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Gauteng residents and visitors are in for a treat this week when Africa Day celebrations kick off in Johannesburg’s Maboneng Precinct.

Although traditionally fêted on 25 May, this year’s Africa Day merriments will run from 19 to 26 May in Main Street and include music events, dance performances, drumming ensembles, art and craft exhibitions and food fairs.

If you’re at Indaba 2012, make sure you visit Stand D2 E15, the Sowetoo spaza shop. Filled with products from an innovative travel and tourism collaboration, the stand is proving a real hit with visitors.

Jazz originated about a century ago as a uniquely Afro-American form of expression, but it is such a popular and versatile genre that it has taken over the world.

South African jazz emerged largely out of Gauteng, with the likes of Jonas Gwangwa, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Letta Mbula and Caiphas Semenya considered international icons synonymous with the jazz style.

Dance, music, theatre, film and literature – the fifth annual Wits Arts and Literature Experience (WALE) brings shining stars together in a four-day celebration of creativity and drama.

Taking place at various Wits venues around Johannesburg from 9 to 12 May, WALE 2012 presents a packed programme of events under the theme 90 years of creativity.

For many of us, a beer is a beer is a beer – something that goes hand-in-hand with watching our favourite sports team in action, a regular feature alongside the braai, or a staple supplement to that tasty pizza. But take a tour of the SAB World of Beer, and you might look at your next ale, stout or lager in a different light.