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A young woman from Zimbabwe says
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for her but after only a few weeks of the
NEWS prophets prayers the growth s mply dis
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Another woman tells of finding a great

DAKAR
job as the CEO of a company, despite
having no previous experience running

We l l d o n e t o
a business To prove her story, her letter
of appointment is shown on a screen in

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LEFT Cont
C troversial church lleader
d Shepherd
h dB Bushiri
h hadh coong egants eat ng out of his hand at
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Mary were arrested charges of fraud and the auditorium. Curiously, it has no let-
money laundering but released on ba l ABOVE RIGHT The couple are being represented by terhead

BACK BEHIND
Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial advocate Barry Roux In a sim lar testament, a young woman

TEAM
says shed applied for a job at a top med-

IN THE DARK
The theme of his Sunday sermon is the Hawks and his arrest was an act of ical laboratory and was given a scientist’s

Mzansi’s Dakar THE PULPIT

quantum events a concept which xenophob a job despite having no experience.

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seems rather too abstract for most of A man from Limpopo shares the
his followers but t is interspersed with CCOUNTS of miraculous moving story of how he visited the pro-
Our racing duo had to drrop
p out of the rallyy due Shameer Variawa and Zaheer Bodhanya
h
prayers and songs of praise and worship
Another recurring theme is Bushiri s
deeds abound as the mara
thon service which runs for
phet while out on bail on armed robbery
charges
are the first team of colour from Mzansi to
to car problems – but they’re gearing up for the compete in the gruell ng Dakar Rally which se f proclaimed and presumably d vine about 10 hours wears on When he went back to court the mag

next one! BY THOLAKELE MNGANGA

took place in Peru last month DRUM’s Kaizer Ngwenya attends Shepherd Bushiri’s first sermon invinc bil ty which is shared as a mantra The faithful take turns istrate told him What do you want

team, Shameer Loadshedding is no longer a myth but

I am who I am and nobody is going to making their way to the here? You are free to go
T MAY be one of the world s most rely on satellite navigation to guide we took a chance and I m glad we did after the pastor’s recent brush with the law – and it’s business as usual destroy me to which his fo lowers re
spond with thunderous applause and
stage to share how the power of Bushiris
prayers have transformed their lives
And then filled with the power of
the prophet and all his marvels the
gruelling races – dusty dirty danger you he says You have to know where because we learnt a lot shout Amen Amen tell them you are There is testimony to medical m racles crowd turns to leave the church until
ous and exhausting but for one other competitors are and what they re I always had a f ve year plan when it T S a little after seven on a Sunday Those not making the r way inside lean sermon a counsellor tells us Or if the Major 1 job miracles and even magisterial mira next Sunday when they wi l do it all over
guy taking part in the Dakar Rally it doing as it can affect your race came to Dakar and as the years go by I morning in Pretoria West and the on lampposts and gawk at the volume and I am not saying t will happen again I am who I am I am not the past I am cles all attributed to Bushiris interven again
was a lifelong dream come true. Sadly the SA team didnt make it all the hope to learn a lot more and hopefully roads near the Tshwane Events Cen of the crowd which seems to swell by there is another stampede and people not the present I am not the future but tion with the Almighty

Variawa and Za- fact, reality and truth! Any problem, big
Shameer Variawa (43) and his way to the finish: driving a loca ly man finish in the top 20 Variawa says tre are nearly gridlocked with cars the second are killed or njured I am who I am and nobody is going to
teammate and navigator Zaheer ufactured and specially modified Nissan His Nissan Navara T1 was custom bu lt and buses By 8am the centre is jam packed but The indemnity form states a s ck per destroy me because I am who I am BRUSHES WITH THE LAW
Bodhanya stormed their way into Navara T1, they were forced to drop out by Terence Marsh of Red-Lined Moto, The streets are throng ng with more people are squeezing their way n son comes to the church at their own Bushiri declares Shephe dBushiri(35)andhiswife Mary(34) Last August the Authority found the firm
the international off-road race and are on the eighth day with design input thousands of people making their some of them pushing the sick and phys risk and mustn t hold the prophet re Despite the negative reports about we ereleasedonba lofR100000eachon6 claimed to be an exchange when it was not
the first team of colour from Mzansi to
take part in the gruelling desert contest
when their vehicle’s
suspension was
‘I’m very proud that from Variawa.
The Navara’s stan-
way to the headquarters of the En ically challenged in wheelcha rs or car spons ble if they aren t healed or if they him Bushiri says he still has many fol February fivedaysafterbe ngarrestedon l censed to operate as one
lightened Christian Gathering (ECG) rying them on their backs die lowers and fr ends who believe in h m chargesoffraud moneylaunder ngand At least six congregants have claimed hey
held this year in Peru, South America. damaged. we did it’ dard diesel engine Church where they will hang on every The congregants have come from After a three hour wait theres a roar One of those friends is Black First Land contraven ngthePrevent onofO ganisedCrime were duped nto investing in a scam by senior

heer Bodhanya or small, always seems to start with bad

The rally, which organisers bill as the “I’m afraid to say was replaced with a word of the man who ca ls himself the across the country and as far away as from the congregation as the pastor and F rst leader Andile Mngxitama who is Act Theyl beback ncourton10May Thecouple members of the Enlightened Chr stian Ga he
most extreme of racing events, is so that Dakar 2019 eventually got the VK50 V8 engine, along with many other prophet Zimbabwe Botswana Mozambique and his w fe finally arr ve in the aud torium in church today and who Bush ri intro arerepresentedbytopdefenceadvocateBarry ring Chu ch They were asked to invest a m ni

T
tough it’s often compared to scaling better of us,” Variawa says. “But I’m very modifications to enable it to meet Dakar Shepherd Bush ri and his wife Mary are Malawi Bushiri s home country to at duces to the congregation Roux whorepresentedOscarPistor us mum of R5 000 n a scheme operated by Palam
Mount Everest. Drivers covered a dis- proud that we did it.” standards and withstand the tough de- making their first public appearance since tend today s serv ce AKING the pulpit Bushiri After Bushiri was released on bail The F nancial Sector Conduct Author ty fined bano Investments The money was to be

R
tance of 5 000km over 10 days in the sert terrain. “We’ve produced just under their arrests on fraud and money laun Its estimated around 2 500 people at compares himself to Jesus Mngxitama announced President Bush ri Investments R50 000 for contravening invested in Zamb a “ n gold m nerals” and inves
10-stage race, which took place from ACING is in Variawa’s blood. 20 cars that have taken part in the Dakar dering charges involving some R15 mil tend the weekly sermons in Pretoria Christ tell ng his followers Cyr l Ramaphosa ought to apolog se to he F nancial Markets Act by i lega ly trad ng in tors were promised a payout in January wh ch
6-17 January. His dad, Abdul Haned Vari- and this one is special to us – this is his- lion, but the court West and the ECG that like him the son of God the pastor Mngxitama claimed the fore gn currency never mater alised Pol ce are nvestigating

( D a k a r d re a m communication. As I write this, I’m

Bodhanya, who has multiple off-road awa, was a champion racer toric,” says Terence, referring to the fact case has done little to Church claims to was also persecuted arrested self-anointed prophet was targeted by
racing awards, including top spot at the in the ’70s and ’80s and the that Variawa and Bodhanya are the first deter the faithful If ‘Nobody is going have 700 000 mem and crucified
SA Motorsport Championship, says
competing in the Dakar was completely
Dakar has always been the SA team of colour to race the Dakar.
big shiny race of his dreams. Variawa, who has competed in SA,
anything it seems
to have drawn even
to destroy me’ bers in South Africa
The ill and disa
He quotes Revelation 11 8 saying and
their dead bodies shall lie n the street of
LEFT The Maserati
worth about R2 m l
different to any other race he’s done. He’ll be back for it, he says. In fact, he Mexico and the USA, started racing at more worshippers to bled are escorted to the great c ty which spiritually is called lion Bushi i gave his
daughter Israella on
In off-road racing, he explains, teams had only intended to compete in the the age of 19. He didn’t have sponsors the mornings serv ce a specially demarcated area on the lower Sodom and Egypt where also our Lord her sixth b rthday in
usually map their own route before start- 2020 race. “We were planning to take for most of his racing career and had to Theres a slow shoulder to shoulder level of the auditorium where ushers was crucified December 2017

t eam , 14 Feb- hoping Eskom will stop disappointing

ing. “But with the Dakar, you have to part in the competition next year but cover all costs until he started winning shuffle to get nside the Events Centre hand them indemnity forms to sign He tells his thousands of devotees to RIGHT The prop
races and a sponsorship from Total auditor um and from a distance the A church counsellor tells us the forms read the Book of Revelation very carefully het’s Shepherd
“made things a lot easier”. masses look like ants were introduced after three women Many of you think that Jesus was per Bushiri Investment
Variawa runs a manufacturing busi- Up close though the crowd is brim died in a stampede at the church on secuted arrested and cruc fied in Israel company claims to
ness and juggling his racing with work ming with energy It feels as though there 28 December But Revelation 11 8 tells us that he was have stakes in an
is some kind of mass hysteria in the air, “This is just a way for the prophet to crucified in Sodom and Egypt. Think airline, a hotel,
hasn’t always been easy. But support mining and other
from family and friends has made it the kind that makes excitement bubble cover his back and not open himself to carefully. It means Jesus can be crucified projects. FAR RIGHT:

ruary)! South Africans with its ongoing

possible, he says. beneath the skin and sends vibrations all litigation if a sick person or physically anywhere. I am being crucified here in Wife Mary enjoying
His passion for the sport has rubbed the way to your bones. challenged person drops dead during a South Africa.” the high life.
off on his sons Saood (13) and Sa-aad 14 |
(10) who compete locally and interna-
tiona ly in go kart racing I m proud of
what them and I hope they find lots of
success in the r careers Variawa says.

They may not power outages.

And if Variawa sticks to h s five-year
plan he might even be doing a Dakar
with his eldest son n the not too-distant
future
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have completed Electricity is a necessity everywhere, SO-CALLED PROPHETS

the toughest off-road race in the world from cities to the deep rural areas where First it was the state capture hearings,
but they’re nonetheless champions in there’s plenty of firewood. The worst now the trial of charismatic and con-
my book. To have come as far as they did thing about relying on electricity is that troversial pastor Shepherd Bushiri has
in the race is a massive accomplishment, in our modern world there is no replace- captured our imagination (Back behind
but more so for first-time participants. ment for it. the pulpit, 21 February). Bushiri and his
I look forward to them taking part in Residents understand that power cuts wife were arrested on charges of fraud
next year’s rally and hopefully showing may sometimes happen, but it’s very and money laundering but his sup-
the world they’ve got what it takes to win! frustrating when the utility becomes porters still worship the ground he
ARTHUR MBOMBO, SANDTON infamous for not being able to tell people walks on. He’s like a demigod to them.
when the electricity will be back on. The arrest has attracted the attention
PROTEST PEACEFULLY MIYELANI HLUNGWANI, MUKHOMI VILLAGE of the nation and the media but citizens
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comes to furthering their studies, but I dangerous driving methods targeting prey on their ignorant congregations for
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‘THEY SAID
I WAS CRUEL’
Actress Moshidi
Motshegwa opens
up about behind-
the-scenes drama
on The River that led
to her abrupt exit
BY THOLAKELE MNGANGA

A
VICIOUSrivalry,abrutal
firing, accusations of
b ehind-th e-sc en e s
b a c k st a b b i n g a n d
inappropriate sexual
relationships . . .
The secrets and scan-
dals emerging from
the set of one of South Africa’s most pop-
ular telenovelas is worthy of an award –
but this drama is very much real.
At the heart of it all is a veteran actress
and an “Instagram influencer” new to
the industry. And if the older star is to be
believed, it’s because of the younger one
that she’s been pushed out.
But insiders say that’s not the full
picture – the woman who has played
Malefu Mokoena in 1Magic’s The River
this past year could be entirely to blame
for the situation she now finds herself in.
“She’s difficult and rude,” one says bluntly.
Yet this is not how Moshidi Motshegwa
(42) sees it and the actress hasn’t been
shy to share her thoughts on being fired
from The River.
She had a difficult relationship with
younger co-star Larona Moagi (22) and
executive producer Gwydion Beynon,
Moshidi tells DRUM.
“It was a relationship breakdown. I
had gone to meetings with him about
scripts and Gwydion told me to stop
being cruel [to Larona].”
Moshidi doesn’t mince words when it
comes to the actress who plays her
daughter. “It was very difficult to work
with Larona,” she says.
She felt Larona wasn’t experienced
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 LEFT: Moshidi as Malefu in The River. The
actress and executive producer Gwydion
Beynon (BELOW) reportedly butted heads.

The environment made her feel like

she was in kindergarten. “It was some-
one saying, ‘I feel’, ‘I thought, I heard’.”
She scoffs at the idea of competing with
a younger woman. Larona can’t be con-
sidered on her level, she says. “Why would
I compete with a child who’s starting her
n I have had 25 years to build
name, to be who I am?”

S
arona Moagi plays Moshidi’s
een daughter Itumeleng on O FAR Larona
ver. The Instagram influencer has kept mum
r big TV break when she about the alle-
the role in 2017. gations. Al l
queries related
at was around Octo- to th e sa ga
producers. “We can’t cast people from ber last year, and after have been referred to
Instagram, give them a huge role and being “reprimanded” by ‘I’ve never been M-Net by her and The
not give them support.” production over her rela- in that kind of River’s producers.
Moshidi’s treatment of Larona was a tionship with Larona, “As channel 1Magic we
huge issue, says one insider who works Moshidi called to say she situation’ are fully supportive of The
on The River’s set. “We all saw how she wouldn’t be returning to River,” says Philly Kubheka,
treated her and it was bad. She never the show. “I told them they could find head of PR and publicity for M-Net’s local
liked her from the beginning and there someone else since I was being cruel to entertainment channels. “We entrust
was even a time Larona’s parents wanted young actresses.” the writers and producers of each show
to come on set to confront her.” She says she went back to work after to give the best content and their dis-
And it wasn’t only Larona, who plays receiving an apology from the producers. cretion on storylines and characters is
Itumeleng, on the receiving end of But it wasn’t long before the relationship always well-informed.”
Moshidi’s criticism. with Larona broke down completely, Moshidi believes she wouldn’t have
Producers and scriptwriters found it Moshidi alleges. been written out of the show if not for
difficult to work with her as “she kept The first sign of trouble was when her the conflict with Larona. But her only
changing the story and the script”, the younger co-star stopped greeting her, issue with her on-screen daughter was
insider continues. she says. Moshidi spoke to producers to her acting skills, she insists.
Nothing was ever good enough for address the matter and recommended All she asked was that Larona be given
Moshidi, they say. “She has been a very Larona hire an acting coach. training. “I even said at the meeting [with
problematic person to work with, which The situation felt like it was about a producers] that Larona is struggling.
is why the production decided to give young girl being pitted against an older She’s struggling because she’s not an
her a break with the intention to bring actress. “I even asked Gwydion at the actress and has been given a huge role
her back. meeting, ‘Are you sleeping with Larona?’ to play. This is a craft. It’s a skill.”
“She would tell writers they were because he referred to her as ‘the child’ Moshidi has nothing but praise for
bad and literally shout at Larona that – ‘Don’t be cruel to the child’.” her other co-stars and says she had a
she can’t act.” To ease the tension on set the veteran great time on set.
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Moshidi admits she wasn’t afraid to actress says she requested a meeting “I worked with the best young actors
speak up if she didn’t agree with the with Larona to deal with any issues be- that I could have gotten,” she says about
script. “I always challenge directors. tween them. “I wanted her to explain her other on-screen children played by
I phoned Gwydion and told him, ‘This what I had done.” Matshepo Sekgopi and Presley Chwe-
doesn’t make sense’. At the meeting Larona said she “felt neyagae.
“I completely and totally invested in like I spoke about her”, Moshidi says. “I had a wonderful year with the actors
this character. I didn’t short-change her.” “It was an assumption. There was no I worked with.”

I
evidence that she could give that said, The way she was fired was unkind, she
N A case of life imitating art, Malefu ‘I heard you say my name in such and says. “It took away the humanity. I experi-
was having problems with adopted such a discussion’.” enced power and what power can do.”
daughter Itumeleng. On the show The encounter left a bad taste in her She’s going to take a break from the
their familial bond comes to an end mouth because “in 25 years of being in fickle entertainment world, she says.
when Itumeleng disowns her mother. this business I have never fought with “I don’t have plans at the moment.
Now it’s clear their relationship an actress”. I’m letting God be. I don’t plan – I wait
was fractured on- and off-screen. “I’ve never been in that kind of situa- for things to come.”
According to Moshidi, Larona told tion. If she was saying I was being diffi- With Malufe not being killed off, would
producers she was finding it tough to cult, she should have said I came to she return if asked?
work with the former Rhythm City work drunk or I didn’t know my lines, but “I don’t know. Only God knows how
actress. “She argued I was being cruel.” none of the above was quoted.” to answer that question.”
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 THE DARK TRUTH
It might seem like all doom and gloom at Eskom right now,
but experts reckon there is light at the end of the tunnel for the
embattled power utility – if the right moves are made BY GABISILE NGCOBO
T WAS – quite literally – one of the on Monday 11 February came as a deep dle Eskom (see “The Unbundling Plan”).
darkest weeks in recent memory shock,” Yelland says. But Eskom has denied this. “Load
and it took everyone by surprise. Eskom said the trouble was caused by shedding was because of plant break-
Even the president. their seven power units unexpectedly downs, not sabotage,” spokesperson
Not even in 2008, when rolling “tripping out” – but Yelland reckons not Khulu Phasiwe said.
blackouts became the depressing or- even Eskom “knows for sure” what hap- However, the Sunday Times reports
der of the day, did we get to stage 4 pened. that police and intelligence officers are
– the most severe stage there is. There have been rumours the outages being sent to keep an eye on the power
“This has come as quite a shock,” Pres- were the result of sabotage by members plants.
ident Cyril Ramaphosa said. “It’s most of the National Union of Mineworkers After being briefed on the crisis, the
worrying, most disturbing.” (NUM) and the National Union of Metal- ANC believes we’re faced with “a threat
He can say that again. Eskom’s inabili- workers of South Africa (Numsa), who are to national security”, acting ANC spokes-
ty to keep the lights on has brought the angry about Ramaphosa’s plan to unbun- person Zizi Kodwa told the newspaper.
country to the brink of ruin. We’re star-
ing recession in the face, investors will be
even harder to woo now and the rand ‘This has come as quite a shock. It’s most
wobbled so hard after the stage 4 fiasco
it was back on its perch as the most vol-
worrying, most disturbing’ – PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA
atile global currency.
Talk about gloom and doom.

THE WARNING SIGNS

Loadshedding over the festive season
was the first hint of impending disaster,
energy analyst Chris Yelland says. “Elec-
tricity demand was very low over Christ-
mas and load shedding should have been
highly unlikely.”
When demand rose again after the
holiday season it exceeded Eskom’s sup-
ply capabilities. “Stage 4 load shedding

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“If this carries on until April, the coun-
‘If this carries on until April, the country try will go into recession. We need to get
will go into recession’ – AZAR JAMMINE out of this mess. Taxes are going to in-
crease and the more you tax the rich, the
more likely it is they’ll leave the country,
DARK HOLE OF DEBT makes it unaffordable.” which leaves us with fewer skills and sets
Eskom can’t survive beyond April unless Then there’s the unnecessary costs. us on a downward spiral.”
something is done to address the crisis, A World Bank research report published
experts say. At the time of going to print, in 2016 said two-thirds of Eskom’s em- IS THERE ANY LIGHT ATTHE END OF
finance minister Tito Mboweni was ex- ployees weren’t needed – and energy ex- THE TUNNEL?
pected to address a bailout for the em- pert Ted Blom agrees. Blom predicts we’ll have to live with load
battled utility in his budget speech. Its workforce of 48 000 costs the utility shedding for at least the next five years.
The way things are now can’t be sus- R31 billion a year and thousands of jobs “Until Eskom sorts out a long-term
tained. “Its current debt of R420 billion could “easily” be shed. “I believe at least coal supply agreement, we’re going to
will rise to about R500 billion in a few 5 000 of those are ghost workers. Eskom stay in the dark.”
short years,” Yelland predicts. needs a total clean-up and someone who In addition, Eskom’s power stations are
“Eskom is borrowing money to pay off has the balls to do it.” performing badly, Yelland points out.
its debt. It’s like using your credit card to Economist Azar Jammine says Eskom’s “Although they have enough genera-
pay the bond on your house.” debt is so huge the interest on it alone is tion capacity, many of them are broken
The utility is predicting a loss of about R45 billion a year. “Yet it only gen- down or undergoing maintenance,
R20 billion for the financial year ending erates R27 billion in cash,” he says. “That’s therefore the capacity they have isn’t all
in March and another R20 billion loss in why people are saying privatise – it’s one available.”
the next financial year – resulting in in- way of eliminating that debt.” He believes we can expect more load
vestors turning away in droves. At the current level of load shedding
shedding, shedding whwhen one or more generators
“Eskom either tells companies wan nt- SA is losing 20% of production, which unexpecctedly fails. “It’s a random
ing to invest in South Africa that theree’s translates to R2 billion process and breakdowns can never
no power or gives them a quote for con- a day, Jammine be prediicted.”
nections for billions of rand, whicch says. (Turn over)

LEFT: Eskom’s
Medupi power
station was
meant to be
completed in
2015, but four
years later it is
still not fully
operational,
and costing the
power utility.

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MEDUPI

(From previous page)

As things stand, Yelland says, Medupi
and Kusile are likely to fully come on
stream only in 2020 or 2021 – six or seven
years late.
“Had there been no interruptions, SA
wouldn’t be experiencing power cuts be-
cause we’d have 10 000 extra megawatts
of good performing plants,” Yelland adds.
Blom is blunt in his assessment of the
power plants. “Medupi and Kusile are to-
tal disasters. Eskom has been lying to the
public and hiding those disasters.”
The utility has been blaming the old
power stations but the new stations
aren’t functioning as they’re supposed to.
“Eskom hasn’t done proper mainte-
‘Load shedding was because of plant nance since 2010.”
breakdowns, not sabotage’ – KHULU PHASIWE A LITANY OF INCOMPETENCE
In December minister of public enter-
THE MEDUPI AND KUSILE DISASTER management have led to over-staffing prises Pravin Gordhan said forensic in-
Construction began on the massive coal- and neglected maintenance, resulting in vestigations showed manufacturers of
fired generating power plants – touted constant breakdowns,” he writes on news the original equipment at Medupi had
as being the end of SA’s crisis – in 2008 and opinion website The Conversation. done a “substandard job”.
and they should’ve been providing elec- “Electricity theft, a culture of non-pay- He mentioned Japanese company Mit-
tricity to the grid by the end of 2014. ment and defaulting municipalities have subishi Hitachi Power Systems Africa
“Instead, they’re probably the single deepened the crisis.” (MHPSA) three times in the course of his
largest disaster in South Africa’s econom- The plants were expected to boost our briefing. ANC’s investment vehicle, Chan-
ic history,” says Rod Crompton, director electricity-generation capacity by about cellor House Holdings, had shares in
of the African Energy Leadership Centre 25%, but both are still under construc- MHPSA. MHPSA was the main contrac-
at Wits Business School and a non-exec- tion and increasing damage control on tor for the boilers at Medupi and Kusile
utive director of Eskom. poor-quality workmanship is needed. and there’s plenty of suspicion of collu-
“State capture, corruption and poor Limited skills, poor planning, inade- sion.
quate quality control and labour strikes Yelland says Eskom is responsible for
were listed as the main reasons for de- managing contractors, such as MHPSA,
KUSILE lays at the plants by global law firm Den- working on its plants “and doing quality
tons, which investigated the disaster. assurance”. However, the utility is tan-
gled in financial, operational and envi-
ronmental problems going back years.
“It starts with government policies and
extends to cabinets, departments, the
regulator and Eskom itself – and to mu-
nicipalities and customers who don’t pay

ESKOM BY NUMBERS
R420 BILLION R345 BILLION R20 BILLION R2 BILLION R300 BILLION
Eskom’s debt – which represents 15% Estimated cost to repair Eskom’s losses for this The daily cost to the Estimated total cost of the blackouts
of the state’s total debt. Much of it is design flaws at Medupi and financial year. The same economy due to lost between 2008 and 2015, according to
attributed to cost overruns at power Kusile. amount is expected next production caused by Dawie Roodt, director and chief
plants Medupi and Kusile. year. load shedding. economist at The Efficient Group.

