Yaya Mavundla

“The Excelsior Lusso woman is a sophisticated lady, who is in her late twenties to fifties” -  Promise Mngomezulu; co-founder of Excelsior Lusso .   INTRODUCING EXCELSIOR LUSSO Excelsior Lusso is a African luxury design house based in Johannesburg. Born out of rich history, an intense passion and a brilliant team, Excelsior-Lusso has established a premium fashion design house dedicated to delivering beautifully crafted pieces. We are dedicated to adding value through design, not taking away from it. Through our craft, we tell stories, and allow clients the freedom to feel like their true selves. Our pieces encompass the individuality, luxury and personality of the modern African. We support fair trade, sustainable practices by sourcing locally manufactured and sourced materials. All of our bespoke garments are handmade with love by our in-house seamstresses.  EXCELSIOR LUSSO LUHAMBO SPRING/SUMMER 2022 COLLECTION Excelsior Lusso recently launched its Spring/ Summer 2022 re...

  Award-winning actor Lawrence Maleka to host new season of Big Brother Mzansi Known for his charisma and impressive acting chops, the versatile and multitalented Lawrence Maleka will be adding another prestigious gig to his profile – as the presenter of the new season of  Big Brother Mzansi season 3 .  Big Brother Mzansi  will premiere  on Sunday 23 January 2022  live on DStv Channel 161 Mzansi Magic. Beloved by many for his portrayal of Zolani on the hit 1Magic telenovela  The River ,  the SAFTA winner is also a celebrated TV presenter and host, having previously hosted Africa Magic Entertainment’s  StarGist , Mzansi Magic’s  Clash of the Choirs  and co-hosted the 2021 South African Music Awards, among others. “I’m excited to be part of this installment of  Big Brother Mzansi . The franchise has become a massive phenomenon in African as well as South African pop culture, and I’m happy to join in the fun as a presenter. The fa...

Three months since the unveiling of The Official South African Charts (TOSAC), the second phase of the rollout sees the launch of the Radio Charts.   In September TOSAC under the auspices of the Recording Industry of SA (RiSA) launched the local and international Streaming Singles Charts aggregated by BMAT music technology company, from three digital streaming platforms of Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer. As TOSAC continues to grow, the focus is now on the Radio Charts as an additional leg of the charts.   Information for the Radio Charts is aggregated from the Radio Monitor service and is exclusively based on spins across all South African community, commercial, regional, national and public broadcaster radio stations to determine how the chart stacks up. Jarrod Assenheim, Radiomonitor South Africa said: “We are very excited to be the official radio airplay data provider to The Official SA Music Charts. Radiomonitor is the industry standard airplay monitoring service used by ...

TikTok star Linda Majola made his acting debut in last week’s batch of episodes for  The Wife , helping the first Showmax Original telenovela trend at #1 on Twitter for the second Thursday in a row (admittedly, Hlomu losing her virginity to Mqhele may have also had something to do with that).   Showmax caught up with the rising star from Durban to find out more about being part of the fan-favourite adaptation of Dudu Busani-Dube’s bestseller  Hlomu the Wife , Showmax’s most watched launch ever.    Tell us more about Linda Majola uLinda Majola is from Durban, Ethekwini, from a little community called Bonela. I studied catering management, so for the past year, I've been running my food business. When lockdown began, I started creating content on TikTok, which started going viral. And then I started sharing it also on Instagram, which a lot of people appreciated. That was when people started seeing that I had a talent of being an actor and a talent to communicate ...

  Pictured from left: Oscar Fakude, Bobo Ndima, Lesego Mokoena (who picked up the award for her husband Thapelo Mokoena), Mbulelo Mbiphi, Njabulo Buthelezi, Teboho Cady Tsotetsi, Teddy Nkonde, DJ LeSoul, Justice Mukheli, Thabo Makhafola. Credit: Themba Mbuyisa Rich Mnisi, Caddy Tsotetsi and Thapelo Mokoena and 9 other stylish individuals named GQ Best Dressed  Hosted in partnership with Mall of Africa, Lexus South Africa and Scottish Leader on Saturday the 16th, JoBurg's high end Mall & one of SA's largest shopping Mall, Mall of Africa was flooded with stylish people to witness the crowning of the much anticipated GQ Best Dressed Awards. The Awards which didn't happen in 2020 due to Covid19 pandemic returned to the social calendar in style and saw some of our favorites being honored for their personal style.  Dressed by Hugo Boss, Molife Kumona who was appointed Editor-in-Chief in 2020 when presenting the top 12 winners said: “Tonight’s winners not only exemplify and...

