December 13, 2016 Annalise Hodgson joins DWR SOUTH AFRICA: DWR Distribution has expanded its team with the appointment of Annalise Hodgson as Duncan Riley’s assistant. Ms Hodgson is well-known in the South African A/V market...
November 25, 2016 Proltye rigging workshop returns to South Africa SOUTH AFRICA: DWR Distribution has announced that it will be holding the Prolyte rigging and training course at both its Cape Town and Johannesburg offices in February 2017 in conj...
November 24, 2016 DWR lights symmetrical schools SOUTH AFRICA: DWR Distribution has supplied the lighting equipment for a pair of identically designed and built schools. Soshanguve Secondary School, situated about 25km north of P...
November 17, 2016 Blue Array buys Africa's first SD5 SOUTH AFRICA: Blue Array Productions has become the first company in Africa to invest in a DiGiCo SD5 console. The purchase was made through the manufacturer’s local distributor, D...
November 16, 2016 DWR Distribution brings CableJoG to South Africa SOUTH AFRICA: CableJoG’s range of cable testers is now available in South Africa via its new distributor in the region, DWR Distribution. This includes the British manufacturer’s A...
November 10, 2016 Formative’s Paramount solution SOUTH AFRICA: Stage and production design company Formative recently assisted Aidan Bennets in providing technical management services for African global defence and aerospace orga...
November 05, 2016 DWR and Black Coffee serve the Hilton Arts Festival SOUTH AFRICA: The Hilton College campus sets the stage for the Hilton Arts Festival each year. For the second year in a row, Durban-based Black Coffee served as the event’s technic...
October 30, 2016 Spiiders infiltrate Durban SOUTH AFRICA: Hirezone Audio Visual has become the first rental company in the province of KwaZulu Natal to take stock of Robe’s Spiider LEDWashBeam luminaires. The Durban-based co...
October 28, 2016 Festival Sound sees upgrade advantages SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria-based rental company, Festival Sound, has upgraded its DiGiCo consoles with the manufacturer’s Stealth Core 2 engine. The rental company states that this mov...
October 17, 2016 A Robe LED lighting workshop at the theatre SOUTH AFRICA: DWR Distribution is hosting a Robe LED Theatre Workshop in Johannesburg at the at UJ Arts Centre Theatre on 9th November. The workshop will be presented by internatio...
October 02, 2016 Innibos gets cloaked in a Robe of movement SOUTH AFRICA: Lighting designers Levan van der Merwe from EPH productions and BF Productions’ Johan Ferreira were called upon to design the lighting for the Rock and Main stages re...
September 30, 2016 TSO Productions opens for business in South Africa SOUTH AFRICA: Having gained plenty of experience and knowledge of the South African A/V market, technician and musician Kgomotso Malebye has established his own technical productio...
September 25, 2016 FNB Starlight Pop Opera lights up Chris Saunders Park SOUTH AFRICA: Each year First National Bank in South Africa hosts the Starlight Pop Opera, an event that serves to thank the bank’s top 1,500 clients with an evening of music. This...
September 17, 2016 Prime Circle and a dot2 SOUTH AFRICA: Chart-topping South African rock band Prime Circle have added a dot2 core with the dot2 F-wing modular playback expansion to their touring inventory. The band’s decis...
September 16, 2016 DWR to host October training seminars SOUTH AFRICA: DWR Distribution has added a pair of training events to its calendar as it will host an MA Lighting dot2 seminar on 19th October, followed by a DiGiCo S21...
September 12, 2016 A rock solid solution for Solid Rock SOUTH AFRICA: Solid Rock Event Technical has added to its inventory with a new ArKaos Studio Server, purchased through DWR Distribution. The Johannesburg-based A/V solutions provid...
September 06, 2016 Event Lighting launches in Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA: A collaboration between Peter Rieck of Rieck’s Lighting and Eventech’s Henry Jenkins has resulted in the opening of a new lighting rental company in Johannesburg. Eve...
September 05, 2016 DWR Distribution family gains two new additions SOUTH AFRICA: DWR Distribution has welcomed two new hires aboard in JP de Vernon and Kevin Stannett. Mr de Vernon replaces Johnny Scholtz as sales representative for Africa, handli...
September 01, 2016 ArKaos visits South Africa SOUTH AFRICA: ArKaos founder Marco Hinic and projector coordinator, technical sales Benjamin Bauwens recently visited South Africa for the first time to meet with clients in Johann...
August 30, 2016 Robe Spikies arrive in Africa NAMIBIA: Mikel-Jes, a rental company based in Windhoek, has added to its lighting inventory by investing in eight Robe Spikies. DWR Distribution, Robe’s distributor based in South...