SAMRO announces the list of nominees for the inaugural WAWELA Music Awards for 28 June 2013

SA’s sensational songwriters book their place in the spotlight

Which music creators have truly put South African music on the global stage? At an event held in Johannesburg today, SAMRO announced the long-awaited list of nominees for the inaugural WAWELA Music Awards.

Wawela is a Zulu word meaning “go beyond” – a fitting description for the talented nominees in these prestigious awards. Never before have so many South African composers, songwriters and performers made their mark as music ambassadors around the world, across a number of media formats.

“We’re proud to pay homage to the success of those who have put South African music on the map and to the legends of local music that have paved the way through their extraordinary lifetime achievements,” said SAMRO Deputy CEO, Sipho Dlamini.

The much-anticipated WAWELA Music Awards ceremony, which takes place on 28 June 2013, is set to be an exciting and glamorous evening, with many musical stars in the South African firmament as well as major industry players in attendance.

“These awards, the first of their kind in the country, are an important event on the musical calendar,” said Dlamini, adding: “On the night of 28 June, we’ll be gathering to give South Africa’s songwriting trailblazers the recognition that is due to them.”

Today marked the announcement of the nominees in the Standard Awards section in theWAWELA Music Awards, whichwere open to SAMRO members. Composers were selected across a range of genres, styles and categories.

“These pioneers of our music industry will be celebrated and recognised for their achievements that go beyond just commercial success,” affirmed SAMRO General Manager: Marketing, Tiyani Maluleke.

A number of Special Awards will also be handed out on the night, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Breaking through the Borders Award, and awards for Publisher of the Year and Prolific Catalogue of Works.

Go beyond, with the Wawela Music Awards: Internationally embraced, locally awarded!

The WAWELA Standard Award nominees are:

Best soundtrack in a feature film or theatric documentary:

Daniel Baron nominated for Wrongfully Detained

Philip Miller nominated for Leaving Father

Sven Larsen nominated for Afro Slow

Best song or composition in a television production:

Alan Lazar nominated for Scandal

Gregory Reveret nominated for Loxion Kulca Roots

James Barnard nominated for Limpopo

Best song or composition in a television commercial:

David Waugh nominated for the Toyota commercial

James Barnard nominated for the Sunlight Liquid commercial

Louis Enslin nominated for the Outsurance commercial

Best song or composition in a radio commercial:

James Barnard nominated for the White Star commercial

Claude Gombard nominated for the Coke Malawi commercial

Rene Veldsman nominated for the Shoprite commercial

Best creative album of the year:

Coenie De Villiers nominated for Hart van Glas

Black Porcelainnominated for Invincible Summer

Lira nominated for Return to Love

Songwriter of the year:

Wendy Oldfield

Joshua Kempen

Lira

Best South African duo/group:

Lonehill Estate

Tumi and the Volume

The Soil

Best female artist & composer/co-composer:

Lira

Nothende

Black Porcelain

Best male artist & composer/co-composer:

Daniel Baron

Johnstone Mnyandu

Claude Gombard

For more information on the WAWELA Music Awards:

Website: www.wawelamusicawards.co.za

Email: info

Twitter: @WawelaMusic

Facebook: www.facebook.com/WawelaMusicAwards

The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) is proud to be hosting the inaugural Wawela Music Awards, the only awards ceremony in South Africa that rewards music creators for their outstanding international achievements. For further information on SAMRO, please visitwww.samro.org.za

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R J Benjamin on Heart 104.9fm SA TOP 10 with new single -The love at number 7 on top 10

SA TOP 10 – 16 MAY 2013
10	CHAD SAAIMAN	DRAGONS	8
9	RIQUE NELSON	LOOKING AT YOU	7
8	CAN SKYLARK	EVERYTHING IS COOL	NEW
7	RJ BENJAMIN	THE LOVE	10
6	DJ KENT feat. LIQUIDEEP	TOP OF THE WORLD	6
5	MATTHEW O’CONNELL	TAKE IT SLOW	5
4	JAMALI	THIS TIME	3
3	PEANUT GALLERY	LET’S HAVE FUN	4
2	JARRAD	STAY	2
1	HEARTBEAT CAFÉ	PERFECT VIEW	1

HEART 104.9FM – 18 MAY 2013 -TOP 30

HEART 104.9FM TOP 30 – 18 MAY 2013
POS	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	MOVE	L/W	PEAK	WEEKS
1	HEARTBEAT CAFÉ feat. MELISSA	PERFECT VIEW	NC	1	1	4
2	THE PEANUTT GALLERY	LET’S HAVE FUN	UP 1	3	2	5
3	CHRIS BROWN	FINE CHINA	DOWN 1	2	2	5
4	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE	MIRRORS	UP 2	6	4	3
5	R KELLY	WHEN A MAN LIES	NC	5	2	8
6	ALICIA KEYS	BRAND NEW ME	UP 1	7	1 (2)	10
7	ROBIN THICKE feat. T.I. & PHARRELL	BLURRED LINES	UP 3	10	7	2
8	RIHANNA feat. MIKKY EKKO	STAY	DOWN 4	4	1	10
9	JAMALI	THIS TIME	DOWN 1	8	8	3
10	JIMMY NEVIS	IN LOVE WITH YOU	UP 4	14	10	4
11	NNEKA	SHINING STAR (JOE GODDARD MIX)	DOWN 2	9	5	6
12	DAFT PUNK feat. PHARRELL	GET LUCKY	UP 3	15	12	2
13	RIHANNA feat. CHRIS BROWN	NOBODY’S BUSINESS	DOWN 2	11	1 (3)	20
14	JARRAD	STAY	NEW	-	14	1
15	MAROON 5	DAYLIGHT	DOWN 3	12	9	6
16	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE feat. JAY-Z	SUIT AND TIE	DOWN 3	13	2	16
17	STEPHEN MARLEY feat. MELANIE FIONA	NO CIGARETTE SMOKE (IN MY ROOM)	UP 5	22	17	3	HC
18	MICHAEL BUBLE	IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY	UP 3	21	18	4
19	BRUNO MARS	WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN	DOWN 3	16	1 (2)	14
20	LABRINTH feat. EMELI SANDE	BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL	NEW	-	20	1
21	DJ KENT feat. LIQUIDEEP	TOP OF THE WORLD	DOWN 2	19	1 (2)	12
22	THE BLACK TIES	AINT NOBODY	DOWN 5	17	7	15
23	MATTHEW O’CONNEL	TAKE IT SLOW	DOWN 5	18	12	12
24	PINK feat. NATE RUESS	JUST GIVE ME A REASON	NEW	-	24	1
25	DENICE STONE	ALL MINES	NC	25	8	30
26	ALICIA KEYS	WHEN IT’S ALL OVER	DOWN 6	20	1	11	BF
27	KHAYA feat. PROVERB	LIL’ MEANS A LOT	DOWN 4	23	5	15
28	ANGIE STONE	BACK UP PLAN	DOWN 4	24	2	29
29	FAITH EVANS	LOVIN’ ME	DOWN 3	26	9	20
30	CHAD SAAIMAN	DRAGONS	NC	30	11	12

Sharks preview for Match today against Force

There will be a bit of mongrel and a lot of defiance about the Sharks this afternoon when they end their tour and a difficult week off the field with a vital Super Rugby match against the Western Force.

“I think you will find we will be a different animal in this match,” promised tighthead prop Jannie du Plessis. “This game is like a Cup Final for us, for sure. We have had enough of this losing streak and away from the field, we feel people are kicking a dog when its down, and our response must be to play as if there is a bit of ‘dog’ in us.”

Du Plessis is talking about the personal attack on captain Keegan Daniel and he says the silver lining to that cloud is that it has galvanised the team.