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ment. “It’s not a path to privatisation –
‘We owe the public an explanation for I repeat, it’s not a path to privatisation.”
what went wrong’ – PRAVIN GORDHAN Restructuring Eskom would scale it
down, isolate costs and give responsibil-
ity to each of the three entities – genera-
for their electricity,” Yelland says. that corruption and state capture had tion, transmission and distribution – to
Meanwhile, Jammine says transforma- “wreaked havoc” on the utility. be established under Eskom Holdings.
tion was implemented at Eskom without “It’s also been massively damaging in di- But unions such as Num and Numsa
any consideration for skills and compe- verting attention away from critical tech- see this plan as government’s intention to
tence. “There was a perfectly capable nical issues in Eskom,” Etzinger adds. privatise state-owned enterprises and
CEO candidate a few years ago who shed jobs – and unions have declared war.
wasn’t appointed for one reason – be- WHAT CAN BE DONE? However, Yelland agrees it’s the best
cause he was white. People are reluctant In the short term, Eskom needs to get its way forward. “If things stay the same at
to speak about this issue because they’ll generating plants performing. It can do Eskom, it will fail within a year and all
be labelled racists,” he says. this by improving maintenance, spend- those workers will be out of jobs.”
“Now we’re employing Italian experts ing more effort and time on its people, Blom, however, isn’t a big fan of the un-
at a premium to try to come and sort out skills and development, Yelland says. bundling plan. “It’s a cosmetic gesture,” he
the problem,” Jammine adds. In the medium term, we need more says. “Unless Ramaphosa restructures the
Gordhan told parliament’s public en- generating capacity. “The quickest way supply industry, it’s a waste of time. The
terprises committee that top engineers to do this is to allow the customer to be- plan isn’t going to put money on the table
from Italian energy company Enel were come part of the solution,” he says. or solve Eskom’s problems. It’s treating the
on their way to SA to tackle Eskom’s This can be done through customers symptom rather than the cause.”
maintenance issues. installing their own rooftop solar sys- Unbundling will just increase costs, he
tems and battery storage in domestic adds. “It will mean you have three
THE SCOURGE OF CORRUPTION and commercial settings. boards, three auditors, three secretariats,
Graft and state capture have been serious In the longer term, renewable energy three HR departments, and so on.”
underlying factors in the delay and cost production needs to be accelerated. Jammine says unbundling makes sense,
overruns at Medupi and Kusile, says en- “We need to look at gas power and oth- although the problems at Eskom are
ergy expert Hilton Trollip of the Universi- er options, including coal and nuclear, “deep-rooted” and splitting the company
ty of Cape Town’s Energy Research Centre. but those are very long-term interven- into three won’t make them go away.
He says we’d have to be “punch-drunk” tions,” Yelland says. “Corruption and overstaffing are key is-
not to be suspicious of the ANC’s role There can’t be any more shortcuts, sues which must be addressed,” he says.
GCIS, GALLO IMAGES/BEELD/LISA HNATOWICZ, GALLO IMAGES/FINANCIAL MAIL, ROBERT TSHABALALA

and benefits in Hitachi Africa, Chancel- Blom adds. “Eskom needs to develop
lor House and the Medupi contracts. a proper maintenance regime. SCALING DOWN
“Once the conditions for both corrup- “It would be best if Eskom continues When it comes to job losses, it’s a case of
tion and impunity had been established load shedding until they’ve completed when, not if, analysts say.
at the levels they were in Eskom, and as corrective maintenance.” Eskom has trimmed its executive man-
it became clearer that this impunity per- Eskom also needs to be run by compe- agement from 21 people to nine by com-
sisted, it became increasingly likely that tent people and not by a novice board, bining roles. Executives have told inves-
things would develop along the path Blom says. “Cutting maintenance is the tors they hope to gradually reduce staff
they have,” Trollip says. last thing you do because that’s crucial numbers by a third, Reuters reported.
“By now there are so many beneficiar- to keeping the business going.” Ramaphosa has said that there is “no
ies, large and small, throughout the Es- He says Eskom needs to sort out their one silver bullet” to Eskom’s problems.
kom ecology. The culture is so entrenched payroll, maintenance, its board and its “Neither will restructuring, nor refi-
that rooting them out within the existing coal procurement process. nancing, nor cost-cutting, nor tariff in-
institutional structure isn’t credible.” creasing, nor better plant maintenance
Eskom has acknowledged this too. An- THE UNBUNDLING PLAN have a necessary effect [on their own].
drew Etzinger, a senior manager in de- Splitting Eskom into three state-owned “We need to pursue all these measures
mand management at Eskom, said in an units is in the best interests of the utility and more simultaneously in a coordinat-
interview with radio station CapeTalk and the country, Ramaphosa told parlia- ed fashion and with purpose turn the
utility around. And we’ll turn it around,”
the president said.
‘It’s diverting attention away from critical The citizens of SA can only hope it’s
true.
technical issues’ – ANDREW ETZINGER EXTRA SOURCES: DPE.GOV.ZA, FIN24, MG.CO.ZA, NEWS24,
REUTERS, THE CONVERSATION, TIMESLIVE

5 R20 BILLION R40 BILLION R80 BILLION 60% 11 48 000

The number of years The monthly cost of The monthly cost of The monthly cost – in of electricity Eskom is Number of
the Medupi and stage 1 load shedding stage 2 load shedding 2015 – of stage 3 load used in the the world’s people
Kusile power plants to the economy in 2015. in 2015. shedding. whole of Africa 11th largest employed
are behind schedule. is from Eskom. power utility. by Eskom.

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 HERO
Home affairs darling Nosipho Mkhupheka has been praised for her
professionalism – but she says it’s all in a day’s work
TEXT AND PICTURES: ZAMA CHUTSHELA

S
HE’S being hailed as one She helps as many people at her coun- cares about the people in the queues.
of South Africa’s newest ter as she can because she knows they’ve Her family couldn’t believe their mom
heroes, someone who been waiting a long time, that they’ve was trending on social media in the
goes the extra mile to taken time off work and that time means hours after Marius’ post.
make other people’s lives money. “When she started to trend on Face-
better – but this woman What she didn’t expect was for her book I didn’t take it seriously, I thought
with the wraparound work ethic and attitude to go viral. it was a joke,” her daughter Nontsikelelo
smile doesn’t think of Which is exactly what it did after (27) says.
herself this way. Scottburgh resident Marius Botha post- “But as the comments kept coming
As far as Nosipho Mkhupheka is con- ed a picture of a smiling Nosipho on I knew this was serious and I started fol-
cerned, she’s just doing her job. And it’s Facebook along with a caption describ- lowing Marius Botha’s page. The com-
precisely because of this she’s become ing her in glowing terms. ments were overwhelming and I’m hap-
such a sensation around the country. “Today (Friday) at 4pm all her col- py her hard work is finally paying off.”

N
Nosipho (53) leagues left their
works at Scottburgh ‘I put the needs of work stations and OSIPHO describes herself
home affairs on the went home. Mrs as a bulldozer when we
Kw a Z u l u - N a t a l the people first’ Mkhupheka stayed meet at her family home
South Coast and – as and helped the last in Emagabheni in Port
many South Africans can attest – a long, 40 customers all on her own and with a Shepstone.
torturous visit to a home affairs office is smile on her face! You are my hero. South “This is because I am fast,
almost as inevitable as death and taxes. Africa needs more people like you. Thank efficient and I don’t give up easily,” she
But Nosipho isn’t like many of the oth- you. We salute you.” says.
er officials who work for this govern- Now the Scottburgh branch has be- “I make sure everyone gets the atten-
ment department: come closing time come the home affairs office of choice tion and assistance they deserve.”
she doesn’t usher tired, grumpy people for many people in KZN, thanks to its Since she was a girl growing up in Um-
out of the building and tell them to come now-public reputation for efficiency and, lazi, Durban, she’s always wanted to help
back the next day. more importantly, Nosipho who actually people and planned to become a social
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OSIPHO shares her home
with her retired husband
who used to work for a
printing company, their
kids, Nontsikelelo, Sbusiso
(32) and Nkazimulo (22),
and their families.
And not only does she spend her weeks
helping others, she does it over week-
ends too. She’s a pastor at the Assemblies
of God Ministry and has no doubt her
calling is to give unto others.
“This is what makes me happy. When
ABOVE: A Facebook post by Marius Botha
I do my job I put the needs of the people
prraising Nosipho’ss work ethic went viral and first and I put myself in their shoes. That
led to home affairs minister Siyabonga Cwele way I can feel their pain and understand
drropping by for a vvisit (LEFT). their problems.”
One woman who will always be grate-
FAR LEFT:
FAR LEFT
LE FT:: People
Peop
People
le d
decided to com
me here,” Peter Grant (66) ful to Nosipho is Elsie Maphumulo (45),
flocked to home from Hillcrest says. who wept tears of joy when she heard
affairs in Scott- Malvern resiident Eileen Volmer (90) the home affairs minister had visited
burgh, KZN, after says she’s been n from pillar to post trying Nosipho.
word spread
of Nosipho
to get a Smart ID card, and had almost “I couldn’t help it, I cried all day. I
Mkhupheka’s given up on it until
u “I heard about the ef- thought of everything that she has done
(LEFT) willing- ficiency at Scottburgh”. for me and I knew she deserved that spe-
ness to go the Nosipho’s highest-profile visitor so cial visit,” says Elsie, who was taken un-
extra mile. far has been ho ome affairs minister Siya- der Nosipho’s wing when she was shot
b l who popped in to thank and disabled in 1994.
worker. her for her hard work after the viral post. “Out of the goodness of her heart she
After she married Vincent Mkhupheka “It’s very humbling and overwhelm- took me into her home.”
(now 62) in 1985 she had too many re- ing,” she says. Nosipho’s husband Vincent says it’s
sponsibilities that prevented her from She believes the number of people vis- about time Nosipho’s hard work for her
studying and becoming a social worker, iting her office has increased because country and her community was singled
so in 1989 she went to work as a clerk they are desperate for good service. out.
and typist at the Manguzi magistrate’s “We’d love to take more people but we “As a family we are excited she’s finally
court. cannot because our systems aren’t as fast being recognised throughout the coun-
The court was housed in the same as we’d like them to be. In the past few try. As long as I’ve known her she has al-
building as other government depart- weeks we’ve had a high number of peo- ways been a hard worker.
ments and the clerks would often have ple from all over KwaZulu-Natal. “She is dedicated not only to her job,
to help in other offices when they were “Although we’d like to help everyone in but to her children, to me and the entire
short-staffed. one day it’s sometimes impossible so community.”
“In a typical day I would work as an in- those who can’t be helped are allocated Yet for Nosipho it’s a case of just anoth-
terpreter in court and assist home affairs numbers so they get preference the next er day at the office. She may often work
with the issuing of birth certificates. day. from 7am to 5pm but she owes it to her
Then I’d go and help the department of “Time is always against us but we’ve customers, she says.
labour with their administration. I had got to create it. Even if it means working “Above all I am a servant of the people
no option but to be smart and efficient,” extra hours.” and that is what I am here for.”
she explains.
Having to multitask turned out to be a
blessing, Nosipho says, “because I learnt
other skills.”
A few years later she transferred to the
Umbumbulu magistrate’s court where
she worked as an interpreter, then to
home affairs in Isipingo and in 2012 to
the Scottburgh home affairs office.
TWITTER/ROYESTERHUIZEN

Since becoming a home affairs hero,

KZN residents have been praising Nos-
ipho and her efficiently run office. Nosipho with her family, (from left) Nathi
“I heard through the media Scottburgh and Nontsikelelo Mbele, Elsie Maphumulo,
is much quicker and more efficient so I Vincent, baby Amile and Nkazimulo
Mkhupheka, Khetha Langazane, Sbusiso
Mkhupheka and Yathandwa Mbele (front).
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HE’S hard to miss as she She didn’t want to
enters the restaurant. It’s pass up an acting gig
not just her barely-there so she dropped out
rubyy pants turning heads of college, but now
– she’s also every bit as Ntando Duma is going
beautiful and bubbly as back to school.
she is on TV.
At 23, Ntando Duma is
winning oveer fan after fan – especially
after she recently returned to Rhythm
City, reprisiing her role as feisty Zinzi
Dandala in tthe e.tv show.
Gqom Nattion, the MTV show she pre-
sents on DStv channel 322, has been re-
newed for a second season after its suc-
cessful launcch last year.
Admirers are in for a double dose of
fun as she’ll cco-host the music show with
gqom powerrhouse Busiswa Gqulu.
This seaso on, ffilmed in KwaZulu-Natal
– where gqom was birthed d – will be even
more entertaining now Busiswa is on
board, Ntan iises.
“She’s the true definition of a queen,”
she adds. “Busiswa is a jam, a vibe and
total life of the party.”
Season 2 has 12 episodes, all of which
were shot in three days, and the dynam-
ic duo bonded on set over the long hours
of filming.
“We had a lot of fun and special mo-
ments behind the scenes,” Ntando says.
“During breaks we’d video call the kids
and show each other photos.”
Motherhood isn’t the only thing the

DOING IT FOR
popular pair have in common – they
also love music. Ntando landed the MTV
presenter job off the back of her single
Jiva Phez’kombhede.

MY DAUGHTER
The song, featuring Babes Wodumo
and Mampintsha, opened doors for her
yet she says she was just testing the
waters. “I took a chance and had fun, but
music is too difficult.
“Making Jiva Phez’kombhede was easy,
but when I tried to make other songs Actress Ntando Duma opens up
things didn’t flow as naturally, so music
can miss me. about the challenges of being a
“I’m not as passionate about it as I
am about acting and entertaining.”
single mom, that Twitter post and
Ntando loves being in showbiz but her
biggest role by far is being a “successful
going back to college
single mom” to Sbahle (19 months). BY QHAMA DAYILE PICTURES: MASIMBA SASA
The first-time mom says it’s tough be-
ing away from her little one when she’s
working. “An hour away from her is
enough. But at the same time, she keeps
me motivated to work harder because I’m
doing this mothering thing on my own.
“As small as she is, she understands
Mommy has to work to provide for her.”
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S
TANDO recently laid bare HE HAD run her thoughts I had to speak up for them as well.”
the cost of raising a child on by her big sister, but Ntando She didn’t expect the fallout but the
her own when she revealed takes full responsibility for cut-throat industry has taught her to
Junior De Rocka hadn’t airing her baby daddy’s dirty grow a thick skin. “I’ve learnt to handle
been contributing enough laundry. “Thando and I live criticism like a lady,” Ntando says. “Not
to raising their daughter. together, she knows what’s all battles are there for me to fight.
The TV darling and DJ broke up in happening. I spoke to her before tweet- “But I’m human and sometimes criti-
2017 shortly after she became pregnant. ing, but the decision was all up to me. cism affects me. Sometimes I laugh and
Their split seemed friendly enough – “There are lots of single moms who go brush things off, but I also go through
Ntando had often posted motivational through the same thing every day and days when I cry.”
messages to Junior on social media – so Luckily Sbahle is always there to cheer
it came as a surprise to fans when she her up. Ntando lives for the little girl,
took to Twitter and stopped just short even though being a single mom is chal-
of calling him a deadbeat dad. lenging. “Jumping from one job to the
Her outrage was sparked by a charity other isn’t easy. When I get home I have
drive where Junior donated computers, to cook, clean and make sure I have time
Wi-Fi routers, sanitary items and sta- to play with my daughter.”
tionery to a school in KZN. But then there are those moments that
“I don’t even remember him ‘donating’ make her smile. “Sbahle loves it when I
such essentials for his daughter but Ke read to her.”
askho lapho (we’re not there),” Ntando Ntando, the lastborn of four kids, helps
tweeted. support her mom, Thabile (53). “She’s
She also
Sh l posted d a list
li off requirements
i proud of us for taking care of her as she
totalling R20 000 that she needed for isn’t working. I just want her to be happy,”
their daughter. “I have addressed the she says.
matter with the father of my child that That’s why she’s returning to school
he needs to step up and meet me half- this year. Ntando dropped out of Boston
way,” she said. Media House in her second year of media
M
In response, Junior rubbished the alle- studies after landing her breakout role in
gations. “I may have differences with Rhythm City. It was an opportunity she
MASIMBA SASA, GALLO IMAGES/MDUDUZI NDZINGI, INSTAGRAM/DUMANTANDO, FACEBOOK/JUNIORDEROCKADJ

the mother of my child. But the allega- couldn’t miss butt now she wants to fin-
tions I do not support my child are false, ish what she started. “Lord knows I hate
malicious and very hurtful,” he said on school, but I know the importance of
social media. tthat piece of paper,” she says.
He posted proof of payment for five “I see myself wearing
months, each reflecting between R2 500 a graduation gown and
and R3 500 a month. makin g my mom
But Ntando says she spends R5 000 on proud.
p d I also
l wantt tot
a nanny, between R3 000 and R4 000 for be a good role model
medical costs, R2 500 on food and R1 000 to my child.”
on nappies, among other expenses.
The TV presenter faced stiff public
backlash when she broadcast her budget
– social-media users deemed it lavish
and called her excessive, but she says
she has no regrets.
“I had to speak up for what’s right for
my daughter. I don’t regret speaking up
about my baby daddy and anything
that’s happened between him and me.”
She doesn’t want to share more about
MAKE-UP: MELFORD HLABOLA, STYLIST: TEBELLO RADEBE

the situation but says Junior has visita-

tion rights. TOP: Ntando with her h one-year-
Ntando didn’t for a minute think her old daughter, Sbah hle. The little
tweet would become the talk of the girl is the light of her life.
town. She was at home that day with her MIDDLE: Sbahle’s father,
f
daughter and sister, Thando Duma (25), Junior De Rocka, whom
when her fingers fired away. “I didn’t the actress says isn’t
think too much before posting,” she says. paying enough in child
“I just took everything that was going support. ABOVE: Ntando
N
with her mom, Thabile Duma.
through my mind and my heart.”
 TRUE
LOVE
WINS
A Zimbabwean man’s
sentimental proposal was
ridiculed on social media,
but good-hearted citizens
have turned the hate
into happiness
BY WENDY MUPERI

S
HE made him the happi- the pic of Makhossana on bended knee
est man alive when she while Belinda, overwhelmed with emo-
agreed to go out with tion, hid her handss in her face.
him while they were Belinda’s sisters had made the image
having lunch at a fast- their WhatsApp statuses which might
food restaurant in Bula- have been the so ource of the spread,
wayo, Zimbabwe. Belinda says.
So when he was think- “But there were many people taking
ing of the perfect place to pop the ques- pictures at Chicken Inn,” adds Ntokozo
tion six years later, it seemed like a great Dube (31), Belindaa’s older sister who
idea to stick to the eatery chain he’d helped Makhosan na organise the
had luck in before. surprise proposal.
And so it was at a Chicken Inn in After his initial shock Makho-
downtown Bulawayo that Makhosana sana wasn’t particcularly fazed
Mguni (28) took things to the next level: by the negativity.
he went down on one knee and asked All that matters iis the woman
the love of his life, Belinda Nyoni (24), to he loves is wearingg his ring.
be his wife. To him it was a magical mo-
And when she said yes, he felt over- ment “that can’t co ompare to my
joyed – and it didn’t take long for a photo birthdays”.
of his loved-up gesture to go viral. “When she said ‘yyes’, ooh God!
But when Makhosana woke up the I felt like I could d conquer the
next morning his euphoria turned to world. The stuff th hat happened af-
horror when he discovered hundreds terwards didn’t maatter that much. I
of posts online ridiculing his “budget” had gotten the ‘yess’ from the woman
proposal. I love.”

T
He was mocked mercilessly for being
“cheap” by proposing in a fast-food outlet HE bad ppublicity turned out
and social media quickly erupted in the to be a b
blessing in disguise
#TheChickenInn challenge. for the couple. They have
Soon the proposal Makhosana was so since beecome celebrities in
proud of was a viral joke, with images of Zimbab bwe and companies
fake proposals being taken at places have pleedged thousands of
such as long fuel queues which have rands to make thee road to their wed-
become commonplace in Zimbabwe. ding day a memoraable one.
The “Power Couple”, as they’re now re- First Ster-Kin ekor offered them
ferred to, still have no idea who posted 46 tickets to moviies of their choice in
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Tourism in Zimbabwe.
They saw each other only two or three
times a year for a couple of years but
tried to communicate daily.
And although her fiancé still lives in
Joburg “he always comes back”, Belinda
says with a smile.
Makhosana tells DRUM he loves
everything about his fiancée – her char-
acter, looks, smile, the way she talks and
respects him, as well as the friendship
Wh M
When Makhosana
kh Mguni
M
they share.
proposed to Belinda Nyo oni While keeping the exact dates of
at a Chicken Inn in Bulaw
wayo their upcoming ceremony closely guard-
nothing could’ve prepareed them ed, he says lobola will be paid during
for the meme it sparked or the the Easter holidays and the “perfect
nasty reactions on sociaal media. wedding” will be in December.
But the couple has had tthe last Sanii, who is popular for his love songs,
laugh: they’ve been appoointed says the couple has proved true love
ambassadors for the chaain, and still exists and can be expressed in the
a wedding venue, cakes and
dresses have been offered simplest ways.
to them free of charge. “People think love is this big fairytale,
that love is supposed to be this whole
Hollywood thing, and have painted the
celebration of th heir love. on the act too: Makhosana and Belinda wrong perception of proposals.
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At least 20 companies and individual are now the fast-food brand’s campaign “So when this love story was trending,
businesspeople have offered to take care ambassadors – complete with salaries. as a wedding singer, somebody who
of the food at th he lobola ceremony and But they are determined not to get sings love songs, I felt it would actually
provide everyth hing necessary to pull off carried away by fame. be nice to bless them with this gift.
a luxurious wed dding. Nto kozo say s “Their story just goes to show that life
Zimbabwe m musi- they’re still amazed can give you hurdles and it’s up to you to
cian Sanii Makh halima ‘If people are really by the response. go around them, jump over or go under
has jumped on board
too, offering to
b
o per-
in love, a lot of good “We never expect-
ed such a thing to
them. It’s nice to see positive things
coming out of these trying times in
form for free at a the things happen’ happen,” she says. Zimbabwe.”
wedding. “If people are really Nicholas Mazhanje, the owner of Two
“Honesttly all I can say is, this is in love, a lot of good things happen.” Keys Guest House which offered its ven-

M
God. No o one will just say, ‘I will do ue, says his daughter brought the pro-
the cateering’ for a person they AKHOSANA and Belinda posal to his attention and he was moved.
don’t know.
k It’s something new met and fell in love in “This generation barely follows the
to mee and God chose Makho- Nketa, Bulawayo, where proper course to marry. If they do, they
sanaa and me for it,” Belinda they live. They were are so materialistic – a proposal is about
says with tears in her eyes. friends for a while before a fancy restaurant, a flashy ring and
The couple have the romance blossomed. other valueless gestures rather than the
ooption of jetting off to It took “a lot of patience” to convince love and respect you have for your part-
Dubai for their honey- Belinda to go out with him, Makhosana ner and the desire to share the rest of
moon, free of charge, or admits. Although he’s a member of the your life with them.
cchoosing a fully-paid Assemblies of God church, he had to oc- “Seeing Makhosana’s earnest proposal
lluxurious honeymoon at casionally attend church with Belinda, a moved me. Here was a young man doing
a destination of their choice Seventh Day Adventist, to win her over. the right thing despite the austere econ-
in Ziimbabwe, complete with “We just swopped numbers at first but omy we are surviving in. I didn’t know his
spennding money. I wasn’t really interested. But he was story but this generation barely has jobs
T
Three wedding gowns patient and serious and we became and a stable income, so I felt it is African
havve also been offered to Be- friends, which gave me time to get to for fathers to help our sons to marry.”
linda, along with three cakes know him better,” Belinda says. As for Makhosana, he just can’t wait
(two o for the wedding and Eventually he won her heart but their to make Belinda his wife.
onne for the lobola ceremo- relationship has had its challenges. “My dream right now is to get married
nyy), wedding venues, posh Makhosana moved to Joburg two years to this lady, have kids and grow old with
caars and live coverage of into their relationship to work as a laser her. God willing, I would marry her three
th
heir wedding on radio. specialist while Belinda pursued her times and in different countries if that
Chicken Inn have got in studies at the School of Hospitality and would make her happy!”
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MAKING
WAVES
Actor Tebatso Mashishi tells DRUM
how finding fame thanks to his role
in the hit flick Matwetwe has changed
his life
BY DAKALO NEMASETONI PICTURE: ONKGOPOTSE KOLOTI

UST a few weeks ago, no one

knew his name. He was simply Tebatso sttars in local
an assistant on a local soapie set film Matw
wetwe
alongside Mimi
with dreams of making it big Mamabolo o (TOP) and
one day. Sibusiso Khwinana
K
Now his face is all over South (ABOVE). The actor
African movie theatres and says he ne
ever imagined
there’s a stream of wannabe girl- a movie with
w so many
friends sliding into his DMs on social new facess could be
media. It’s been surreal, actor Tebatso such a hug
ge hit.

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 Extra funding from DJ Black Coffee (left)
helped writer and director Kagiso Lediga
bring Matwetwe to local audiences.
NEWS

D
ESPITE his rising star Tebat- One of his most profound moments at
so is quick to point out he’s the premiere was when MC Malusi
not a celebrity – he’s just a Khulu came up to him and said, “Nice
regular guy working on his one! You are the future.”
ambitions. He admits he broke down and cried
He still remembers the when he realised what an impact he and
day he landed the role in Matwetwe. the movie had on others.
“I got a call from Bongani Mahlangu, the His mom, Joyce, is very proud of him.
casting coordinator, who told me there She wasn’t thrilled with the idea of her
were auditions at the State Theatre and boy studying drama at first and hoped
I should pull through,” he says. he would become a doctor.
“I didn’t think I had a chance because But she changed her mind when Te-
there were so many people [auditioning] batso was halfway through his first year
but when I got the callback I was over of studies when she saw how passionate
the moon.” he was about acting. She regularly at-
Working with the popular Kagiso tended his performances at the theatre
was “chilled” because he gave the actors and soon became his biggest fan.
creative freedom to decide what would Joyce is over the moon about the suc-
happen in every scene. cess of Matwetwe, which tells the story
He’s always been fascinated by the of two childhood friends from Atterid-
world of acting, says Tebatso, who stud- geville who start selling dagga to fund a
Mashishi (25) tells DRUM. ied drama at Tshwane University of friend’s reunion.
The movie that has put him on Technology (TUT). “When I was about Tebatso still can’t believe how big the
the map is Matwetwe, a story six years old I was teased a lot because film has turned out to be – especially as
about the power of friendship and of my albinism so that forced me to be it was shot in just eight days, didn’t have
the perils of making bad choices. an introvert,” he recalls. many famous faces among the cast and
Written and directed by Kagiso “I’d spend a lot of time at home listen- was made on a small budget.
Lediga and co-produced by ing to music as well as watching movies “It shows South Africans support local
Black Coffee, it grossed over and cartoons.” quality in terms of storytelling and act-
R3 million at the box office in just eight Hollywood stars Tom Hardy and John- ing,” he says.
days and has been the talk of the town ny Depp were his favourites, along with The movie has also expanded his pro-
since it premiered in January. local actors John Kani, Vusi Kunene and file. People recognise him when he leaves
Tebatso is still pinching himself to Jamie Bartlett. The ac- home and often call him
make sure he isn’t dreaming. He plays tors moulded his pas- Matwetwe (which means
the role of Papi, a hustler who’s trying to
make a better life for himself – and he
sion for the arts.
Eager to hone his
‘My motivation wizard) while asking for pic-
tures and his autograph.
gets him, the young actor says. skills, he attended dra- is to change His Instagram and Face-
He’s a hustler too. He grew up in
Mshongoville, an informal settle -
ma workshops at the
State Theatre in Pretoria
my life so I book pages have also gained
more followers and women
ment near Atteridgeville in the west of where his confidence can improve send him messages asking
Tshwane, and has always been deter-
mined to make a better life for himself –
and passion developed
during his second-year
things for him out. But he never ac-
cepts, he says. He’s a taken
just like Papi. “Coming out of a ’hood like at TUT. my family’ man and he’s focused on his
Atteridgeville is a constant struggle,” His first TV gig was a future.
Tebatso says. “My only motivation is to cameo role in the Mzan- Tebatso is hoping to land
change my life so I can improve things si Magic series Ya Lla in 2015 which he a role in a major soapie because that
for myself and my family and get them believes was a stepping stone in landing will really “get me out of the ’hood and
out of the ’hood too.” a role in the movie. change my life”.
Growing up in an informal [settle- Tebatso is currently a third assistant “And then I will have made it and in-
ment] can limit your outlook, he adds director on Muvhango and is constantly spire a young child from Mshongoville
ONKGOPOTSE KOLOTI, SUPPLIED, INSTAGRAM/BLACKCOFFEE

– but only if you let it. working on developing his acting. who had the same upbringing as me.”
“There’s a rigid mindset that can make “I feel at home in the film and televi- Tebatso is hoping to conquer the
you think you won’t make it far in life or sion industry,” he says. movie world one role at a time.

T
that the only way you can be successful “I want to be in Hollywood like Charl-
is by becoming a doctor or a lawyer. HE premiere of the movie was ize Theron or in New York like Trevor
“If you don’t, then the cycle of struggle “humbling” and “unimagina- Noah and become an inspirational sen-
will continue.” bly amazing”, Tebatso says. sation for South Africans who are on a
But he refused to let it get to him. “I He attended with his girl- similar journey as mine. There are many
won’t let my background stop me from friend of two years (who he unemployed drama graduates who are
doing what I love and working hard to doesn’t want to name) and close to giving up.
achieve my goals.” still can’t get over the experience. “I want my story to give them hope.”
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 STICKY PORK BELLY

SERVES 6
PREPARATION: 15 MIN
MARINATE: SEVERAL HOURS
OR OVERNIGHT
COOKING: 4 HR
RESTING: 15 MIN

1 pork belly, size of your

choice
fresh thyme, to garnish
MARINADE
60ml (¼c) hoisin sauce
60ml (¼c) soy sauce
60ml (¼c) honey
30ml (2T) rice vinegar
30ml (2T) red chilli, finely
minced
7,5ml (1½t) BBQ spice
2,5ml (½t) black pepper
5ml (1t) fresh ginger, grated

1 Place the pork belly in a

zip-lock bag.
2 MARINADE Mix all the
ingredients well and
pour over the pork belly.
Seal the bag. Marinate
in the fridge for several
hours or overnight. Pre-
heat the oven to 180°C.
3 Place the pork belly on
a roasting rack (reserve
the marinade) and roast

Impress
for 3-4 hours.To check
if the pork is cooked,
pierce it with a fork – it
should glide in easily.
4 Pour the marinade into a

the in-laws
small saucepan. Simmer
on a low heat until the
glaze thickens. Every
20 minutes of the last
hour of roasting, brush
on layers of glaze to
w modern makotis can whip up traditional intensify the flavour.
5 Once cooked, remove
f vourites in no time, thanks to MOGAU the meat from the oven
and let it rest for 15
SESHOENE’s new cookbook, The Lazy Makoti minutes before serving.
Garnish with the thyme.
EDITEDBY CARMEN NIEHAUS
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T
HEY say the way Entrepreneur and foodie From this grew cooking
to a man’s heart Mogau Seshoene started classes for young Afropolitans
is through his The Lazy Makoti as a series and later a cookbook, The Lazy A uniformly thick
stomach, and the of cooking lessons for a friend Makoti’s Guide to the Kitchen, piece of pork belly
same can be said and bride-to-be who was which shows you how to easily will cook evenly.
of your in-laws. helpless in the kitchen. make traditional dishes.
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 FOOD
PILCHARD COTTAGE PIE

This is a winner for Preheat the oven to 180°C.

busy moms who need Grease a casserole dish
to whip up something and set it aside.
quick for impatient 1 Cook the potatoes in
little tummies craving salted boiling water until
something new. soft. Drain well and mash
with the butter and milk.
SERVES 4-6 Season with the salt and
PREPARATION: 10 MIN pepper.
COOKING: 45 MIN 2 In a different saucepan,
sauté the onion in the oil
4-6 potatoes, peeled and and add the curry powder.
cut into chunks Add the pilchards with
30ml (2T) butter or the sauce to the onions.
margarine Break the pilchards into
60ml (4T) milk large chunks. Gently mix
salt and pepper, to taste in the vegetables. Season
1 medium onion, chopped with salt and pepper.
oil, for frying 3 Spoon the mixture into
10ml (2t) curry powder the casserole dish and
1 can (400g) pilchards in top with the mashed
sweet chilli sauce potatoes. Sprinkle the
1 can (100g) mixed breadcrumbs on top.
vegetables, drained Bake uncovered for
125ml (½c) soft 20 minutes until crunchy
breadcrumbs and golden.

FOUR-BEAN SALAD

SERVES 4-6
PREPARATION: 15 MIN
COOKING: 10 MIN

200g green beans,

quartered
1 can (410g) butter beans,
drained
1 can (410g) red kidney
beans, drained
1 can (410g) baked beans
1 onion, finely chopped
1 red or green pepper,
chopped
10ml (2t) sugar
60ml (¼c) vinegar
30ml (2T) sunflower oil
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
30ml (2T) fresh parsley,
chopped
black pepper, to taste

1 Blanch the green beans.

Simmer them for 10
minutes or until just
tender. Mix all the beans,
onion and red or green
pepper. Add the rest of
(Turn over) the ingredients and toss.
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 FOOD
BOGOBE BJA MAKAKO AND SESHEBO
(PAP AND TOMATO RELISH)

One of the first things salted water and bring to

I learnt to make was the boil over a medium
this pap. It’s made into heat. Measure 500ml
rounds the way Pedi, (2c) maize meal and
Tsonga and Venda lightly whisk into the
people like it. water using a lefehlo
(whisk) – whisk quickly
SERVES 4 to avoid the pap boiling
MAKAKO (PAP) over. Simmer for 10
PREPARATION: 5 MIN minutes, then stir well
COOKING: 30 MIN with a wooden spoon
SESHEBO (TOMATO RELISH) or leho, adding the rest
PREPARATION: 10 MIN of the maize meal and
COOKING: 30 MIN mixing well to ensure
no lumps form. Reduce
MAKAKO (PAP) the heat, cover with a lid
2,5ml (½t) salt and cook over low heat
500ml (2c) water for 15 minutes.
625ml (2½c) coarse 2 Using a wooden spoon,
maize meal dish the pap in rounds
SESHEBO (TOMATO RELISH) onto plates to cool.The
oil, for frying pap will stiffen as it cools.
1 onion, chopped 3 SESHEBO (TOMATO
5ml (1t) garlic, crushed RELISH) Heat the oil in a
5ml (1t) curry powder pot. Add the onion, garlic
6 tomatoes, peeled and and curry powder, and fry
grated until the onion is cooked.
5ml (1t)sugar Add the tomatoes,
salt sugar and salt, to taste.
TO SERVE Simmer for 20 minutes
marogo (wild spinach) on medium heat.
4 TO SERVE Plate the pap
1 MAKAKO (PAP) Fill a rounds and serve with
medium-size pot with seshebo and marogo.

SWEET POTATO PIE beat well. Slowly add the

evaporated milk while
SERVES 6-8 Preheat the oven to 180°C. beating continuously.
PREPARATION: 20 MIN Grease a tart dish. 4 Pourthefillingintothe
CHILLING: 30 MIN 1 PASTRY Sift the flour shell.Smooththesurface.
BAKING: 40-55 MIN and sugar. Rub in the 5 Bake until the pie is set
butter, using your fingers, and lightly browned.
PASTRY until crumbly. Mix in the
250ml (1c) flour egg, then add the cold
*PRICE CORECTATTIME OF GOINGTO PRESS BUTIS SUBJECTTO CHANGEWITHOUTNOTICE.

15ml (1T) castor sugar water. Chill the dough in

125ml (½c) cold butter the fridge for 30 minutes.
1 egg, lightly beaten 2 Roll out the dough and
30ml (2T) cold water line the tart dish. Prick
FILLING the pastry with a fork.
625ml (2½c) cooked sweet Bake for 15 minutes,
potato, mashed then set it aside to cool.
125ml (½c) butter, melted 3 FILLING Beat the potato
375ml (1½c) brown sugar mash and butter with an
5ml (1t) ground nutmeg electric beater. Beat in
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 A DVERTORIA L | M c DO N A L D’ S

THE MAGIC BEHIND

THE ICONIC FRIES
From empowering communities to choosing only the best ingredients –
there’s more to McDonald’s fries and why you keep lovin’ it

M
cDONALD’S is synonymous with
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Green goodness
Baby marrows are packed with fibre, vitamins
and minerals – and they’re delicious and work
well in a variety of dishes. This nutritious veggie
is the star ingredient in this week’s five recipes
BY ESTHER MALAN PICTURES: MISHA JORDAAN
BABY MARROW
AND SWEETCORN
FRITTERS

MAKES ABOUT 16 FRITTERS

PREPARATION: 15 MIN
COOKING: 15 MIN

FRITTERS
8 baby marrows, grated or
cut into noodles
1 can (410g) whole kernel
corn, drained
1 red onion, chopped
125ml (½c) grated cheddar
cheese
1 chilli, chopped
handful of fresh parsley,
chopped
2 eggs
125ml (½c) flour
2,5ml (½t) salt
5ml (1t) freshly ground
pepper
oil for shallow-frying
TO SERVE
baby marrow noodles
(optional)
sour cream (optional)

1 FRITTERS Mix all the

ingredients, except
the oil, well.
2 Heat a little oil in a non-
stick pan and add spoon-
fuls of the fritter mix-
ture. Lightly flatten and
fry over medium heat
until golden brown.
Turn carefully and fry
the other side until
golden brown. Drain
on paper towels.
3 Repeat with the rest
of the mixture.
4 TO SERVE Serve as a
side dish or snack. Or
serve with baby marrow
noodles and/or sour
cream as a main dish.
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 FOOD
BABYMARROWVETKOEK

The veggies give the vetkoek a light texture.

MAKES 10 MEDIUM OR 24 a floured surface and

SNACK-SIZE VETKOEK knead until smooth,
PREPARATION: 15 MIN elastic and no longer
RESTING: 1½ HR sticky.
DEEP-FRYING: 30 MIN 3 Grease a bowl with a
little oil and add the
1kg cake flour dough. Brush the top
5ml (1t) fine table salt with a little oil and
5ml (1t) sugar leave to rise for 1 hour
7g instant yeast or until doubled in
250ml (1c) grated baby volume.
marrow 4 Lightly knead the dough
lukewarm water as needed down and divide into
oil for deep-frying 10 medium or 24 small
TO SERVE vetkoek. Arrange on a
For medium vetkoek floured surface, cover
1 avocado, thinly sliced and leave to stand for
100g crispy fried bacon another 30 minutes.
mixed fresh herbs 5 Heat enough oil in a pot
For snack-size vetkoek or pan for deep-frying.
flavoured cream cheese Deep-fry the vetkoek
in batches until golden
1 Mix the flour, salt, sugar brown and cooked.
and yeast well. Add the Drain on paper towels.
baby marrow and mix 6 TO SERVE For medium
lightly. Make a well in vetkoek, slice each
the middle and pour open and fill with the
250ml (1c) water into avo, bacon and herbs.
the well. Mix and Serve the small vetkoek
gradually add more as snacks with flavoured
water until you have a cream cheese.
soft dough.
2 Turn the dough out onto (Turn over)
MARINATED BABYMARROWSALAD

This tasty salad goes well with braaied meat. the fridge for at least an
The longer it marinates, the better it tastes. hour or overnight.
3 TO FINISH Mix the
SERVES 4-6 AS A SIDE DISH 1-2 rounds feta cheese, halved tomatoes, feta
PREPARATION: 20 MIN cubed cheese cubes and fresh
MARINATING: 1 HR OR handful of fresh basil, torn herbs with the baby
OVERNIGHT leaves of 1 fresh mint sprig, marrow ribbons and
torn serve as a side dish
6 large baby marrows, with a braai.
washed 1 Remove the tops of
1 garlic clove, chopped the baby marrows and
MARINADE discard. Using a veggie
125ml (½c) white wine peeler, slice them into
vinegar ribbons. Transfer to a
60ml (¼c) olive oil marinating or glass bowl. To make the salad
5ml (1t) dried mint Sprinkle the garlic over
more substantial,
ASSISTANT: WALEED ALEXANDER

2,5ml (½t) salt and mix lightly.

5ml (1t) freshly ground 2 MARINADE Mix every-
add 1 can (410g)
pepper thing well and pour over chickpeas (drained)
TO FINISH the baby marrow rib- and 1 chopped
250g cherry tomatoes, bons. Stir lightly, cover red onion.
halved and leave to marinate in
t – teaspoon/s T – tablespoon/s c – cup/s
 FOOD
(From previous page)
VEGGIE BAKE

This is a great vegetarian meal or can be served

as a veggie side dish.

SERVES 4 AS A MEAL, 6 AS 2 Add the spinach and

A SIDE DISH stir-fry until wilted and
PREPARATION: 15 MIN most of the moisture
COOKING: 40 MIN has evaporated. Season
with salt and freshly
15ml (1T) oil ground pepper.
1 onion, chopped 3 Beat the cream cheese
250g mushrooms, sliced and eggs together
1 bunch of spinach, stems until well combined.
removed and leaves Add the mozzarella
shredded cheese and mix.
salt and freshly ground 4 Arrange a layer of baby
pepper marrow ribbons in the
1 tub (250g) cream cheese bottom of the prepared
2 eggs, beaten ovenproof dish. Add
125ml (½c) grated a layer of half the
mozzarella cheese spinach mixture.
6 baby marrows, sliced 5 Pour half the cheese
into ribbons with a veggie mixture over the
peeler veggies, followed
TO FINISH by another layer of
125ml (½c) grated baby marrow ribbons,
mozzarella cheese followed by the rest
lemon or lime wedges of the cheese mixture.
End with a layer of
Preheat the oven to 200°C. baby marrows.
Grease a medium oven- 6 TO FINISH Sprinkle
proof dish with non-stick the mozzarella cheese
spray. over and bake for 25
1 Heat the oil in a pan and minutes or until the
SEED-CRUSTED BABYMARROWS fry the onion until soft. egg has set. Serve
Add the mushrooms and with lemon or lime
In this dish, the baby marrow stays crunchy 3 SEED COATING stir-fry until done. wedges.
on the inside, while the seeds provide added Mix all the ingredients
nutrition and a nutty flavour. well. Roll the baby
marrows in the egg
SERVES 2 AS A MEAL, DIP again, then cover them
6 AS A SIDE DISH 250ml (1c) plain yoghurt in seeds, pressing
PREPARATION: 15 MIN pinch of ground cumin down lightly. Arrange
CHILLING: 30 MIN handful of fresh coriander, on a plate and chill in
COOKING: 10 MIN chopped the fridge for at least
TO SERVE 30 minutes.
125ml (½c) flour lemon or lime wedges 4 Heat enough oil in a
salt and freshly ground pan for shallow-frying.
pepper 1 Put the flour in a shallow Fry the coated baby
6 medium baby marrows, dish and season with marrows in batches
washed and ends removed salt and freshly ground until the seeds are
2 eggs pepper. Roll the baby golden brown. Drain
60ml (¼c) milk marrows in the flour to on paper towels.
SEED COATING coat. 5 DIP Mix all the ingre-
100g sprinkling peanuts 2 Whisk the eggs and milk dients well.
100g sunflower seeds together and put in a 6 TO SERVE Slice the
30ml (2T) sesame seeds separate shallow dish. baby marrows in half
2,5ml (½t) each ground Roll the baby marrows in lengthways and serve
cumin and coriander the egg, then in the flour with the dip and lemon
oil for shallow-frying again. or lime wedges.
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That’s nuts!
They’re the ultimate weight-loss snack and each type
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BY ELNA VAN DER MERWE

FAST FACTS
740 720 789 Although nuts are high
kJ kJ kJ 1 in fat it’s mostly mono-
unsaturated fat that’s good
for your heart.

A daily serving the size

ALMONDS (30G) CASHEW NUTS (30G) HAZELNUTS (30G)
2 of a golf ball is ideal.
FAT 6,42g FAT 13,92g FAT 18,24g
Stick to mostly raw nuts and
CARBS 11,9g CARBS 9,81g CARBS 5,01g avoid those with extra salt.
PROTEIN 15,9g PROTEIN 4,59g PROTEIN 4,5g
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FIBRE 2,97g FIBRE 0,9g FIBRE 2,91g

Lowers bad cholesterol. Rich in zinc, which could help Rich in manganese, which 3 Nuts can help keep you
full for longer thanks to
Lowest in fat compared to fight free radicals that con- is good for bone growth, the high protein content.
other nuts. tribute to premature ageing, and copper, which aids iron
heart disease and cancer. absorption.
About one in 200 South
4 African children are
allergic to peanuts – read
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901 712 867 labels carefully.

kJ kJ kJ
PEANUT BUTTER
Although peanut butter
contains saturated fat, it’s
high in fibre and minerals
such as potassium that helps
with the functioning of your
MACADAMIA NUTS (30G) PEANUTS (30G) PECAN NUTS (30G) brain, nervous system, heart
FAT 22,7g FAT 14,76g FAT 21,6g and muscles. Don’t have more
CARBS 4,14g CARBS 4,8g CARBS 4,17g than two tablespoonfuls a day.
PROTEIN 2,37g PROTEIN 7,74g PROTEIN 2,76g Other nut butters are also a
FIBRE 2,58g FIBRE 2,55g FIBRE 2,88g great spread option.
Contains calcium which Contains resveratrol, an This antioxidant-rich nut
supports good bone and teeth antioxidant also found in is high in vitamin E which
structure and aids muscle and grapes and red wine that promotes prostate and d
nerve function. reduces the risk of heart intestinal health.
disease.

NUT STUDIES
706 821 People who eat at least 10g of nuts
ts a day have a lower risk of
kJ kJ dying from several serio ous conditions, including respiratory and
heart diseases. That waas the finding of researchers at Vanderbilt
University School of Me edicine in the US in 2015.
Pregnant women who eat e nuts a few times
a week are less likely to
o have children
with a nut allergy compared to those who
PISTACHIO NUTS (30G) WALNUTS (30G) don’t, according to a 2014 study published
FAT 13,6g FAT 19,56g in The Journal of the Ammerican Medical
CARBS 8,25g CARBS 4,11g Association.
PROTEIN 6,09g PROTEIN 4,56g Eating peanuts with bre eakfast helps
FIBRE 3,09g FIBRE 2g control hunger pangs laater in the
Helps maintain antioxidant Rich in omega-3 and -6 fatty day, scientists found in a
and anti-inflammatory activity acids that aid immune function 2013 study published in n
as well as blood-sugar levels. and disease prevention. The British Journal of
Nutrition.

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 FINDING FRIENDS
Making pals comes more naturally to some than to others. Here’s
how to help your child socialise BY MARELIZE POTGIETER & WENDY STELZMANN

S
HE’D always thought her routine after the holidays. realised this pre-teen phase can be tricky
daughter was simply the kind Then after checking Ayanda’s home- as kids become more aware of social
of child who preferred her work one evening Mbali asked who she circles. But she’s also worried that being
own company and didn’t played with during break and her daugh- an only child hasn’t helped her daughter
need a lot of friends. Mbali* ter said she just read her book because learn the social skills she needs to get on
had also thought her main she didn’t have any friends. well with others.
concern about school this year would be “It just broke my heart to hear her say “I suddenly thought, ‘Is she too used to
the increased workload and exam prep that,” Mbali says. “When I asked about doing her own thing? Does she under-
now that her 10-year-old was in Grade 4. the two girls she was friendly with last stand the importance of being consider-
“Instead I’m worrying about a child year she said they were in a different class ate and sharing? Maybe I didn’t organise
who’s unhappy because she struggles now and played with other girls during enough play dates? How do I help her
to make friends,” says Mbali (39), a Cape break.” now?’
Town radiologist. “Ayanda* is an only Mbali spoke to some other moms and “Her dad thinks I’m overreacting and
child and we don’t have many hat making friends is something
friends with kids the same age, so ids learn to do by themselves. But
she’s used to playing on her own. don’t want her to be unhappy or
“She has friends but not a best onely. And what if she becomes
friend and I didn’t think it was eally anxious about it?”

E
anything to worry about. I just
figured she’d find someone she XPERTS agree that
clicked with eventually.” friendships – or a lack
But since starting Grade 4 at the thereof – can make or
beginning of the year, Ayanda has Boredom often sparks break y our chi l d ’s
been withdrawn and quieter than creativity so don’t organise self-confidence and
usual. At first Mbali put it down to and manage everything for happiness at school, and
her getting back into the school your child and their friends t the tone for how they fare later
during a playdate. Let them
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come up with things to do.
 ADVICE
in life too. “Friendships create a sense of fortable situations by equipping them a potential friend and invite them to play,
acceptance and belonging,” says Ilhaam with the skills to do so.” Da Silva suggests. “Acquaintances with
Solomons, a Cape Town clinical psy- Genevieve da Silva, an educational similar interests become friends as they
chologist. psychologist from Bellville, Cape Town, do things together.”
“It allows children to practise social says parents should intervene if they no- Organise play dates – see the box be-
cues and helps them learn how to tice a change in their child’s demean- low left for tips.
tolerate uncomfortable feel- our or personality. Chat to your child’s teacher and ask
ings, and about give and “Does your child express that they help monitor the situation, Solo-
take – life skills they’ll
need to maintain healthy ‘A parent’s feelings of loneliness or talk
about being left out? Are
mons says. They might be aware of play-
ground dynamics or other relevant is-
relationships.” job isn’t to they sad or moody for no sues. Perhaps they could even suggest
A child’s peers are like
mirrors in which to see prevent kids discernible reason? Are
they agitated, angry or
ways to help.
Organise opportunities to make
how the world perceives from being withdrawn? Has there friends outside of the school environ-
them, adds Stellenbosch
clinical psychologist Naomi unhappy’ been loss of appetite or
negative talk about them-
ment, says Johannesburg education psy-
chologist Cara Blackie.
van Wyk. selves? These are all things to Suggest your child play a sport or take
“Ideally, friendships are a safe look out for.” up some other activity they enjoy so
space in which a child can learn how to Children who are painfully shy might they get to spend time with kids with
act to form and nurture relationships.” be struggling with anxiety, Solomons similar interests.
says. “If they display a poor ability to de-
WHEN TO WORRY velop or maintain any type of friendship Important things to teach kids
If your child is unhappy or anxious about you might want to consider an assess- Practise conversational skills around
not having friends it’s natural to be wor- ment with a registered psychologist to the dinner table so they know what to do
ried and want to do something about it. determine the cause of the anxiety.” when meeting new people. “A warm
You know your child and should trust smile and eye contact are skills a child
your gut instinct about whether you HOWTO HELP A CHILD WHO’S can learn,” Johannesburg educational
need to step in. STRUGGLING TO MAKE FRIENDS psychologist Carina van Vuuren says.
“Mbali should talk to her daughter Making friends comes more naturally to “How to show interest in others and
about what happens during break to as- some people than to others, and the rea- enquire about their interests, sport and
sess the situation,” Solomons says. “The sons some kids struggle with it are vast pets are also things you can practise with
other girls might not be excluding her and varied. It could be that they’re them at home.”
deliberately. Brainstorm ideas about ask- naturally shy or anxious, or that they Talk to your child about what it means
ing to join in when the others are playing, just haven’t learnt the necessary social to be a good friend – things such as being
allowing Ayanda to take the lead. skills yet. considerate, taking turns and sharing
“A parent’s job isn’t to prevent children toys.
from being unhappy,” Solomons says. “It’s Practical steps to take Coach your kid to deal with conflict,
to teach them how to manage uncom- Encourage your child to regularly greet says Cizelle Louw, a clinical psychologist
from Pretoria. Explain that it’s a normal
PLAYDATE DO’S AND DON’TS p of relationships because everyone
part
gets upset, angry or sad sometimes, and
Do have a chat with your child before the friend that what’s important is how they deal
arrives, educational psychologist Carina van w it.
with
Vuuren says. Explain that destructive or aggressive
“Decide together if you want to pack away behaviour isn’t allowed because their
certain toys your child doesn’t want to share safety, as well as that of their friend, is ab-
with others. Talk about how they can make the solutely essential no matter how angry
friend feel special and what snacks your child they are.
can offer them, and when.” Talk through examples of conflict situ-
Don’t constantly suggest games and activities, ations and help your child come up with
clinical psychologist Naomi van Wyk says. a plan to solve them. Give a young child
“Remember, kids learn by playing and if you guidance but let older children come up
organise and manage everything they’re not w their own ideas, Louw says.
with
learning to do so themselves. “The sooner a child learns that life isn’t
“Leave them to it for as long as possible – always kind and gentle the better. They
sometimes kids need to be bored to spark their need to learn that there will be tension in
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creativity and come up with things to do. That’s relationships, that not everyone is kind
how they learn.” and friendly all the time, and that it’s
Do give them a chance to sort out conflict by okay if friends make mistakes because
themselves first, but intervene if it turns into it’s part of life and human nature.”
bickering or bullying, Van Wyk says. *Not their real names.
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 ADVICE

WILL I LOVE AGAIN?

