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Motocross: The Official King Of The Whip Highlights Video Is LIVE.

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The Official King Of The Whip Highlights Video Is LIVE

Julien Vanstippen © Eric Palmer

King of the Whip – Best Whip Contest, presented by Pringles in association with Monster Energy, Yamaha, Garmin, Motul and Estrella Cerveza, highlghts video is live. 

Watch the top Motocross and Freestyle Motocross athletes battling it out for a share of the prize purse to see who’ll be crowned King of the Whip.

Riders were judged on style, amplitude and variation. 

The event took place on 19 November at Montecasino, and the venue was sold out for the night. 

There was R100k in prizes and Belgium’s Julien Vanstippen took the lion’s share of the victories. 

Sold out venue © Eric Palmer

Here are the links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lwmag/videos/666041695103377

YouTube: https://youtu.be/87Tzq7Ye4JA

LW Mag: https://lwmag.co.za/king-of-the-whip-2022-official-highlight-video

Link to download the trailer:

https://wetransfer.com/downloads/d30eeca84ecad7cc9b91345ab685989e20221124143736/281a62

Julien Vanstippen. Photographer: © Eric Palmer

Jesse Wright © Eric Palmer

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Sophiatown: The Lost “Paris of the Transvaal”

Sophiatown’s golden age was the 1940s and 50s. It was a dense, vibrant, and often dangerous neighborhood, characterized by “backyard” rooms, shebeens (illegal speakeasies), and a sophisticated social scene. It was the birthplace of Kwaito’s ancestors and the legendary “Marabi” music—a blend of traditional African rhythms and American ragtime. The streets were home to the most iconic figures of African literature and music: Miriam Makeba found her voice here; Hugh Masekela received his first trumpet from a local priest; and the writers of Drum magazine, like Can Themba and Bloke Modisane, used the neighborhood as their muse. They dressed in Fedora hats and double-breasted suits, channeling the style of Hollywood gangsters and Harlem intellectuals, creating a world that was cosmopolitain, intellectual, and radically multi-racial.

However, the “Bohemia” of Sophiatown was an existential threat to the National Party’s vision of total racial separation. The government viewed it as a “black spot” in a white area. In 1955, the state launched Western Areas Removal Scheme. On the morning of February 9th, 2,000 heavily armed police officers moved in, forcing families into trucks at gunpoint. They were relocated to the newly established matchbox houses of the South Western Townships (Soweto), 20 kilometers away. The resistance was led by figures like Trevor Huddleston, the Anglican priest whose church, St. Joseph’s, still stands today. Despite the slogan “Ons dak nie, ons pola hier” (We are not moving, we are staying here), the bulldozers were relentless.