EXPRESSO SAMSUNG PREEKEND SPECIAL COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Important clauses which may limit our responsibility, place an obligation on you to indemnify us, involve an acknowledgment of any fact or involve some risk for you will be in bold and italics. You must pay special attention to these clauses.

1. Introduction

1.1 The Expresso X Samsung Preekend Special Competition (Competition) will be run by Cardova Trading (Pty) Ltd (Organiser) in association with Samsung.
1.2 Each person entering the Competition (entrants/you/your) and/or accepting a Prize in terms of this Competition agrees and accepts that the Competition rules as set out in these terms and conditions are binding on him/her.

2. Competition Period

2.1 There will be multiple entry competition periods:
2.1.1 Entry period 1: will open at 06:30 on Monday, 19 May 2025 and will close at 10am on Monday, 19 May 2025
2.1.2 Entry period 2: will open at 06:30 on Tuesday, 20 May 2025 and will close at 10am on Tuesday, 20 May 2025 
2.1.3 Entry period 3: will open at 06:30 on Wednesday, 21 May 2025 and will close at 10am on Wednesday, 21 May 2025 (Competition Period) 
2.2 The Organiser reserve the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to extend, shorten, suspend any or all of the Competition Periods or to terminate the Competition for technical, commercial, and/or operational reasons, or for reasons beyond its control.

3. Who can enter

3.1 In order to be eligible to enter the Competition:
3.1.1. you must be a legal, permanent resident of the Republic of South Africa;
3.1.2. you must be at least 18 (eighteen) years of age or older;
3.1.3. you must be a natural person.
3.2. Notwithstanding clause 3.1, you are not eligible to enter this Competition if:
3.2.1. you are a director, member, partner, employee, agent or consultant of the Organiser and of Samsung, or any other person who directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by the Organiser and of Samsung;
3.2.2. you are an immediate family member of any of the persons specified in clause 3.2.1; or
3.2.3. you are a supplier of goods or services in connection with the Competition.

4. How to Enter

4.1. We will include 1 (one) Competition post on Expresso’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/expressoshow.sabc3), Expresso’s X page (x.com/expressoshow), and the Expresso Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/expressoshow) (Competition Posts)
4.2. To enter, you must comply with all the following requirements:
4.2.1. Reply to the Competition Post during the Competition Period, by answering the question: To enter, tag the friend you want to attend the Preekend Special livestream with and tell us which Samsung product you’ll be hoping to get your hands on using #PreekendSpecial 
4.2.2. Include #PreekendSpecial on your reply; and
4.2.3. If you enter on X (Twitter) you must also retweet the Competition Post for each entry you submit.
4.2.3 If you enter on Facebook and/or Instagram share the post to your story.
4.3. Once you meet the requirements set out in clause 3 above and this clause 4, you will automatically be entered into the Competition.
4.4. You may enter as many times as you like on each platform (provided each entry is unique ie. Not the same answer).
4.5. No automated entries will be allowed. Entries must be made manually.
4.6. If your entry is submitted in a manner that in the sole discretion of the Organiser will provide you with an unfair advantage over other entrants, you will be disqualified from the Competition.
4.7. You are required to attend to the cost for your entry, including standard internet costs.

5. How the winners are determined

5.1.1. A random draw will be conducted by the Organiser through an automated system to determine the entry platform (Facebook, Twitter or Instagram) from which the finalist will be drawn; 
5.1.2 Cardova will notify the finalists by messaging them directly on either Facebook, Instagram or Twitter (i.e. the platform from which the winning entry was received) within 1 (one) hours from determination of the Winner to request further contact details, a copy of the Winner’s Identification Document (ID) (as required in accordance with Regulation 11 (6) (o) of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008) and any further information that may be required to validate the Winner’s entry. If the Winner does not reply to our message and provide the requested information within 2 (two hours) hours from our message being sent, or if we determine in our sole discretion that the Winner was not eligible to enter and or win a prize in the Competition in accordance with these terms and conditions, the Winner will forfeit the prize and have no claim against us and we shall be entitled to select a different winner at our discretion.
5.1.3. The Winner may be announced on the Expresso television programme and digital platforms operated by the Organisers.

6. The Prizes

6.1 Ten (10) winners will each receive 1 (one) Samsung Online voucher to spend on the SamsungApp during the Samsung Live Preekend Special Event on Thursday, 22 May worth R1 500 (Prize).
6.2. The Prize excludes flights, transport and accommodation and all items not mentioned in clause 6.1
6.3. We will contact the Winner to receive all necessary information to deliver the prize, which may include (without limitation) the following: Full name, Address, email address and cellphone number. The Prize shall be delivered to the Winner virtually within one business day from determining the winners.
6.4. The Prize, or any part thereof, may not be exchanged for cash, nor any other item. Prizes are not transferable.