ASK
I was in a relationship doesn’t love you?
with a guy for seven Take all the good memories
months and then he from the seven months you were

SIS ended things. Now I’m feeling together and treasure them. They
used, betrayed and hopeless. I are part of what has led you to
don’t love myself anymore and where you are now and whatever

DOLLY I wish I’d never met him. I

didn’t think anyone could hurt
me like this, but my ex has
it was that went wrong should be
seen as a lesson for the future.
What I suggest you do is give
really broken me and I don’t yourself time to heal from the
think I’ll be able to love again. hurt. Do things that you enjoy – the
AM, EMAIL things you used to do before you
Need advice? E-mail [email protected] met him. Concentrate on yourself
or SMS the keywords SIS DOLLY followed Sometimes when love for a while before getting involved
by your question and name to 36489. doesn’t work out it’s good in another relationship.
to simply let go and move If after a few weeks you feel
Each SMS (160 characters) costs R1. on. It’s understandable that you’re nothing is helping you heal then
feeling sad because you lost you should consider seeking the

SHE’S ALWAYS BUSY someone you love and because

it happened unexpectedly. But take
assistance of a counsellor. They
will teach you with coping skills
I’ve been in a two-year relationship with a lady it as a blessing and move on. and help you to move on.
I love very much, but she’s so busy. She works Surely you wouldn’t want to be Don’t despair – you will find love
at a hospital and it’s very demanding so in a relationship with someone who again.
there’s little time for us. I’m the one who always texts
to let her know I love and miss her. We don’t live
together and don’t spend much time with each other
– sometimes I must beg her to make time for me.
‘Immature love says, “I love you
I understand she’s busy but it bothers me that I’m
always the one who makes the effort and when we
because I need you”. Mature love
talk about it she tells me to stop complaining.
Last year she made time for a short holiday with
says, “I need you because I love you” ’
a friend and told me our plans never work out. Now – AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST ERICH FROMM
she wants to go away with her friend again but I’m
starting to feel jealous. I’m happy to give her the
money but I feel sad she’s making memories with her
friend and not me. I put a ring on it last year and I’m I’M JUST A CAREGIVER
starting to pay lobola, but I’m not sure I’m doing the I’m 32 and I’ve been You’re doing a good job but
right thing. It hurts that she has no time for me. caring for my sick mom you must understand caring
TM, EMAIL since I was a teenager. for an ill parent can be a
I have no job and no life other physically exhausting and emotion-
A relationship is about two people who both put equal than looking after her. My ally draining job. As the caregiver
effort into making things work, no matter what. You’re brothers give me money to you will need all the support you
justified in feeling concerned about the future of your help out but they never come can get.
relationship with this woman. It really doesn’t sound as if she’s to visit – they say they’re too This is why there are places such
prioritising it at all. You seem to have been too understanding busy with their own families. as a hospice where you have access
of this and it appears she’s taken advantage of your caring and I’ve never had a chance to to trained professionals who can
supporting nature. If she was really into you she’d make more have a family – I haven’t even look after those who are dying.
of an effort to show you she loves you – both by what she says had a real boyfriend for years. You can also enquire about
and what she does. My mom loves me and knows community caregivers in your
You can’t always be the one trying to make things work how much I do for her and area through your local clinic or
and compromising on what you want. She can’t go on simply she’s always telling me to go department of social development.
expecting you to understand that she has so little time for you. out but it’s not possible. She These caregivers are trained
Something just doesn’t make sense here. It seems like you’re in needs someone with her all in palliative care – care for the
this relationship on your own. Talk to her about your concerns the time. I feel useless and terminally ill and their families –
and if nothing changes then suggest that you see a relationship afraid. Sometimes I feel like and would be able to support you
counsellor together. I don’t exist at all. and give you the relief you need.
LONELY, SMS Good luck.
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 ADVICE BY LETITIA WATSON

YOUR TRADING IN YOUR VEHICLE

MONEY Once you’ve decided it’s time to get a new car,
SORTED research all the benefits and drawbacks

A
37
The percentage of new and used
TRADE-IN is often makes financial sense to do so. vehicles under R200 000 that were
more convenient Don’t be tempted to do a trade- financed in the fourth quarter of 2018
than first selling your in when your car is still brand-new
old car and then buy- even if you’re desperate for a
ing a new one. But smaller, more affordable model – R200 000-R300 000
your timing needs to you could just be shooting yourself The baseline price of new vehicles in South Africa
be right – you should in the foot.
SOURCE: TRANSUNION VEHICLE PRICING INDEX,
only trade in your old wheels when it Here’s the best way to do it. FOURTH QUARTER 2018

1 FIND OUT THE TRADE-IN VALUE 2 THE BEST TIME TO TRADE IN

It’s important to know this isn’t for your car. Every month Trans- Unless it’s an extremely rare or still owe more on it than it’s worth.
the same as the prices you see on Union receives raw data from collector’s item, your car’s value Wait until the value and debt are
cars on dealership floors or online hundreds of dealerships all over constantly decreases. about the same – that way you’ll
selling portals. South Africa and from industry In fact, in the first 18 months be paying in little to nothing.
Those amounts usually include specialists, then verifies and the value of a new vehicle often Most car loans last for six years
the dealership’s profit as well as analyses this data. Reports goes down faster than you can or 72 months. The break-even
the cost of any work the dealer cost R25. repay the loan. point is then usually achieved
had to do to get the car ship- Phone around Dealerships can The best time to act is when the after 24 to 36 months, Msibi says.
shape. give you a rough estimate but trade-in value is roughly the same Factors that could influence
You need to establish your car’s won’t be able to make you an as the amount you still owe on the when the break-even point occurs
book value – the average amount offer before they’ve inspected car, Ghana Msibi from WesBank include the size of the deposit
large dealerships pay for used your car. says. This is called the break-even (the larger the deposit, the sooner
cars. Take your car to dealerships point. For example, say your car’s you reach that point) and missed
They can assess its condition trade-in value is R150 000 and instalments (which will mean it
ESTABLISH THE BOOK VALUE and determine the value with you still owe the bank R200 000. takes longer to reach it).
Go online TransUnion offers a any add-ons you might have If you trade it in now you’ll have to Long contract periods and
Car Value Report on its website (such as a sound system or pay in R50 000. balloon payments automatically
indicating what you might expect air-conditioning). Don’t trade in your car if you delay the break-even point.

Several factors will help you get a 3 GET TRADE-IN SUPPORT

better trade-in value for your car,
such as low mileage; a complete Look out for marketing initiatives payment on your loan.
service record; no history of accidents (and if the car manufacturers offer through These incentives depend on
their dealerships. For example, various factors, including the
vehicle had been in an accident, it should’ve been they might offer a cash discount value of the new car and that
repaired by an accredited service provider); a (say R30 000) on a new car if you of your old vehicle. But don’t be
valid maintenance plan; and making sure both trade in your older model with blinded by one specific offer –
the main and spare keys are available. them. This will reduce or even inquire with other dealerships if
eliminate the outstanding they offer the same kind of deal.

GET HELP HERE transunion.co.za / lightstoneauto.co.za / santam.co.za

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 GOOD LAUGHS
MODEL HUSBAND “Honey, breakfast is on the stove, I left early to CAN’T CONNECT
Jack wakes up with a huge hangover after get groceries to make you your favourite dinner Operator: IT support, how can I help?
attending his company’s Christmas party. He’s tonight. I love you, darling! Love, Jillian.” Client: I’ve tried and tried but I just can’t find
not normally a drinker, but the drinks hadn’t There are little hearts all over it and a the net.
tasted like alcohol at all. lipstick kiss mark. He stumbles to the Operator: Okay, sir, calm down. Let me just take
He doesn’t even remember kitchen and, sure enough, there down a few details. What’s your name?
how he got home and is breakfast, steaming hot Client: Andile Jali.
wonders if he did anything coffee and the morning
wrong. PUNCTUATION newspaper. THANKS FOR NOTHING
Jack has to force His 16-year-old son A new CEO is taking over at a struggling
himself to open his Teacher: Do you know is at the table, eating. company and on his first day, he decides to
eyes, and the first
thing he sees is a
the importance of a “Son, what happened
last night?” Jack
make a statement by getting rid of all the
slackers.
couple of aspirins period (full stop)? asks. He’s touring the building when he sees a
next to a glass of
water on the side
Kid: Yeah, once my sister “Well, you came
home after 3am
young man leaning against the wall. He can’t
believe this guy would just be standing around.
table. said she’d missed one, drunk out of your The CEO walks up to him and asks, “What are
And beside them
is a single red rose!
my mom fainted, Dad got mind. You fell over
the coffee table and
you doing?”
“Waiting to get paid,” the young man replies.
Jack sits up and sees a heart attack and our broke it, and then you The CEO is furious, so the asks, “How much
the clothes he wore
last night all clean and
driver ran away! puked in the corridor
and got that black eye
money do you make a week?”
“About R250 a week. Why?”
pressed. He looks around when you ran into a door.” The CEO takes out his cheque book, writes
the room and sees that it’s in Confused, Jack asks, “So why out a cheque for R1 000 and says, “Here’s a
perfect order, spotlessly clean. is everything in such perfect order month’s pay. Now get out and don’t come back!”
He takes the aspirins, cringes when he and so clean? I have a rose and breakfast is After the young man leaves, the CEO looks
sees a huge black eye staring back at him in the on the table waiting for me?” around the room and asks, “Now does anyone
bathroom mirror. “Oh, that! Mom dragged you to the bedroom want to tell me what just happened here?”
Then he notices a note hanging on the corner and when she tried to take your pants off you One of the workers says, “You just tipped the
of the mirror. It’s written in red and it says: screamed, “Leave me alone, I’m married!” pizza guy a grand.”
 STARS
ARIES PISCES FAMOUS PISCES
21 MAR – 19 APR 19 FEB – 20 MAR
As an Aries with a pionee- Mercury, cosmic
ring spirit you might like scribe and
to be on the forefront messenger of
of things. This week you the zodiac, goes
may want to choose to retrograde in
take a back seat, though. your sign this
It’s a good time to turn week. While this
your focus inwards and signifies possible
to contemplate life, communication
whether from a spiritual, problems,
philosophical or scientific technological
perspective. You may glitches, delays
therefore want to quit the and mishaps, all
rat race and spend some isn’t woeful. It’s
time alone. an opportune
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS time to retreat,
24, 27, 46, 1, 12, 44 YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS review, reflect and
45, 41, 31, 35, 21, 5 recharge.
TAURUS
20 APR – 20 MAY
Unpredictable Uranus PISCES ATHOME LUPITA JUSTIN HLUBI
moves into your sign this Pisces dreams of a house on the beach. NYONG’O BIEBER MBOYA
week, announcing the Pisces’ room is a sanctuary of music and incense. 1 MARCH 1 MARCH 2 MARCH

GALLO IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES

beginning of a seven-year The Pisces mother makes sacrifices for her brood.
period where it may be A Pisces father is lenient and easy-going.
sensible to expect the A Pisces sibling is a sensitive soul who needs sympathy. SDUMO JULIUS PRETTY
unexpected. Even though The Pisces child lives in his/her imagination. MTSHALI MALEMA YENDE
it might sound unsettling As a Pisces you pick up the undercurrents at home. 3 MARCH 3 MARCH 6 MARCH
for a Taurus who doesn’t
like his/her boat rocked,
welcoming surprises and this week. Since it’s a your life. It seems to be SCORPIO CAPRICORN
unforeseen opportunities time where you could relationships in particular 23 OCT – 21 NOV 21 DEC – 20 JAN
are part of the deal. easily be deceived. On the that’ll be most affected. Life takes on a contemp- Venus, planet of attraction,
Also, don’t fret if you’re upside, it’s a week where a Forewarned is forearmed, lating mood, right up the moves into your financial
currently uncertain about sensitised imagination can so you may want to be on alley of a still-waters-run- horoscope. Whether you’ll
a friend’s loyalty. find many a creative outlet. high alert, both personally deep Scorpio. Whether be a magnet for lucrative
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS It’s also an opportune and professionally. Mis- you want to mull over business deals or meet the
52, 2, 26, 36, 16, 7 time to explore a spiritual communication is likely the myriad mysteries of right people to advance
journey. to be the greatest culprit, life, explore the depths your material wealth,
GEMINI YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS even if you’re a Virgo who of your psyche or ponder it could be a financially
21 MAY – 20 JUN 8, 15, 22, 33, 49, 51 dots the i’s and crosses on an unsolved puzzle, successful week. On the
Your planet, Mercury, the t’s. deliberation is key. Your downside, a classy lifestyle
starts moving backwards LEO YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ability to read people, as or penchant for designer
this week. Though this 22 JUL – 22 AUG 3, 9, 1, 25, 30, 38 well as situations, can be clothes and valuable art
may generally throw a Venus moves into your a valuable gift. pieces can deal a serious
spanner in the works, it’s love horoscope. It’s an LIBRA YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS blow to your cash flow.
in the professional arena apt time to show your 23 SEP – 22 OCT 4, 48, 13, 37, 18, 28 YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS
that you’ll have to be most appreciation, whether Your planet, Venus, 6, 4, 14, 22, 51, 17
vigilant. It’s a time where you say it with red roses moves into a compatible SAGITTARIUS
technological glitches can or lavish him/her with air sign this week, in your 22 NOV – 20 DEC AQUARIUS
hamper your progress attention. Should you be a element. Whether you’re Niggles in and around 21 JAN – 18 FEB
and delays may prevent Leo with a lonely heart, the relating to your partner, the house may cramp Pleasure-seeking Venus
you from reaching your opportunity to attract your liaising with your boss, your style and interfere moves into your sign, a
deadlines. Be mindful soulmate may present rubbing shoulders with with your freedom of great time to let your
that a breakdown in itself. So you may want to associates or socialising movement. Whether hair down. You may want
communication can ruin spend time on grooming with your friends, you’re leaks and breakdowns to spend time on leisure
your efforts. yourself. bound to feel comfortable create extra chores, faulty activities, hang out with
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS and at ease. Though, appliances slow you down your friends or indulge in
33, 46, 17, 28, 2, 11 50, 43, 29, 10, 7, 32 with Mercury, lord of or tech glitches cause delay, the latest sci-fi movie. Try
communication, in reverse all may not go according to be responsible with your
CANCER VIRGO gear, it’s recommended to plan. Since prevention cash, though. With Mercury
21 JUN – 21 JUL 23 AUG – 22 SEP to employ your skills in is better than cure, you going into reverse gear in
As a Cancer you’re bound Your planet, Mercury, diplomacy and tact to may want to spend time on your financial horoscope,
to be a sensitive soul, goes retrograde this week, the tee. maintenance tasks. be realistic with money.
a characteristic that could which could cause minor YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS
be a help or a hindrance glitches in all areas of 29, 47, 20, 3, 44, 52 5, 40, 10, 50, 16, 25 19, 23, 34, 39, 42, 1
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GENERATIONS: ISIDINGO
Programme information is supplied by the
THE LEGACY An imprisoned broadcasters. Schedules may be subject to
Smanga (MOOPI Nina keeps Gabriel, changes at short notice.
MOTHIBELI) has Lincoln and Majola
another crisis to deal (YONDA THOMAS)
with. Mazwi commits guessing when
himself to a new each of them tries
path. Crazy J puts his to strike a deal with
foot in it. Wandile is her. Gatanga digs
ready to do almost himself a hole when
anything to make her money problems go he agrees to make umqombothi for a client.
away. Lesedi learns her ex is back in town. With no cards left to play, Gabriel has to face
Jack isn’t used to being threatened by a his worst nightmare. Majola is left gutted when
woman. Cosmo is convinced he’s being lied to. Nina slips through his fingers.

SCANDAL! MUVHANGO
A mother is KK (MACDONALD
heartbroken when NDOU) irritates
she discovers her Marang by trying to
daughter’s disturbing fix things. Shaz feels
secret. Lindiwe comes awkward staying
clean about Mary. at the royal house. RHYTHM CITY
A man tries to save Sargent Neshehe Bash has run out of friends but it seems like
someone who doesn’t pays a surprise visit he might have found a new one very close to
want help. Will to Azwindini. Tenda the investigation. Dumi discovers what Bra
Ingrid take action without her father’s support? flaunts his new relationship. Gizara is reinstated. Honest did to Mapula. Bash is prosecuted
Quinton (BRIGHTON NGOMA) works hard to Vho-Makhadzi is back. Gugu’s apology falls on for Bongi’s murder. Rene (AMO CHIDI)
get close to his mark. D-day for the plan has deaf ears. Marang falls in love. Susan supports considers giving up her dream. Bongi’s
finally arrived causing big reactions all round. Mpho. body is released.

d – Repeat a – Afrikaans b – Multilingual n – Nguni s – Sesotho/Setswana/Sepedi x – isiXhosa z – isiZulu A – Suitable for all ages L – Language N – Nudity PG – Parental guidance S – Sex V – Violence
THURSDAY 28 FEBRUARY

E.TV SABC1 SABC2 SABC3 M-NET MZANSI

09:30 Covert Affairs 08:30 d Generations: 09:30 Inside the Baobab 09:00 d Real Talk 09:00 d Grey’s Anatomy 09:30 d Isibaya
10:30 d Days of Our Lives The Legacy Tree 10:00 d Bold & Beautiful 10:00 d FBI 10:00 d The Queen
11:30 d Rhythm City 09:00 d Muvhango 10:00 Featherfoot Farm 10:30 d 7de Laan 11:00 d Last Man Standing 10:30 d Isithembiso
12:00 d Scandal! 09:30 d Skeem Saam 10:12 Adventures at the 11:00 d Isidingo 11:30 d Family Food Fight 11:00 d The Doctors
12:30 d Imbewu: The Seed 10:00 d Emzini Wezinsiswa Waterhole 11:30 d Muvhango 12:30 d Magnum PI 12:00 d The Throne
13:00 eNews 10:30 d Daily Thetha 10:30 Grand Masters 12:00 d Air Wolf 13:30 d Big Bang Theory 12:30 d Isibaya
13:30 d The Wild 11:30 d Lip Sync Battle 11:00 Game Plan 13:00 On Point 14:00 d Young Sheldon 13:00 d The Queen
14:00 d Big Bang Theory 12:00 d Sports 11:30 d 90 Plein Street 14:00 Hollywood News 14:30 d The Wild Ones 13:30 d Isithembiso
14:30 Peppa Pig 13:00 Lunchtime News Double bill. 14:15 d Zoom In 15:30 d Carte Blanche 14:00 Lokshin Bioskop:
14:35 Cool Catz 13:30 Mam’ Sakhile’s 12:30 Mara: The Only One 14:30 Trenk, the Little 16:30 d NCIS Nyaope Indaba
15:00 The Jungle Bunch Story House 13:00 d 7de Laan Knight 17:30 Mom 15:30 Lokshin Bioskop:
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15:15 Alvinnn!!! and the 14:30 Teenagers on 14:00 d Skeem Saam 15:30 d Jay Leno’s Garage 19:00 The Bachelor SA 17:00 The Talk
Chipmunks a Mission 14:30 d Muvhango 16:00 d Just Cooking 20:00 NCIS: Los Angeles 18:00 Lokshin Bioskop:
15:30 Mia and Me 15:00 d Skeem Saam 15:00 a Ben 10 16:30 Afternoon Express Action series. When a prototype Ubabakhe
16:00 Craz-e World Live 15:30 YoTV 15:30 To be announced 17:30 Bold & Beautiful tactical assault suit is stolen from 19:00 The Throne
16:25 Just for Laughs 16:30 d Daily Thetha 16:00 Words and Numbers 18:00 Real Talk a Navy base and used in a 19:30 Isithembiso
16:50 Couples Court with 17:30 b News 16:30 Hectic Nine-9 19:00 Isidingo jewellery heist, the team must 20:00 Being Bonang
the Cutlers 18:00 One Mic 17:00 Bleach 19:30 Making a Model with determine who stole it and what 20:30 Isibaya
17:15 Days of Our Lives 18:30 Skeem Saam 17:30 b News Yolanda Hadid the next target is. Local drama series. War brews
18:00 The Wild 19:00 b News 18:00 7de Laan 20:30 The Scoop 21:00 Suits in the valley. The Ndlovus are
18:30 Big Bang Theory 19:30 #TBT 18:30 a News Local magazine show. Covering Drama series. Season 8 ends. in turmoil. Dabula keeps plotting
19:00 Rhythm City 20:00 Generations: 19:00 a Musiek Roulette the latest trends in local and 22:00 The Last Kingdom as the noose tightens.
19:30 Scandal! The Legacy 20:00 s News international fashion, music, 23:10 Late Late Show with 21:00 The Queen
20:00 eNews 20:30 Uzalo 20:30 Ngula Ya Vutivi/Zwa movies and celebrities. Hosted James Corden 21:30 Between Two Lovers
20:30 Hawaii Five-0 Local drama series. Sibonelo is Maramani by Khanyi Mbau. 00:05 d Escape at 22:30 Stand Up Guys
21:30 Imbewu: The Seed trapped by his own identity. 21:00 Muvhango 21:00 News Dannemora 00:00 d Imperio
22:00 The Fixer 21:00 One Day Leader 21:30 Speak Out 21:30 d The Docket 01:00 d True Detective 01:00 d The Talk
23:00 1 000 to 1: The Cory 22:00 d Mzansi Insiders 22:00 National Teaching 22:30 Trending SA 02:10 The Post 02:00 Lokshin Bioskop:
Weissman Story 23:00 d Yilungelo Lakho Awards 23:30 Base 3 04:05 Megan Leavey Nyaope Indaba

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

HAWAII FIVE-0 (E.TV 20:30) Action series. When Danny’s THE QUEEN (MZANSI 21:00) Local drama series. Shaka continues
ex-partner is found dead, the investigation leads Steve’s (ALEX to suffocate under Mmabatho’s ever-growing list of rules. Gracious
O’LOUGHLIN) team to dirty cops and a powerful cocaine cartel. faces Sandra Stein.
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1 MARCH FRIDAY
E.TV SABC1 SABC2 SABC3 M-NET MZANSI
09:30 Covert Affairs 09:00 d Muvhango 09:00 Parliament 09:00 d Real Talk 09:00 d Suits 09:30 d Isibaya
10:30 d Days of Our Lives 09:30 d Skeem Saam 09:30 Inside the Baobab 10:00 d Bold & Beautiful 10:00 d Close Up with the 10:00 d The Queen
11:30 d Rhythm City 10:00 d Emzini Wezinsizwa Tree 10:30 d 7de Laan Hollywood Reporter 10:30 d Isithembiso
12:00 d Scandal! 10:30 d Big Up 10:00 Featherfoot Farm 11:00 d Muvhango 11:00 d The Kids are 11:00 d The Doctors
12:30 d Imbewu: The Seed 11:00 To be announced 10:12 Adventures at the 12:00 Miami Vice Alright 12:00 d The Throne
13:00 eNews 11:30 d Live Amp Waterhole 13:00 On Point 11:30 d Family Food Fight 12:30 d Isibaya
13:30 d The Wild 12:00 d Imizwilili 10:30 The World’s Strictest 14:00 d Close Up 12:30 d American 13:00 d The Queen
14:00 d Big Bang Theory 13:00 Lunchtime News Parents 14:30 Trenk, the Little Housewife 13:30 d Isithembiso
14:30 Open Season 13:30 Mam’ Sakhile’s 11:30 d Afro Café Knight 13:00 d NCIS: Los Angeles 14:00 Lokshin Bioskop:
16:25 Family Feud Story House 12:30 Mara: The Only One 15:00 Hectic on 3 14:00 d The Voice SA The Love Game
16:50 Judge Judy 14:00 d Selimathunzi 13:00 d 7de Laan 15:30 d Unfiltered 15:00 d The Bachelor SA Drama. After meeting Fikile, Menzi
17:15 Days of Our Lives 14:30 Teenagers on 13:30 d Speak Out 16:00 d The Scoop 16:30 d NCIS asks his materialistic brother to
18:00 The Wild a Mission 14:00 d Skeem Saam 16:30 Afternoon Express 17:30 Mom help him transform from a dorky
Local drama series. Marang makes 15:00 To be announced 14:30 d Muvhango 17:30 Bold & Beautiful Comedy series. Christy considers illustrator into a slick hustler.
an astonishing confession to her 15:30 YoTV 15:00 Ben 10 18:00 Real Talk getting a new sponsor after 15:30 Lokshin Bioskop:
family. 16:30 d Daily Thetha 15:30 To be announced 19:00 Isidingo witnessing Marjorie have a Jozi to Kapa
18:30 Big Bang Theory 17:30 b News 16:00 Blackhole High 19:30 Guys with Kids meltdown in a grocery store. 17:00 The Talk
19:00 Rhythm City 18:00 Lip Sync Battle 16:30 Hectic Nine-9 20:00 Funny You Should 18:00 Family Food Fight 18:00 Yobe
19:30 Scandal! 18:30 Skeem Saam 17:00 Bleach Ask 19:00 The Voice 18:30 WWE Raw
20:00 eNews Local drama series. Nomalanga is 17:30 b News Game show. 21:00 A Million Little Things 19:30 Isithembiso
20:30 NCIS: Los Angeles gobsmacked when Lehasa reveals 18:00 7de Laan 21:00 News Drama series. Katherine struggles 20:00 Uyang’thanda Na?
Action series. Police liaison Marty why he has reservations about 18:30 a News 21:30 Polisse to cope at home without Eddie. 20:30 Isibaya
Deeks helps the team find an Lelo’s pregnancy. 19:00 a #Karektas Crime. A journalist on assignment 22:00 Arrested 21:00 The Queen
infamous socialite connected 19:00 b News 20:00 s News at a juvenile facility starts an affair Development 21:30 Massive Music
to a Navy officer’s murder. 19:30 Live Amp 20:30 Solutions 24 with one of her subjects. Karin 22:35 Who is America? 22:00 d Ehostela
21:30 Imbewu: The Seed 20:00 Generations: 21:00 Muvhango Viard, Maïwenn. 127 min. 23:10 Late Late Show with 23:00 d The Doctors
22:00 Six Bullets The Legacy 21:30 Legends of the 2011. 16. James Corden 00:00 d Imperio
00:20 d Covert Affairs 20:30 Uzalo Hidden City 23:30 Base 3 00:10 d The Last Kingdom 01:00 d The Talk
01:10 d NCIS: Los Angeles 21:00 To be announced 22:30 TKO Boxing 03:30 d Miami Vice 01:20 d Shameless 02:00 Lokshin Bioskop:
02:00 d Hawaii Five-0 23:00 d Mzansi Insider Magazine 04:30 d Isidingo 02:40 The Wilde Wedding The Love Game

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

MASSIVE MUSIC (MZANSI 21:30) Local music show offering artist IMBEWU: THE SEED (E.TV 21:30) Drama series. MaZulu says she
interviews, captivating studio performances and a weekly music would like Ngcolosi to come home. Khanyo has to do something
chart. Hosted by LALLA HIRAYAMA. for Sipho.

