I WILL BE YOUR VOICE

ROZANNE'S BIOGRAPHY

                                 CURRICULLUM VITAE

                                 ROZANNE VISAGIE

DATE OF BIRTH:  14 OCTOBER 1959 IN PRETORIA,SOUTH AFRICA

PRIMARY SCHOOL: GROOTE SCHUUR (CAPE TOWN) AND PRETORIA-EAST(PRETORIA)

HIGH SCHOOL:  GROOTE SCHUUR ( NEWLANDS)

PARTICIPATES ON A REGULAR BASIS, IN EISTEDDFODS, (SINGING AND POETRY) DEBATING COMPETITIONS AND  PLAYS.

INTERESTS: PLAYS THE PIANO AND GUITAR, WRITES POETRY AND COMPOSES MUSIC AND WRITES LYRICS. HAS PUBLISHED THREE BOOKS.

HORSERIDING,WATERSKIING,WINDSURFING,HIKING ON TRIALS,NATURE AND ANIMALS

1977- HEADGIRL OF GROOTE SCHUUR HIGH SCHOOL

1978- STUDENT AT SOUTH AFRICAN ARMY WOMAN’S COLLEGE AT GEORGE. COMPLETES JUNIOR LEADER’S COURSE AND RECEIVES TROPHY FOR THE MOST DILIGENT STUDENT OF THAT YEAR.

1979- VISITS ISRAEL AS A TOURIST

1980- VISITS TAIWAN AS A TOURIST AND CELEBRATES 21 ST BIRTHDAY  IN CAPITAL CITY, TAIPEI.

1979-1981- COMPLETES B.A. DEGREE IN 1981 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH WITH SOCIOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY AS MAJORS.

IN THIS PERIOD SHE ALSO COMPLETES A TRANSCRIPTION L.P. FOR THE THEN S.A.B.C. SHE ALSO APPEARS ON VARIOUS T.V. PROGRAMS SUCH AS “APPLOUS”, “ GE SING”, “PLATEPRAATJIES”,

“GOEIE MORE S.A.” AND JAMIE UYS’S “FUNNY PEOPLE 2”

1982-1986- WORKS FOR MIMOSA FILMS AS PRODUCTION CO-COORDINATOR ON A FEW DOCUMENTARIES AS WELL AS AN INTERNATIONAL FILM “ FREEDOM RUN” WHICH WAS FILMED ON THE NAMIBIAN BORDER, JOHANNESBURG AND IN THE TZANEEN AREA.

-VISITS NORTH AMERICA AS A TOURIST-

1984- WINS CRESCENDO MUSIC CONTEST’S AFRIKAANS CATEGORY WITH OWN COMPOSITION.

-VISITS EUROPE AS A TOURIST.

1985- RELEASES FIRST SEVEN SINGLE WITH NICK TAYLOR’S RECORD LABEL.

1986-1988- WRITES WEEKLY COLUMN FOR BEELD NEWSPAPER OF WHICH A SELECTION IS PUBLISHED IN HER BOOK “LIBRA.”

1988- MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR FOUR M-NET MUSIC PROGRAMMES.

1989- MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR TWO MUSIC PROGRAMMES “ SOUNDS SOUTH 1 AND 2” FOR THE THEN T.V. 4. - RELEASES HER FIRST L.P. –“ROZANNE” THROUGH SELECT MUSIC.

1990- FURTHER T.V. APPEARANCES FOLLOW E.G. “DAY OF THE COVENANT FESTIVAL, REPUBLICAN FESTIVAL CONCERTS AT THE VOORTREKKER MONUMENT AVERAGING AN AUDIENCE OF ABOUT 15000- 20000 PEOPLE, THE DIAS FESTIVAL IN MOSSELBAY, THE FRENCH HUGUENOT FESTIVAL ON THE SHIP, THE JUPITER, IN KALKBAY HARBOUR. FURTHERMORE, A PERFORMANCE ON THE CHILEAN FLAGSHIP THE “ESMERALDA” IN THE DURBAN HARBOR AS WELL AS VARIOUS PERFORMANCES FOR THE TROOPS ON THE BORDER OF ANGOLA.

1 DECEMBER 1990- MARRIES SCHALK VISAGIE

1993- MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR A GOSPEL MUSIC CONCERT AT THE BELLVILLE VELODROME.

27 JUNE 1993- GIVES BIRTH TO HER FIRST-BORN SON, SCHALK (JNR)

1995- ARTISTIC MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR “KOLLIG PRODUCTIONS “

22 DECEMBER 1995- MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR CHRISTMAS CONCERT HELD AT THE CITY HALL IN CAPE TOWN.

19 MARCH 1997- GIVES BIRTH TO SECOND CHILD, A DAUGHTER, SHANNA.

1999-2001 –PERFORMS AT VARIOUS WOMAN’S FUNCTIONS, CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS AND SINGS WITH A FRIEND IN A TWO WOMAN “CABARET-SHOW “ AT A FEW RESTAURANTS IN THE CAPE PROVINCE.

2002 –STILL PERFORMS AT VARIOUS OCCASIONS FOR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND RELEASES HER CHILDREN’S ALBUM “JESUS SE SOLDAATJIES” THROUGH SELECT MUSIC RECORD COMPANY.

2003-2004- STARTS “BLOUBERG CHRISTIAN ACTION”- AN INTERDENOMINATIONAL, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION AIMING TO IMPACT THE GREATER BLOUBERG AREA THROUGH SPREADING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AT LOCAL EVENTS HELD EVERY TERM. B.C.A. HAS HELD FIVE VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENTS IN THIS PERIOD, INCLUDING A YOUTH OUTREACH AND A FUNCTION FOR THE AGED.

DONATIONS RECEIVED AT TWO OF THE EVENTS HAVE GONE TO A “DRUG REHABILITATION CENTER” AND TO A LOCAL”COMMUNITY INTERVENTION CENTER,” DEALING WITH TRAUMA AND SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT THEIR SAFE HOUSE PROJECT FOR ABUSED WOMAN AND CHILDREN. DONATIONS WERE ALSO MADE TO THE “OPEN DOORS” ORGANIZATION FOR DISTRIBUTION OF BIBLES IN THE AREAS HIT BY THE TSUNAMI! –E.G. IN INDONESIA AND THAILAND.

2003-2004 –PERFORMS AT VARIOUS OCCASIONS AS SINGER AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER.

2005- 2007- WRITES MANY NEW SONGS AS WELL AS BIBLE MESSAGES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT THE CREATION.-“MELINO MIER SKARREL DEUR DIE SKEPPING”(THESE SHORT MESSAGES WERE TO BE PUBLISHED IN BOOK FORM) /”MELINO ANT DISCOVERS GOD’S WONDERFUL WORLD”

2007- START DEMO-RECORDINGS FOR A NEW ADULT GOSPEL C.D.

2008 –BUSY WITH RECORDINGS FOR NEW GOSPEL C.D.

2009-HER CHILDREN’S BOOK,”MELINO MIER SKARREL DEUR DIE SKEPPING” WAS PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 2009 BY KIDS XPRESS PUBLISHERS AND IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.KIDSXPRESS.ORG OR E-MAIL: INFO@KIDSXPRESS.ORG (THE BOOK HAS SINCE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AND IS CALLED "MELINO ANT DISCOVERS GOD'S WONDERFUL WORLD")

2010- RELEASES GOSPEL C.D.("BROKEN FENCE") WITH 14 TRACKS IN SEPTEMBER 2010

 2011- ROZANNE BRINGS HER TESTIMONY AND PERFORMS HER MUSIC AT MANY EVENTS AND THROUGH RADIO AND TV INTERVIEWS.

2012- ROZANNE RECORDS A NEW AFRIKAANS SINGLE (LOVE SONG) “WIE IS JY NOU?” WHICH SHE WROTE IN 2005 ALREADY.