“You attack one of us, you attack us all,” said the Springbok. “We have been having a tough time as it is. This is the worst run I have had in a black and white jersey. We lost five in a row in 2010 (the first five games of the tournament) and we also started getting criticism, but this week it has been personal. You attack the culture of the team when you say different language groups are not getting on. You must understand that we live together. We share rooms, we eat three meals a day together, we do everything together, and so we play for each other, and that is why this game is so important for the integrity of the team. We want to show that we stand as one, that we are not divided.”

Doctor du Plessis says that the Afrikaans players never for one second doubted Daniel when a story broke claiming that he had a problem with Afrikaners.

“I went to Keegan and said to him: ‘On behalf of the Afrikaans guys, no matter what is said about you, we know who you are, you know who we are; we know what we have on you and you know what you have in us. If there is anything we can say or do as Afrikaans guys, we will do it. We will support you 100 percent.”

Not long after this conversation, on social media Daniel sent out a picture of himself having coffee with Du Plessis and other smiling Afrikaans players, with the caption: “Taking Afrikaans lessons!”

“In a way this has brought us closer. It has brought down and walls and perceptions,” Du Plessis said. “We never doubted Keegan. As much as we are dependent on him leading us, he is dependent on us following him. If there were problems it would have come out in some other way, not in a newspaper back in South Africa by a reporter that has not been near us. I said to Keegan, ‘let’s not respond to it (apart from the photo), let’s respond by action on the pitch.

“So it is even more important for us to put on a winning performance – for Keegan, for the team and for the coach as well,” Du Plessis continued. “John Plumtree is hurting more than anyone. His captain has been attacked. He works with Keegan every day. Ultimately we all here for the same reason and that is to win games for the jersey. We must just produce between the four lines for both Keegan and the team going forward.”

But how do you snap out of a losing streak? Du Plessis has the answer.

“We have to have a hard-core edge to our approach. The word ‘mongrel’ springs to mind. So does ‘defiance’. But at the same time you have to remove the emotion of feeling bad about what has gone before on the tour and what games are coming up, and you have to focus solely on each moment, and how you can make a difference in each moment so that the team plays well.

“If you are Pat Lambie and you are taking the first kick-off, you focus on getting that kick-off right. If you are Jannie du Plessis, and you have to scrum and tackle and drive, you do that. If you are Franco van der Merwe and your job is to call the lineouts, you worry about the lineouts.

‘You forget everything but the moment, but you tackle that moment with a bit of mongrel!”

Sharks: 15 Riaan Viljoen 14 Odwa Ndungane 13 JP Pietersen 12 Meyer Bosman 11 Lwazi Mvovo 10 Patrick Lambie 9 Charl Mcleod 8 Keegan Daniel (capt) 7 Marcell Coetzee 6 Willem Alberts 5 Franco van der Merwe 4 Anton Bresler 3 Jannie du Plessis 2 Kyle Cooper 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.

Substitutes: Monde Hadebe, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Wiehahn Herbst, Jean Deysel, Tera Mtembu, Tiaan Meyer, Piet Lindeque

by Mike Greenaway in Perth

This is who Egon Seconds and Conrad are going to Dubai for to raise funds for. Mr Richard Holland .

Sharks Captain Keegan Daniel and that scurrilous report

The writer has been covering Sharks and Springbok rugby for 17 years and in that time I have seldom encountered one of my journalistic colleagues getting it as grieviously wrong as the Beeld man who effectively labelled Keegan Daniel a fascist and a zenophobe.

The inference in the scurrilous report was that Daniel dislikes Afrikaans-speaking people and as leader of the Sharks wants fewer of them in the Sharks squad.

It is a remarkable accusation to make considering Daniel is the captain of the Sharks because he is both popular and a populist. His coach, John Plumtree, knows this because before he last year settled on a successor to John Smit (at Super Rugby level) and Stefan Terblanche (Currie Cup) he consulted with the senior players at the Sharks, almost all of whom were Afrikaans-speaking, as to who they wanted as captain.

Bismarck du Plessis, as Afrikaans as they come, was another leading contender but the senior leadership group to a man chose Daniel, making it an easy choice for Plumtree in the end.

No wonder the coach was furious when Daniel was accused of being fed-up with the Afrikaner majority in the squad.