2 MARCH SATURDAY
E.TV SABC1 SABC2 SABC3 M-NET MZANSI
09:00 Marvel’s Ultimate 09:00 d Imizwilili 08:30 Raising Babies 101 09:00 Restyle My Style 09:00 Arthur and the 09:30 Lokshin Bioskop:
Spider-Man 10:00 Mzansi Insider Local talk show. Advice, tips and 09:30 d Bold & Beautiful Minimoys The Pelepele Tree
09:30 d Scandal! Local breakfast show reflecting on tricks on how to give great care to Omnibus. 09:30 d Manifest Drama. A bitter and bullied young
Omnibus. home-grown talent, from celebrities your baby. 12:00 d Longest Date 10:30 d Suits man who finds out his sister is also
11:20 d Imbewu: The Seed to professionals to shining the 09:30 DTV 13:00 d Bride and 11:30 d Magnum PI being picked on receives a
Omnibus. spotlight on ordinary South Local magazine show. Featuring Prejudice: The Action series. pelepele tree as a gift which
13:25 Family Time Africans doing extraordinary stories that inspire, empower and Forbidden Wedding 12:30 d NCIS: Los Angeles changes the course of his life.
13:30 eShibobo things. educate the deaf community. 14:00 Judith Sephuma: The 13:30 d Station 19 11:00 d The Queen
14:00 d Ultimate Braai 11:00 d Generations: 10:00 d Bleach Experience Live in 14:30 d Grey’s Anatomy Omnibus.
Master The Legacy Omnibus. Concert 15:30 Gamba 13:30 d The Throne
15:00 Celebrity Scoop Omnibus. 12:00 d Blackhole High 15:00 d Making a Model 17:00 d The Kids are Omnibus.
15:25 We Bought a Zoo 13:30 Sports Stars Teen series. After Lucas is bitten by with Yolanda Hadid Alright 15:30 Lokshin Bioskop:
Family. A widower takes his Uncovered a mayfly nymph, he gets his wish 16:00 Premier League 17:30 The Kids are Alright Ubabakhe
children to live at the struggling 14:00 Soccer 411 and becomes an adult. Preview Show Comedy series. Timmy enters a 16:30 d Our Perfect
zoo he bought as a way for his 15:00 Soccer (build-up) 12:30 Back from Zero 16:30 Soccer (build-up) poetry contest to win the money he Wedding
kids – and himself – to deal with 15:30 Soccer: Absa 13:30 d Muvhango 17:00 English Premier needs to repair his ventriloquist Local reality show. Each week one
losing their mother. Matt Damon, Premiership Omnibus. League dummy. engaged couple takes viewers on
Scarlett Johansson. 124 min. Chippa United vs SuperSport 16:00 To be announced 19:00 Le Week-End 18:00 American Housewife their journey to the altar. Will they
2011. PG. United. 18:00 d RSVP: Dare to 21:00 News Comedy series. Anna-Kat runs tick off everything on their list to
18:05 Minute to Win It USA 17:30 d Roots Change 21:30 Hardwired against Chloe Brown Mueller’s get their perfect big day?
19:00 eNews 18:00 d Friends Like These 18:30 a News Action. After an accident leaves daughter for an important position 17:30 d Yobe
19:30 Alvin and the Local game show. 18:45 s News him with amnesia, a man is in the school election. 18:00 WWE SmackDown
Chipmunks 19:00 b News 19:00 2019 Safta Awards offered the opportunity to regain 18:30 Last Man Standing 19:00 d Being Bonang
Comedy. A struggling songwriter 19:30 Real Goboza Red Carpet his memories by a company, only Comedy series. Mike attempts to Local reality show.
discovers three singing chipmunks 20:00 Soccer (build-up) 19:30 To be announced to learn they have a hidden find common ground with an 19:30 Hawe Ma
who resurrect his career. Jason Lee, 20:15 Soccer: Absa 20:00 2019 Safta Awards agenda. Cuba Gooding Jr, exchange student they’re hosting. 20:30 Hope Springs
Jane Lynch. 92 min. 2007. PG. Premiership 20:56 Lotto Draw: Live Val Kilmer. 94 min. 2009. 16VL. 19:00 The Voice 22:30 d Homeground
21:30 Pulp Fiction Bidvest Wits vs Cape Town City. 21:00 2019 Safta Awards 00:00 Base 3 20:00 Riverdale 23:00 d Massive Music
00:40 d Minute to Win It 22:30 d One Day Leaders (continues) 04:30 d An Nur: The Light 21:00 Unsane 23:30 d 1Magic Hits
USA 23:30 d Selimathunzi 23:00 d Vloeksteen Local Islamic magazine show. 22:40 Gomorrah Omnibus.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

RIVERDALE (M-NET 20:00) Drama series. After weeks go by with PULP FICTION (E.TV 21:30) Crime comedy. A hitman is asked to
no contact from Archie, Veronica (CAMILA MENDES) devises look after his boss’ girlfriend while he’s away on business. Samuel
a plan to break him out of the juvenile detention centre. L Jackson, John Travolta. 154 min. 1994. 18VL.
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SUNDAY 3 MARCH

E.TV SABC1 SABC2 SABC3 M-NET MZANSI

09:00 GGO Football 2: 09:00 d Gospel Avenue 08:30 Derech Eretz 08:00 Polly Pocket 09:00 d The Voice 08:00 Gospel Alive
International Local gospel music show. Local Jewish lifestyle show. Animation. Polly is often told she’s Double bill. 09:00 Lokshin Bioskop:
Tournament Celebrities share their journeys in 09:00 Ode to the too little to do the things she wants 12:00 d Young Sheldon What If Love
09:30 ShizLive faith through gospel artists and the Environment to do, but she proves that being 12:30 d Big Bang Theory Finds You
10:00 d Rhythm City music they’ve selected. 09:30 The Vigil of Shiva little isn’t a limitation. 13:00 Kong: Skull Island 10:00 d Isibaya
12:00 Open Season 10:00 Mzansi Insider 10:00 Music and the 08:30 Kids from Seagull Action. A team of scientists are 12:30 Lokshin Bioskop:
13:40 We Bought a Zoo Local breakfast show. The show Spoken Word 09:00 Massive Monster escorted to a strange island that’s Hawe Ma
16:00 Ultimate Braai Master reflects on home-grown talent, 10:30 Psalted Mayhem inhabited by a giant ape. Tom 13:30 d Homeground
17:00 Caught on Camera from celebrities to professionals to 11:00 Slice of Light 09:30 Cricket (build up) Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson. 14:00 d Celeb Feasts with
with Nick Cannon shining the spotlight on ordinary 11:30 a d Koskaskenades 10:00 Cricket: 1st ODI 118 min. 2017. PG13. Zola Nene
18:00 eNews South Africans. Local culinary lifestyle show. SA vs Sri Lanka. 15:00 d The Kids are 14:30 d Isithembiso
18:05 Little Big Shots 11:00 To be announced 12:00 Beyond Boundaries 17:30 Cricket (wrap up) Alright 17:00 d Unmarried
19:00 eNews 11:30 d Imvelo 12:30 Athletics Alive 18:30 Wildlife Rescue Africa 15:30 d American 17:30 d Being Bonang
19:30 Modern Family 12:00 Uzalo 13:00 Swimming Magazine 19:30 Traffickers Housewife 18:00 Date My Family
Comedy series. Jay wants to make 14:30 Playing for the Coach 13:30 d 7de Laan 20:30 Unfiltered 16:00 d Last Man Standing Local reality show. Helping
a good impression on a family 15:00 Soccer (build-up) 16:00 To be announced Local talk show. It tackles the 17:00 The Voice South singletons find love by sending
moving in across the street. 15:30 Soccer: Absa 18:00 a Fokus broad spectrum of issues affecting Africa them on dates with their potential
20:00 Lucy Premiership 18:30 a News South Africans, including crime, Local reality singing competition. partners’ families.
Action. A student is tricked into Baroka FC vs Polokwane City. 19:00 50/50 corruption, education, politics as 19:00 Carte Blanche 19:00 Our Perfect Wedding
smuggling drugs that leak inside 17:30 Gospel Unplugged Local environmental series with well as economic and social 20:05 Den of Thieves 20:00 Ehostela
her body and turn her into a Local music show. The show caters presenters Ashmund Martin, Bertus issues. Hosted by Redi Tlhabi. 22:25 Last Week Tonight 21:00 d Ikhaya
superhuman. Scarlett Johansson, exclusively for various genres of Louw and Mmasea Petje. 21:00 News with John Oliver 21:30 Romeo Must Die
Morgan Freeman. 89 min. 2014. urban gospel music. 20:00 s News 21:30 Special Assignment 23:10 Utøya: July 22 Action. A Hong Kong cop escapes
16V. 18:00 d The Remix 20:30 Ga Re Dumele 22:00 Bond of Blood Drama. During a terrorist mass from prison and goes to the United
21:50 Apocalypto 19:00 b News 21:00 It’s Gospel Time Drama. A modern, made-in-South murder at a political summer States to avenge his brother’s
00:40 d Little Big Shots 19:30 Thiba 22:00 To be announced Africa retelling of the biblical story camp, a teenage girl struggles to murder. Jet Li, Aaliyah. 115 min.
01:30 d Tyrant 20:00 d Emoyeni 23:00 a d Musiek Roulette of the prodigal son. Rowan survive and find her younger sister. 2000. 16VNL.
02:20 Lucy 21:00 Hardball Local music show. Cloete, JP du Plessis. 81 min. Andrea Berntzen, Aleksander 23:30 d Imperio
04:00 d Mary Mary 23:00 d Friends Like These 00:00 Full View 2015. PG. Holmen. 93 min. 2018. 16V. Omnibus.
04:50 e-Insert 00:00 Koze Kuse 03:00 The Globe 00:00 Base 3 00:50 d Gomorrah 04:30 d Daily Sun TV

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

DEN OF THIEVES (M-NET 20:05) Action. A bank-robbing crew plan HARDBALL (SABC1 21:00) Drama. To repay his debts, a gambler must
a heist on the Federal Reserve Bank but run into an elite crime- coach a junior baseball team in a tough neighbourhood. Keanu
fighting unit. Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber. 140 min. 2018. 16VL. Reeves, Diane Lane. 106 min. 2001. PG13.
MONDAY 4 MARCH

E.TV SABC1 SABC2 SABC3 M-NET MZANSI

09:30 Covert Affairs 09:00 d Muvhango 09:00 Parliament 09:00 Democracy Gauge 09:00 d Magnum P.I. 09:30 d Isibaya
10:30 d Days of Our Lives 09:30 d Skeem Saam 09:30 s Doc McStuffins 10:00 d Keeping Score 10:00 d A Million Little 10:00 d The Queen
11:30 d Rhythm City 10:00 d Emzini Wezinsiswa 10:00 To be announced 10:30 d 7de Laan Things 10:30 d Isithembiso
12:00 d Scandal 10:30 Daily Thetha 10:30 Back from Zero 11:00 d Isidingo 11:00 d The Kids Are 11:00 d The Doctors
12:30 d Imbewu: The Seed 11:30 d Real Goboza 11:30 d 50/50 11:30 d Muvhango Alright 12:00 d The Throne
13:00 eNews 12:00 d Yilungelo Lakho 12:30 Mara: The Only One 12:00 Magnum PI 11:30 d Family Food Fight 12:30 d Isibaya
13:30 d The Wild 13:00 Lunchtime News 13:00 d 7de Laan 13:00 On Point 12:30 d Last MAn Standing 13:00 d The Queen
14:00 d Big Bang Theory 13:30 Mam’ Sakhile’s 13:30 d Uzalo 14:00 Lauren Lake’s 13:00 d NCIS: Los Angeles 13:30 d Isithembiso
14:30 Peppa Pig Story House 14:00 d Skeem Saam Paternity Court Show 14:00 d Carte Blanche 14:00 Lokshin Bioskop:
14:35 Cool Catz 14:00 Making Moves 14:30 d Muvhango 14:30 George of the Jungle 15:00 d The Voice South Luthando
15:00 Sofia the First 15:00 Soul Buddyz 15:00 s Raggs 15:00 Hectic on 3 Africa 15:30 Lokshin Bioskop:
15:30 GGO Football 2: 15:30 YoTV 15:30 To be announced 15:30 d Mela 16:30 d NCIS The Love Game
International 16:30 d Expressions 16:00 Epic Hangout 16:30 Afternoon Express 17:30 Mom 17:00 The Talk
Tournament 17:00 d Come Again 16:30 Hectic Nine-9 17:30 Democracy Gauge Comedy series. Christy gets fired 18:00 Lokshin Bioskop:
16:25 America’s Funniest 17:30 b News 17:00 Bleach 18:00 d Taryn and Sharon from the restaurant. What If Love Finds
Home Videos 18:00 To be announced 17:30 b News 18:30 d Keeping Score 18:00 Family Food Fight You
16:50 Judge Judy 18:30 Skeem Saam 18:00 7de Laan 19:00 Isidingo 19:00 Grey’s Anatomy 19:00 The Throne
17:15 Days of Our Lives Local drama series. A shameful 18:30 a News 19:30 The Longest Date Drama series. When the power in 19:30 Isithembiso
18:00 The Wild Turf High video goes viral. Lehasa 19:00 a Treknet Local dating show. Single South the hospital goes out, the doctors 20:00 Ikhaya
18:30 Big Bang Theory questions the paternity of Lelo’s 19:30 a Kliphard Africans on an epic journey – are left scrambling to save their 20:30 Isibaya
19:00 Rhythm City unborn child. 20:00 s News a trip to face their fears in gruelling patients’ lives. 21:00 The Queen
19:30 Scandal! 19:00 b News 20:30 Leihlo La Sechaba challenges and ultimately a jour- 20:00 Manifest 21:30 Homeground
20:00 eNews 19:30 d Thandeka’s Diary 21:00 Muvhango ney to find love and claim the 21:00 This Is Us Local sport/lifestyle show.
20:30 Chicago Med 20:00 Generations: 21:30 d 90 Plein Street grand prize of R100 000. Double bill. Featuring interviews, celebrity
21:30 Imbewu: The Seed The Legacy 22:00 d Botho, an Act of 20:30 Quit Your Day Job 23:00 Late Late Show with guests and the hottest sporting
22:00 Devious Maids 20:30 Uzalo Kindness 21:00 News James Corden highlights from the week.
23:00 Apocalypto 21:00 To be announced 22:30 d Mother of All 21:30 #WTFTUMI 00:00 Utøya: July 22 22:00 Surviving the Family
01:35 d Covert Affairs 22:00 SoccerZone Profession 22:30 Trending SA 01:40 d Escape at 23:00 d Doctors
02:25 d Chicago Med 23:00 d Making Moves 23:00 d Ode to the 23:30 Base 3 Dannemora 00:00 d Imperio
03:15 d Devious Maids 00:00 Koze Kuse Environment 03:30 d Magnum PI 02:50 The Wilde Wedding 01:00 d The Talk

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

THIS IS US (M-NET 21:00) Drama series. Double bill. In episode 1, DEVIOUS MAIDS (E.TV 22:00) Comedy series. Zoila and Frances grow
Jack and Rebecca take a road trip to Los Anegeles. In episode 2, closer, and Evelyn’s plan for divorce is thwarted when Adrian cuts off
the Pearsons have an unconventional Thanksgiving dinner. her funding.
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5 MARCH TUESDAY
E.TV SABC1 SABC2 SABC3 M-NET MZANSI
09:30 Covert Affairs 09:00 d Muvhango 09:00 Parliament 09:00 d Democracy Gauge 09:00 d NCIS: Los Angeles 09:30 d Isibaya
10:30 d Days of Our Lives 09:30 d Skeem Saam 09:30 s Doc McStuffins 09:30 d Taryn & Sharon 10:00 d This is Us 10:00 d The Queen
11:30 d Rhythm City 10:00 d Emzini Wezinsiswa 10:00 To be announced 10:00 d Keeping Score 11:00 d Last Man Standing 10:30 d Isithembiso
12:00 d Scandal! 10:30 Daily Thetha 10:30 d Motswako 10:30 d 7de Laan 11:30 d Family Food Fight 11:00 d The Doctors
12:30 d Imbewu: The Seed 11:30 To be announced 11:00 Going Strong 11:00 d Isidingo 12:30 d Manifest 12:00 d The Throne
13:00 eNews 12:00 d SoccerZone 11:30 Stories Untold 11:30 d Muvhango 13:30 d Grey’s Anatomy 12:30 d Isibaya
13:30 d The Wild 13:00 Lunchtime News 12:00 Our Moments 12:00 The A-Team 14:30 d Suits 13:00 d The Queen
14:00 d Big Bang Theory 13:30 Mam’ Sakhile’s 12:30 Mara: The Only One 13:00 On Point 15:30 d Magnum PI 13:30 d Isithembiso
14:30 Peppa Pig Story House 13:00 d 7de Laan 14:00 Lauren Lake’s 16:30 d NCIS 14:00 Lokshin Bioskop:
14:35 Cool Catz 14:00 Ispani 13:30 d Uzalo Paternity Court Show 17:30 Mom Van Toeka Love
15:00 Trolls: The Beat 15:00 Soul Buddyz 14:00 d Skeem Saam 14:30 Trenk, the Little 18:00 Family Food Fight 15:30 Lokshin Bioskop:
Goes On 15:30 YoTV 14:30 d Muvhango Knight 19:00 Station 19 Ke Summer Boss
15:30 Pokemon the Series: 16:30 d Daily Thetha 15:00 s Raggs 15:00 Hectic on 3 Drama series. A violent storm is Drama. A coming-of-age story
Sun and Moon Ultra 17:28 d Izwi La Bantu 15:30 To be announced 15:30 d Top Billing blowing in Seattle while the crew about a young boy who steals
Adventures 17:30 b News 16:00 Battle of the Versus 16:30 Afternoon Express is having a party. The crew must Mam’Fundisi’s underwear off her
15:55 Frenzy 18:00 Nyan’Nyan Local debate show. 17:30 Democracy Gauge abandon the party to take care of washing line. This sets off a series
16:25 America’s Funniest 18:30 Skeem Saam 16:30 Hectic Nine-9 18:00 d Taryn & Sharon emergencies that risk their lives. of events that get him in and out of
Home Videos Local drama series. Someone may 17:00 Bleach 18:30 d Keeping Score 20:00 9-1-1 trouble.
16:50 Couples Court with have overheard Noah and 17:30 b News 19:00 Isidingo 21:00 FBI 17:00 The Talk
the Cutlers Clement talk about their crime. 18:00 7de Laan 19:30 Premier League Crime series. Criminals masque- 18:00 Date My Family
17:15 Days of Our Lives 19:30 Selimathinzi 18:30 a News Review rading as NYPD officers are 19:00 The Throne
18:00 The Wild 20:00 Generations: 19:00 a Vloeksteen 20:30 Jay Leno’s Garage robbing armoured cars from the 19:30 Isithembiso
18:30 Big Bang Theory The Legacy 20:00 s News Reality show. Jay Leno Jay travels same armoured car company. 20:00 Yobe
19:00 Rhythm City 20:30 Uzalo 20:30 b Nhlalala Ya Rixaka across the US on the hunt for the 22:00 Shameless 20:30 Isibaya
19:30 Scandal! 21:00 Expressions 20:56 Vodacom Millionaires world’s most radical rides. 23:00 Late Late Show with 21:00 The Queen
20:00 eNews 21:30 Cutting Edge 21:00 Muvhango 21:00 News James Corden 21:30 Celeb Feasts with
20:30 Shades of Blue 22:00 Nyan’Nyan 21:30 d 90 Plein Street 21:30 #WTFTUMI 00:10 d This is Us Zola Nene
Action series. 22:30 d Chatroom 22:00 It’s Gospel Time 22:30 Trending SA 01:15 d Riverdale 22:00 Hope Springs
21:30 Imbewu: The Seed 23:00 d Ispani 23:00 d Mara: The Only 23:30 Base 3 02:15 d Vice 23:50 d The Doctors
22:00 CheckPoint 00:00 d Koze Kuse One 03:30 d The A-Team 02:55 Dark Harvest 00:50 d The Talk

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

CELEB FEASTS WITH ZOLA NENE (MZANSI 21:30) Local cooking 9-1-1 (M-NET 20:00) Drama series. It’s Halloween and the first
show. Chef, food stylist and TV personality Zola Nene cooks up responders race to the rescue at a cemetery, a haunted hayride
tasty dishes while entertaining celebrity guests and their mentors. and a spooky Hollywood parade.

6 MARCH WEDNESDAY
E.TV SABC1 SABC2 SABC3 M-NET MZANSI
09:30 Covert Affairs 09:00 d Rhythm City 09:00 Parliament 05:00 d Restyle My Style 09:00 d Grey’s Anatomy 09:30 d Isibaya
10:30 d Days of Our Lives 09:30 d Scandal! 09:30 Inside the Baobab Local kids' makeover show that 10:00 d Suits 10:00 d The Queen
11:30 d Rhythm City 10:00 d Bette! Tree uses individual style ideas and 11:00 d American 10:30 d Isithembiso
12:00 d Scandal! 10:30 d Young & Restless 10:00 To be announced visions to transform personal Housewife 11:00 d The Doctors
12:30 d Imbewu: The Seed 11:30 d Malcolm 10:30 d Kliphard spaces. 11:30 d Family Food Fight 12:00 d The Throne
13:00 eNews 09:00 d Muvhango 11:00 Ladies Club 05:30 d Life with Boys 12:30 d Station 19 12:30 d Isibaya
13:30 d The Wild 09:30 d Skeem Saam 11:30 Health Talk Teen comedy series. The show 13:30 d A Million Little 13:00 d The Queen
14:00 d Big Bang Theory 10:00 d Emzini Wezinsiswa 12:00 a Ben 10 follows Tess, a tomboy struggling Things 13:30 d Isithembiso
14:30 Peppa Pig 10:30 Daily Thetha 12:30 Mara: The Only One to cope in a family full of boys. 14:30 d The Voice 14:00 Lokshin Bioskop:
14:35 Cool Catz 11:30 d Gospel Unplugged 13:00 d 7de Laan 06:00 Expresso 16:30 d NCIS Sebolelo
15:00 Monchhichi 12:00 d Chatroom 13:30 d Uzalo 09:00 d Democracy Gauge 17:30 Mom 15:30 Lokshin Bioskop:
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15:55 Shizlive 13:30 Mam’ Sakhile’s 15:00 To be announced 10:30 d 7de Laan takes a turn when Bonnie lands tired of being broke so they turn to
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

SKEEM SAAM (SABC1 18:00) Local drama series. Lehasa resorts ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA (M-NET 21:00) Drama series. David Sweat
to unscrupulous measures to try to get to the truth about Lelo makes progress on the escape route. Tilly tries to avoid Lyle, who is
(AMANDA DU-PONT) and Emkay’s relationship. planning something special for their anniversary.
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 MUSIC

Treasure trove
Singer Tresor tells us about his latest single,
local collabs and musical inspiration
He’s just released his third Consistency is key to longe-
album, Nostalgia, and has a vity. It’s vital to stay bold to
brand-new track out called keep your music exciting
Electric Night featuring and, most important, to
AKA. keep on having fun. It’s the
We caught up with the only way to stay creative and
Congolese star whose name keep the music interesting.
A All ages D Drugs H Horror L Language N Nudity P Prejudice PG Parental guidance S Sex V Violence.

means “treasure” in French.

WHAT’S YOUR BIGGEST
YOU’VE WORKED WITH CHALLENGE?
IF YOU MUST

MANY SA ARTISTS, FROM I feel being from Africa and

BLACK COFFEE AND being an African musician,
KWESTA TO HUGH I’m often limited in my reach.
MASEKELA AND, I feel rrestrained from being
SO-SO

MOST RECENTLY, aable to share my music

BEATENBERG. TELL further than one
US ABOUT THAT. LISTEN geographical area.
WORTHWHILE

I’m a big fan of TO THIS I don’t think the

Beatenberg – they’re challenge will be
an incredible band. around for much longer
Aphrodite was our third but it’s still there.
collaboration.
[Beatenberg frontman] WHO’D YOU MOST LIKE
EXCELLENT

Matthew Field and myself TO WORK WITH?

wrote the song and it’s Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris,
about falling in love with an Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams
ancient Greek goddess. We and Coldplay.
wanted to create something
fun and light for summer. WHO ARE YOUR BIGGEST
Personal reviews are rated.
BRILLIANT

MUSICAL INSPIRATIONS? Congolese star

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT Michael Jackson, Hugh Tresor is a big fan of
FROM YOUR YEARS IN Masekela, Ray Charles, Bob SA artists, but he has
THE MUSIC BIZ? Marley, Daft Punk. – NICI DE WET international collabs
on his mind too.