CASTLE MILK STOUT AND DIRECTOR LEBOGANG RASETHABA PARTNER TO TELL THE LAST STORIES OF CULTURE Castle Milk Stout has partnered with award-winning film director, Lebogang Rasethaba to produce a short film titled Last Stories of Culture . The short film follows the stories of matriarchs umama Madosini, an acclaimed and award-winning musical legend and ouma Katrina Esau, the last person in the world  who can fluently speak the endangered N|uu language.   With several African practices and traditions slowly facing extinction due to the lack of preservation, Castle Milk Stout through its Heritage Month campaign, tipped the highly sought-after director to document the journeys and rich heritages of two of South Africa’s last cultural doyens of Koi-San and amaXhosa linguistic and musical institutions. The short film will be available to the public on various Facebook pages, Instagram, YouTube and on www.castlemilkstout.co.za , illuminating the role that some South Africans are playing...

  Yaya Mavundla  She is one of SA's most admired women voted by the public.  Becoming's Reality TV Star Yaya Mavundla crowned Sowetan's Woman's Club Trendsetter.  Sowetan Women’s Club and Toi Moi celebrated 40 fabulous years of female strength, resilience and beauty hosted by Bunny Mojaja. The event took place at an intimate setting celebrating SA’s most-admired women who were honoured in three categories; Arts & Culture, Beauty & Fashion and Media & Entertainment. Mavundla was honoured under the Arts & Culture trendsetter which saw her scoop the price with over 80% votes by the public compared to the other nominees.  Looking radiant and fashion forward draped in an Imprint original, Mavundla captured many hearts in the audience with her acceptance speech where she spoke about her upbringing and her journey to becoming her true self.  "To me this is still a culture shock, I grew up in a space where we didn't have television, I didn't know ne...

The Braai Show and Cassper Nyovest join forces to raise money for young cystic fibrosis sufferer The Braai Show – which is airing every Wednesday at 18h00 on SABC 1 until November 10 – has joined forces with host Cassper Nyovest to raise funds for the Save Nompilo campaign.   Nyovest himself has donated R150 000 while The Braai Show executive producer Cake Media has made a R100 000 contribution to the drive and has also created a SMS line where people can donate R10 by sending an SMS to the number 38058. Five lucky people, who contribute via the SMS line, will win a braai with Nyovest.   Earlier this year, the rapper took to social media to urge the public to donate money to an account started in Nompilo Dlamini’s name. She is a 26-year-old nursery school teacher from Swaziland who suffers from cystic fibrosis. Dlamini is hoping to get a lifesaving transplant in India but, unfortunately, she does not have the money to fund the operation. She needs R2-million, not ...

This Heritage Month, explore South Africa's rich stories on Showmax, from Flatland to United Apart SA - Lockdown Remembered Berlin Panorama opening film Flatland; SAFTA Best Soap nominee Arendsvlei; and C ovid -19 lockdown doc United Apart SA FLATLAND | Stream now   Flatland opened the 2019 Berlin Panorama, selling out all its screenings, and has a 91% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes , with Variety calling the South African film “an exhilarating fusion of contemporary western and girls-gone-wild road movie” and praising “the film’s sensational trio of female leads”: Faith Baloyi ( Blood Psalms ), Nicole Fortuin ( Indemnity )  and Izel Bezuidenhout ( Dis Ek, Anna ).     When her disastrous wedding night ends in a murder, Natalie (Fortuin) flees across the desolate Karoo on horseback with her heavily pregnant best friend Poppie (Bezuidenhout). Hot on their trail is Captain Beauty Cuba (Baloyi), a lonely policewoman intent on proving the innocence of her long-l...