Comic relief to lighten the load
Choice selection of comedy acts in Durban, PE
an encounter of the mirth-inducing kind at the Charous and Bruinous 2013 show on Friday and Saturday. Starring Neville Pillay, Afzal Khan, Robby Collins, Richelieu B and Masood Boomgaard, the show takes place at the BAT Centre at Durban’s Wilson’s Wharf. Tickets are R120 through Computicket.
DANCE
dance takes centre stage with the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience at Durban’s Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from Wednesday until September 8 at 7.30pm. Tickets cost R50 through Computicket.
Umbrella 2013 begins on Saturday and runs until September 14 at various venues in Johannesburg. Visit danceumbrella.co.za to view the programme. Ticket prices vary.
LIFESTYLE
to Friday is The Mercury Wine Week at Durban’s Suncoast Casino, where you can sample more than 500 wines. Tickets are R100 through Computicket and the event begins at 5.30pm daily.
fans are counting the days to the first South Africa India Film and Television Awards in Durban on September 6. Tickets for the event, which takes place at the International Conference Centre, are priced from R500 and are available at Computicket.
out who will take the Miss India West Rand crown and go on to represent the region at this year’s Miss India Gauteng finals. The regional round takes place at the Patidar Hall in Lenasia on September 28. Tickets through Computicket are from R80 each.
HEALTH
Kanchana Moodliar for a yoga workshop at RP Moodley School in Clare Estate, Durban, on September 7. She promises to help you relax and put back the spring in your step. The workshop costs R150 and begins at 9am. Book at pauseatwork@gmail.com or call (031) 837-3794.
SPORT
the Umhlanga Hindu Society for its KGB Holdings 5km/10km spring fun run and walk on August 31 at Chris Saunders Park, opposite Gateway mall. There will be food stalls, dances, a live band, lucky draw and more. Call (031) 572-7357 for details.
RELIGION
is being celebrated at the Umhlanga Hindu Society until Tuesday from 6.30pm to 8pm daily. Listen to a talk by Indian Vedanta philosopher Shri MK Angajan. The society is also hosting havan and bhajan prayers for the culmination of Gita Week. Krishna Janmashtami prayers are from 6pm to midnight on Wednesday. Call (031) 572-7357.
part in any of 108 mass havans, discourses and meditation sessions organised by Sadguru Sadafaldeo Vihangam Yoga Sansthan in Durban, Greytown, Cape Town and Johannesburg. Programmes take place at Durban’s Blue Lagoon from 12pm on Saturday and Rajput Hall in Chatsworth on Sunday; call 076-501-8204. In Greytown it takes place at Vrindawan Hall on September 3 from 6pm; call 082-778-0282. Capetonians can visit the Radhakrishna Temple on September 7 at 3pm or September 8 from 10am; call 072-046-3636 or 076-422-4848. In Gauteng, programmes are at Shree Pretoria Hindu Seva Samaj in Laudium from 4pm on September 14; call 076-501-8204. Also on September 15 from 4pm at Patel Samaj Hall in Lenasia; call 083-682-9975.