Jabu Khanyile

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Thandiswa Mazwai

Kaya FM ready to rock Newtown KAYA FM is celebrating its eighth birthday and move to the "Heart and Soul of Jozi" with a daylong concert. August 18, 2005 By Lucky Sindane TRAFFIC is sure to be thick this Sunday in the inner city when thousands of AbomKaya carrying their braai stands, camping chairs and picnic baskets head to Jozi's cultural hub - Newtown - for a fun-filled day of entertainment. Kaya FM, "The Heart and Soul of Jozi", will be celebrating its eighth birthday with a jazz concert on 21 August at Newtown Park. The park is between Bassline and Shivava Café. The radio station will also be celebrating its recent move to Number 1 Central Place, in Newtown, after spending the past seven years in Rosebank, in Jozi's northern suburbs. AbomKaya will be thumping to the rhythm of Thandiswa Mazwai's Zabalaza and other great performances from Sylvester Mazinyane, Mahotella Queens, Caiphus Semenya, Thlokwe Sehume, Oliver Mtukutzi, Jabu Khanyile, Selaelo Selota and many more. Charlene Deacon, the managing director of Kaya FM, says, "I'm privileged and extremely excited to host such an event in the heart and soul of Jozi - the place where Kaya FM belongs. I cannot wait to bond with our listeners on a more personalised level." A birthday celebration as big as the one the station was hosting was long awaited and staff were really looking forward to it, she said. "Because our listeners contributed to making us who and what we are, we will be running an exciting competition for them - a car or two or three will be given away," said Khethiwe Kubeka, the station's marketing manager. "Our aim is to say thank you to our listeners for their support and loyalty over the past eight years. "We have now set a new trend and there will surely be many more that will follow in our footsteps." Celebrations will start at 10am, and finish at 11pm. No bottles or glasses will be allowed into the venue. Tickets are available at Computicket for R75 for VIP Mkaya club members and R150 for others. Listeners are invited to join the club for free by visiting the Kaya FM website. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za