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As the countdown begins to one of this country’s most iconic events, the organisers have announced the introduction of an immersive ‘Gaming Entertainment Pavilion’ at the 2019 Rand Show.  The Gaming Entertainment Pavilion  hosted alongside numerous new lifestyle, retail and entertainment offerings, promises a massively fun family day – or days – out.   Photo: The Lime Envelope  The additions to this year’s 125 th  Anniversary event have been designed to appeal to a generation of visitors that may never have experienced the show in all its glory. “The Rand Show is the oldest Heritage event in this country, but many young South Africans  may not have experienced it. We have purposely re-injected on trend content into the experience, to appeal to a wider range of visitors. Gaming is an extremely important part of youth and even family culture now, it is a growing sector and we wanted to make sure that everyone attending would enjoy Joburg’s...

Initially this post was supposed to be released in January, but life happened, I was swamped, I took a step back but I felt that it was still important to address this topic. There is a growing discontent worldwide, a growing number of women are speaking out about men in powerful positions who abuse it, whether in the workplace or out of it. Despite movements such as TimesUp, MeToo, women's voices have continued to be ignored, however there is growing evidence that those times are slowing changing. Recently in the western world, we have seen major male figures in Hollywood and other industries,  such as Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Louis C.K and recently musician Robert Kelly, known as R Kelly, taking the latest hit. Surviving R Kelly. Just last week, a lawyer for the accusers obtained a recent video of him with an underaged girl. The docu-series was the biggest topic of conversation on social media for weeks. The doc-series focused on sexual predatory behavior...