#Power987 gives women the voice this #WomensMonth

POWER 98.7 will during Women's Month, August 2017, bench male presenters for three consecutive days in favour of women of substance across society. These powerful women from business, politics, media and entertainment, financial and social sectors will take to the airwaves not as guests but as talk show hosts from 7 to 9 August 2017.

These carefully selected ladies will share with power listeners' their experiences in play, leadership, business, politics, family, work as well as their life interests. #987Woman is a platform to demonstrate individual women's dynamism, versatility, sophistication and intellectual prowess beyond what they are generally renowned for.

#987Woman hosted under the theme "LISTEN" promises to bring to power listeners yet another exciting lineup, which brings about fun, excitement and entertainment."We are excited by yet another thrilling #987Woman lineup, which will showcase our sisters, mothers and daughters' depth and dynamism. This fourth edition wishes to honour the women of POWER for inspiring us and to recognize their resilience inspite of the challenging environments that they exist and operate in" said Chairman of POWER 98.7 Given Mkhari.

The #987Woman 2017 lineup includes women in business like Funeka Montjane, Mary Vilakazi, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Terry Volkwyn, Mary Vilakazi, Johanna Mukoki to mention but a few.The public sector and political line up includes Ministers of Communications, Ms Ayanda Dlodlo, Housing, MP Dr Makhosi Khoza, MP Thoko Didiza, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Phumzile van Damme(DA), Ms Khusela Sagoni (ANC) to mention but a few.

The entertainment and media industry line up includes, Amanda Black,  Advocate Nakedi Ribane(Senthaolele), Hulisani Ravele, Siba Mtongana and Tumi Makgabo, Mango Groove's Claire Johnson. The POWER House will be a hive of activity welcoming powerful women as they prepare to share with power listeners their powerful and inspiring stories of women of South Africa.

#BlackBerry KEYone launched in South Africa... Here's how much it will cost

The cat is now finally out of the bag! Blackberry has officially launched their new offering in South Africa - the super cute Blackberry KEYone. 

So what does this phone boast of? Well for starters, the key feature of the KEYone, as the name suggests, is a physical keyboard which sits below a 4.5″ screen with a resolution of 1080×1620.

It also comes with a cool Qualcomm Snapdragon 625-based Android 7.1 system with 3GB of RAM and 32GB ofon-board storage which can be expanded with up to 256 GB.

Wait there is something extra for the camera fanatics. The back camera is 12MP and the selfie cam is 8MP. Add a 3505mAh battery to the equation. 

Everything comes with a price attached to it right? You can get this machine by pre-ordering it through Cellucity's website , which states that it will release the device to buyers from 7 August.

The BlackBerry KeyOne will retail for R9,649, and will also be available for R479 per month on a 24-month Vodacom uChoose Flexi 200 contract. 

Bonang Matheba joins hands with #CellC

Queen B is in the news once again and she is still making great progress. Yes they say you can't keep a good girl down.

Just a few days after downgrading her contract with Vodacom, Bonang Matheba has joined the Cell C family.

Cell C executive, Wayne Merris was the first to announce that one of South Africa's biggest celebrities, Bonang, would be joining the Cell C family.

Even though details regarding the partnership have not been made public yet, something big is definitely brewing.

Rihanna drops date for big #FentyBeauty Announcement

Rihanna has made a big Fenty Beauty announcement – the drop date.

Not content with ruling the charts and having a burgeoning Hollywood career, Rihanna has also tackled the fashion world with her Fenty collection for Puma.

And the megastar, full name Robyn Rihanna Fenty, is about to take the beauty world by storm too, with her Fenty Beauty line scheduled to drop during the upcoming New York Fashion Week in September (17).

"@FentyBeauty is coming!!!! Countdown to September. 8. 2017 starts now. #FENTYBeauty makeup will be available globally at @sephora and @harveynichols Link us at FentyBeauty.com," Rihanna shared on Instagram next to an image of the drop date.

