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The Soul Diva - Wed Oct 02 2002 Live music Cape Town, Western Cape Description : The Soul Diva, Jennifer Jones will be performing at the Roxy Revue Bar from the 2 – 26 October 2002. Bookings open a Computicket on Wednesday, 25 September. Tickets are R65 each. 9th Annual Japanese Film Festival - Fri Oct 11 2002 Festivals Rosebank, Gauteng Description : 9th Annual Japanese Film Festival 11 Oct - 17 Oct - Cinema Nouveau-Rosebank 18 Oct-24 Oct - Cinema Nouveau, Brooklyn Travel& Tourism Expo 2002 - Tue Oct 15 2002 Exhibitions and galleries Cape Town, Western Cape Description : Showcasing products to the South African Consumer. A shopping centre promotion ensuring convenience and accessability to the consumer DNA Strings - Live in Concert - Fri Oct 18 2002 Live music Durbanville, Western Cape Description : "Pulsating rythms, lively melodies, always energetic, sometimes tranquil" African, Afro-spanish and Celtic influences. "A charismatic performance that will have you on your feet" Highstreet theatre (18, 22 October) Violin (Danie), Flaminco Guitar (Adriaan), Jembes (African Drums) (Flippie), Bass Guitar. Music original to the artists, being played by select South African radio stations countrywide, and even featured on local television. De Oude Drostdy Flower Show - Sat Oct 26 2002 Spring flowers Tulbagh, Western Cape Description : Flower Show Elgin Flower Festival - Sat Oct 26 2002 Spring flowers Elgin, Western Cape Description : Elgin Flower Festival Elgin Flower Festival - Fri Nov 01 2002 Spring flowers Overberg, Western Cape Description : Premiere Gardening event of the Western Cape. 1400 square meter exhibition hall filled with a themed display of exotic and indigenous flowers. Many horticultural exhibitors as well as cheese and wine tastings. Tea Garden, Beer garden, huge range of foodstalls and a childrens adventure playgournd. Tours to local gardens and greenhouses and much more - a flower festival with something for everyone. The Little Elephant Mountain Bike Race - Sat Nov 09 2002 Festivals Middelburg, Mpumalanga Description : The professionally laid out course crosses the Klein Olifants River several times & takes the riders through an old quarry & agricultural farmlands. The course, consisting of laps of 20 km each provides gruelling uphill and thrilling downhill and participants can choose the amount of laps they want to ride, 2 or 3. The course will be technically challenging & a 10-km fun ride will be provided for the not so fit. There is prize money for the first 3 places in each of the three races for men & women. A lucky draw might cheer up the not so fast ones. Food stalls available & participants will be entertained by various events. All proceeds to charity. Accommodation will be available at a special rate of R120.00 per person for B&B. Pick 'n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge - Sun Nov 17 2002 Cycling Johannesburg, Gauteng Description : Joburg's Toughest Race Soul of Africa - A wilderness experience - Mon Nov 25 2002 Walking safaris/Wilderness trails KwaZulu-Natal Description : A Wilderness Experience with Chris and Sylvia Black 25 November - 13 December 2002 (19 days) “In wilderness we are confronted with ourselves, reflected in the light of nature’s innocence, and we are nudged to reconsider personal values, purpose and destiny.” We are privileged on this spiritual journey to explore one of our planet’s first proclaimed areas of true wilderness, Umfolozi, where the wilderness ethic was pioneered 45 years ago by Dr Ian Player, founder of the World Wilderness Foundation. Many lives have since been changed through personal encounter with the untamed Zululand bush, rich in cultural heritage. Others have been touched by the pristine dune forests, lake and seashores of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park or the mountain splendour of the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg Park, both recently proclaimed World Heritage Sites. All three of these unique natural areas are part of our journey as we explore and discover the ‘Soul of Africa’.

