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Miss South Africa 2021 Lalela Mswane hits the ground running
A radiant Lalela Mswane woke up on Sunday morning as Miss South Africa 2021 to a busy media schedule including a press conference with the two runners up of the pageant. The 24-year-old – who comes from KwaSokhulu in Richards Bay – graduated with a Bachelor of Law from the University of Pretoria. She is also a model and a dancer. She appeared at a press conference with Moratwe Masima, a qualified doctor from Midrand in Gauteng, and BCom Law degree student Zimi Mabunzi from eQonce (King William’s Town) Eastern Cape. Her first day was jam-packed with activities. The new Miss South Africa also did a photoshoot and appeared at…
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Changing eating habits for the better with KOO
There’s a new cooking show on the block and it is filled with all the nostalgic goodness of KOO products. Many of us grew up on KOO baked Beans and, who can forget, the canned fruit was part of most jelly and custard desserts in our homes. Colour Your Plate with KOO, the latest edutainment reality competition show to launch on local screens this week, aims to start a healthy eating movement amongst South Africans, encouraging them to incorporate more balanced nutrition in their daily diets, all while on the lookout for the country’s newest cooking celebrity. “Being a truly South African brand we thought to ourselves this is not…
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Preserving our last stories of culture with Castle Milk Stout
Matriarchs umama Madosini and ouma Katrina Esau are taking South Africans on a journey to preserve our dying cultures. Castle Milk Stout, the brand that has become synonymous with enhancing and sharing African culture, partnered with award-winning film director Lebogang Rasethaba to produce the short film Last Stories of Culture. The film follows umama Madosini; an internationally acclaimed award-winning musical legend who is skilled in making and playing traditional instruments such as the uhadi and mhrubhe musical bows, and ouma Katrina Esau; the last person on earth who can fluently speak the endangered N|uu language. Through its Heritage month campaign Castle Milk Stout worked with Rasethaba and his team to…
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Miss SA finalist Lalela Mswane gives back through alternative skills
Miss South Africa is a pageant that is more than just beauty, it is also about giving back and that is what finalist Lalela Mswane is doing.
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Museum spaces and the culture of music
Museums are being promoted through music and lifestyle at the Aluta Nova Festival of Museums
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A new platform for creativity and business in fashion
In the business of fashion, creativity is what will see you through. South African Fashion Week (SAFW) has always known just how to break the fashion boundaries and expand its designers through strong partnerships and networks. Their most recent partnership with the Embassy of Italy in Pretoria, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, Polimoda, Centro di Firenze per la Moda Italiana, Lineapelle, and the Italian Trade Agency (ICE), with the support of Nelson Mandela Forum Firenze has launched ‘Fashion Bridges – I Ponti della Moda’ project. This innovative, ambitious project aims at laying the foundations of a sustainable, inclusive, strategic, long-term cooperation between the Italian and South African fashion industries. The…
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Samsung aims for greater heights with the Galaxy Z Fold3 and the Galaxy Z Flip3 5G
Samsung has continued its dominance in the tech gadget space by introducing two new smartphones to the market. Their next chapter in foldable innovation includes the Galaxy Z Fold3 and the Galaxy Z Flip3 5G. Both devices are “premium foldable smartphones built with the craftsmanship and flagship innovations Samsung users have come to love and expect”. Samsung has incorporated key improvements that Samsung foldable users have asked for—making them more durable with more optimised foldable experiences. While flip phones are a blast from the past, it is looking more like they are here to stay for the future. The sleek design of the Galaxy Flip3 is rather impressive, it is…
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Celebrating women in song with Joyous
South Africa’s premier and revered Gospel Ensemble, MTN Joyous Celebration, will present a unique virtual production in honour of the phenomenal women of South Africa. Led by an all-female cast of vocalists – for women by women, this unique celebration will also feature other female guest talent including some Joyous alumni who have graced the stage in the past. In response to the new normal brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, MTN Joyous Celebration recently launched a new platform, JoyousTV (www.joyoustv.com), the home for all Joyous video content. It is through this platform that the 3-hour production – a tribute to the women of South Africa – will be streamed live…
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Thato Mosehle to stun at Miss Supranational pageant in warrior inspired national costume
THATO Mosehle is the first person under the official Miss South Africa Organisation banner to take part in the Miss Supranational pageant. Taking place on August 21, 2021, the 12th edition of the competition will take place in Nowy Sącz, Poland. Mosehle revealed her national outfit and portrait gown ahead of her departure for the international pageant. Current title holder, Miss Supranational 2019 Anntonia Porsild, from Thailand, will crown her successor. Mosehle’s national outfit is so distinctly South African, the beauty is sure to stand out. Designed by Sello Medupe, the owner of Scalo, the outfit was inspired by an African warrior princess with elements of Mosehle’s Sesotho culture and heritage incorporated. The blue…