I am fortunate to be covering the Sharks’ current tour and have seldom seen a group more content with each other’s company. They are hugely disappointed with the results, make no mistake, but they are not turning on each other.

And while they understand that the old chestnut of “divisions in the camp” inevitably crops up in the media when a team is on a losing streak, they don’t have to like it, and if anything they are becoming a more closely knit group as a result of the unsubstantiated rumours.

The fact of the matter regarding the demographics of the Sharks is that the team has been turning incrementally Afrikaans just about since Ian McIntosh recruited Vleis Visagie from the Free State in the late ‘80s.

Until now, nobody has noticed or cared, thankfully, because why would it matter? Right now, if you really want to know, the 26-man touring squad consists of three Zulus, two Xhosas, three English-speaking whites and … 18 Afrikaners.

There was a similar demographic this time last year when the Sharks made the Super Rugby final and the Currie Cup final. It did not matter then, so why should it matter now, just because the team is losing?!

The bottom line is the unifying force of the Sharks jersey and the common good of the team. This is something that the current coach, John Plumtree, feels strongly about. The New Zealander has coached and won titles and made many a final with Swansea (Wales), Wellington (in his native country) and the Sharks after having had a long career as a player in New Zealand and South Africa (with Natal).

He has been around the block a few times and has learned that what matters is the jersey and its history, the legacy left by those that have gone before and, if a player is not committed to the traditions, he will be gone under Plum, whether he is pink, blue or speaks Japanese. That is how it should be, obviously.

The values that Plumtree holds dear are the values he recognised in Daniel when he settled on making him captain.

As Daniel himself told me not long after he was appointed captain: ““How I live my life and carry myself in the public eye, and treat other people, is very important to me. I can honestly say that I would not be where I am today if did not have a spiritual grounding.”

“For me captaincy is as much about winning rugby games as it is about developing people and, in fact, the more you invest in the well-being of the players, the more games you are going to win. In a squad you have a cross-section of guys, all of whom go through ups and downs on and off the field. I just feel that if there is contentment, then you will get more out of a player.

“If you are performance driven and are just worried about a number at the end of the day, you will be successful in the short term, but if you are people driven, and show a genuine interest in their welfare ahead of the result, they will want to produce the result and you have a better chance of getting it.”

Heartfelt words, indeed, and the players I have spoken to this week have testified that this is how Daniel conducts himself.

An Afrikaans-hater? It just does not add up …

By Mike Greenaway

The Crusaders face old rivals the Blues this weekend -team as follows

The Crusaders face old rivals the Blues this weekend at AMI Stadium (Addington). The game takes place on Saturday 18 May with kick-off at 7.35pm

Head Coach Todd Blackadder has announced the team to play the Blues with only one change to the team that bet the Brumbies in Canberra two weeks ago.

Kieran Read who has been out with a toe injury for 7 weeks returns to the number eight jersey moving Luke Whitelock to the bench.

The game will be a special occasion for Andy Ellis as he mark’s his 100th Super Rugby cap. Ellis started his Super Rugby career in 2006 and has since clocked up 8 seasons with the Crusaders, 26 All Blacks test caps, 2 Super Rugby titles, 3 ITM Cup titles and a World Cup.

Saturday’s game is also known as The Day of the Sword, where 3,000 fans will receive sword giveaways. Fans are encouraged to wield their swords, protect their fortress and cheer on the Crusaders.

Crusaders team to play the Blues:

1. Wyatt Crockett	9. Andy Ellis	Reserves
2. Corey Flynn	10. Dan Carter	16. Ben Funnell
3. Owen Franks	11. Zac Guildford	17. Joe Moody
4. Luke Romano	12. Ryan Crotty	18. Dominic Bird
5. Sam Whitelock	13. Robbie Fruean	19. Luke Whitelock
6. George Whitelock	14. Tom Marshall	20. Willi Heinz
7. Matt Todd	15. Tom Taylor	21. Adam Whitelock
8. Kieran Read (c)	22. Israel Dagg

Sir Alex Ferguson: Final farewell was a party 26 years in the making

The man who made Manchester United’s impossible dream possible at times resembled the statue erected in his honour near the Old Trafford stand named after him.

