Yaya Mavundla

Press release by BASA Business and Arts South Africa NPC (BASA) is repositioning its current programmes to respond proactively to the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. “The current situation has amplified the necessity for refining how we execute our strategy," says Boitumelo 'Tumy' Motsoatsoe, BASA's Head of Programmes. "The pandemic has plunged the whole world into crisis, compelling both individuals and organisations to increase their agility and to speed up responsiveness. BASA believes this kind of dexterity and design thinking can both be applied to and support the creation of meaningful employment opportunities for youth, as well as contributing to essential skills development to the creative sector. “If there is anything that this pandemic has highlighted, it is the growing inequality in [a] country that sees the underprivileged being further marginalised and excluded. Our aim with all our programmes is to ensure that we make our processes and in...

Noble Jay Collaborates With Beast & Gigi  Lamayne Noble Jay is a recording artist, songwriter, performer, and CEO of  No Be Lie ENTERTAINMENT . Born in the state of Anambra in Nigeria , Noble Jay made his artistic debut in South Africa shortly after immigrating to the country. He first began making a name for himself in the Durban Hip-Hop scene but soon crossed over into genres such as Afro-Beat, Dance-Hall as well as Gqom, collaborating with the likes of Moonchild Sanelly , Tipcee , Zakwe , and DJ Bongz among others. Although he is mainly recognized as a rapper, Noble Jay is also heavily involved in the songwriting and production processes of his music. Real name Austine Jekwu Okonkwo , born 14 July 1990, Noble Jay has announced the release date of the single ‘We on’ featuring hip hop heads Gigi Lamayne and Beast. The single is due to be released on 1 May 2020 across digital platforms. “The coming new single is your own opportunity to challenge the st...

Celebrity go-to makeup artist, Sir John and Miss Universe, Zozibini Tunzi are coming back to South Africa in September.  Reigning Miss Universe, Zozibini Tunzi, who has partnered with Woolworths’ W Beauty, which features a range of foundation shades and a colour palette to match various skin tones is coming to South Africa with Sir John for  W Beauty Experience with Sir John. If you were not able to see Zozibini Tunzi during her homecoming tour in February, you might get a second chance very soon, all you have to do is purchase a ticket to the  W Beauty Experience with Sir John taking place at  The Park, Level 7, Hyde Park Corner Shopping Centre, Sandton The most talked about beauty queen, who is currently living in New York, USA for the duration of her Miss Universe reign, soon after she returned to the US after her homecoming shared a video on Instagram letting fans know that she will be in SA again in April as part of a campaign with Woolworths and...

Ntozabantu VI, Parktown, 2016 Article by  Yaya Mavundla  |  Images  by Zanele Muholi/ STEVENSON Zanele Muholi  awarded Stiftung Niedersachsen’s SPECTRUM - An International Prize for Photography in 2021 Prof. Sir  Zanele Muholi  who is one of the most acclaimed photographers working today, having their work exhibited all over the world with a current major exhibition at  Tate Modern  in London, United Kingdom and have had many major awards under their name such as  Lucie Award for Humanitarian Photography (2019); Rees Visionary Award by Amref Health Africa (2019); a fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society, UK (2018); France’s Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2017); the Mbokodo Award in the category of Visual Arts (2017) and Prince Claus Award (2013) to just name a few  has been awarded Stiftung Niedersachsen’s SPECTRUM - An International Prize for Photography in 2021. Furtherm...

Proposal in Paris, red bottoms for the couples & guests, 15 people gathered to make the cake, i mported flowers, smoking sushi, & Bahumi walking Somizi down the aisle for #Somhale T here is no doubt that Somizi and his husband Mohale are one of South Africa's favourite couple. Recently tied a knot at an exclusive union in Johannesburg the couple have become a trending topic since their wedding. Now that the wedding has been aired on Showmax for the fans to witness who could not attend the wedding, it has been officially certified the wedding of the century indeed. The couple first got engaged in Paris which was followed by a traditional wedding last year and finally this year saw the couple stage the most beautiful white wedding that was attended by the who's who of South Africa dressed in all white with a theme that required every guest to be dressed like they were attending their own wedding. A-list celebrities that attended their wedding were Thando Thabethe...

Actress speaks on what being on SABC3's canned soapie Isidingo and many other things.   This evening working actress and singer  Simphiwe Ngema  who played Phindile on Isidingo opened up about being part of the SABC 3 production. During a live Instagram interview with online editor of  GLOMOR ,  Molife Kumona , the actress told Kumona that she will definitely miss the show and she further went on to reveal that out of all productions that she ever worked on, Isidingo was one production that was very professional to work on. "Everything with isidingo was very professional and on time, we had enough time to prepare ourselves," said the actress. Where she also revealed that in some productions she would get confirmation of her call sheet a day before and it is something she never experience on the recently canned soapie. "Also, the whole team was very supportive to one another, they made everything easy," she said. She mentioned one incident where she had ...