2012-2013 ROZANNE LAUNCHES A NEW CAMPAIGN(“I WILL BE YOUR VOICE”) IN AID OF RHINO AND ENDANGERED WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. SHE ALSO RECORDS A NEW SONG AS A DUET WITH HER DAUGHTER,SHANNA(15) AND HER SON SCHALK(19) PLAYS PIANO AND GUITAR ON THE TRACK. “HEAVENLY QUARTEZ” (FOUR SINGERS FROM KHAYELITSHA) SING IN XHOSA ON THE CHORUS PARTS OF THE SONG.THE SONG IS AN ODE AND PLEA AND TO CREATE FURTHER AWARENESS FOR THE RHINO ANTI-POACHING CAUSE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA. SHE RAISES R103 000 IN AID OF RHINO CONSERVATION IN THIS PERIOD AND THE MONIES ARE DONATED TO THE CHIPEMBERE RHINO FOUNDATION,SANWILD WILDLIFE TRUST AND THE HOEDSPRUIT ENDANGERED SPECIES CENTRE.

2014 – HER ORGANISATION “I WILL BE YOUR VOICE” BECOMES INVOLVED WITH A NEW PROJECT “CAPE CRAFT CENTER” IN AID OF JOB CREATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN THE CAPE AREA AND HOPES TO EXPAND THIS PROJECT COUNTRYWIDE.

ROZANNE CONTINUES TO ORGANISE EVENTS AT SCHOOLS,ART EXHIBITIONS,CONCERTS AND AUCTIONS IN AID OF THE VARIOUS BENEFICIARIES WITH WHOM “I WILL BE YOUR VOICE” IS ASSOCIATED.

2015-2017 – ROZANNE RECORDS A FEW MORE SINGLES “JESUS, KING OF KINGS”; “LION HEART”, “HEBREW MEDLEY” AND “EMMA’S DREAM” AND RELEASES THEM ON YOUTUBE WITH MUSIC VIDEOS AND ON ITUNES.

ROZANNE AND CO-AUTHOR, JEANETTE MORTON,WRITE AND PUBLISH A FOLLOW UP CHILDREN’S BOOK “DIE AVONTURE VAN MELINO EN MELADY”  THE BOOK IS ADVERTISED ON A FACEBOOK PAGE(MELINO AND MELADY) AND CAN BE ORDERED FROM THE AUTHORS.

THE “CAPE CRAFT CENTRE” (OF WHOM ROZANNE IS THE CO-FOUNDER AND VICE CHAIRMAN)IS NOW TRAINING BETWEEN 40-50 PEOPLE IN VARIOUS ARTS AND CRAFTS AT THE LEIBRANDT VAN NIEKERK HALL IN TABLEVIEW ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. THE AIM IS TO OBTAIN A PERMANENT VENUE WHERE TRAINING CAN TAKE PLACE ON ALL WEEKDAYS AND ALSO SATURDAY MORNINGS,WITH A COFFEESHOP AND ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDEN.BOTH “I WILL BE YOUR VOICE” AND THE “CAPE CRAFT CENTRE” ARE NOW RUN AS REGISTERED NPO’S

2017-2018 - ROZANNE WAS ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE 40 DAYS OF GLOBAL WORSHIP INTIATIVE IN CAPE TOWN FROM 24 SEPTEMBER 2017- 3 NOVEMBER 2017. OVER 200 PRAYER AND WORSHIP EVENTS WERE HELD IN AND AROUND CAPE TOWN. ROZANNE ORGANIZED 9 OF THESE ON THE WESTCOAST, INCLUDING PRAYER WALKS, FLASH MOBS AND WORSHIP EVENTS.

IN MAY 2018 SHE STARTED THE REVIVAL PRAYER INITIATIVE ON THE WESTCOAST AND THE REVIVAL PRAYER WA GROUP AND FACEBOOK PAGE AND  HELPS TO ORGANIZE PRAYER GATHERINGS EVERY FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH ON VAN RIEBEECKSTRAND BEACH IN MELKBOS. ON 27 OCTOBER 2017 DURING "ITS TIME"- PRETORIA, ABOUT 250 PEOPLE GATHERED ON THE BEACH TO PRAY SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR REVIVAL FOR RSA.