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When she joined the Big Brother house, she already had one foot in the entertainment industry as a content creator on TikTok and Instagram.
Her dancing and presenting videos had been going viral for some time.
Thato Mokoena (28) left her comfortable job to pursue a career in entertainment. When the opportunity to be on Big Brother came, she was already serving her 30-day notice at an accounting firm and jumped at the chance to compete for R2 million.
South African actress Linda Mtoba is on a mission to bag as many campaigns as possible.
In December last year, she was announced as the face of Bernini, and now she has bagged another deal with a beauty brand.
In the past few months, South Africans have been anticipating the music industry will make a slow comeback with many artists constantly releasing music after Covid-19 hit the industry.
More albums are being released, more collaborations are being formed and people are going out to live shows often compared to when the restrictions were at their height.
Fans and industry pals including Boity Thulo, Thapelo Mokoena, Legend Manqele are all celebrating Katlego Maboe's return to the limelight.
Maboe, who was silenced in 2020, is finding his feet again.
In his latest Instagram post, the media personality and musician revealed his latest venture, podcasting, with The Wellness Plug, he also tagged The Wife actor Linda Majola and wellness specialist Dr Tshidi Gule.
As Bombay Sapphire moves closer to its goal of becoming the first major gin brand to be made with 100% sustainably sourced botanicals, master mixologist Leighton Rathbone has been selected as the first South African Bombay Sapphire sustainability ambassador.
Fans wanting to feel like a star for a night can shack up at these pads owned by celebrities.
The hotels are seeing bookings rocket as followers flock to stay.
West Ham star Jarrod Bowen had a chip on his shoulder about his pace – so he headed to a potato field to work on it.
The Hammers frontman, tipped to make England's 2022 World Cup squad, rocked up at his uncle's farm last summer in a bid to boost his fitness.
If you need your phone charged in a hurry and forgot to plug it in, here's a tip.
Put your phone on airplane mode while it's charging, it will take half the time to charge the battery!
Media personality Somizi Mhlongo says if Zola 7 wants help, he must "lay the foundation" for this by implementing certain changes in his life.
Taking to Instagram over the weekend, Somizi shared nuggets of wisdom with Zola 7, encouraging him to dust himself off and start again.
TV personality and celebrity chef Lorna Maseko is returning to the small screen.
It has been a while since fans have seen her. She was on the celebrity edition of M-Net's MasterChef SA, she hosted Top Chef SA and then bagged her own cooking show, The Hostess with Lorna Maseko, on SABC3.
Social scientists — and women themselves — have long known that working mothers face a myriad of disadvantages in their careers even in non-pandemic times.
Now, they're finding out that their single, analytically-minded counterparts are more likely to be considered unfit for leadership positions at their jobs than male or female married co-workers or single men.
At 91, Warren Buffett is back among the top five richest people in the world, Bloomberg reports.
Tech stocks have dropped, hitting the wealth of Silicon Valley executives. Buffett is now in fifth place on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after his fortune grew 7.2% this year to $116.7-billion.
Are you tired of taking pills when you are ill? Well, scientists seem to have found a new way to help you get better.
Meditating can fight off cancer and viruses like Covid-19, say researchers.
But you need to do it for 10 hours a day for more than a week to get the maximum benefit.
An inspired reunion or an act of desperation? That was the debate in Italy at the end of January, as Mario Balotelli returned to the Azzurri set-up for a training camp ahead of March's crucial World Cup play-offs.
It is the latest chapter in the striker's tempestuous relationship with manager Roberto Mancini, who has acted as a father figure on some occasions and a despairing disciplinarian at others.
Many influencers make money by serving as brand ambassadors. Instead of simply promoting a brand through a single sponsored post, the influencer will regularly discuss the products and services offered by the company in order to generate overall brand awareness.
Locally, companies that have enlisted the services incluide Bomaid, Engen, First National Bank and ABSA, among a list of many other corporate companies, as well as smaller companies that look for social mileage and impact by associating with popular and recognisable faces.
Every year designers from all over the world get to showcase their collections in one of the four big shows – in New York, London, Milan and Paris.
On-air personality, actress and model Minenhle "Minnie" Dlamini and designer Jessica Molebatsi were part of Paris Fashion Week.
Romelu Lukaku is one of the world's best- known strikers – he's also an unlikely expert on sausages.
The Chelsea man teamed up with Beyond Meat to promote their vegan offering, and it turns out he had quite the knowledge on the subject.
Gomora's Thathi (Katlego Danke) and Phumlani (Buyile Mdladla) have depicted how it's absolutely acceptable to rock coal-hued attire at a wedding.
Viewers of the Mzansi Magic telenovela have been kept on the edge of their seats with all the wedding drama that has unfolded in the last few days.
Jack Fletcher is one of 16 nominees to. have been shortlisted for the 2022 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation (APEI).
APEI is Africa's biggest prize dedicated to engineering innovation. Fletcher is also the co-founder, director and chief technology officer of Hydrogen Energy Applications (HYENA), a University of Cape Town (UCT) spinoff company.
A tale of persistence and immense belief in her capabilities has seen Khensani Mokhare thrive in her career.
The multi-talented star expressed delight as she gears up to represent South Africa at the International Models and Talent convention in New York City in July.
Who runs the world? Girls! Well, that's how the songs goes. However, all over the globe, women are still fighting for gender equality.
Impressing guests with great wine is not always easy. It is even harder if you are young and only just starting to take fermented grapes seriously. Fortunately, help is at hand.
Mean Defence
No team conceded fewer goals than West Ham in this season's Europa League group stage! The Hammers only let in three goals in six matches and kept a clean sheet in four of those games. Making themselves hard to beat is gonna be key as they progress through the knockout rounds!
The Africa Energy Indaba (AEI) started on Monday at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
Speakers and luminaries from the energy sector gathered for the threeday event to discuss, debate and seek solutions to enable adequate energy generation.
TikTok has begun letting users upload videos as long as 10 minutes, ramping up the young platform's challenge to veteran titan YouTube.
TikTok, owned by ByteDance in China, launched with a one-minute limit on uploaded videos, but bumped the cap to three minutes last year.
Fashion month is in full swing, and the buzz around it is high as designers and models prepare to exhibit their outfits on the global stages.
Media personality Minnie Dlamini is among those delighted to be part of the prestigious Paris Fashion Week, where she will be walking in designer Jessica Molebatsi garments for JessicaJane's French-Xhosa-inspired range.
The duo say the collaboration is also about women supporting women on their journeys while making South Africans proud and making dreams come true.
After one of the most dramatic weeks so far on this season's Big Brother Mzansi, Yoli, Norman and Vyno became the latest housemates to be evicted from Biggie's house. This was the first triple eviction.
Speaking to host Lawrence Maleka, Yolanda Glover, aka Yoli, said she wasn't surprised. "I expected it. The competition I was up against was tight."
Advocacy and thought leadership head has passion for his mission.
Monde Ndlovu is the Black Management Forum's (BMF) head of advocacy and thought leadership. He's also the second generation of his family to join the organisation that was not constructed around a cause as much as it was built on the premise of equality, empowerment and developing black leaders.
And it's easy to see why he landed the job.
