Flanking a beautiful stretch of the Hennops River in the indigenous Highveld bush, and located at the heart of the bustling Gauteng province, this distinctive five-star leisure retreat and conference centre offers an experience shaped by a kingdom, past and present, by royal design and elemental grace, by the symbols and smells, the colours, echoes and reflections of Morocco & North Africa.

South Africa - Gearhouse South Africa recently supplied the Kings of Leon tour. 72 Robin 600 LEDWash fixtures were purchased by Gearhouse to facilitate the growing demand for these fixtures for events such as this.

Situated on the Plumari Africa Game Reserve in the Magaliesberg, just over an hour from Johannesburg or Pretoria, Askari Game Lodge offers guests a memorable Big 5 wildlife experience within a malaria free environment.

An unscripted collaboration between various disciplines, teachers, staff members and students at the CTN branch's Training Academy this week, made even the most exhausted of the busy technical team remember exactly why they became involved in the Live events industry.

Now in their final month of the annual Technical Production Services course, the students are nearing graduation and grabbed the opportunity to execute an impromptu show at the Gearhouse premises in Parow Industria.

West coast-born Jaques Fouche is the latest addition to the Cape Town branch's Sales team, but it has been quite a journey to get to where he is now.

On completing his schooling, he moved to Cape Town and took on a position in market research whilst trying to decide what career path to embark on.

INHOUSE Venue Technical Management, one of the Gearhouse Group of companies which specialises in small to medium sized events used a combination of Audio Visual display elements for the Telkom Draw held at the Wanderers Club, JHB.

Four Gearhouse SA Riggers have undergone their final assessment for the PLASA Rigging Supervisor, Level 3, National Rigging Certificate (NRC), on the Coldplay tour at the Cape Town and Johannesburg Stadiums in South Africa.

Anthony Banks, Lodewikus Visser, Roy Wood and Kendall Dixon originally undertook their first centre based assessment at Total Solutions, one of the three PLASA NRC Centres in the UK.

One of the stalwarts of the Gearhouse driving team since 1996, Petros Radebe now "70 something" still drives for the company on a daily basis. This September, he was surprised to learn that he has outlasted the Renault Horse and Trailer that he has carefully maintained and driven since both he and the vehicle arrived at the company 15 years ago.

System Solutions, part of the Gearhouse South Africa Group of Companies, has been commissioned by ANGT (Agence Nationale Des Grands Travaux) who represent the Gabon government, to design, supply and construct large format outdoor LED screens and a control system each for the brand-new stadium in Libreville and the existing stadium in Port Gentil.

When the Royal Elephant Hotel in Centurion was called on to host an event for 200 SADC VIPs plus 1500 invited guests; they contacted temporary venue specialists Gearhouse In2Structures for assistance.

The hotel required an additional 5275m² covered space in which to host the massive event, which required conferencing space well as covered areas for exhibition purposes and a sizeable gala luncheon area.

Vernon Govender was only nine when he the notion entered his head that he could be great at fixing things - and he immediately began with a modification of his stereo to increase the output. Needless to say, this first project was not a resounding success, but despite his failure and his mum's dismay, Vernon steadfastly persevered.

Sean Rosig from Synchronised was the lighting designer for Dragonflies & Astronauts, a rock theatre production developed complete with storyline, sets and characters revolving around the greatest hits of The Parlotones. The stunning show was broadcast live from The Teatro at Montecasino in 3D. All lighting equipment, in this case a VARI*LITE rig controlled by grandMA, was proudly supplied by theatre supplier, Gearhouse Splitbeam.

Gearhouse SA and others from the Gearhouse Group pooled their services to provide the technical elements for the Cheese Kids, Mandela Day Celebration which took place at Innesfree Park on Sunday 17th July 2011 (the day before Nelson Mandela Day).

The Gearhouse Group delivered a slick technical package for Cape Town Fashion Week 2011, in keeping with the polished look of the fashion spectacular which took place between 13th and 16th July 2011 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Gearhouse SA supplied Lighting, Audio, AV, Power and Rigging and sister company Sets, Drapes, Screens (SDS) provided all set elements. The entire project was managed for Gearhouse by Theo Van As and Grant Orchard from the Cape Town branch.

Each year the South African community is called upon to donate ‘67 minutes’ of their time to a charitable gesture. Technical supplier to the Live Event industry, Gearhouse South Africa responded to the call in both Johannesburg and Cape Town.