DVDS
BLACKKKLANSMAN FINDING YOUR FEET
COMEDY. 110 MIN. 2017. 13DL.
TRUE-LIFE DRAMA. 120 MIN. 2018. Sandra (IMELDA STAUNTON) is
18VL. looking forward to spending quality
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Director Spike Lee is back with a time with her husband when she
vengeance with a biting real-life discovers at his retirement party
story of black cop Ron Stallworth that he’s having an affair. Sandra
(JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON) who moves in with her sister, Bif, who
infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the drags Sandra to a dance class.
USA in the 1970s. There she makes friends and
As with all Spike’s films, this rediscovers her love of dance.
one has multiple layers and com- Though this feel-good comedy
mentaries that have as much to say becomes a bit too sentimental, it’s
about race relations in the ’70s as a good reminder that you’re never
they do about the world today. too old to start over. – SANDRA VISSER
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 COMPILED BY DENNIS CAVERNELIS CHILL OUT
hear men’s thoughts, she WHAT TARAJI WANTS
FILM
uses it to get ahead at work. The movie isn’t about male-

Flipping the script

“When I first got app- bashing, she points out.
roached [about the remake], “I didn’t want any male-
there was no script. We bashing. We want the men
Taraji P Henson’s new flick is a welcome talked about the messages to come to the theatre too,”
we wanted to put out. We all she told Variety, adding that
remake of an old Mel Gibson one that is just agreed it was imperative she’s hopeful the movie will
best left in the past that art imitate life,” the act- “spark conversations . . . with
ress explained. executives. It’s real out here.
“I was adamant we not [Sex discrimination] is real
It’d be a dubious movie to decided to do the reverse make it about (my cha- life for women. It’s so real”.
pitch now – a chauvinist of the story was pretty racter) finding herself
executive is magically able honouring, I’m honoured,” through a man. I’m always
to hear women’s thoughts the Empire star told Screen finding that in scripts.”
and uses his power to get rid Rant.
of his female boss – before She was keen to be invol-
he falls in love, of course. ved with this version to help
A few years after What “open up conversations
Women Want (2000) hit about gender roles at work”,
theatres star Mel Gibson she told the site.
was cast out of Hollywood
for drunken anti-Semitic NEW TAKE
slurs, racist rants and A straight remake of the
death threats to his wouldn’t work in
ex-girlfriend . . . 2019, the actress told
before being let back the New York Daily
in, because, well, it’s WATCH News.
Hollywood. THIS “A movie about a
Now the film – as male chauvinist isn’t
with dozens of other going to work in this
EXTRA SOURCES: NYDAILYNEWSCOM, USATODAY.COM, VARIETY.COM

once-successful movies – climate. We don’t care. We

has been remade, this time don’t want to hear it today.
with Taraji P Henson in the We don’t need a man mani-
lead but What Men Want is pulating [women] like that,”
a very different movie. she said. “We were still
asleep back then. We’re
COMEDY FAVOURITE woke now.” Taraji hears men’s
Taraji is a big fan of the In the movie, Taraji’s thoughts in What
Mel Gibson original. “This character is a sports agent Men Want, an
is, like, one of my all-time who is sidelined at work but adaptation of the
favourite comedies. The fact after she drinks a magical 2000 hit flick What
Women Want.
I was thought of when they potion that allows her to

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In 1992 the volatility surrounding NOW ON NETFLIX
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her foster kids safe during the riots. Polar features action and violence
The title refers to two fallen so overblown it’s quite cartoonish,
Kings – Martin Luther Jr and but it lacks the elegance of the John
Rodney – but the movie falls short Wick films.
of addressing these issues and Vanessa Hudgens pops up as a
feels disjointed and chaotic. Man- timid young woman who seems to
age your expectations if you intend belong in another film but with a
to give this one a go. – ROXANNE LOCHNER mysterious link to our antihero.
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 CHILL OUT BY JANE VORSTER

READ
THESE

ANNE FRANK’S DIARY: SCENT OF FEAR

THE GRAPHIC ADAPTATION BY TONY PARK
BY ANNE FRANK, ARI FOLMAN (PAN MACMILLAN) R215*
AND DAVID POLONSKY I’ve always avoided Tony Park’s
(PANTHEON) R369* novels. I assumed they were all
BOOKS I had serious reservations about skop, skiet en donder and mainly
this book. Surely there’s a risk the aimed at guys, but from the first
Good reads horror of what Anne and her family
endured would be glossed over or
chapter of this book I was hooked.
Scent of Fear plays out at
This week’s selection explores different treated flippantly? the edge of the Kruger National
Thankfully all these concerns Park where Sean Bourke and
kinds of terror: one real-life experience proved unfounded. If anything, the his dog unit have their hands full
and two fictional thrills illustrations really add something combatting rhino poachers who
to the readers’ understanding of are resorting to increasingly dirty
the plight of Anne and the other tactics.
PAST TENSE This is one of those books that Jewish residents of the secret With a theme like poaching,
BY LEE CHILD you can devour in just a few sit- annexe in Amsterdam. a book like this runs the risk of
(BANTAM) R209* tings. It’s the 23rd instalment in You get a real sense of their becoming all worthy and serious,
Prepare to be terrified out of your the Reacher series but you don’t terror as well as the claustro- but thankfully Tony doesn’t fall

* ATTAKEALOT.COM. PRICE CORRECT ATTIME OF GOINGTO PRINT BUTIS SUBJECTTO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
mind. I have to confess: at one need to have read any of the phobia, boredom and daily annoy- into that trap. There’s so much
point I had to put this book down others – you can dive right in. ances they experienced while more going on.
because it was late at night and it hiding from the Nazis. In addition to trying to outwit
was frightening me out of my wits. Anne’s intelligence and humour poachers, Sean is still dealing with
When a Canadian couple’s car also shine through, as do her hopes the trauma of having served in
breaks down they find themselves and dreams. Even if you’ve read Afghanistan. He’s struggling to get
stranded at a motel in a remote the diary many times before, this a grip on a gambling problem that’s
part of Maine in the USA but soon version will give you goosebumps. spelt the end of his marriage, and
it becomes clear the owners of the It ends abruptly, just like her on top of this he suspects his ex-
establishment have no intention of diary did: 1 August 1944 was her wife, whom he still loves, is having
letting them leave. final entry. A few days later the an affair with his best friend.
Although you don’t know what Nazis discovered the hideout. The Lazy journalists frequently
exactly awaits the pair it’s clear it’s teen was transported to Bergen- compare Tony to Wilbur Smith
going to be something awful. This Belsen concentration camp where but his work actually has more in
is what keeps you turning the she died a few months later. common with the books of Deon
GALLO IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES

pages. Yet her diary endures and is Meyer. It’s fast-paced, edge-of-
Luckily Lee’s tough-as-nails regarded as one of the greatest your-seat stuff with a diverse
hero, Jack Reacher, is in the area, books of the 20th century. After and nuanced cast of characters.
but he’s a bit preoccupied with his reading this adaptation you’ll under- It’s also laced with a dry humour,
own issues. Will he get to the stand why. It’s aimed at adults but and Tony’s love of Africa shines
couple in time? teens will also find it riveting. through.
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 Good housekeeping
Lina’s day gets off to a bad start, but an unexpected encounter
puts a new perspective on her troubles

T I
HANK you,” I said as I clim- “This is the second time this week MADE my way to a vacant changing
bed out of the car. I shut you’ve arrived late, Lina. I can’t keep room, grabbed a chair and slumped
the door and rushed off to covering for you. If the other employees heavily down onto it as though reality
the hotel. My kind neigh- get word I’m doing special favours for had hit me so hard it had knocked
bour had dropped me off you they’ll complain to management me off balance.
at work this morning. and we could both lose our jobs.” I could feel the tears building be-
I pulled the door open I can’t lose this job. I’ve sacrificed hind my eyelids, as thoughts of my
and made way for an old everything for this job – my social life mother’s premature death began to
couple exiting the building. I checked out by working stupid hours and, most spiral out of control in my head.
my manager at the reception area, her importantly, my education. I had to put I’d inherited the responsibility of my
welcoming facial expression changed my studies on hold to earn an income little brother and was forced to grow up
when she saw me approaching. so I can put food on the table. far faster than any teenager should. My
“Do you have any further enquiries “It won’t happen again,” I assured her. grief was mixed in with feelings of anger
regarding your booking? Thank you, sir. “Look, I know you get our situation and despair.
Have a good day.” here,” she softened. Most girls my age are having the time
“You’re late!” she hissed, as she hung “I can be your friend after hours if of their lives – the world is their oyster –
up the phone. you need someone to talk to, but profes- and yet here I sit, on the verge of losing
“I’m terribly sorry. My little brother sionally you need to pull up your socks my job and the only source of income
woke up with a high temperature. I could and try your utmost not to let your my brother and I have.
not send him to kindergarten in that personal business interfere with your The faint sound of a ticking clock
condition so I had to make another work.” brought me back into the present. I
plan.” I nodded, accepting her words as the looked up at it – it was 8.30am and I was
A worried look overshadowed her face. hard-hitting truth. already half an hour behind schedule.
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 BY LITHA NGANGELIZWE
ILLUSTRATION: MICHAEL DE LUCCHI FICTION
I gathered myself together and changed someone to care for him that I’d forgotten tured, trying to move a bit closer.
into my uniform. all about breakfast. “Get back, I’m warning you,” she
I checked my list of duties that day, I scanned the room further and no- shouted.
took a deep breath and made my way to ticed a pile of designer bags neatly stack- I obeyed immediately, and took a few
the first room. I propped my cleaning ed up against one another. My heart steps back. But I wasn’t going to leave.
equipment up against the wall and skipped a beat – I’d only seen these in For better or worse, I was involved now.
knocked on the door. magazines and they screamed luxury, She started to sob hysterically. It was
“Housekeeping,” I announced in a vogue and high society. the sound of despair – something I could
steady voice. After a couple more knocks I battled the urge to touch them and relate to.
and no reply, I used the spare key to gain drew closer but as I reached out my hand “May I tell you a story?” I bargained
access to the room. I heard sobbing coming from the bal- for time. Her failure to respond led me
What a mess, I thought as I scanned cony and it put an end to my obsession. to believe it was okay for me to go on.
the room. Champagne bottles lay scat- I withdrew from the suitcases and moved “When my mother passed away two
tered over the bed and cigarette butts closer to the balcony to investigate the years ago, my entire world collapsed.
and pizza crusts adorned the floor. noise. My little brother and I were evicted from

A
Apparently these guests had had way our apartment because I couldn’t make
too much fun last night and they’d left GIRL was sitting on the the rent.
the evidence to prove it. Just my luck, on ledge. It looked like she’d “My friends moved on with their happy
a day I was already running late. already decided her fate – lives – finding romance, pursing their
I started by changing the bed linen and all it would take to seal the studies and doing what kids do. But I had
towels. Then I set about cleaning the deal was for her to jump. this heavy burden on my shoulders – I
bathroom, wiping, dusting and polish- I couldn’t see her face so I had to take care of myself and my sibling.
ing the furniture, then vacuuming as the moved closer, trying to identify her, but “I was heartbroken, angry and lonely,
final touch. my clumsiness betrayed me as I knocked and I also thought of taking my own life.
After my chores are completed I always over a vase on the table. Eventually I realised I couldn’t take a
get a certain pleasure in wit- permanent step like that
nessing the transformation to solve a temporary pro-
of a room. It puts a smile on ‘I was heartbroken, angry and lonely blem. And now I’m asking
my face, as I believe it’s im- – and I also thought of taking you to think about this
portant to appreciate one’s and to find another way
work, whatever it may be. my own life’ to solve whatever is that’s
The room was now in tip- bothering you.”
top shape and pleasantly scented. The sound of breaking glass sent By this stage I could feel the tears
Satisfied with the end results, I left and shockwaves through the girl’s body and running down my cheeks as well. The
made my way to the next room on the list. she turned accusingly to look at me. silence was deafening but she wasn’t

T
“Don’t come any closer,” she instructed. moving and I could only hope she was
HE number on the door was I froze, not knowing what to do or say. considering my words.
62. I double-checked my She was roughly my age but more petite After what felt like hours, the girl
schedule that this was the – the supermodel type. hesitantly turned towards me and
right room – I couldn’t waste Her brunette hair was styled in a short, reached out her hand. I moved slowly
time doing someone else’s chic fashion and her big brown eyes were towards her, took her hand and gently
job as well. still beautiful despite being red and helped her off the ledge.
I knocked and again announced swollen. She must’ve been crying for I held her tight as she fell into my
myself, “Housekeeping.” some time. arms. We stood clutching each other for
The door wasn’t locked and opened My throat was dry and I struggled to a few moments and then wiped away
slightly when I touched it. I called out speak – I was about to witness a suicide. each other’s tears.
again then made my way into the room. “My name is Lina,” I eventually found I never got to know the girl or what her
“I’ve brought fresh towels,” I said, ex- some words. story was, but none of that mattered to
pecting someone to respond, but there The girl ignored me and continued to me. That morning I’d arrived at work
was still no reply. look down as if weighing the distance feeling hopeless and down but when my
I placed the towels on the bed and between herself and the ground. shift was over I left feeling like a VIP.
looked around. “I work here,” I mumbled and then felt I hadn’t just made someone’s bed and
This room was tidy – the bed was stupid – of course she knew I worked cleaned their room that day at the hotel,
made and it looked like no one had slept here. I was wearing a uniform. I had made a real impact on someone’s
in it. The untouched breakfast on the “Please get down from there,” I ven- life.
table caught my attention. My stomach
immediately started to growl – I remem- WRITE FOR US AND EARN R1 000!
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 Arch Loop
p Whorl

No one’s prints are quite like yours, which This graphic shows
the different shapes
is why we can use them to prove our found in fingerprints
(arches, loops and
identities. Let’s find out more about them whorls).Each person’s

Fingerprints
friction ridges on their
fingertips form a pattern
that’s unique to that
person.

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you’ve probably noticed other side of the finger – the pattern resem- Scientists agree that fingerprints start
your fingers leave marks bles narrow hills. forming when a fetus is just 10 weeks old –
on it in the form of curvy Each ridge has pores that are connected but no one is sure exactly what the process
patterns. These are your to sweat glands under the skin. That’s why behind it is.
fingerprints. you leave a fingerprint behind on just about Fingerprints are even more unique than
In the 1800s scientists realised that everything you touch – the glands secrete DNA, the genetic material contained in each
each person’s fingerprints are unique – sweat and oil, which are left behind on the cell in your body. Though identical twins
no two people have the same patterns on surface you touched. share mostly the same DNA, their finger-
their fingertips. Loops start on one side of the finger, then prints will never be identical.
Later, law enforcement started using swirlandcurlbeforeendingonthesameside
this handy fact to catch criminals by lift- of the finger. PERMANENCE
ing fingerprints off a crime scene. Radial loops start on the thumb’s side of Some repetitive activities such as
your hand, extend across the finger and then bricklaying can wear down the
THE SKIN end on the thumb’s side again. Ulnar loops ridgestothepointwhereitbecomeshardto
Yourskinismadeupofthreelayers: start on the pinkie side of the finger, loop identify someone from their fingerprints.
the outer, protective layer (epider- across the finger and then end on the pinkie Some criminals try to also “burn off” the
mis); the middle layer (dermis); and the layer side again. ridges with acid or heat so the police can’t
closest to your muscles and organs (hypo- Whorls are what we call ridges that are in trackthem.Butyourfingerprintridgescome
dermis). a circular or spiral pattern. from the deeper layers of skin so it will even-
The outermost layer of the epidermis is tually grow back.
madeupofdead skin cellswhilefingerprints UNIQUENESS And the patterns don’t change as you
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your hands, bottoms of your fingertips.
special chemicals.
toes and soles of your feet. Each dent To get someone’s fingerprints for official
The folds on the epideermis along the documents (such aas an ID or driver’s licence),
of your fingers are clearlyy visi- ridges is a tiny a special ink
k is applied to the thumb’s pat-
ble and shaped in pattterns sweat gland. terned surface. Thhe finger is then pressed
made up of arches, loops and onto the documennt, providing an imprint of
whorls. the patterns on your finger.
Arches start low on the
t edge of Today many government departments
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 N THE CLASSROOM Social and
natural
A forensic expert dustss Officials search for
sciences
a crime scene for fingerprints on the Afis
fingerprints. system.
Before digital We no longer need ink
systems, matching to take someone’s finger-
prints from crime prints – we simply use
scenes to examples on digital scanners such
sheets, like US Mob as this one.
boss Al Capone’s, was
hugely time-consuming.

THE AFIS AND NGI SYSTEMS

Since the ’80s police around the globe have
been using the automated fingerprint
identification system (Afis) to quickly and
efficiently compare fingerprints with
millions of fingerprint records worldwide.
and visa application centres use digital A MURDER
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scanners to take fingerprints instead of ink. Argentinian anthropologist Juan collect fingerprints and then computer
Though the palms of the hand or soles of Vucetich,whoworkedforthepolice software searches the databases for a
the feet can also be used to identify some- in the Buenos Aires province in 1888, also matching pattern.
one,it’s fasterandeasiertotakefingerprints. developed a system based on Galton’s fin- The FBI’s Afis is known as IAFIS
It’s also easier to group the patterns of dings. Vucetich established the first finger- (integrated automated fingerprint
fingerprints into categories. print bureau in 1892. identification system). It was created in
InthesameyearEduardo Álvarez,apolice 1999 and has since been upgraded to the
NGI (next generation identification).
HISTORY investigator whom Vucetich trained, made By 2018 the NGI had records of 135 mil-
It’s believed the Babylonians, Egyp- the first criminal identification using finger- lion criminals and civilians’ fingerprints.
tians and other ancient civilisa- prints.
tions might have used fingerprints in clay to Francisca Rojas was a mother who’d mur-
sign business transactions. dered her two sons, then made a cut to her fication, which spread to other countries.
The Chinese used finger- and handprints throatinanefforttoblametheneighbourfor In America, fingerprinting techniques
as evidence in burglaries as early as the Qin the crime. Álvarez found her bloody finger- were further refined and developed and a
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Francis Galton went on to arch. In 1901 the London Maybe you’ve wattched TV shows where
prove the two men’s theories Metropolitan Police imple- investigators rather use DNA samples to
with expe eriments before mented the Galton-Henry catch the culprit? But fingerprints are still
developinng a basic system system of fingerprint identi- gathered as criminals do slip up.
of classifyying fingerprints
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 LET ME IN!
Biometric technologies convert unique info about
your body into computer data that works as a
virtual key for a lock only you can open

T
HE days of keys and pass-
words are fast becoming
old news. Now you can use
your fingerprints, your eyes
or even the proportions of
your face to unlock everything from
phones to doors.
Let’s learn how biometric techno-
logy is being used to analyse your
unique traits and enhance security.

WHAT ARE BIOMETRICS?

Instead of using a key (something you have) or a pass-
word (something you know), biometrics use who you GOOD TO KNOW
are to unlock or allow access to something. Two types of fingerprint
These days biometrics are so advanced that your scanners are commonly
handwriting or the unique sound of your voice can be used today: optical
used to identify you – what we call behavioural scanners that use light
characteristics – but biometrics that identify you sensors and capacitive
by your physical characteristics are more common. or capacitance scanners
You’ll even find these technologies in plenty of that use electrical current
smartphones. Here’s a closer look at how this all to sense your print.
works. Capacitive scanners
are usually the ones
All biometric systems have the same three steps: found in smartphones.
1 ENROLMENT
The first time you use a biometric system it
records your details and your unique finger-
print, iris or face.

2 STORAGE
The system doesn’t just keep a photo of your
fingerprint, iris or face – it analyses it and
converts it into a code or graph that the
system can understand.

3 COMPARISON
The next time you want to “unlock” the system
it compares the new scan of your fingerprint,
iris or face to what it has stored. If it matches,
it lets you in.
YOUR FINGERPRINT
HOW FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION WORKS

FINGERPRINT PATTERNS
There are three main fingerprint types (although they vary
from person to person): 1 When the 2 The reader picks up specific features formed by
finger is these ridges and valleys, known as minutiae.
pressed to
the scanner
the sensors
map out the
tiny ridges
and valleys
of your
fingerprint. 3
The system uses these
Arch (the least common points to map out a
of the three) Loop Whorl pattern unique to you.
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Facial recognition reference for com-
scanners are also parison.
used to monitor Fingerprint scan-
people coming and ning can only map
going at airports to 60 or 70 points.
help to find criminals,
for example.

YOUR FACE YOUR IRIS

HOW FACIAL RECOGNITION SYSTEMS WORK HOW IRIS RECOGNITION WORKS

1 Facial recognition 1 Like a digital 2 The system then

software treats a camera, the analyses the uni-
face like a pattern, scanner uses que patterns in
mapping out land- 3 light to take a the iris and trans-
marks called The software clear, high- lates them into
nodal points in syncs that unique contrast picture a code.
specific places, 2 face ID with your of your iris, the
such as the width The differences details, saving it coloured part
of your nose or between these areas so you can unlock of your eye.
the distance are translated into a the system just
between your unique code – it’s your by looking at it.
eyes. own face print. 3 Your unique code is saved, allowing only you to unlock
the system the next time your iris is scanned.
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 BE ON
YOUR BEST
BEHAVIOUR
It’s easy to get into hot water or offend
others online. Here’s our guide to modern
social media etiquette BY KIRSTIN BUICK

Y
OUR mom taught you
how to behave at the TAGGING
table, to mind your Ps It’s best to ask permission before tagging
and Qs, not to hurt anyone in a picture, says Daniel Post
people’s feelings and to Senning, author of Emily Post’s Manners
think twice before you in a Digital World: Living Well Online.
say something. “Because when you tag, you’re publicly
Why then do these exposing them in some way,” he explains. Should you be concerned about offending
rules often fly out of the window when There are two things you can do about the poster by removing the tag?
it comes to the world of social media? unwanted tagging, says Lauren Dallas, “Absolutely not,” Dallas says. “It’s your
social media guru and founder of business prerogative to remove tags you find un-
Barely a month goes by without some- strategy company Growth Academy. flattering or inappropriate.”
one being in some of kind of trouble for One, you can remove the tag, and two, According to South African law you also
posting something others deem rude, you can activate your privacy settings have the right to ask the poster to remove
offensive, in bad taste or invasive. on Facebook so you can review anything a picture you find offensive or damaging,
So what’s acceptable and what’s not? you’ve been tagged in before it goes on says Carla de Beer of The Digital Law
What are the legal pitfalls? We asked your profile. Go to Settings > Timeline and Company.
experts to help us navigate the ever- tagging > Review, and enable “Review posts “And if they don’t, they could be charged
expanding digital obstacle course. you’re tagged in”. with defamation.”

WHEN IT COMES TO KIDS

Never post pictures of other people’s safety > Reporting a Privacy Viola-
children without asking the parents’ tion > I want to report a photo or
permission, says Carla de Beer of the video that violates the privacy of
Digital Law Company. Also ask them my child, and fill out the form.
if you may name the kids or tag the Legally speaking, children have
parents. a common-law right to privacy, Emm maa
“If it’s a group photo and some par- Sadleir, co-founder of The Digital
ents don’t want the photo posted and Law Company, told Living and Loving g.
some do, pixelate or blur the faces of “There are two defences for a
the kids whose folks don’t want them breach of privacy. The first is con-
online,” she adds. sent. For example, when you sign
There are free, easy-to-use apps a school contract you generally con-
you can download to your phone to sent to the school using your child’s
help you do so, such as Blur Face on image for school marketing purpose es,
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Android and Blur Photos on iOS. including on social media.

If you feel someone has violated the “The second defence is if the
privacy of your child on Facebook, you invasion of privacy is in the public
can report the incident by going to interest – for example, an older childd
facebook.com/help > Privacy and committing an act of vandalism.”

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GETTING EMOJI-NAL
Emojis help convey tone – something that often gets
lost in digital communication – but be careful how you
use them, etiquette expert Diane Gottsman says.
She warns against using emojis in the following
situations: when someone is conveying serious news,
when you’re dealing with a conservative business
or client, or when you’re not entirely certain what
a particular emoji means.
For one thing, emojis might look different depend-
ing on the device they’re seen on – and not everyone
interprets them the same way.
When in doubt over an emoji it’s best to leave it out,
especially when you’re chatting to someone you don’t
want to risk offending.
You can also look up “definitions” of emojis at
emojipedia.org.

