 Adventure R. This mega engine comes with Bosch’s hi tech motorcycle Stability Device mechanism along with lean-sensitive traction control and ABS features. RAD Moto participates in various bike adventure programs and events, where it has won many accolades over the years.

The store also sells various models of the prestigious, fuel efficient, 500cc drop dead gorgeous Royal Enfield bikes like the Classic, Desert Storm, Classic Military, Classic Chrome etc.

RAD Moto also has a special pre-owned bikes section where used bikes and motorcycles of various make, manufacture, design and variants are available at competitive prices. The store also has its own accessories and spare parts counter where varied range of bikers’ gears like helmets, gloves, jackets etc.and genuine bikes spares at affordable prices are available.

To know more, visit http://www.radmoto.co.za

About RAD Moto:  RAD Moto is the largest store of KTM bikes and motorcycles with wide range of Enduro, Motocross, Street as well as Royal Enfield bikes. The store has its own workshop along with spares and accessories counter and a separate department for pre-owned bikes.

Contact Us:

Corner Rivonia and Witkoppen Road, Sunninghill.
Opposite Rivonia Toyota and across from the Core Shopping Centre.

Tel: 011 2345 007
Fax: 011 608 4902
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Indie games are fast becoming a trend in South Africa, catching on from the overseas markets. These days, children and adults alike are playing mobile games as never before. People are always hungry for something different, which is where indie games – or ‘independent’ games – come in, providing players with something other than the mass-produced mainstream products.

Now, Somerset West can boast with its very own game studio that started turning its cogs in February this year. For its first month of existence, the studio was run out of the founder’s mother’s basement – typical indie game studio protocol, if history is anything to go by. Now, running from a house close to De Hoop Primary School, the studio focuses on creating mobile games (such as their recently released Afrikaans game, Fanie de Beer) and has oodles of style, creativity, skill and initiative.

While the Apmil Game Studio has only been up and running for a few months, the people who daily put their shoulders to its wheels have been building up relationships for the last three-and-a-half years. Even though the studio officially started up in February, the idea of an indie game studio had been brewing in the mind of Studio Head, Pierre Bezuidenhout, since 2011. Pierre started lecturing in the Animation Department of Cape Town’s City Varsity in 2011 – and this is where he met the three students who would later join him in this grand venture.

Pierre, as leader of the team, is Apmil’s Programmer and Technical Director. He has previously worked in advertising and animation for Wicked Pixels in Woodstock and held the position of lecturer at Concept Interactive as well as at City Varsity. His impressive skill set includes a sharp eye for detail as well as design flair and programming aptitude in different digital languages and platforms – he is also quite the people-person. Altus Barry is the Technical Lead, taking charge of rigs, renders and other related tasks. Mabet van Zijl did her major in 3D Narrative and, as Generalist, leads Apmil’s marketing and writing in between her usual workload. Louren Hattingh takes the roles of Lead Animator and Concept Artist. While each person has their area to lead, the workflow runs with a ‘rock-paper-scissors’-style in which one falls under the delegation of another while dealing with respective area-specific tasks. Sitting around a whiteboard, each armed with a marker, they discuss character design, story line, player motivation, level arrangement, time constraints and load division before jumping in with the actual development.

The first released game, Fanie de Beer, is a 100% physics-driven, full 3D, indie puzzle game with a distinct South African flavour. Playing as Fanie de Beer, a 12-year-old farm-boy, the player utilizes simple little rocks by tapping once on the screen to clear best friend Jaco Kriel’s fields of strategically placed, ancient landmines. Built in Unity, the game takes place in a single day – with the story starting early in the morning and ending in the evening – transporting the player through a dynamic day/night cycle and colourful, saturated farm fields as they progress through the 84 levels, meeting new mine types and increasingly difficult challenges as they go along. Written and designed in Afrikaans, then carefully translated into true farm-style English, this game is unique, fun and proudly South African. The demo is available for download from the Google Play Store, while the full game can be purchased on Samsung Apps and Amazon.

The next game in the pipeline is different from Fanie de Beer in virtually every way. Where Fanie is a very colourful 3D puzzle game with just enough back-story to set the player up for the context and flavour of the game, the current project is a heavily story-driven platform-game that takes place in a fictional world made up of parallaxing silhouettes and strange characters.

Apmil Game Studio has not only been created as a platform to build games, but also as a springboard for fellow animators, developers, designers and illustrators. It’s a breeding ground for collaboration, ideas, innovation and learning. Each person hones their skills while doing fun and challenging work through creating games and stories as well as fulfilling the creative needs of small to medium-sized businesses in the Western Cape and Gauteng.

Apmil Game Studio services include animation, app creation, game creation, rendering/stills, asset creation, video editing and UX. The creative division of Apmil, led by artist Janet Botes and writer Michelle Albinson, offers logo design, graphic design, online/web design, interactive design, writing, editing, proofreading and illustration.

Apmil prides itself on being different: Fresh ideas, innovative applications, strange and wonderful games – they are all things that receive the studio’s love and attention to detail. To find out more or to get involved, contact Pierre Bezuidenhout at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call him on 082 499 3133

Studio ingredients:[A]ltus makes the bus and [P]ierre drives the bus; [M]abet takes the bus t[i]ckets and [L]ouren makes the bus move. Thus, [apmil].

Free demo: Google Play – bit.ly/fanie_demo 
Full version: Samsung Apps – bit.ly/fanie
Official Trailer: Youtube – bit.ly/fanie_trailer 
Apmil page: Apmil/Fanie – apmil.co.za/fanie-de-beer