The Fenty Beauty Instagram account also posted the snap, which marked the first time the social media handle had uploaded anything since May, when news of the beauty line was made public.

Rihanna has recently been showing off her fashion credentials on the red carpet as she promotes her new movie, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. She's so far wowed in a frothy pink Giambattista Valli gown and a plunging red floor-length number from the couture fashion house.

Critics accused her of looking pregnant in the red dress, but the 29-year-old was quick to hit back at body shamers.

A friend of the star posted a video of Rihanna carrying bags of potato chips around a store and told people to back off from calling her fat, with the star adding: "Somebody called me too fat?" and three crying laughing emojis.

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#RhythmCity star Sfiso dies in attempted hijacking

Rhythm City actor Dumi Masilela died after being shot during an attempted hijacking on Wednesday night.

e.tv spokesperson, Michael Pocock confirmed that Masilela passed
away. "It is with great sadness that e.tv confirms the passing of Dumi Masilela," said Pocock.

"e.tv sends its condolences to Dumi's family, friends, and Rhythm City
colleagues."

Gauteng police said they are now searching for the perpetrators.

"We are investigating a case of murder and attempted hijacking. Two
men (including Masilela) were sitting in a white Golf 7 last night when
they were approached by a black Jeep who tried hijack them. The two
occupants in the Golf tried to drive off and one of them was shot," said
Gauteng police spokesperson Kay Makhubele.

After Masilela was wounded he pulled over and his friend then drove
him to hospital, where he died on Thursday morning. He was 31-years-
old.

#StarSat to launch new #Bundesliga season

StarSat, a digital satellite TV brand will on 5 August 2017 launch the new Bundesliga season on their pan-African platform.

With over 100 channels, StarSat subscribers are spoilt for choice.

"We offer various channels to our customers. These include movies, news,
series, kid's programmes, music, gospel documentaries, lifestyle, telenovelas, comedy, drama and sports.  For now, we have around 10 sports channels and StarSat is the official broadcaster of Bundesliga in sub-Saharan Africa. At this moment we are playing ICC (International Champion Cup), we also have acquired the exclusive free and pay
transmission rights across all territories of Sub-Saharan Africa for FIBA leading tournaments," says John Yan StarSat CEO.

In partnership with DFL-Supercup, StarSat will on the day announce its
showcasing of the new season of Bundesliga in a sporty event to be
hosted at the Addidas Base in Johannesburg.

The crème de la crème of the soccer fraternity will grace the event, which will be facilitated by former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Brian Baloyi and SABC's sports commentator David Kekana. Media, popular soccer legends and stars,
and the public will get an opportunity to watch the first kick-off game
between Dortmund and Bayern. The game will kick start at 20h30 until
22h30.

As if this is not enough, there will be a lucky draw for a public member
to win a fully paid trip to Germany to watch one of the Bundesliga
games.

Caster Semenya to appear in exclusive interview on BET this #WomensMonth

BET presents Being Caster Semenya, an exclusive sit down with one of South Africa's biggest sport personalities. In this special, Proverb chats with the record breaking athlete and gold medalist, revealing a side of Caster you haven't seen before. 

Topics include how she prepares for every race to her sometimes challenging relationship with the media. Caster also discusses how she met her wife and how their relationship encourages her to be the best at what she does.

Programme:   Being Caster Semenya

Channel:         BET (DStv Channel 129)

Premiere:        Monday 7 August 2017

Time:               21:00 CAT

Pretty Yende bestowed with ECHO Klassic Newcomer Of The Year

Pretty Yende isn't just a beautiful lady with a golden voice. The opera singer has been bestowed with the ECHO Klassik Newcomer of the Year Award.

The soprano's successful international singer performed in Bellini's 'I Puritani' at The Metropolitan Opera in New York in February, after lead Diana Damrau, revered as one of the greatest singing actresses, fell ill.

The press and opera fraternity sang Yende's praises, saying performance was "a triumph" and "spectacular in every way." It was even more notable as she had only sung the role once before, in a non-traditional production last year in Zurich. 

