06 February 2008   Deadlines, Deadlines… With the entire project taking a mere three months, timing was extremely tight, with no room for error – and no vague possibilities of ever clocking out at 5pm! Due to the complexity of the project and the high level of integration of lighting

03 November 2007 Download PDF Silver celebration     Striking Silver was the theme for TWP Consulting’s unforgettable 25th Anniversary held on the 3rd November at the Sandton Convention Centre. The celebration for this mining and mineral projects company included performances by Johnny Clegg, Mango Groove and Dr Victor and

26 October 2007   When other boys his age were catching frogs or riding their chopper bicycles on a bright sunny day, the then ten year old Denis Hutchinson, known as “Hutch” and arguably one of South Africa’s finest LDs, was lighting his first show. He admits that it was

12 October 2007     With 15 000 attendees per day, preacher and best selling author, Joyce Meyer along with British rock group Delirious? created a stir in South Africa on the 12th and 13th October at a conference held at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg. “The atmosphere was

20 August 2007 Time spent with grandMA By the end of August, MA Lighting had shipped well over 800 grandMA consoles alone for 2007. No need to explain that DWR Distribution is “small fry” compared to other distributors in the world, yet, when Michael Althaus, MD and René Berhorst, Technical

Like proud soldiers, a line up of 12 Robe 250 fixtures and six MAC 250+s stood on guard at a red carpet occasion, where 12 new housemates, from 12 different countries in Africa, said goodbye to their loved ones and hello to a 98 day television reality experience where USD

If all dogs were to go to heaven, then guide dogs would be the gatekeepers. These are the saints of the canine world, a breed who literally walk the extra mile and who have become rays of light to many living in the dark. Edith Venter, from Edith Venter Promotions,

Local is mos lekker! If you’re in your car in peak time traffic and happen to look up into the rear view mirror only to see a fellow driver with tears rolling down his face, it’s very likely that his listening to a joke or prank by the breakfast team

Dance floor’s Picasso As Robe works its magic, the Carlton Hotel in down-town Johannesburg is reinvented into something beyond her former days of glory. For a few hours every week this deserted building with her broken chandeliers is brought back to life as she is painted in light and danced

When rental company MGG wanted something fresh to offer their client, gear to compliment their lighting and AV equipment, they looked no further than the Robe StageQube 324 LED Video Wall. Being the first in South Africa to take possession of these units, owner Mark Gaylard has been impressed by

In a short period of 12 months, it has been an honour for DWR Distribution to receive the Best Debuting Distributor Award 2006 announced at the recently held Robe International Distributors Conference.   A year ago, we would not have believed this would happen as we started off working from

PowerBall, the lottery game which is already a hit in the UK, Australia, Greece, US and New Zealand, recently saw its first South African live draw. The show, produced for SABC at the Red Pepper Studios, had lighting designed by MJ Event Gear and innovatively made use of Arclink 3