NEVILLE PILLAY ARRESTED IN UNIVERSAL STING!

RADIO man Neville Pillay  was temporarily arrested over "an animal-related charge"  at a radio station in Umhlanga this week.

A man with a doughnut straight out of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Mazwi Mgobhozi, put it to Pillay his "ugly" impersonation of the "beautiful" werewolf in a Masood Boomgard movie opening on Sunday would bring disrepute to the oft misunderstood creature.

Said Mgobhozi: "A second cousin, twice removed, of the creature, a Mr Itaint F. Unny laid a charge of crimen injuria against the DJ. He claimed werewolves were handsome creatures. In the movie stills for Attack of the Indian Werewolf, he has claimed Pillay had made them look uglier.

"He told us this was abominable. He added even the abominable snowman looked better than Pillay's representation."

Thankfully for his radio fans, Pillay wrangled his way out by calling F. Unny Smythe and advising him his werewolf would have a shave.

He opted for self-imposed House arrest when he would watch Law and Order: SVU Season 8 premiere on Universal Channel (DStv 108) on Sunday at 10.25pm, immediately after his Attack of the Indian Werewolf 8.30pm premiere at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre as "penance".

"Actually it's a joy to watch, really incredible viewing," howled Pillay.

"Emmy winner Mariska Hargitay, the daughter of screen bombshelle Jane Mansfield, is a favourite of mine on Law and Order: SVU," he said looking up to the moon.

Mgobhozi, the actor, who stormed the studio to remind Pillay to catch the show after the Universal Channel's announcement of the season's SA premiere, presented him with a donut and hot coffee in true cop New York style.

"Ahooo! Now he's one of us," said Mgobhozi.

He left the radio station to promise arresting viewing on Universal Channel to other A-grade entertainment media in Durban. 

WEEKEND OUT
1. NANDO'S COMEDY FESTIVAL
Our resident theatre critic Zwizwi loved the Nando's Comedy Festival at the Albert Inkosi Durban ICC on Friday.
 "Pablo's the hottest. I can see why the ladies love him. Oh ... and he's funny too."
He caught the early show on Friday at 7pm and there was a repeat at 9pm.
It also plays on Saturday and Sunday. So catch global comedy if you ain't sick of belly-aches yet.

2. MARRIAGE ON LINE
Theatre side of things again, Khan and Alli play in Marriage On Line at the eThekwini College (ex Springfield College of Education) this weekend with the final show at R40 playing on Sunday night. Marriage On LIne is billed as great fun for the entire family. It features the senior generation finding love on the 'net much to the trepidation of the younger 'uns. E-mail goldencityvoice@gmail.com if you wanna grab a pair of tickets for free. Simply tells us what' you'd love to see more of on this blog.

3. THE HOUSE AND GARDEN SHOW
The House and Garden Show plays at the Durban Exhibition Centre. Don't forget to grab your wallet ...


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Hmm green with envy are we!!

CORNER SHOP CLOSED TILL LOGIE RETURNS WITH FINAL KICK TO PEOPLE- JABULANI!

THIS SITE IS CLOSED UNTIL THE 1860 CELEBRATORY COMMITTEES RETURN FROM PROMOTING THE 150 YEARS' SIGHTING OF INDIANS TO THESE SA SHORES TO WORLD CUP VISITORS! I.E. 12 JULY 2010!

SONG 4 MAHALA - INDIAN COCONUT MAN

KINKS Rajdev Nundkumar sings about Indian Coconut Man off his new CD releasing in a few week's time. To get a free copy of the MP3 track, e-mail us at GoldenCityVoice @gmail.com and give us the names of five friends and their email addresses you will share the track with.
Simply put we want you to be a pirate for free music. Unsold. Totally shared.
Indian Coconut Man is Kink's gift to you to celebrate the coming of the 1860 Indentured laboureres from India to land in South Africa. Midweek we will post, exclusively, the youtube version of the song, so do keep reading.

FIFA-kd and lovin' it!

So you've got your FIFA World Cup tickets?
Then shut up and diski!
The Brazil and Portugal samba  awaits this writer. As does the semi-finals, match 53 (we'll have to wait and see who plays) and Durban's opening match featuring Germany versus Australia on Sunday the next.
Tickets to the finals at R4 200 a pop were also available.
But that's the game I planned to catch on TV.
Soccer City's grande finale would have been a tad too crowded for me - oh and did I mention the  category two ticket was going for a song, ahem!
A senior citizen uncle tried to illegally purchase my semi-finals' tickets at the FIFA ticketing centre at Suncoast yesterday. (Illegal as FIFA and our government deems it so.)
I told him FIFA wouldn't permit that. He could be arrested and watch the match with inmates who have been given TV screens on this special occasion. And I don't think his wife would've appreciated him dropping the soap.
If I were willing to part with the set though it would have been at a donation of three times the price. Standing in a line from midnight till 11.30am did result in some wear and tear and someone would have had to compensate for that. (By the way re-selling of tickets is strictly forbidden - so best you suppport the FIFA mafia the way our government does.)
A MATCH IN A BILLION
At R3, 5 billion for the stadium it appears we are paying FIFA around half a billion rand to stage each game in Durban. A scary thought, especially considering the powers that be aren't really paying a heck of a lot of attention to see that we, the citizens, are safe in our own towns and our own homes in this a-spiralling crime wave period.
SHOT 'CLIFFE!
Then again one can't have fartish attitudes. Our city fathers, especially that awesum dude Mike Sutcliffe whom everyone loves to hate cos it's fashionable to hate whiteys who are actually doing SOMETHING for the city, must have an awesome plan for the Moses Mabhida Stadium post World Cup 2010.
The whingers whom are closet DA supporters and reactionaries (please come out, there's a place for all God's children in the sun) should take pride in their bread-basket resembling stadium.
I am certain Sunday picnics will be the order of the day as will Bollywood concerts and such. Our honourable deputy mayor Logie Naidoo is also planning an India/SA series with a Bolly twist come January 2011. This to celebrate the arrival of the 1860 Indentured labourers to Durban.
Coming back to the FIFA World Cup 2010 - those who scored tickets are damn lucky.
Or damn lahnees. Or maybe you have a kind mistress with a fat wallet or a fat mistress with a kind wallet - whichever, whatever. You've won.
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P.S. COVER Girl Rizelle J (up above) is a child of the soil. But will this KZN FaceBook sensation win the Miss Earth SA in association with Consol challenge? We'll just have to wait ...