The talented soprano was also cast as Juliette in Gounod's production of 'Romeo et Juliette'.

Yende made the announcement of her win last week in a Facebook post. She wrote: "This is truly a dream come true for me, I am beyond honored to receive the Newcomer of the Year Award from ECHO Klassik. I am thrilled that my debut album " A Journey' has afforded me the thrilling luxury to be recognized by ECHO Klassik. I receive it as a deep encouragement to pursue my #prettyjourney joyously sharing this precious gift I have been entrusted with on the global world operatic stage. I am grateful to all my fans for their immense support and heartfelt thanks especially to Sony classical international, to ECHO Klassik, to the ECHO KLASSIK Award Committee, and to all my fans in German

Love Peri Peri chicken? Get ready for the #Nandos Grillers Challenge

Nando's, the world's favourite PERi-PERi Chicken restaurant brand, will search far and wide to crown their 2017 South African Champion Griller.

The seventh annual Nando's Griller Challenge will take place on 3 August 2017 and will consist of 14 finalists from across the country grilling for the chance to be crowned this year's champion.

"Grilling PERi-PERi Chicken is an art form and is at the heart of what makes our food so beloved to so many.The Griller's Challenge is an opportunity for them to showcase their considerable talent and reward them for doing things the Nando's way. It is also the perfect time for us to put the knowledge of our Grillers, from across our casas, to the test and reinforce our mission to give our customers the best PERi-PERi chicken in the world." says Doug Place, Chief Marketing Officer at Nando's South Africa.

Since the first PERi-PERi Chicken was grilled in competition in 2011, the Griller's Challenge has become an international phenomenon for Nando's as they ignite a flame of inspiration within each and every Nandoca.

Last year's South African Champion Griller, Mzamo Gumede, will be joining Hilly Biller, Food Editor of Sunday Times, as a judge of this year's event.  Mzamo also went on to be crowned the best griller in the world for Nando's after beating 38 finalists from across the world in the finals held in Malaysia last year.

If you are addicted to your phone camera, you will want to try these cool #android apps

There is a huge selection of Android photography apps to help snap-happy and selfie-crazy smartphone users enhance their pics. Alcatel suggests some apps that can enable you to create stylish, creative, beautiful images for social sharing.

Boomerang from Instagram

Make every moment more fun with Boomerang from Instagram. Create captivating mini videos that loop back and forth, then share them with your friends.

Get it here: Boomerang from Instagram

Snappy Photo Filters Stickers

Use this app to add cute and colourful stickers to your photos.

Get it here: Snappy Photo Filters Stickers

Photo Editor

Photo Editor - Photo Effects & Filter & Sticker is a comprehensive and easy-to-use tool that provides picture editing filters, effects, stickers and more.

Get it here: Photo Editor

Photo Collage - Photo Editor

Edit and combine photos into collages with perfect filters, frames and effects using this app.

Get it here: Photo Collage – Photo Editor

Garden Photo Frames

Don't leave your pictures incomplete - add some unbelievable effects with Garden Photo Frames.

Get it here: Garden Photo Frames

PIP Camera - Photo Editor Pro

PIP Camera sets your photo in another photo frame with some creative frames. PIP Camera is a spinoff of FotoRus' popular Pic-in-Pic mode, and it is more powerful with the new PIP Frames mode and PIP magazine Collage mode. 

Get it here: PIP Camera – Photo Editor Pro

Selfie Camera - Filter & Sticker & Photo Editor

Selfie Camera is a beauty camera and editor for selfies, featuring brilliant live filters and stickers.

Get it here: Selfie Camera – Filter & Sticker & Photo Editor

Z Camera - Photo Editor

Z Camera is a freaky fast photo that lets you preview filter effects before taking pictures or shooting videos. It also lets you beautify your pictures with emoji, doodle, text and more.

Get it here: Z Camera – Photo Editor