Standing away from the crowd, looking proudly in the direction of his Premier League champions with his hands in his pockets, the familiar dark overcoat worn against the Mancunian rain and black fleece zipped up, Sir Alex Ferguson was true to himself to the end.
This was not simply the end of an Old Trafford era. This was the end of an era in British sport.

Old habits died hard as he took charge of Manchester United for the 723rd time at Old Trafford. Ferguson celebrated a late winner to secure a 2-1 win against Swansea City,taught one of his high-profile players a very public lesson to demonstrate that – even now – his authority must not be challenged, then left behind some clear instructions on how supporters must treat his successor David Moyes.And on a day fuelled by emotion and lubricated by the sort of downpour Ferguson will have endured countless times during 26 years in Manchester, this was an occasion and performance that carried all the hallmarks of the 71-year-old Scot’s peerless career.
Old Trafford has had plenty of practice of staging a celebration and this was pitched perfectly. This was a day for the monument built by Ferguson to pay homage to its creator.
It carried the air of an historic moment from early morning at Old Trafford. Three hours before kick-off and thousands were already assembled around “The Theatre Of Dreams”.
The small barricaded area set aside for the arrival of United’s team coach was swarming at 12.30pm. The early arrivals claimed their places at the front to take those memento pictures of Ferguson leaving the team coach for the final time at the place he has made his own.
There was the rare sight of queues snaking around programme stands for the last souvenirs; one magazine bore the simple headline: “Born Winner.”
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The music played to serenade Ferguson before kick-off, from Nat King Cole’s “Unforgettable” through Sinatra’s “My Way” and into “The Impossible Dream” by Andy Williams, provided a soundtrack to his managerial achievements.
If it was an occasion swathed in sentiment, Ferguson nevertheless showed his ruthless touch by excluding Wayne Rooney from the party, offering him a cursory handshake and pat at the Premier League trophy presentation then confirming that the background to this was a transfer demand from England’s striker that had been instantly dismissed.
Ferguson entered almost self-consciously through a guard of honour formed by both teams and into a thunderous wall of noise, chewing gum furiously with gentle applause for supporters who waved 73,000 flags supplied by the club, providing a background that resembled a giant swaying red blanket.
A banner was emblazoned with the words “Sir Alex – Immortal”. Another carried the message: “Thanks Gaffer. From The Stretford End.”
The bright lights of Old Trafford’s electronic scoreboard shone through the murk reading “26.38.” Years at United. Trophies at United.
For the completists, United won 2-1, Javier Hernandez giving them the lead and Michu equalising for Swansea – prompting chants of “You’re Getting Sacked In The Morning” – before Rio Ferdinand’s 87th-minute goal gave the script an almost inevitable conclusion.
This day was not about the result – although victory was desirable. The main business of United’s season was done and dusted weeks ago. This was about doing justice to the deeds of Ferguson.
And justice was done. At the final whistle, in a ritual he has fulfilled many times before, he took the microphone in the centre circle to address the crowd. In years past this has often been a call to arms for present and future – this time it was the farewell speech.
Ferguson, despite expressing concerns he might “start blubbing”, held his emotions in check to reflect on his career, thanking the club for keeping faith in dark early days before adding: “I’ll be able to now enjoy watching the team rather than suffer with them.”
And this staunch family man once again reminded those present of that key part of his personal make up: “I want to say thank you again from all the Ferguson family. They’re all up there, 11 grandchildren – thank you.”
Later, away from the United faithful but in front of the gathered media, he would reveal just how much family had influenced his decision to bring a glorious career to an end. “I decided to retire last Christmas,” he said. “Things changed when my wife Cathy’s sister died. She has lost her best friend, her sister.”
Yet this would not have been Ferguson without the hard word and it came at the end of his very public address. Turning to his players he said: “Don’t ever let yourself down.”
Manchester United’s supporters did not escape either as they were told: “Your job now is to stand by our new manager.”
Then it was time for the presentations and an illustration that, for now at least, he still rules Old Trafford.
Rooney heard some jeers as he went to collect his medal, his wish to leave now, as Ferguson later remarked, a job for Moyes to deal with.
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Ferguson lingered over his departure, savouring the lap of honour with one last glance up towards the Stretford End before disappearing out of sight.
The next time the man who made the impossible dream possible takes his seat at Old Trafford it will be in the directors’ box, watching his chosen successor Moyes writing the next pieces of the storyline.
It was a party 26 years in the making and hastily planned. Invitations were accepted by 75,572 and it was a day that will live forever.
There will never be another era at Old Trafford that comes close to the one that ended in Sunday evening’s driving rain.