7. General

7.1 You may only win one Prize for this Competition. For the avoidance of any doubt, if a person is determined a Winner for one Entry Period, that person will not be eligible to win Prize for any of the subsequent Entry Periods for this Competition.
7.2 Any reference to the Organiser includes the directors, members, partners, agents or consultants of the Organiser, where the context allows for it.
7.3 We reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions should it be deemed necessary in our sole and unfettered discretion.
7.4 The Organiser’ decision regarding any matter concerning the Competition and/or arising out of these terms and conditions, including the determination of the Winner, is final and no correspondence will be entered into except where otherwise provided for in the Consumer Protection Act, 68 of 2008.
7.5 Where relevant, if a Winner does not accept the Prize as required herein, if an entry is not valid for whatever reason, if a Winner has breached these terms and conditions, if a Winner renounces the Prize or we deem such Winner to have renounced the Prize, we reserve the right to declare the Prize forfeited and/or to choose a new Winner.
7.6 Nothing in these terms and conditions is intended to, or must be understood to, unlawfully restrict, limit or avoid any rights or obligations, as the case may be, created for either the entrants or the Organiser in terms of the Consumer Protection Act, 68 of 2008.
7.7 By entering this Competition, the entrant consents to the collection, processing of his or her personal information such as name, contact details, ID, address and email address by us for the purposes of conducting this Competition and facilitating the entrant’s participation in the Competition. Except where prohibited by law or where objected to by the individual at any time, the Winner grants permission for us and those acting under our authority to use his or her name, and or photographs for purposes of announcing the Winner, in any form of media and without additional compensation, notification or permission. A Winner may at any time decline an invitation use, or object to the use of, his/her image in marketing material. The entrants’ Personal Information will be processed in accordance with the Samsung  Data Privacy Policy 
7.8 By posting any content, images, or comments on any of the Organiser and Samsungs  public and/or social media platform or by sending any such content to the Organiser and Samsung, an entrant consents to and gives the Organiser and Samsung world-wide royalty free licence to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish such content, images or comments for the purposes of promoting the Organiser and Samsung’s products and/or services.
7.9 By entering the Competition, the entrant unconditionally and irrevocably indemnifies and holds harmless the Organiser and Samsung, as well as its holding company, its subsidiaries and any subsidiaries of its holding company, and their successors and assigns, directors, employees, agents or consultants against all and any losses, claims, proceeding, actions, damages (direct, consequential or otherwise), liability, demands, expenses, legal costs (on an attorney and own client basis), injuries howsoever arising out of, based upon, or in connection with (directly or indirectly) the entrant’s participation in the Competition and or the use of the Prize. By accepting the Prize, the Winner accepts the Prize at his/her own risk.
7.10 The Organiser and Samsung and its service providers, are not responsible for:
7.10.1 incorrect and inaccurate transcription of entry information;
7.10.2 technical malfunction;
7.10.3 inappropriate images and comments posted by the entrant or by the public;
7.10.4 lost or delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, line failure or malfunction of any telephone network or computer equipment or software; and/or
7.10.5 the inability to access any website or online services or any other error.
7.11 If required by the Minister of Trade and Industry, the National Consumer Commission or for whatever other reason, we will have the right to modify or terminate this Competition with immediate effect and without notice of such modification or termination. In such event, all entrants hereby waive any rights, which they may have against us and hereby acknowledge that they will have no recourse or claim of any nature whatsoever against us.
7.12 The Competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by Facebook, Instagram or Twitter and any correspondence related to the Competition should be directed at us and not Facebook, Instagram and or Twitter.
7.13 We may require the Entrant to:
7.13.1 to provide his/her name, proof of address, identity number and cell number to enable us to verify the entry;
7.13.2 Where the entry includes the submission of any work eligible for copyright in terms of the Copyright Act No. 98 of 1978, conclude an agreement of assignment whereby any rights which the entrant may have in respect of such works are transferred to us.
7.14 We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant suspected of fraud or cheating including without limitation, through the manipulation of code or otherwise falsifying data.
7.15 We reserve the right to remove / delete any entries which are in our sole and unfettered discretion deemed to be obscene and or offensive.
7.16 For more information, or a copy of these Terms and Conditions, please visit Expressoshow.com. Any Competition related queries may be emailed to competitions@cardova.tv from Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm.