10/05/2024
Sanibonani
I been thinking long and hard since year started , should I come back full force on this App what must I share
I don’t know how I’m perceived in the LGBTI Circles or Community
In the beginning Yol called me a Player when I wasnt just coz of the name Siyacharmer which was accidental coz I wanted a cool AKA at time coz in 2008/9 You couldn’t just be Siyabonga Hlengiwe Ntuli
You had to have a Nickname just like I had a nickname when playing soccer
Then I was in the raider of the Community as a photographer , atleast that yol got that right coz in the Era of Open closet Dulcy & team started a movement that will change our lives a young Quuer folks , OC was our space a Talent factory if you wanted to call it that
Your Favourite Dj’s that are headliners now started their Careers there , I tried to start a Movement coz I believe in collaboration, partnership and putting each other on
Help me help you help us kind of thing
Even how I got to do an Event it’s because I wanted to watch 2014 Worldcup Opening coz I think majority of you didn’t know I AM A FILMMAKER & BROADCAST JOURNALIST By Education but from 2008 I was hired as a Sports Videographer for Vision View Production a company that’s contracted to Supersport and that shooting Olympics sports Entertainment twas my “9-5” JOB & CAREER
So me genuinely wanting to be fully part of a community my colleague said to me instead of just watching Opening Worldcup why don’t I turn it into event , they said they will be the headliners and that’s how I got into Events space by accident
However I was intentional about starting a movement and that’s how STB ( Siya , Tanzy & BA) Zai Maya later was on board and that’s happen but we hadn’t registered anything at time
So after hosting people at Setebe in Diepkloof where I included my Fav Dj’s Puggy , SMALLZ , biskit in the line up with my brothers and Scotch Flavio( RIP- Lenyora) it was a success that eventually birthed GHETTOSNOBZ
We threw some of the best parties for community between 2015-2019 December was GHETTOSNOBZ
Other events companies started emerging on the corridors too many to mention and it was good coz the more the merrier the one that stood out to me was Tshepi Tshepiso events coz she brought in a new dimension and different approach
When Covid happened we as GHETTOSNOBZ tried to keep up with ever changing landscape of events space but unfortunate circumstances in 2021 we had to individually focus on Careers - I had a Full time career in sports Biskit was is still a DJ and what yol don’t know is I went to Tertiary with Lerato Damelin Allenby campus’ in Bramley
O2 Focus on his Turn up rebels
What Yol don’t know aswel is that LesG the dJ was part of Ghettosnobz along with Bonolo
In 2022 I pulled away from this platform and focused purely on Instagram , manier times I wanted to delete the app but I have always seen Facebook as family .. You can’t “live without family “
As I try to figure myself now where do I fit in or what must I use the platform as … Tshepi was like just come back especially coz you have other side hustles that your into and will help the community, my favourite is The Qnetworq (previously called QWB+A) a NPO I Co Founded in 2018 with friends Buyelwa in CapeTown and Kemo in San Francisco USA
We hosted Summits in Capetown as start to test waters coz I stayed in CPT in 2013 , Buyelwa is born bread in CPT, Kemo went to high school in CpT
I used my Skills as a already established photographer & videographer to help market the organisation after Capetown
In 2018 hosted a business summit at BMW in Newtown 300 people in attendance
The organisation is about helping Q***r entrepreneurs
We got traction and we hosted another summit in 2019 at Uber office in Sandton I brought in Sade from Yo TV who now stays in London UK to come MC at QWB+A and we brought in and shined a spotlight on so many of Our favourite Q***rs … Again 2020 happened to All of us and the Organisation took a knock , I was affected financially as I couldn’t sustain or pour into it coz My Career was threatened as a Olympic Sports broadcaster thingz changed in that industry but my business partners especially Kemo held the fort and in 2022 , We rebranded the name from QWB+A to The Qnetworq because Kemo was is based in USA and there is a need to have someone on the ground who the 🌈LGBTQI community recognise.. I had to make a comeback to Facebook and announce my return if we should call it that … I have since Turned GHETTOSNOBZ into Clothing brand
I started a Travel Agency THEE PASSPORT GANG but this post is really to say … Family I’m going to use this platform to put myself on and put everyone on coz Umuntu ngumuntu Ngabantu… Help me Help you help us
Tshepi Thank you for bringing me back in style … I’m proud to share the stage / platform and giving The Qnetworq space to shine ….
I hope to see most you 2moro at Conhill
My session is from 2-5pm so if your entrepreneur or want to start a business
Pull up and talk to me face to face
but I can’t wait to also party with everyone later might pull a Cinderella 12 Midnight I leave but frok 12 Noon to 12 Midnight I will be Daaar
Thank you for coming to longest post Ted talk from the horse mouth so whatever rumours or stories you had about me … 90% of them it’s all lies , unless it’s 10yrs ago 🙈🙈 I was only a BadBoy in 2014 and I had my reasons 🤣 I survived a suicidal attempt so I needed to live my best life , come on I’m not a perfect human being, I don’t even want to be, perfect is boring , I’m flawed we all are but what matters is we account to our mistakes and we move on., whoever I hurt when I was on my worst behaviour/ yolo year in 2014 I’m sorry .., whoever I hurt when I lost my brother in 2017 I’m sorry it wasn’t my intention to do so ….