TOUCHY SUBJECTS GROUP DYNAMICS

EXTRA SOURCES: FORBES, REAL SIMPLE, COUNTRY LIVING, DIANEGOTTSMAN

Posting anything about religion, race If you’re the one creating a WhatsApp chat
or politics is rarely a good idea. group it’s not necessary to ask someone’s
“You need to remember that when permission before adding them because
you publish something on social media that person can leave the group with relative
you lose tone, emotion as well as con- ease, says Carla de Beer of the Digital Law
trol over your audience,” says Carla de Company.
Beer of the Digital Law Company. Only group admins (the person who
“Something that might seem appro- created the group and those they’ve given says. “We usually suggest that you
priate or funny to you might not come admin permissions to) can add or delete voice your concerns – something like
across that way.” people, but you can remove yourself by ‘not in my name’ – then leave the group
If someone finds your post offen- tapping on the group’s name at the top of immediately.”
sive they can report it to the South the screen and scrolling down to “Exit group”. It’s especially important to speak up if the
African Human Rights Council – and “Once someone has left, don’t re-add comment is defamatory, racist or sexist.
you don’t have to look far to see the them,” De Beer cautions. “They left for “If you don’t disassociate yourself from
consequences of online actions. a reason and don’t want to be there.” the content you’re just as guilty as the
A few examples: Penny Sparrow was If people start sending inappropriate person who posted it and you become
ordered to pay a hefty fine or spend messages, photos or videos on the group, part of the chain of publication. We call it
two years in prison for racist remarks tell them you’re having none of it, De Beer ‘stepping into the shoes of the publisher’.”
she posted in 2016.
Martin Theunissen was ordered to

N.COM,
do community service and go on a MAJOR NO-NOS

COM FOX
12-month social media detox for his

FOX, EMILY POST’S

racist rant in 2016. Whining “Nobody likes the complainer,”
And last year Adam Catzavelos’ says Anna Post, author of Emily Post’ss
post about a beach in Greece being Etiquette. “Your friends don’t want

POST S MANNERS IN A DIGITAL WORLD: LIVING WELL ONLINE,

free of black people led to him going their feed full of Debbie Downers.
into hiding – and it ruined his family’s It’s annoying, tacky and, most of all,
business. cringe-worthy.”
Sharing without checking Fake news
and scams abound online, so check
the source before you share a story
‘Something or post, etiquette expert Diane Gotts--
man says. Do some extra digging to
that might suss out the article’s legitimacy, such
as visiting the publisher’s website.
seem Look out for suspicious domain
appropriate names that end in “.com.co”. Also
check out the publisher’s “About us”
or funny to al
page to gauge if the content is satirical. parade,
parade and d check with them
th
hem
m to seesee
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Posting pictures of a friend’s wedding if they’re okay about you posting too.
you might not The bride and groom often include a “no Nasty stuff Poor spelling and bad gram-
come across
LIVING AND LOVING

pictures online please” rule on their invi- mar are viewed as impolite and lazy, Post
tation – but even if they don’t, don’t do it, says. And think hard before you swear
that way’ Post advises. Wait for the couple to post online. “If you wouldn’t say it in a room
full of strangers, don’t type it.” 
theirs first so you don’t rain on their
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South Africans may soon
be saying goodbye to
The Bold’s Brooke Logan
and Ridge, Stephanie
and Eric Forrester.

C IS THIS THE END

AN it really be? It’s a real-
ity The Bold fans can’t
bear to face: life without
their daily soap fix.

OF THE BOLD?
From 1987 when the
show burst onto TV
scre ens w orl dw i d e
there’s never been a dull
moment. Who can forget Taylor Hayes
coming back from the dead or Ridge For- The SABC is rumoured to be pulling the plug on
rester falling out of a helicopter during
a mad dash to stop his love Brooke Lo-
one of SA’s most-loved soapies – but a petition
gan from marrying someone else?
Now, after more than three decades of
may just save the day COMPILED BY NICI DE WET & SHANAAZ PRINCE
highs and lows, local addicts are reeling
at the news the cash-strapped SABC is LONGEST IN THE GAME
planning to axe The Bold and the Beau- The Bold has seen its fair share of characters comin and oin but there are a few who’ve
tiful. The popular show is rumoured to been around for most of the show’s run.
be facing the chop as early as March.
The soapie is also broadcast on Latin ERIC FORRESTER
The handsome, charming sil-
American telenovela channel Eva (DStv ver fox is the patriarch of
channel 141) but it only started airing ep- the Forrester fashion dynas-
isodes from 2014 last year, so it’s years ty and co-founder of For-
behind what fans have seen on SABC, rester Creations. He’s been
which is only about 13 months behind played by John McCook (74)
the USA. At the time of going to print for an impressive 32 years. For 32 years the
irate viewers had launched a petition blonde siren that
begging the public broadcaster not to everyone loves to hate
can the show. has been played by the
As its fate hangs in the balance, we look gorgeous Katherine
back at its most memorable moments. Kelly Lang (57).

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THE WEDDING QUEEN
Brooke certainly takes the (wedding) cake when it comes to walking down the aisle –
during the course of the show she’s had 18 ceremonies!

BROOKE AND RIDGE – 11 WEDDINGS

1994 They married on Point Dume beach in
California, with Brooke arriving on horseback.
1998 A traditional wedding in a proper church.
2003 At the Forrester mansion there was
major drama: Brooke became a runaway bride
because she was convinced Ridge still had
feelings for her daughter Bridget Forrester.
2003: They quietly eloped to a South
American island.
2004: They married for a second time at the
Forrester mansion.
2006: They planned to remarry after splitting
up. Dramatically, Ridge’s half-brother Nick
Marone burst in during the ceremony and
stole Brooke away.
2009: After drama in their relationship Ridge
and Brooke headed back to Point Dume where
they were first married – but after some
confusion the marriage was rendered invalid.
2009: They married in court after their faux
marriage in Point Dume.
2012: They got married at the Forrester home.
This time Stephanie finally accepted Brooke
as her daughter-in-law.
2014: Brooke tied the knot with a new Ridge
(Thorsten Kaye) but the ceremony came to
a standstill after Brooke’s sister, Katie Logan,
“fainted” and was rushed to the hospital.
2018 In their latest reconciliation Brooke and
Ridge had their dream wedding at the
Forrester compound, this time without any
s r rise dist rbances.

BROOKE’S OTHER NUPTIALS

BROOKE AND ERIC – 2 WEDDINGS 1997 Grant Chambers
1991 This was Brooke’s first nuptials and it 2001 Thorne Forrester (left, Ridge’s younger
caused a big stir with fans because Eric was half-brother)
old enough to be her father. It saw the 2002 Whipple “Whip” Jones
couple getting hitched in the Mojave Desert 2006 Nick Marone (Ridge’s other half-broth-
then consummating their marriage in a tent. er)
2005 After Eric divorced Stephanie (again), 2017 Bill Spencer Jnr (above).
he married Brooke after she left Ridge.

RIDGE STEPHANIE
FORRESTER FORRESTER
The most Fans were devastated
charismatic when Susan Flannery
member of (79) left the show in
the Forrester 2012. Producers decid-
family was ed not to replace her
portrayed by Ronn Moss (66) for and the sharp-tongued
Stephanie was killed The love of Ridge’s life is
25 years. In a shock move Ronn also Brooke’s archenemy.
uit the show in 2012, off by having her suc-
l Taylor’s been played by
rtedly over Hunter Tylo (56) since
lary issues. He’s 1990. The psychiatrist
ince been was killed off in 2002 but
eplaced by made a return last year to
eteran soapie continue her long-stand-
CREDITS

ctor Thorsten ing rivalry with Brooke.

aye (53).
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ALKED ABOUT PLOT
MEMORABLE STORYLINES
To mark the screening of the 8 000th
episode in the USA in January this year The
Bold’s executive producer and head writer,
Bradley Bell, shared his favvourite plot twists.

BROOKE’S BEDROOM The name of Brooke’s

lingerie line, which she intrroduced lying on a
bed on the runway at a Forre ester fashion show.

STEFFY’S WEDDING ENTR RANCES Ridge and

Taylor’s daughter married Bill Spencer Jnr’s
son Liam (Scott Clifton) three times and each Soapies oftften have plenty of twists and turns
time made sure it was an event to remember. but in 2015 there was one no one had
The first time Steffy Forrrester (Jacqueline expected. When
W Eric and Brooke’s son Rick
MacInnes Wood) trapped L Liam’s intended Forrester (JJacob Young) popped the question
bride, Hope Logan, on a ski lift in Aspen, to Forresteer lead model Maya Avant (Karla
Colorado, then pitched up at the altar Mosley), shhe revealed she’d been born a boy.
wearing a miniskirt and boots. Rick went ahead with the wedding and they
Wedding number two saw her donning became parrents after Maya’s sister, Nicole
a black lace gown and ridin
ng in on a (Reign Edw wards), gave birth as their surrogate.
motorcycle, while for her third wedding in The storyyline made daytime soap TV history.
Australia she ziplined from
m the top of the “The transg gender story we’re telling on The
Sydney Opera House to the ceremony. Bold is important because it’s about tolerance,”
producer Bradley Bell said at the time.
“If you’re transgender, gay, straight – it
doesn’t matt tter, it’s about finding love in life.”
The storyyline went on to win three gongs at
the annual GLAAD Awards, which recognises
outstanding representations of the lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender community.

OTHER UNF FORGETTABLE STORYLINES

1996 Ridge e planned to pop the question to
Brooke at the end of a Forrester show while she
wore its sho owstopper wedding gown but after
discovering g she’d cheated he proposed to Taylor.
2003 Macy y Alexander turned up alive in Ven-
ice, Italy,
ice Italy after
aft everyone thought she’d died in
a car accident. It turns out she was rescued
from the car moments before it exploded and
had been living in Italy, singing in a small café.
2005 Stephanie faked a heart attack to try to
get Ridge not to marry Brooke and get back
together with Taylor instead.
2008 Brooke’s brother committed suicide to
save his sister Katie’s life by donating his heart.
2008 To stop Eric getting back together with
Brooke’s sister Donna Logan, Stephanie’s
sister tied Donna to a chair at a cabin, poured
honey over her, then lured a grizzly bear in.
2010 Brooke accidentally slept with her daugh-
ter Hope’s then boyfriend at Hope’s masquer-
ade graduation party, thinking he was Ridge.
2014 Bill whisked Brooke off for a surprise wed-
ding, only to have it sabotaged by Ridge with an
incriminating selfie of Bill in bed with Quinn.
2014 Ridge fell out of a helicopter in his at-
tempt to stop
Brooke’s mar-
riage to Bill.
2016 Quinn
pushed Dea-
QUINN AND LIAM AS ADAM AND EVE Quinn Fuller (Rena Sofer, above right) desperately con Sharpe off
wanted her son Wyatt Spencer to have a chance with Steffy. So when Steffy’s boyfriend a cliff after he
Liam suffered amnesia after a head injury, Quinn whisked him away to a remote cabin found out she
where she convinced him their names were Adam and Eve and that they were married. was holding
By the time Liam figured out he wasn’t Adam, Wyatt and Steffy had tied the knot. Liam captive
in a cabin.
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 BABIES GALORE!
The Bold has welcomed more than 18 babies in its three decades – and, in spite of all the
controversy and drama on the show, nothing beats seeing our favourite characters with
their newborns.
1 Katie and Bill
with little Will.
2 Brooke with
baby Hope.
3 Taylor and Nick
with son Jack.
4 Ridge and
Caroline with their 4
boy Douglas. 1 2 3

FUNNIEST MOMENTS RI
For 18 years flamboyant actress Darlene
Conley kept us entertained as Stephanie’s
rival, the feisty, larger-than-life fashion mogul
Sally Spectra. Fans were heartbroken when
the 72-year-old actress died of stomach
cancer in 2007.
“She constantly entertained us with every
move, every breath, every inflection of her
voice,” producer Bradley Bell says. “Whether
she was the villain, the damsel, the sexpot or
the comedian, Darlene was brilliant.”

The Bold does humour just as well as it

does drama. Here are some particularly
hilarious examples.
1992 After a bout of name calling Sally
took a swing at archenemy Stephanie –
but missed and instead fell into the pool
(above), leaving Stephanie in stitches.
2002 Sally tried to seduce Massimo
Marone by doing a sexy dance for him
dressed in a skimpy red number (above
right) – but didn’t quite hit the mark.
2003 Later on Sally and Stephanie became
unlikely friends. Who can forget the time
the two bonded with the help of some
alcohol – and Stephanie ended up with
a new haircut (right), courtesy of Sally?

BIGGESTVILLAINS
What’s a soapie BILL SPENCER JNR QUINN FULLER SHEILA CARTER
without baddies? Since 2009, totally Quinn, who first Since 1992 Sheila
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Over the years ruthless Bill (Don appeared on the (Kimberlin Brown),
there have been Diamont) has show in 2013, has our favourite vil-
quite a few stopped at nothing a dark side, espe- lain by far, has
unsavoury to get what he cially when it popped up sporad-
characters wants. The unscru- comes to her son, ically to cause cha-
whose sole pulous billionaire Wyatt Spencer. os. Desperate to
purpose seemed even broke up son She’ll do just get the object of
to ruin the lives Liam’s marriage so about anything to her obsession,
of others … he could be with protect him – in- Eric, she even tried
his daughter-in- cluding catfights to murder her
law, Steffy. and kidnapping. own mother!
NUMBERS

saw the first

million
viewers worldwide. It’s
8 000
episodes as of Daytime Emmy
4 025
hours are needed sets have been
97
weddings
episode air in screened in more than 4 January 2019. Award wins over to watch the created during have taken
the USA. 100 countries. the years. whole series. the course of place in
the show. 32 years.
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 THE PAIN
WON’T GO AWAY
Six months after ProKid’s tragic death, his
brother DJ Citi Lyts opens up about the
devastating impact it’s had on his family
BY QHAMA DAYILE PICTURES: FANI MAHUNTSI

“They said I inherited his money and

was spending it recklessly and that he
died in the arms of his side chick, Man-
disa Mbanjwa, but I don’t know any of
that. My brother wasn’t a very open guy
– he protected me a lot and there were
many things he didn’t share with me.
“All I knew is he and Mandisa were
friends. When she opened up about
their relationship I was shocked.”
Mandisa was initially blocked from
attending Pro’s funeral and the drama
made national news headlines. City
Lyts, real name Sandile Mkhize, says
Mandisa was barred out of respect for
Pro’s baby mama Ayanda Dlamini.
He says all is well now. “Mandisa had
a cleansing ceremony like everyone
else and she meets up with my
father sometimes.”

W
HEN ProKid died, Citi
T’S been seven months since his Before Pro died the brothers had Lyts hadn’t seen him for
brother’s passing and he still misses been working on releasing their first a month. “We both had
him every day. At first he was too song together. “Pro never wanted me busy schedules and
devastated to speak about the tra- to ride on his fame, that’s why it took I was preparing to leave
gedy, hiding behind a wall of silence, longer for us to make a song together,” Ambitiouz Entertain-
but now he’s finally ready to confront Citi Lyts explains. ment to be an independent artist.
his grief and he’s doing it the only He wants to build on the legacy Pro “I’m sad I didn’t get to spend time with
way he knows – through music. left behind but still battles to accept him in the last month of his life,” Citi Lyts
DJ Citi Lyts (30) recently released a his brother is no more. “I’m still going says. He was at home when he got a call
single called Cel’Ukuthi (Can I please), through a lot,” he says. from one of ProKid’s friends asking him
dedicated to his late brother, rapper “I shared so many special moments to come to Mandisa’s apartment urgently.
ProKid, who was found dead in his with my bother and we had so many Initially he thought Pro had been ar-
girlfriend’s apartment in downtown plans. I’m trying to accept it, but the rested. “I thought of many things, but
Johannesburg last August. pain won’t go away.” I didn’t think he was dead,” he says.
“Cel’Ukuthi is a party song, sort of Pro, whose real name was Linda When he arrived Citi Lyts found his
like an after-tears celebration by art- Mkhize, died of a bleeding pancreas, brother on a bed in the three-bedroom
ists who were influenced by big bro,” the family later revealed. The rumour apartment, covered with a duvet. “There
he tells DRUM. mill went into overdrive in the weeks was vomit all around the bed,” he recalls.
The song features up-and-coming following his passing, worsening his “I was too late – he was already gone.”
rappers Touchline and Red Button, loved ones’ grief. According to his friends, ProKid
who were mentored by ProKid, and “People said he overdosed on drugs hadn’t felt well the night before. “He
Gigi Lamayne, whom he discovered. and that he’d been drunk,” Citi Lyts says. kept having seizures and needed them
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ABO
OVE: The Mkhize family lays rapper ProKid (LEFT) to rest. BELOW
RIGH
HT: DJ Citi Lyts says his brother’s death has shattered the entire family.
BELOW
W LEFT: ProKid and Mandisa, in whose flat he was found dead.

T
to HE Dankie San rap- “I wasn’t there for her. I just pulled
mas- per’s death has taken myself into a corner,” he says. “When
sage and a toll on his family. she reached out to me I was cold and
stretch his His mother, Fezile unresponsive.
arms,” Citi Lyts says, “but they didn’t Vilakazi, has been in Sometimes when she was feeling
think anything of it and they went out and out of hospital down I’d say let’s go to the gym, let’s read
clubbing when he fell asleep. since the tragedy and a lot of responsi- more, let’s get up and take a walk. It took
“When they came back home they bility has fallen on Citi Lyts’ shoulders. time to realise depression is a serious
found Pro had become worse. He was “Pro was the one who supported thing that needs professional help.”
unable to speak and had been vomit- everyone’s dreams in the family and In a way, Pro’s death has brought Citi
ing green stuff. They called the para- now he’s gone,” Citi Lyts says. Lyts and Gigi closer and they ’ve
medics but it was too late to save him,” As one of the trustees of his brother’s rekindled their romance.
he says, his voice trembling. “I couldn’t estate he now has to take care of Pro’s “I had to experience pain to under-
believe my brother had died like that. daughter, Nonkanyezi (3). “Nonkanye- stand depression. Now our relationship
I just broke down.” zi is growing up so fast,” he says, “but I has improved. We’re happier and I’m
A griefstricken Citi Lyts blamed avoid speaking to her on the phone. It more sensitive towards her needs,”
ProKid’s friends for his untimely death. kills me because my voice sounds like he says.
“I was upset that his friends were Pro’s and she thinks it’s daddy.” Citi Lyts, who sought
chilling with him and they knew he Citi Lyts says he also needs to ensure professional help after
was sick but didn’t take him to the doc- his parents and siblings, Paul (40), his brother’s death,
tor. They just went out and didn’t check Nhlanhla (38) and Nonkululeko (22), says he’ll continue
up on him,” he says, shaking his head. receive royalties from Pro’s music. going to therapy to
The first person he called that night “I need to remain strong for everyone.” help him deal with
was ProKid’s best friend, Orlando Pi- His newfound responsibilities took his loss. He also
rates soccer player Thabo Qalinge. a toll on his relationship with singer int end s to w ork
Then Citi Lyts phoned his father, Gigi Lamayne (24), whom he had been through his emotions
Zwelakhe Mkhize. “I told my dad dating for almost two years. with music, he adds.
something had happened to Pro and So overwhelmed was he with grief “I know my big bro-
he needed to come,” he says. “I didn’t and pain he didn’t notice Gigi had ther will be smiling
want to tell him over the phone.” slipped into a downward spiral of de- down on me
Ayanda saw the pression (“I was just so from heaven,”
news on social tired”, 7 February). he says.
media and phoned
Citi Lyts to con-
firm it.
‘All I knew is he and
Mandisa were
FANI MAHUNTSI, PAPI MORAKE, LUBABALO LESOLLE

“My mom was

the last person to
find out,” he adds. “I friends. When she
knew she wouldn’t opened up about
take the news well
and I  didn’t know their relationship
how to tell her. She I was shocked’
had a soft spot – DJ CITI LYTS
for Pro.”
 TO SCORE!
Amajita recently secured a ssecond consecutive U-20 World
Cup – now they have their ssights set on netting more goals
BY THOLA
AKELE MNGANGA

HE big boys of South followed that up with a goalless draw

African socceer may be against Nigeria.
struggling t o qualify Amajita then walked into the final
for major tou urnaments group game against Burundi knowing
but all is not lo
ost for fans it was a must-win – and the players
of the beautiiful game. didn’t disappoint.
Soaring through the junior Sure-footed Le Roux converted an
ranks is a team
m making us early penalty to seal the victory and book
proud – and one that could sp pell a golden the team a ticket to the World Cup.
future for national football. Senong couldn’t stop singing his team’s
Under coach Thabo Senongg’s watchful praises. “They really worked hard as a
eye the South African Undeer-20 men’s team throughout our group fixtures,” he
team secured a place in thiss year’s Fifa said. “We had two tactical approaches,
U-20 World Cup for the secon nd time run- which I believe we applied very well. We
ning. A penalty from Luke le RRoux during knew what we had to do if we were to
a Caf U-20 Africa Cup of Natiions match achieve something in this tournament.”
against Burundi sealed the deeal for Ama- Matthew Booth – who represented
jita and ensured the team willl be heading Amajita before graduating to Bafana
to Poland in May for this showpiece of Bafana in the late ’90s – singled out the
young football. significance of this achievement. “It’s ex-
tremely important for the individual
HOW AMAJITA QUALIFIED player and the team as a unit to be play-
When Amajita went into the U U-20 Cup of ing international youth football because
Nations in Niger the team members when they do eventually progress to the
knew their World Cup dreams depended senior team, they’ll be used to the
ABOVE: Coach
on reaching the semifinals. big stage.”
Thabo Senong‘s They started off a little slo
ow. A strike While he doesn’t want to take anything
U-20 team has from forward Siphesihle M Mkhize sal- away from their achievement, Stars of
qualified for yet vaged a point for Senong’s side against Africa Academy director Farouk Khan
another World Cup. the hosts in a game that endeed 1–1. They believes there’s cause for concern about
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what this side can do at the ams ranked in the top
World Cup, especially as the ree in Africa and the top
team members haven’t been in the world by the end of
scoring goals. t year.
“In a group of four they To have qualified for nine
played three games but World Cup tournaments
scored two goals, one from arious age groups, with
a free kick and another from more coming is quite an
a penalty,” he points out. evement – and this is all
They need to find the back e with Vision 2022,” Safa
of the net regularly to rise up ident Danny Jordaan
the ranks. recently.
hen we started on this
THE COACH WITH THE ey it looked too distant
MAGIC  TOUCH mpossible but with time,
Since being appointed to the nce and perseverance
job in 2014 Senong has been on made it. We can now look
an upward trajectory. rd to more achievements
Along with consecutive World Cup arouk ha se teams.
qualifications, Amajita claimed back-to- success but have warned more must be “All we need is consistency because if
back Cosafa U-20 Youth Championship done to grow football in the country. we want to be a force to be reckoned
titles in 2017 and 2018 and won bronze with and dominate the global stage, we
at the 2019 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. makes an effort to meet as many coaches must be present at all major tourna-
His work has also been spotted by oth- as possible and learn from them and so ments in all age groups,” Jordaan said.
er coaches within the South African far he has done extremely well.”
Football Association (Safa) as he acted Now that Amajita has qualified for the PUTTING IN THE WORK
as assistant coach to former Bafana World Cup an effort must be made to Qualification doesn’t tell the full story,
Bafana head coach Shakes Mashaba as support the coach, Khan adds. “We must Khan cautions.
well as current boss Stuart Baxter. ensure the best players are at his disposal “Every time we qualify for big tourna-
He was also in the technical team of when we go into this tournament.” ments we get knocked out in the group
South Africa’s U-17 women’s team that BoothaddsThabo’s stages,” he says. “For
competed at the Fifa U-17 Women’s
World Cup last year.
thirst for knowledge
works in his favour.
‘We knew what we a country with such
fantastic infrastruc-
In the same year he received a master’s “It’s all about con- had to do’ ture we should be
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coaching diploma at the Johan Cruyff sistency with him; going much further.”
Institute in Amsterdam, Netherlands – he’s been around for a long time at youth Booth agrees. “We shouldn’t be fooled
and he was one of just 14 international level and that knowledge is starting to by the success at youth level because
student coaches selected for the pro- show.” there is still a lot of work that needs to
gramme. be done at grassroots level. The pool of
Taking to Twitter to announce his suc- SAFA’S VISION 2022 talent isn’t big enough.”
cess he said, “The journey of learning Amajita’s qualification for the World Cup He adds that more must be done in
and professional development contin- means South Africa has had a team pre- terms of scouting new players.
ues.” He also added a quote from Johan sent at three different World Cups over Khan believes a lack of investment in
Cruyff, the famous Dutch footballer after the past three years. Amajita qualified for grassroots football is costing the nation-
whom the institute is named: “You can both the 2017 and this year’s tournaments al teams in international competitions
only coach others if you know how to and Bantwana – the South African U-17 and something needs to be done.
coach yourself.” women’s team – participated in the U-17 “School sport is no longer compulsory
Senong has been tipped to take on a tournament last year. and it gives the elite athlete no founda-
dual coaching role and take over the Meanwhile Banyana Banyana went tion to work from,” he says.
South African U-23 side too. through to this year’s Women’s World He adds that when footballers do even-
Khan believes the key to Senong’s Cup and also took part in the 2016 tually join an academy “they can’t run,
success is his desire to improve himself Olympic Games in Rio. they can’t jump and they can’t turn as
constantly. “He is a humble person and This bodes well for Safa’s Vision 2022, athletes would have to. We lack the prop-
very down to earth,” Khan says. “He which aims to have all the national er development from an early age.”
KEY AMAJITA PLAYERS
LUKE LE ROUX LYLE FOSTER KOBAMELO KODISANG
AGE 18 AGE 18 AGE 19
CLUB SuperSport United CLUB AS Monaco CLUB AD Sanjoanense
POSITION Central in France in Portugal
Midfield POSITION Striker POSITION Midfielder
CAPS/GOALS 3/1 CAPS/GOALS 5/4 CAPS/GOALS 10/0
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 LEFT: Cardi joked that she
couldn’t breathe when she
stepped up to collect her
history-making best rap
album award at this year’s
Grammys.

T’S a modern-day Cindereella story:

a young woman who bootstrapped d
herself from an abusive rrelation-
ship to stripping to rreality
TV fame to music stardom,
winning over celebrity fanss and
pushing many boundaaries
along the way.
Now Cardi B (26) has madee his-
tory by becoming the first female
solo artist to win a Grammy fo or
best rap album – not bad for a
“regular degular shmegular””
girl from the Bronx who laun--
ched her music career just a littlle
over three years ago.
Meteoric is the best way to d de-
scribe her rise up the ranks off rap
royalty – although that road has
been peppered with plenty of o pot-
holes.
In the dog-eat-dog world of rrap Cardi
has been slut-shamed, brandeed talent-
less and called illiterate because of her
Spanish accent. Haters even laid into
her after her Grammy victory, saying
she didn’t deserve it.
But the self-described Caribbean

MEGA
queen is fiercely unapologetic about
who she is. Don’t like her? That’s your
problem.

