Category Archives: About South Africa

Traveling Outside South Africa And The Admin Required For A Smooth Trip

When I was planning to start traveling, the first thing I did was check my passport. It was valid for another 5 months so I called the High Commission of Tanzania in South Africa and I was advised to rather get a new passport because I was at risk of being denied entry

Visiting Chef Tefo Tshepiso Mokgoro’s Kitchen

 The emergence of social media has made it possible for me to follow and interact with some of the greatest chefs online. One such chef is Sous Chef Tefo Tshepiso Mokgoro who works at an upmarket restaurant in Sandton creating great and creative dishes.  Tefo is a multi talented creative who has put filmmaking onContinue reading “Visiting Chef Tefo Tshepiso Mokgoro’s Kitchen”

South African Fashion Week Celebrates 21 Years In Fashion.

South Africa’s oldest fashion week celebrated 21 years in fashion with its A/W2019 collections at Sandton City as well as some off site locations for select designers. South African Fashion Week has helped launch the careers of many big fashion designers who got their big breaks through SA Fashion Week’s New Talent Search. To markContinue reading “South African Fashion Week Celebrates 21 Years In Fashion.”

Black Hair Matters Exhibition

Our black hair is amazingly versatile and can be styled in as many ways as possible but as black women we always find problems in our schools and workplaces. Black women in the workplace are always restricted when it comes to hairstyles, it can’t be “too wild” and “too colourful” or “unprofessional”. Hair Artist andContinue reading “Black Hair Matters Exhibition”

Lebo Mphela Pioneers Black Owned Nail Polish Brand in South Africa

Nail grooming is a very important part of most women’s lives because women feel great when they have their nails filed and polished. It is also comes as no surprise that nail grooming is unisex as men have also started to take nail grooming seriously, salons and nails bars have had an influx of menContinue reading “Lebo Mphela Pioneers Black Owned Nail Polish Brand in South Africa”

ULove Lingerie: A Black Owned Brand

As a black African woman, I am always delighted to find other black African women who are not only great creators but are also venturing into industries that have just a handful or no black people at all. Lebohang Tsimo is a young black South African woman who owns and runs a lingerie brand calledContinue reading “ULove Lingerie: A Black Owned Brand”

Batuk’s Move! Music Video Is All Sorts Of Visual Goals

  BATUK consists of two very talented individuals, songstress Manteiga and producer and rapper Spoek Mathambo and they have released Move!, their latest single which has a very dope music video. Batuk is Manteiga’s collaboration with established electronic music producer Spoek Mathambo. Move! is an ode to the township roots that shaped the members of Batuk.Continue reading “Batuk’s Move! Music Video Is All Sorts Of Visual Goals”

The Sophie A Kanza Foundation at the Forefront OF Charity Work And Critical Youth Conversations.

“Millennials don’t want to work”, they said; “Millennials are lazy”, they said; yet significant social and economic changes in Africa will be and are being effected by Africa’s youth who have seen the gaps and the inabilities of their governments to provide for the people’s basic needs. Congolese born and South African raised sisters SophieContinue reading “The Sophie A Kanza Foundation at the Forefront OF Charity Work And Critical Youth Conversations.”

Spree SS17 Celebration.

Fashion lovers came out in large numbers to see the preview of the SPREE SS17 collection at the Tin Factory in Kramerville last night and we got to see the some gorgeous garments that will be trending this summer if they are not already trending. The coolest thing about the event setup was that 4 topContinue reading “Spree SS17 Celebration.”