Article written by Phil McNulty BBC chief Football writer

Heart 104.9fm Top 30 – 11 May 2013

HEART 104.9FM TOP 30 – 11 MAY 2013
POS	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	MOVE	L/W	PEAK	WEEKS
1	HEARTBEAT CAFÉ feat. MELISSA	PERFECT VIEW	UP 8	9	1	3	HC
2	CHRIS BROWN	FINE CHINA	UP 3	5	2	4
3	THE PEANUTT GALLERY	LET’S HAVE FUN	UP 3	6	3	4
4	RIHANNA feat. MIKKY EKKO	STAY	DOWN 3	1	1	9
5	R KELLY	WHEN A MAN LIES	DOWN 3	2	2	7
6	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE	MIRRORS	UP 4	10	6	2
7	ALICIA KEYS	BRAND NEW ME	DOWN 4	3	1 (2)	9
8	JAMALI	THIS TIME	UP 6	14	8	2
9	NNEKA	SHINING STAR (JOE GODDARD MIX)	DOWN 2	7	5	5
10	ROBIN THICKE feat. T.I. & PHARRELL	BLURRED LINES	NEW	-	10	1
11	RIHANNA feat. CHRIS BROWN	NOBODY’S BUSINESS	DOWN 3	8	1 (3)	19
12	MAROON 5	DAYLIGHT	DOWN 1	11	9	5
13	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE feat. JAY-Z	SUIT AND TIE	DOWN 9	4	2	15	BF
14	JIMMY NEVIS	IN LOVE WITH YOU	UP 2	16	14	3
15	DAFT PUNK feat. PHARRELL	GET LUCKY	NEW	-	15	1
16	BRUNO MARS	WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN	DOWN 4	12	1 (2)	13
17	THE BLACK TIES	AINT NOBODY	DOWN 4	13	7	14
18	MATTHEW O’CONNEL	TAKE IT SLOW	DOWN 3	15	12	11
19	DJ KENT feat. LIQUIDEEP	TOP OF THE WORLD	DOWN 2	17	1 (2)	11
20	ALICIA KEYS	WHEN IT’S ALL OVER	DOWN 2	18	1	10
21	MICHAEL BUBLE	IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY	DOWN 2	19	19	3
22	STEPHEN MARLEY feat. MELANIE FIONA	NO CIGARETTE SMOKE (IN MY ROOM)	NC	22	22	2
23	KHAYA feat. PROVERB	LIL’ MEANS A LOT	DOWN 3	20	5	14
24	ANGIE STONE	BACK UP PLAN	UP 2	26	2	28
25	DENICE STONE	ALL MINES	NC	25	8	29
26	FAITH EVANS	LOVIN’ ME	UP 1	27	9	19
27	NE-YO	LET ME LOVE YOU (UNTIL YOU LEARN TO LOVE YOURSELF)	UP 3	30	1 (3)	24
28	FRANK OCEAN	LOST	DOWN 7	21	16	4
29	ALLEN STONE	SLEEP	DOWN 6	23	11	9
30	CHAD SAAIMAN	DRAGONS	DOWN 6	24	11	11

Fighting chance in Dubai on 25 May – features Springbok Conrad Jantjes and many more