Events
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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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Three reigning queens together in a world first
Miss South Africa is set to make history when the reigning title holders of Miss World, Miss Universe and Miss Supranational attend the dazzling pageant finale on Saturday. Miss World Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica will join Miss Supranational Chanique Rabe of Namibia and Miss Universe Andrea Meza of Mexico when Miss South Africa 2021 is crowned at the Grand Arena, GrandWest in Cape Town. Thanks to overwhelming public demand a further 200 tickets for people wanting to watch the pageant live have been made available. Before Singh was crowned Miss World, she was a student pursuing bachelor’s a degree in women’s studies in Florida in the US with aspirations to one day become a medical doctor. She talks about Miss World: “When they say beauty pageant, we’re talking about Beauty with a Purpose. They’re…
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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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Preserving our last stories of culture with Castle Milk Stout
Castle Milk Stout is sharing South African cultures through the documentary Last Stories of Culture
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Believe in South Africa, the Nation Brand Forum returns
The Minister in the Presidency and Brand South Africa are to host the fifth instalment of the annual Nation Brand Forum, which will bring together a wide range of stakeholders to chart the way forward to realise the goals of the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP), with the objective to revive and revitalise the South African economy post the COVID-19 pandemic. The forum, to be hosted under the theme ‘Believe in South Africa: Reflect, Rebuild, and Reassure’ will be held on the Tuesday, 28 September 2021 as a hybrid event with speakers and limited audience at the Sandton Convention Center in compliance with Covid-19 guidelines and streamed live globally.…
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Anele Mdoda and Nico Panagio to host Miss South Africa 2021 pageant finale
Two of South Africa’s best-loved television personalities – Anele Mdoda and Nico Panagio – will be co-hosting this year’s dazzling Miss South Africa pageant. Miss South Africa 2021 will be crowned on Saturday, October 16, at the Grand Arena, GrandWest in Cape Town. The event will be screened live from 17h00 on M-Net (DStv Channel 101) and Mzansi Magic (DStv Channel 161) and will also be streamed for an international audience on MissSA.live. Mdoda has been associated with Miss South Africa since 2013 as a judge but this is her first time hosting the pageant. It’s the second time around for Panagio who recently completed fronting the latest series of…
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A taste of music for all
BLK JKS will perform at the Fete de la Musique concert at the weekend
