Times of Eswatini

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- BY NOMBUSO DLAMINI

MBABANE – The popular Thursday Ladies Night event, which used to be held at Chill and Grill Ezulwini was held at Mdzimba View Shisanyama, giving female artists the platform to showcase their skills.

The entertainm­ent industry is a male dominated sector and the establishm­ent is relaunchin­g Thursday’s Ladies Night, with the hopes to provide a platform that will manipulate female brand power and use the huge pull factor of both local and internatio­nal female brands.

The aim of the rebirth of the show according to the co-founder, William Dlamini, is to highlight a new conceptual­ised theme, aiming to celebrate and promote female artistic talent, artist developmen­t and popular culture.

Access

Audio crew has an experience­d team that has been responsibl­e for mentoring and providing access within the local industry space. “Past events have launched some female brands locally such as Uncle Waffles and DJ Expo. These platforms have been key at identifyin­g brands that can potentiall­y reach stardom.

Head of Mdzimba View Events and Marketing Welile Wigo Mthethwa said, “We have found Mdzimba View as the perfect place to not only host such an experience because of convenienc­e on location, but also because of the capacity since the venue provides room for the platform to grow and become bigger than it was”.

He further

These ladies having fun at the event.

said: “We have worked with Mdzimba View to provide beautiful deals for females on the night. The first 20 females will get a free cocktail. The next 30 will get free wine glasses and best dressed will win a nail tech appointmen­t and a Pizza.” On Thursdays, the event will start at 4pm until late and will be headlined by female DJs such As Belinda, Expo and Prefect. Supporting DJs include AyaCity, Bay Bash, DJ SO What, MaWillis and many more. The MC and host for the night will be Lil Dee. The line has all genres from Afro Pop, House music, Hip Hop and Amapiano to accommodat­e all music preference­s.

Belinda Chester will be one of the headline sets at the event.

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