South Africa Events & Festivals
JANUARY annual events Mid Dec to early Jan: Plettenberg Bay International Polo Tournament Bitou House and Kurland Polo Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Tel: 083 622-4795 Early Jan: Kaapse Klopse (minstrel carnival) Greenpoint Stadium and the streets of Cape Town Western Cape Throughout Jan: Spier Summer Festival Music and performing arts Spier Wine Estate, Outside Stellenbosch Western Cape Tel: (021) 809 1165 Mid to late Jan: Dusi Canoe Marathon Pietermaritzburg to Durban KwaZulu-Natal www.dusi.org.za	FEBRUARY annual events Throughout Feb: Spier Summer Festival Music and performing arts Spier Wine Estate, Outside Stellenbosch Western Cape Tel: (021) 809 1165 February: J&B Met Premier horse-racing event Kenilworth, Cape Town Western Cape www.jbmet.co.za Early to mid Feb: Midmar Mile Freshwater swimming event Midmar Dam KwaZulu-Natal www.midmarmile.co.za Late Feb, early March: FNB Vita Dance Umbrella Wits Theatre/Dance Factory, Johannesburg Gauteng www.artslink.co.za/fnb/umbrella.htm
MARCH annual events Early March: FNB Vita Dance Umbrella Wits Theatre/Dance Factory, Johannesburg Gauteng Early March: Spier Summer Festival Music and performing arts Spier Wine Estate, Outside Stellenbosch Western Cape Tel: (021) 809 1165 Early March: Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour Cape Town Western Cape www.cycletour.co.za Early to mid March: Cape Town Festival Celebration of the arts Cape Town Western Cape Tel: (021) 426 2744 Late Mar to Early Apr: Klein Karoo National Arts Festival Arts festival, Oudtshoorn Western Cape Tel: (044) 272 7771	APRIL annual events Late Mar to Early Apr: Klein Karoo National Arts Festival Arts festival, mainly Afrikaans Oudtshoorn Western Cape Tel: (044) 272 7771 Late April: Splashy Fen Music festival Splashy Fen farm, Near Underberg KwaZulu-Natal www.splashyfen.co.za
MAY annual events May 13 - June 1: Eastern Cape Eisteddfod 1820 Settlers Monument, Grahamstown Eastern Cape Tel: (046) 603 1147 May 22-26: Pink Loerie Carnival Knysna Western Cape Tel: (044) 382 7768	JUNE annual events May 13 - June 1: Eastern Cape Eisteddfod 1820 Settlers Monument, Grahamstown Eastern Cape Tel: (046) 603 1147 June 17: Comrades Marathon Durban to Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal www.comrades.com June 29 - July 6: National Arts Festival Grahamstown Eastern Cape Tel: (046) 622 4341
JULY annual events June 29 - July 6: National Arts Festival Grahamstown Eastern Cape Tel: (046) 622 4341 July 6: Durban July Horse-racing showpiece Greyville Racecourse, Durban KwaZulu-Natal www.durbanjuly.co.za July: Mr Price Pro Surfing competition Durban KwaZulu-Natal July: Berg River Canoe Marathon Paarl to Port Owen Western Cape www.ciberg.co.za	AUGUST annual events August: Oppikoppi Music Festival Annual four-day festival Oppikoppi, Outside Pretoria Gauteng www.oppikoppi.co.za
SEPTEMBER annual events Sept 24-28: Aardklop National Arts Festival Potchefstroom North West Tel: (018) 294 7509 Sept 20-22: Natal Witness Hilton Arts Festival Pick of South African theatre Hilton College, Hilton KwaZulu-Natal Tel: (033) 343 0126 Sept 28 – Oct 6 Plett Eco & Sports Festival An interactive eco-friendly celebration of the arts, nature and physical activity. Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Tel: (044) 533 3682 Email: plettecofest@mweb.co.za	OCTOBER annual events Sept 28 – Oct 6 Plett Eco & Sports Festival An interactive eco-friendly celebration of the arts, nature and physical activity. Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Tel: (044) 533 3682 Email: plettecofest@mweb.co.za Oct 4-5: Fish River Canoe Marathon Cradock Western Cape
NOVEMBER annual events November: Pick 'n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge Johannesburg Gauteng www.highveld.co.za/cyclechallenge November: Nedbank Golf Challenge Sun City North West www.nedbankgolfchallenge.com	DECEMBER annual events 4 Dec 2002: Total Eclipse of the sun Limpopo province December: Vodacom Players Championship Royal Cape Golf Club Western Cape Mid December: Mother City Queer Project Themed costume party River Club, Cape Town Western Cape www.mcqp.co.za 15 Dec to 12 Jan: Plettenberg Bay International Polo Tournament Bitou House and Kurland Polo Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape Tel: 083 622-4795

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