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Fizzo on the rise!

Farai "Fizzo" Walter Dutuma is a 17 year old Hip Hop musician born on the 23rd of August in Zambia. He moved to South Africa in 2001 and currently lives In the Central Business District side of Pretoria and is inspired by the love of music. The long nights of nothing but improving his lyrical content, the hard work and experience of entertaining has paid off.

He is a solo artist managed by a movement called "Capcity's Finest Entertainment".It's an independent group that promotes entertainment as a whole.

 He's currently working on building his image with the help of his fan-base and the movement he is currently working with. He's aim is to make music not to impress, show off or buy fame. But to entertain people and earn respect by producing the kind of music they want to hear." Fizzo" is blessed with a gift to make people laugh ,encourage people and motivate them in what they wish to pursue. So people find it easy to always relate. He is able to make music that can fit all kinds of life situations and to top it all off,  he is currently working on a mixtape titled "Heard About Me" in aims to prove that music is more than just words to a beat but something more meaningful every time its played on repeat.

Fizzo's dedication to making music is like a wake up pill that forces him to stay awake until he has accomplished he's daily goals. He spends his weekends traveling around Pretoria in search of local events where he can be given the opportunity to perform. He Dreams Big every time he goes to sleep, then wakes up to go achieve his dreams. He has performed at a couple of events around Pretoria and feels he should exceed to other territories in search of competition and other musicians he may find interest in working with. He's determination in succeeding managed to get him featured in a music video by TeeTy, an artist working under the international clothing brand "BambataSA" and aims to go even "further than a full stop at the end of a book",he quotes.

"Success is like a drug my hard work really needs"

-Tag "Fizzo" Raggazo

Proper Attire Kid!

Amazingness of Fashion

Am I alone on this or is this guy just swagging huh? Style on 'em!

Nerd Republic

Making nerds more fashionable!

Nerd republic was created for styling nerds, restoring their place in the “fore­­­front” of society. The delusional perception is that nerds care less about fashion and NR was made to change exactly that and re­introduce nerds as rather more “cooler”, merging brains with a fashion sense.

Nerds exist in different realities environmentally and circumstantially yet nerds maintain their nerdy personality, nerds always are notable by their obscure fascination of what’s often viewed as “weird” or unusual. We don’t nationalize who we are but we exist on common grounds with society, within society.

-GEORGE KHAHLOBE, FOUNDER

The aim is for nerds to keep identity and not “fit in” while they exploit and innovate their existence by setting trends.

This is a different (but similar) approach taken other than any other previous brand, On a broader scale, rather than nationalizing the nerds, they present a platform for people to inquire the nerdy­ness within themselves. That way, they’re playing around with the masses tendencies of trying to “fit in” rather than the nerds adapting a “fitting in” tendency. This is a revolution rather than an attempt of recognition.

The original Logotype of the republic was created by Cordel Ringani.

The nerds movement into self expression without perception boundaries, in a fashion sense is bigger than a cult or fellowship.

GALXBOY

GALXBOY Streetwear

22 year old student and designer Thatiso “Vuittots” Dube has been causing ripples in the South African youth fashion and streetwear industry with his label GALXBOY, pronounced “Galaxy Boy” or “Girll ex Boy”.

GALXBOY has come a long way since its establishment in 2008. Inspired by the success of the popular South African streetwear brand AmaKipKip, Vuittots started a t-shirt brand called “Cheeseboy”.

However, Vuitotts decided not to give up on his passion, and soon he re-launched his label with the revised name “CheeseGalxBoy”, which later evolved to “GALXBOY”, a name that Vuittots feels appeals to a broader market across borders and age groups.

Vuittots describes his street wear brand as an embodiment of “what girls do because of boys and what boys do because of girls” and designs his clothing to suit men and women of all ages and races who are not afraid to be fashionably eclectic and experimental.

Bambata SA

Bambata Clothing - Petrol or Milk?

Bambata is an apparel and luxury accessories brand, born and bred in South Africa. Its an African name meaning stomp, tread heavily and noisily, typical to show eagerness and aggression.

Bambata was to appeal to the risk takers and the rule breakers, the trend setters and the leaders of tomorrow, and for those who work hard and play even harder. They put the same passion into their products that you put into your craft.

Butan

Butan Wear SA

B-U-T-A-N is simply a re-arrangement of letters of the word B-A-N-T-U.

The brand name pays homage to our roots and heritage while the re-arrangement of the letters signifies a changed, entirely new mind set and outlook on life in contemporary South Africa.

It is this fusion between cultural heritage and the present day experience that creates the unique look and feel of the brand.

Why 1981:

Most of our garments make reference to the year 1981. Contrary to popular belief 1981 is not the year the brand was established but actually the year the founder of Butan was born.

Brand Philosophy:

Butan Wear is deeply entrenched in the urban lifestyle and vibrant underground culture of South Africa’s streets. Key to the brand’s identity is the inventive approach to fashion, which produces highly concept driven designs that epitomize our cosmopolitan roots.

Butan is more than just a clothing label, it’s an integral part of street culture.

It strives to spread relevant messages and open avenues for alternative perception of our world through innovative design.

The brand represents the rich tapestry of the African continent, paying tribute to its influence on contemporary African youth. Every garment is the manifestation of the ideas and aspirations of our generation, our infinite potential and our heritage.

Brand History:

Butan has been commercially available since early 2006 but has its humble beginnings in 2001 when Julian, the founder of the brand, printed 20 tees for his school mates with a simple design he had sketched in his black book.

Julian went on to study engineering, but uninspired by the engineering field and fuelled by the passion for design and street wear, he decided to start his own street wear brand after finishing his degree.

With only R2000 to play with the brand was carefully built by putting every cent back into the business. Every aspect of the business is self taught and it’s been a journey full of obstacles and surprises.”The cheapest learning you will ever do is in school’.