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Salon - To Entertain and Instruct

Thu May 25, 19:00 - Thu May 25, 21:00

Namaskar Wellness Hub

ABOUT

If you're looking for a place where you get to hang out with the curious, intellectuals, philosophers and seekers just like you, then consider joining Jacques de Villiers and Hamilton Wende at the next Salon.


Our goal is to amuse one another and increase our knowledge through conversation. It's going to be an intimate (only 50 people can attend). Be sure to be one of them.


The Format


  1. A discourse by Jacques de Villiers (15 minutes).
  2. Dinner (buffet).
  3. An enticing story, Frontline Afghanistan, told by world-renown author and television producer, Hamilton Wende (45 minutes).
  4. Q&A. Conversation. Networking.


Venue


Namaskar Wellness Hub

The Embassy, 50 Mulbarton Road, Beverley (Lonehill), Sandton

Thursday, 25 May 2023

19h00 - 21h00

R200 per person. Dinner included. Drinks for own account


Frontline Afghanistan


In 2012 Hamilton Wende was part of a National Geographic team in Afghanistan, on a mission deep into the desert, heading into the front lines with a company of US Marines.


“It’s going to be a physical, mental and spiritual odyssey,” the captain said.


They were ambushed at least three times a day by the Taliban as they struggled through some of the toughest terrain in the world.


He came to experience the deepest fear he has ever known, in a place where there was no way out.


This is a story of taking one step after another, of discovering the courage to go on no matter where you find yourself.


Winner of the 2022 National Press Club's Journalist of the Year: Print/Online Features/ Investigative Journalism award.


Check out Hamilton's PechaKucha presentation about his journey partway in Alexander The Great's footsteps.





Who Is Hamilton? https://www.hamiltonwende.com/

Hamilton Wende is a freelance writer and television producer based in Johannesburg.


His articles have appeared in many international and South African newspapers, magazines and websites, including BBC, National Geographic Traveler, GQ, Maclean’s Magazine in Canada, TravelAfrica in the UK, The New Zealand Herald, The Buffalo News in the US, The Sunday Times, Business Day, The Sunday Independent in Johannesburg and many others.


In television he has worked for a number of international networks including National Geographic, CNN, BBC, NBC, Al Jazeera English, ZDF, ARD and a number of others. He has covered fifteen different wars in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The countries he has worked in include Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Rwanda, Congo, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Angola, Sudan, Eritrea, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan.


Journey Into Darkness, a documentary on the genocide in Rwanda he worked on for the BBC with producer David Harrison and correspondent Fergal Keane won the 1994 Royal Television Society’s International Current Affairs Award. A Life Less Fortunate, a film on children in South African prisons he worked on with Belinda Hawkins of SBS won the 1999 United Nations Association of Australia Media Award.


He has written ten books: His latest thriller, Red Air, reflects his experiences with the US Marines in Afghanistan. Red Air will be for sale at the Salon.



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Salon - To Entertain and Instruct
Namaskar Wellness Hub
50 Mulbarton Rd, Beverley AH, Sandton, 2191
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