MONEY MOVES
“I don’t got the best English in the
world,” Cardi admitted in her unique
GALLO IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES, INSTAGRAM/IAMCARDIB

way.
“[But] everyone has a me inside them,
that loud girl that just wanna go ‘ayyyy!’
No matter if you a doctor, a lawyer, a
teacher, it comes out. Like, aha, I got She’s a self-made woman who went from
you being yourself for a lil’ two minutes
or three, huh?” stripper to rap superstar – and Cardi B
No matter whether you love her or
hate her, Cardi’s rags-to-riches story is doesn’t care if you don’t like her
undeniably inspiring. COMPILED BY LAVERN DE VRIES
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pid, why would you have a baby at the
beginning of your career? You ruined
your career’,” she recalled.
Her whirlwind romance with the Migos
rapper had kicked off about a year ear-
a flashy first date
Superbowl. Eight
ths later Offset (27),
al name Kiari Ce-
hus, proposed with a
sparkly eight-carat
engagement ring.
They wed in a se-
ABOVE: She was one of America’s favourite contestants in the reality cret ceremony in
TV show Love & Hip-Hop. ABOVE RIGHT: The I Like It rapper and on-off September 2017,
hubby Offset are proud parents of baby Kulture Kiari Cephus (RIGHT). but Cardi dropped

C
im like a hot tamale
ARDI was born Belcalis Cardi saved eve hen he cheated on
Almánzar in the predomi- cent and by the time late last year. “I guess
nantly Latino neighbour- was 21 had amasse ew out of love,” she
hood of Highbridge in the 000 (R280 000) – in si 7,5 million followers,
Bronx, New York. lar bills. While working as a strip- “but we’re not together anymore.
Rebellious almost from per she started posting saucy videos on I don’t know, it might take time to get
the word go, she started calling herself social media, dressed to the nines. a divorce.”
Bacardi after the rum because her par- Soon she had scores of Instagram But the couple seem to have rekindled
ents named her baby sister Hennessy – users hanging on her every word as she their relationship. Cardi said the Bad and
the name of a Cognac. Her Trinidadian spoke her mind about everything from Boujee hitmaker was instrumental in
mother, who worked as a cashier, and oral sex to scamming men and politics. helping her write some of the songs on
cab-driver Dominican father battled to It wasn’t long before the foul-mouthed her debut album, Invasion of Privacy,
make ends meet so Cardi took a job at internet sensation caught the attention and getting hip-hop heavyweights, in-
a grocery store to help her family. of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop show, from cluding Chance the Rapper, Kehlani
To please her strict mom, she enrolled in where she launched her career. Although and 21 Savage, to collaborate with her.
community college after high school and singing was her passion, it was never her Offset may have been the wind beneath
took courses in political science and histo- dream to hit the big time and she treated her wings but Cardi owns her throne.
ry but dropped out after two semesters. music more as a way to make ends meet. In her fifth month of pregnancy she
By 19 she had joined the notorious “To me, it’s all about money,” she told was in studio every day to record, despite
Bloods gang and moved in with her bad- W Magazine. suffering intense bouts of drowsiness.
news boyfriend. “I was dictated to and With her precious savings she made “She was a ferocious worker, unreal,”
had to do things I didn’t want to do be- two mixtapes, Gangsta Bitch Music Vol said Craig Kallman, chairman and CEO
cause I was living under a man’s roof – in 1 and 2, and it was of Atlantic Records.
his mom’s house – in an apartment with enough for her to be ‘Everyone has a me inside Binderella, as she’s
two pit bulls and bedbugs,” she said. noticed: she signed dubbed herself, is by
She started stripping in hopes of es- with Atlantic Re- them, that loud girl’ all accounts a self-
caping poverty and her abusive relation- cords and the follow- made woman. “I
ship. “He was beating my ass,” Cardi said. ing year her debut single, Bodak Yellow, built the fan base,” said Cardi, whose net
“How was I gonna leave if I only made soared to the top of the charts. value is around $8 million (R113 million).
$200 (R2 800) every week?” Cardi proved herself to be the princess She’s hustling to make sure her daugh-
At the strip club she found independ- of rap when she became the second fe- ter, Kulture Kiari Cephus, doesn’t grow
ence and grew up quickly. “A lot of the male rapper in 19 years to rule the Bill- up like her. “I’m thinking about how
women taught me to be more powerful.” board chart, following Lauryn Hill’s reign my money’s going to last so this girl is
Noticing big-breasted Russian girls with Doo Wop (That Thing) back in 1998. 21 and put in college,” she said.
drew the most customers, Cardi got a The Bickenhead singer is also the first It won’t be long before Cardi takes on
boob job, butt injections and fixed her female rapper with three Hot 100 No. 1 Tinseltown. She’s in talks to play Fran
teeth – all of which still bring her criti- singles. Drescher’s daughter in The Nanny when

C
cism and ridicule. the hit series gets a reboot later this year.
But she’s unrepentant about her past. ARDI’S career was just get- Craig isn’t surprised by how she’s taken
“People want me to be so full of shame ting off the ground when she the world by storm. “I think she wanted
that I used to dance,” Cardi said. “I made discovered she was pregnant to show women around the world you
a lot of money, I had a good time and it with rapper Offset’s child in can have it all,” he said.
showed me a lot – it made me open my April last year. And she’s doing it on her own terms.
eyes about how people are, how men are, “I was depressed ’cause I SOURCES: DAILYMAIL.COM, PEOPLE.COM, ROLLINGSTONE.COM,
about hunger and passion and ambition.” constantly kept reading ‘Cardi you stu- THETYLT.COM, WMAGAZINE.COM, WMAGAZINE.COM
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SHINING BRIGHT
South Korean soccer star Son Heung-min
raises Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes for
their first Champions League title
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H
E’S Tottenham Hot- And it worked.
spur’s secret weapon: The eager young player took his advice
a fleet-footed forward and now, in his fourth season at Spurs,
who’s scored 11 goals the South Korean has emerged as one
in the past 12 games of English football’s most influential
and helped his team players.
reach the knockout “Son is very talented,” Pochettino said.
phase of Europe’s most “He’s always available to learn, improve
elite competition. and listen to what you expect from him.
Son Heung-min’s latest bit of brilliance “He is capable of adapting his skills in
was on display during Spurs’ resounding different situations.”
3-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund in In Son, the BBC reports, Spurs have a
the Uefa Champions League. remarkably consistent attacking ope-
He found the net just after halftime rator of the highest class – tireless, dan-
and then paved the way for Jan Vertong- gerous, intelligent and never frightened
hen to sweep in the second goal. Fernan- of running hard.
do Llorente sealed the win in the 86th His contribution to his club’s recent suc-
minute and manager cess is even more re-
Mauricio Pochettino markable considering
was quick to hail his ‘It’s true I’m in he started the season
heroes – especially the
spectacular Son.
great form’ at the Asian Games
and took a few weeks
“ Ne xt ti m e S on out in January to go
scores I will go to the dressing room, to the AFC Asian Cup with South Korea.
have a shower and wait for the game to There his national side won gold and
finish,” Pochettino joked after the match. he earned an exemption from military
“He was fantastic, again.” service as South Korean men are re-
Yet Asia’s most-expensive player quired to complete at least 21 months
struggled at first in the tough world of in the armed forces beffore they turn 28.
English football – in fact, it got so bad Now Son has hi s
Son (26) wanted to quit The Lilywhites sights set on helpingg
at one point. Tottenham lift thei r

H
first Champions League
E wasn’t a regular in his first trophy.
season at the London club “I feel very fit,” he says.
and was in and out of the “It’s true I’m in greaat
squad so often he asked form and have made a
Pochettino if he could move great start, but I havve
to another team. to keep working harrd
But Poch calmed him down, encour- so I finish like this.”
aged him to stick it out and to prove his SOURCES: BBCNEWS, DAILYMAIL,
worth. IRISHTIMES, WASHINGTON POST

THE RISE OF SON

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16 Age when
he joins
Hamburger SV’s
£22 million Joins
Tottenham
Hotspur on a five-year contract in 2015,
11 goals in the past
12 games in th
Uefa Champions
he
Tott
man
ttenham Hotspur
nager Mauricio
Academy in 2008 making him Asia’s most expensive player League
Pochettino (ABOVE)
ull of praise for
is fu
his fantastic
f forward,
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SA RALLIES BEHIND GOLDEN GIRL SSISA: SCRAP THE REGULATIONS
It’s been one of testosterone levels for athletes
the most-talked in the 400m, h hurdles, 800m, The S
Th Sports S
Science
i IInstitute
i physiology
h i there are bound to
about sports cases 1 500m and combined events. of South Africa (SSISA) has be effects in the way that they
in a while: CASTER Semenya is challenging the called on the IAAF to scrap perform. We’re not just talking
SEMENYA A vs ruling in court, with the full new testosterone regulations, about science physiology, let’s
the International backing of SA’ss government. EWN reported. also consider the mental health
Association of Sport ministter TOKOZILE The institute’s CEO needs of athletes such as Caster
Athletics Federation XASA says the e government Phatukhuthle Zondi said the Semenya and others that are
((IAAF),) which has is g
going
g to spe
pend R25 million regulations would have a negative involved. Will this intervention
come about due to defending Caster. impact on many athletes. do harm or will it do good?”
the IAAF’s new “We have established d a high-
high When y g with
regulations level panel connsisting
ting of
o the someone’s natural
tu
for female medical and legal
classification workstreams
that respectively,”
restrict the Xasa revealed.

‘OUR BEACON OF HOPE’

Banyana Banyana coach DESIREE our golden girl.
ELLIS has thrown her weight The regulations
behind our champion. “The sought to
campaign is not just about Caster “discriminate
Semenya but about other athletes against athletes
he same issues who bear raw
Banyana’s team members natural talent
are encouraged by Semenya’s simply because th hey
resilience: “Caster has been very supposedly have higher than
brave and strong, through all normal levels of testosterone”,
the challenges she’s faced she’s Safa’s statement read.
come out on top. So her strength “Safa knows fully well the pain of
inspires us. She’s our beacon countless female football players
of hope, going out there and who, on a daily basis, are harassed,
competing with the top athletes in ridiculed and victimised sexually
the world and coming out on top.” because they are deemed different
Cricket South Africa and Safa by ignorant
also threw their support behind bigots.”

‘A HEROINE’
All Caster Semenya wants is to
run free, her lawyer GREGORY
NOTT, director of Norton Rose
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Fulbright said in a statement.

“Ms Semenya is unquestion-
ably a woman. She is a heroine
and an inspiration to many people
around the world,” her lawyers
said.
“Women with differences in
sexual development have genetic
variations that are no different “Her
than other genetic variations that genetic
are celebrated in sport.” gift should be
She wants to be respected and celebrated, not discriminated
treated as any other athlete. against,” he said.

SPORT IN NUMBERS

3–0 Kaizer Chiefs beat

Magic FC in the
quarterfinals of the Nedbank
5–3 Amajita
beat Nigeria
on penalties to claim
40–3 The Bulls had
the Stormers for
breakfast, lunch and supper during
153 Sri Lankan batsman Kusal Perera
scored an unbeaten century to see
the visitors clinch a one-wicket win on day
Cup after scoring three quick bronze at the U-20 their Super Rugby opening match four of the first Test against the Proteas at
goals during extra time. Africa Cup of Nations. in Pretoria. Kingsmead in Durban.
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 OUT AND ABOUT BY SHANAAZ PRINCE, SIYABONGA DZIMBILI & QHAMA DAYILE

BABY BOOM
SHE was scheduled for a C-section
S
but Madiba’s granddaughter
ZOLEKA
L MANDELA ended up
g ving birth six days earlier
gi
han planned when daughterr
th
ZENZILE
E decided to make a
surprise
u appearance!
“I woke up this morning
and
n got up before everyone
else to attend to the house
– I was trying to pack last
night’s clean dishes when my
wateer broke!! I was in labour forr
cllose to 5hrs before Mr Bashala
annd I birrthed our daughter,” she Zoleka isn’t the only one
wrote on Instagram. who’s been expanding the
Baby Basshala, as her mom calls her, Mandela family. Madiba’s
needed to be b incubated for a while due grandson MANDLA MAN-
to some min nor complications but she’s DELA and his wife of three
doing well. Mom and daughter are years, NOSEKENI RABIA
already
l d home h and settling into their MANDELA, added twins – a
new routine. boy and a girl – to the family
It’s the fifth child for Zoleka, and a few months ago. TOP: Mandla with his
the second for her and hubby Thierry The couple, who also brood – 21-month-old
Bashala. The couple also share a have a 21-month-old son, son Mntwanenkosi
daughter, Zanyiwe (4), and Zoleka has Mntwanenkosi Mandela Mandela Ikraam
a 16-year-old son, Zwelami. She also Ikraam Mandela, welcomed and the twins, son
had two children who passed away. their twins in November and Ntanenkosi Rolihlahla
“I’m blessed much more than I truly the little ones have been on Hakeem Mandela and
deserve!!! Thanking God, My Day One their first international flight daughter Nkosazana
ABOVE and TOP: Zoleka with baby Zenzile (my grandmother), my babies in already. The family travelled Nonhlanhla Hannah.
Mutoba Bashala. “Mutoba . . . means light, Heaven – Zenani and Zenawe – for to London where Mandla ABOVE: Mandla and
a royal person, someone born to be with my MIRACLE!!!” she continued on opened an exhibition honou- wife Nosekeni Rabia.
kings,” she wrote on Instagram. Instagram. ring his famous grandfather.

5
5 2
HE’SS GETTI
GETTINGG GRATEFUL IS HIS
INTO THE MOVIE FAVE SONG OFF
INDUSTRY THE NEW ALBUM
“I’m doing music for “It’s dedicated to
a movie Kagiso o
3
everybody who has
THINGS
S Modupe is pro o-
ducing. There are
a
HE’S
UNAPOLOGETIC
been supportive of
my career – from
ABOUT also some othher
movies I’m going
ABOUT HIS SOUND
“My new album
fans to family to

BRIAN TEMBA to be part of

o UnABC stands for
UnApologetic,
the media. I wrote
it after thinking
HE’S been out of the pub blic eye [in terms of
o of everything I’ve
soundtracks].” UnBreakable and been through and
since leaving Muvhango but UnCensored. It’s a
now he’s back with a ban ng. everyone who has
reflection of my been there for me.”
Actor and singer BRIAAN 4 journey in the music
TEMBA put acting on hold to HE’S INTOUCHWI
TOUCH TH industry because
focus on his fourth solo album,
a HIS MUVHANGO O it has been 1
UnABC. “It took me a yeaar,” he CO-STARS unapologetic in
tells us. “The challenge with
w HE WANTS TO DO
“I talk to Dingaan terms of the music HOUSE AND RAP
self-producing is breakinng Mokebe ka I’ve been doing.” “I’d love to colla-
through writer’s block.” Khumalo, borate with Black
This year marks two decades in Macdonald Ndou Coffee and Rouge.”
the industry for the Zane ele singer. and Gabriel
Here are five things we bet
b you Temudzani.”
didn’t know about Brian..

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 PAMPER PARTY
Businessman and socialite TINY YIKO
MATHEBULA recently celebrate ed his
birthday with a day of pamperin ng at
the spa.
Tinyiko, who’s been known to
host wild weekend-long parties
with champagne on tap, wanted
a more serene celebration for his
34th birthday.
Along with friends Khanya
Mkhangisa, MIMI MAHLASELA aand LEFT
LEF T: Actress Siimphi
hiwe
we
SIMPHIWE NGEMA, he spent the day Ngema loves going for
Ng
being spoiled at Revive Wellnesss Spa faacials. She enjoyed
in Highlands North. the spa day as she says
“This year for me is about being work
w is sometimes so
generous and taking care of those demanding
d she forgets
close to me,” Tinyiko says. to
t take time off to
He also donated 100 pairs of shoes treat
t herself.
to schools around Alexandra.

ABOVE and
RIGHT: Tinyiko
and his friends
celebrated his
birthday with
a spa day. FAR
RIGHT: Mimi
loved the indoor
spa pool. She
says taking
care of herself
includes taking
time off when
she needs it.

They’ll be celebrating their 10-year

VALENTINE’S THROWBACK wedding anniversary in November
but comedian TUMI MORAKE and
actor hubby MPHO OSEI-TUTU
(who are both 37) have been an item
SUPPLIED, INSTAGRAM (@TUMI_MORAKE, @ZOLEKAMANDELA, @NKOSIZWELIVELILE)

since way back – have a look at the

adorable throwback pic Tumi posted
on Instagram on Valentine’s Day
(FAR LEFT).
“@mphooseitutu lookie what I found
AND he gave me this frame our first
Valentine’s day together,” Tumi captioned
the snap, which has received over 20 000
likes and hundreds of positive comments
from fans.
“Wow Wow Wow!” Mpho responded.
“I don’t actually have the effing words!
Thanks for the memory my  I thank
God for the ones we’ve had and the one’s
we’re making! ”

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 FAMOUS FRIENDS
W
’ guessing our a party with an e ortlessly cool guest list
invitation got lost in that included BEYONCÉ, JAY-Z, DRAKE,
the post, and we’re Meek Mill, Zendaya,Tyga, Amber Rose,
really sad we didn’t Terrence J and many other celebs. “I
get to go to can’t even lie, my birthday was kinda
MICHAEL B JORDAN’s 32nd lit,” the actor wrote on an Insta post
birthday party. It was, in his of himself with Drake.
own words, “lit”.The Creed star Next year, Mikey, you know where
capped an amazing year with to find us!

IT’S hard to believe Jenny from the block will be

r
turning the big 5-0 this year, but this triple- Thanks fo n
lle
threat shows no signs of slowing down – to the gift, E
celebrate her milestone, JENNIFER LOPEZ
will be touring the US. “This summer [in
America] I am celebrating,” she told Ellen
DeGeneres.
“My birthday is in July so this summer
I decided I want to do something big for my
birthday, since it is a big birthday. I’m going o
a US tour. It’s the It’s My Party Tour!” she sai
The Second Act star’s big day might be
a few months away but Ellen had a gift
for her, a wall clock with a picture of
JLo and bae ALEX RODRIGUEZ.
“It’s to remind [him]
time is ticking
and he should
hurry up and
propose,” Ellen
said. Word!

IT’S HER
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TOO
MANY
MOM’S CHEFS
THE WORD
IS ANYYON
ONE
ANYONE E as good at bringing us down IN THE
KITCHEN
to Earth as our moms?

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Even if you’re former US first lady and
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bestselling author MICHELLE OBAMA you’re

not immune to mom’s knack for keeping you
humble. Michelle made a surprise appearance
on the Grammy Awards stage alongside Lady ISTHERE anything Queen Bey can’t
Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, host Alicia Keys do? Actually, says her mom, there
and Jennifer Lopez to share a message about is – the superstar goddess can’t
the power of music. cook!
After the show she shared a text exchange TINA KNOWLES LAWSON
between her and mom MARIAN ROBINSON, says her daughter, a 22-time
who asked Barack’s missus if she “had met Grammy winner, isn’t that
any real stars”. great in the kitchen.
Michelle posted a screenshot of the “BEYONCÉ can’t cook,” Tina
messages on Instagram, with the caption, let slip recently, but added that
“When your mom doesn’t think you’re a “real” her other daughter, Solange,
celebrity . . .” We still love you, Mich! can. “There’s no contest!”
Bey, though, has previously
admitted all she’s any good at
making in the kitchen is spaghetti
and sandwiches. “I know they’re
easy, but they’re my specialty.”
Still, mom Tina giving credit
where it’s due, said her girls are both
w
greaat at being moms themselves.
“Th
Th
hey’re
h ey re amazing parents.
parents II’m
m most
proudd of the type of parents they are.”

an
At least I c ean
m
whip up a h!
sandwic
TALK about delusions of grandeur! Convicted all races, genders and religio ons”
rapist BILL COSBY believes he’s “a political that landed him behind barss.
prisoner” and has compared his imprisonment “So, I now have a tempo o-
to that of NELSON MANDELA and Martin rary residence that
Luther King Jnr. Whaaaat? resembles the
The 81-year-old disgraced comedian quarters of some
was jailed last year for three to 10 years, of the greatest
for drugging and sexually assaulting a political prisoners
woman in 2004.The judge described – Martin Luther
him as “a violent sexual predator”.
p In a King g Jnr, Mahatma
statement released through his lawyer, Cosby Gandhi, Nelson Man-
said he had “no remorse” and that it was his dela . . .” Honestly,y some
“political beliefs, actions of trying to humanise people are just the worst.

NO JUSTICE
ARE the wheels of justice and released them without charges.
coming off for Empire Jussie’s lawyers said in a statement one of
Star JUSSIE the men who were questioned by police was

FOR JUSSIE?
SMOLLETT? his personal trainer. “It is impossible to believe
The actor, who was that this person could have played a role in the
violently attacked crime against Jussie or would falsely claim
outside his Chicago Jussie’s complicity.
apartment a few weeks “Jussie is angry that as a victim of a hate
ago, is the subject of crime who has cooperated with the police
vicious rumours he investigation . . . he has now been further
staged the assault – victimised by claims attributed to these
an allegation he has alleged perpetrators that [he] played a
denied. role in his own attack. Nothing is further
Chicago police from the truth and anyone claiming
confirmed they otherwise is lying.”
questioned two men Police said they want to interview
in connection with the Jussie again and have refused to
attack on Jussie, comment on rumours he orchestrated
the attack.
“Detectives have some follow-
ups to complete which include
speaking to the individual who
reported the incident,” a police
spokesman tweeted after
the allegations surfaced.
 STARBUZZ
MOVE OVER,
AQUAMAN!
WE SHOULD all have friends like this in our
squad – those who don’t hesitate to help us, no
matter the circumstances.
Actress REGINA KING was snorkelling with
her friend GABRIELLE UNION when the
Breaking In actress got in trouble in a riptide.
Regina came to Gabrielle’s rescue, she told
Vanity Fair. “She literally saved my life that day.

EW, DAD,
That’s who she is.”
THAT’S what w we imagine DRAKE A different actress, she joked, might have
told his daddyy after comic seen her competition drowning and turned
TIFFANY HAD DDISH shared with away, as Hollywood has a long history of pitting
the world the sstory about the time actresses against one
Drake’s dad, DENNIS GRAHAM, another.
tried to ask her out.
Ready t
“[Drake’s] daad hit me up and to save o dive in
a friend
I turned [him] down. I’m not being
Drake’s stepmo omma!” she told US
Glamour magazine.
The Lego Mo ovie 2 actress said she
met the God’s P Plan rapper after he
slid into her DMMs and asked her to be
in his Nice for W
What music video.
After shootinng the video, she
thought, “Oh maaybe something might
happen, you kno ow? I was like, ‘Are you
gonna take me tto dinner?’ He said,
‘Yeah we could eat dinner’, and then
I never heard from him again.
“That’s because e I was being thirsty –
that’s my fault. I shhould have said, ‘I’ll
see if I can be in youur music video.’
“I should have bee en like, ‘Who are you
again? What do you d do?’”
A few months later Drake’s dad also slid
into her DMs, butTiffanyy was having none
of that!

FEELING BLUE? RAINBOW TALK FREEDOM FOR #LIFEGOALS LOOKING GOOD,

We finally got our first look Black-ish could be getting 21 SAVAGE When we’re big, we want to KHALED!
at WILL SMITH as Genie British-born Atlanta rap- be CICELY TYSON.The If you see a guy who looks like
a second spin-off, set in the
in Disney’s live-action per 21 SAVAGE is a free actress (94), who is on the DJ KHALED’s slimmer twin,
’80s and ’90s and based on
Aladdin, and, oh boy. man, for now. After being cover ofTime magazine, it’s really him. The DJ is 20kg
the teen and young adult
If the special-effects arrested by American says she’s never retiring. lighter, thanks to a weight-
years of TRACEE ELLIS
wizards can make a gun- immigration agents for “The reason I have been loss programme.
ROSS’ character, Rainbow.
toting raccoon and a allegedly overstaying his in this universe as long as I “A year ago I told y’all it’s
The first Black-ish spin-
talking tree look realistic visa, the rapper was held in have been is because He’s coming OFF! I started at
off, Grown-ish which
in the Marvel movies, how custody for weeks until not ready for me. When I’ve 293lbs [133kg] and now I’m
follows Zoey Johnson
hard can it be to make a Jay-Z’s lawyers got him out. completed my job, He’ll OFFICIALLY 250lbs [113]!!
(Yara Shahidi) as a varsity
blue Will not look like a Savage, who moved to take me away. They CALL ME SLIM JIM!!”
student, has been a hit and
mash-up of a Smurf and the US when he was a child, “I know several people he wrote on Instagram.
has been renewed for
the Scorpion King? Let’s a third season. made an application to who have retired and then
hope there’s a bit of polish remain in the country six months later, they’re
before the flick’s release. in 2017. gone,” she said.

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 ST
T Z

ADWOA ABOAH
shone in an orange
suit at the launch of
her Revlon x Gurls Talk
make-up kits.

MARY J BLIGE EMMY RAVER-LAMPMAN ANGELA BASSETT

in a Safiyaa outfit at in a Tadashi Shoji suit at was angelic in a white
The Umbrella Academy The Umbrella Academy suit at The Hearts STAR LOOK
afterparty. afterparty. for Hope Gala.
CIARA
in custom
Michael Costello
at the Hollywood
Beauty Awards.

THEY
WEAR THE
PANTS!
GABRIELLE
We’re loving the pantsuit
UNION look this week
in a sequinned
jumpsuit at an BY THULANI GQIRANA & SHOUNEES MOOLA
NBA All-Star
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event.

TRACEE ELLIS ROSS LONI LOVE YOLONDA

in Marc Jacobs at in all black at the FREDERICK
the Marc Jacobs Make-Up Artists is sultry in black
Fall 2019 Show. & Hair Stylists at the Hollywood
Guild Awards. Beauty Awards.
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