24 April - Arts, Culture & Environment

Today we heard from Melanie Robinson – Director of Decorex South Africa. Entering its 11th year, Decorex Cape Town brings you a unique blend of the emerging & the established; manufacturers & suppliers – large & small. The show promises to be a celebration of Cape Town’s most delicate & daring spaces by talented style shapers, trend makers & décor creators. Decorex is at the Cape Town Convention Centre from today till Monday and opens 10:00AM to 20:00PM daily but closes 18:00PM on the 27th. Tickets costs R50 and you can purchase your show tickets at the doors. For more info go to www.decorex.co.za

We were also joined on the line by Fabian Petersen – from Heal the Hood. Their mission is to create a sustainable network of youth artists nationally and internationally through which jobs and new skills are created; arts products and arts related information can be distributed. We were talking about the Cape Flats Uprising Hip Hop fundraiser concert that they will be hosting at Zula Bar tomorrow. Cape Flats Uprising is an ongoing fundraising project to assist youth with transport costs, as well as schools fees. Heal the Hood recently assisted a good student, Shaakirah Denton of Sid G Rule, that needed financial assistance. These ongoing fundraisers will make it possible to help more needy youth. The concert starts at 10PM till late. Tickets costs R30. If you want any additional information about the concert contact Fabian on (021) 706 0481 or 073 136 6140.

And Nigel Vermaas, our arts fundi was here for this week’s arts update.

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