VIDEO: Countdown to Essence Festival
With just days to go until the inaugural Essence Festival Durban kicks off in eThekwini, final preparations are going full steam ahead for the biggest festival of its kind to hit “South Africa’s Playground”.
DURBAN will be buzzing with excitement and a multitude of fun activities which will appeal to both locals and visitors, from 8 to 13 November, however activation are already happening around the City in the build up.Gospel music lovers were in for a treat on Friday afternoon when the talented Gospel Icons Discovery finalists entertained onlookers outside City Hall.
The Gospel Icons Finale will be held on Sunday, 13 November at Ohlange Sports Ground, Inanda. The winner from this competition will later perform with Yolanda Adams at the Gospel ALL Star Concert.
Judges to this competition include; Yolanda Adams, Mthunzi Namba and Thokozani Ndlovu.The Essence Festival officially opens with a ticketed Durban Business Fair: Business Conference from 8 – 9 November.
The conference aims to promote radical economic transformation agenda and will include revered business personalities such as; Phuthi Mahanyele, Thina Maziya, BusiSkenjana, Ipileng Mkhari, Mzwanele Manyi, and Kenyan business woman, Tabitha M. Karanja and Bethlemen Tilahun Alemui from Ethiopia and many more.
To purchase your ticket, members of the public are urged to contact info@ikhono.co.za to avoid disappointment.
This will be followed by The Women’s Economic Empowerment Breakfast on Thursday, 10 November, with a strong focus on enhancing the economic empowerment of women through the transformation and breaking of business rules in previously male-dominated industries. Keynote speakers include Media Mogul, Philanthropist
and business woman, Basetsana Khumalo, Editor-in-Chief of Essence magazine, Vanessa De Luca and Yoliswa Gumede, founder and owner of Cappenny Estate.
Contact info@lomes.co.za for event details and ticket sales.
Visist www.bereamail.co.za for updates on the Essence Festival.
