Fancon 2020 planning suspended. Event decision pending in April.
**UPDATE** 16 March 2020: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions placed as a result by the South African government, UCON 2020 has been postponed indefinitely. We apologise for any inconvenience. **END OF UPDATE** UCON returns in 2020 for its sixth annual event on 21 and 22 March. As always, we will be there, along with our sister organisations ACGL and…
One of South Africa’s best-loved geek weekends out has announced that it will be taking a break in 2020. The announcement also reveals the festival is under new ownership. This sees the seven year old event returning in 2021, with a promise to ‘return to basics’. In 2019, the event joined forces with Rush, who this year moved to Rand…
The Cosplay Crown Comes to South Africa: Our Own JinxKittie Wins the Global C2E2 Crown Championships of Cosplay 2 March 2020: Comic Con Africa and KFC are thrilled to announce that our own JinxKittie Cosplay, Kelsey Atkins, the African Cosplay Champion from Comic Con Africa 2019, is bringing home the Global Championships of Cosplay Crown! In a finale in Chicago…
My Future 4.0 is coming to Cape Town and Joburg in 2020! The Digital skills and careers summit that is preparing SA’s youth for the 4th Industrial Revolution My Future 4.0, South Africa’s only next-level digital skills and career summit, will be taking place in Cape Town at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 19 to 21 March and…
PRESS RELEASE Date: 20 February 2020 [R50 000] PRIZE POOL ANNOUNCED FOR TECHFEST EXPO ESPORTS TOURNAMENTS 26 -27 June 2020, Soweto Theatre. The 4th Annual Techfest Expo, which will run on the 26th — 27th of June 2020 at Soweto Theatre, will feature (3) esports tournaments with a prize pool R50 000. The tournament prize pool will be allocated as follows; FIFA R20…
Vodacom 4U and Rush up their esports game at Rand Show 2020 The new look Rand Show 2020 has something for everyone, featuring six dedicated zones and a diverse mix of events, activities, and interactive experiences. Gamers and geeks certainly won’t be left out either, with NAG’s Festival of Gaming, #connected by Vodacom 4U, dialling it up to ultra-mode. NAG…
The Umbrella Academy’s Spaceboy, Tom Hopper, Joins the Comic Con Cape Town Guest Line Up 29 January 2020: Comic Con Cape Town today announced that Tom Hopper will be attending all three days of Comic Con Cape Town. His most recent Netflix show The Umbrella Academy has fans on tenterhooks waiting for the second season. Tom’s attendance at the Con…
Last year saw the local event scene settle a little. Fewer gaming and geek expos were hosted than previous years. Smaller events and larger events started disappearing. Cape Town took the brunt of the reduction, losing EGE and the Canal Walk Gaming Expo. Gauteng saw more added with the Sandton City Gamers Expo being the major addition, along with a…
SOWETO TECHFEST EXPO BACK AGAIN – BIGGER – FOR 2020! 26 – 27 June 2020, Soweto Theatre, Soweto. The 4th Ekasi Techfest & Gaming Expo, now simply called “Techfest Expo”, aims to meet the needs of technology and gaming enthusiasts in Soweto and the surrounding areas which are together home to several million people, most of them under 30 years…