P.P.S. 
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS LOGIE???
E-mail us a picture of you and him if you track him down this weekend - Friday, June 4 till Sunday, June 6 - to GoldenCityVoice@gmail.com or upload pic on Golden City Voice group on FB and win a bunny chow date with His Worship!

The World is 2 Much With Us

World Cup cometh

GREEN EDITION (MON - THURS)

DANSHEEL KICKS ASS!!

THERE was Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince, Lenny Kravitz ... all needing low angle shots to make them look large. Or subjects bowing down to them. Dansheel Moodley (looking like an 1860 relic in that fine mod pic above) fits in easy with this top league. When not studying Sports Science at UKZN the young man is busy kicking butt in training as part of Sonny Pillay's karate school.

His dream of traveling the world and meeting hot chicks notwithstanding, the buff Dansheel has a driving ambition to succeed in life.

"I have a driving ambition to succeed in life," said Dansheel. (Ha ha, see we told you!! *btw, writing in the above style is highly recommended for journalism students loving a kick up their jacks by editors of serious newspapers for which trees are felled.)

As for you Dansheel, if we don't see you through the window we'll see you on a tree. Good luck dodging those girls falling over your feet!

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS LOGIE?

So a busy weekend was held by all - well a good sum of the all. Especially eThekwini Whitney Houston stand-in (they share a singing voice) Deputy Mayor Logie Naidoo.

If you've been reading, all three of you, you'd have gathered our Where in the World is Logie? campaign is gathering some steam. (Not to be confused with hot air, that's the city manager's department. If the DA-aligned press is to believed!)

Our intrepid Deputy Mayor was finally found at the tail-end of our Weekend Green edition at the East Coast Radio Big Walk on Sunday. 

This proletariat parked with family-in-tow in the public parking area of South Beach and warmed up with the masses - under 20 000 of them much to public delight.

It's nice to see the city fathers walking tall with the people of the city and surrounds. Since former Indian President Amichand Rajbansi prefers TV, there's more room for Logie on the social scene.

A resounding success nogal, that ECR Big Walk. Avid Face Book-er Deon Govender clicked pics on his Blackberry and posted them on to his FB page giving couch potatoes like Rajbansi a bird's eye view of the day's proceedings. Durban's favourite Ravi R was behind the mic on the station's dial broadcast regionally on the airwaves, globally online.

It seems that much of the overtime on construction of the walkway extending from uShaka Marine World in the Addington area down to the Blue Lagoon and off to the Moses Mabhida Stadium - home to seven FIFA 2010 World Cup matches - was not in vain.

People could not stop admiring its beauty.

One hopes the rest of the beachfront area will be ready soon too.

The more clearer the path (to Logie, not FIFA 2010, where's my tickets), the  easier it will be to find out Where in the World is Logie? (Don't forget to photograph him with yourself if you dare and upload pics on the Golden City Voice group on Face Book or e-mail goldencityvoice@gmail.com

BONELLA BURNING

A MAN burnt to death at Bonella Park on Friday, the Muslim holy day for prayer.

Not a nice weekend for his family and the community members ...  some young men, it is believed, witnessed the incident of the blazing man.

It is unclear as to whether the incident was suicide or murder-related. Family believe the man spent Friday morning looking for Thinners.

The fact that the incident happened on Friday, when the Muslim community attends compulsory prayers (in Durban the women mainly pray at home) is also painful for many in the community.

Just days before the incident a huge khatham was held at an open-air field in Bonella, close to Sherwood's 45th Cutting and the Westwood Mall.

In depressed times, who knows, and who dare judge the stresses an individual feels and goes through. Many in the medical fraternity will attest to depression being an illness.

If not treated timeously, the situation is like a timebomb waiting to explode.

The victim of this devastating tragedy is believed to be in his early 40s, of the Muslim faith and has a child in matric.

One cannot comprehend the anguish the family will suffer. Counseling is needed and we at Golden City Voice urge the greater community to look out for tell-tale signs of depression and find ways of confronting it rather than hiding and pretending that all is okay. If foul play is suspected, we urge police to bring some closure to this devastating case.

* The man, a husband, father, son, was buried according to Muslim rites on Saturday after a post mortem was held.

VOICE OUT

"THE shyte you hear ... about me might be true but then again, it could be as fake as the *itch who told you" - Guy Monday  Dansheel Moodley on FB

**COMING UP

YOUR nytINN (TV, radio, etc) and nytOUT (theatre, movies etc.) guide will be posted here midweek!!

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