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Miss Jo’burg South and Kids & Teens of the south fashion event Photo: Mall of the South

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 29 August 2019 – Spring clean your cupboards to make way for stylish and glamorous wear that you will find at Mall of the South’s annual fashion shows.

The annual Kids and Teens of the south fashion event is back for a third year in a row to showcase kids and teens wear. This year, Mall of the South will also be showcasing ladies wear and more at the first Miss Jo’burg South show.

Miss Jo’burg South will be taking place on Friday, the 27th of September 2019 at 7pm in the Platinum Court. There will be live entertainment by the legendary Kurt Darren, celebrity judges, including: model Anzelle von Staden, Miss India South Africa and first runner-up in Miss India World Denise Dass Bhika, model Dunay Nortje, Chief Executive Office of D’Arrigo International Franco d’Arrigo, model Jade Axon Di Axon, model Manlie Wagner sports personality Nelson Belebesi, model, emcee, presenter Jacinda Louw-Schutte, Evercomm heads of sales and marketing Samantha Naidoo, model Sweli Nompumelelo,

There are also amazing prizes for Miss Jo’burg South, including: a weekend break to Gold Reef City, a 6-month usage of a Mazda 2 1.5 Dynamic Auto in Soul Red Crystal valued at R261 300 sponsored by Mazda Johannesburg South, an international trip to Italy to partake in the 2020 Stella de Europa or 2020 Ragazza Cinema event (subject to availability) valued at R60 000 sponsored by Rajoc so much more.

Millenials between the ages of 18 and 26 can enter Miss Jo’burg South. Terms and conditions apply.

The Kids & Teens of the south fashion event will be taking place on Saturday, the 28th of September 2019 at 11am in the Platinum Court. There will be live performance by Ryan Hignett Productions Dancers, celebrity judges and fabulous prizes up for grabs, including: Gold Reef City weekend breaks for each category winner, sponsored by Gold Reef City, valued over R3000 each and more. Little girls between the ages of three and 17 are permitted to enter this event. Terms and conditions apply.

The phenomenal Gert “G” Boshoff will be the emcee at both events.

Be sure to enter now as entries, for both shows, close on Sunday, the 8th of September 2019.

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Did you know this about Johannesburg? Johannesburg is more than 130 years old: The city was founded on the 4th of October 1886. It’s one of the youngest world cities though.

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From Sophiatown to Triomf

By 1963, Sophiatown had been physically razed to the ground. In a final act of psychological warfare, the government built a white working-class suburb over the rubble and named it Triumph (Triomf). They wanted to erase the very memory of Sophiatown from the landscape. For decades, the name Sophiatown disappeared from maps, replaced by the neat, sterile streets of the victors.

The “resurrection” of Sophiatown began officially in 2006, when the City of Johannesburg formally restored the original name to the suburb. Today, the neighborhood is a quiet, leafy residential area, but the ghosts of the “Paris of the Transvaal” are everywhere. The Sophiatown Heritage Centre, housed in the former home of Dr. A.B. Xuma (a former ANC president), is one of the few original buildings that escaped the bulldozers. Walking through the streets today, you can still find small markers of the past: a lone Victorian pillar, a specific tree mentioned in a poem, or the rebuilt St. Joseph’s Church.

The legacy of Sophiatown is not just one of tragedy, but of an indestructible cultural spirit. The music, the slang (Tsotsitaal), and the “Drum” era aesthetic continue to influence South African fashion and film today. It serves as a reminder that while you can bulldoze a house and rename a street, you cannot kill the soul of a place that once danced to the sound of a thousand saxophones.