Emmanuel Tjiya

2 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Emmanuel Tjiya

Some of Mzansi’s leading A-listers will get a chance to take aim at politician Helen Zille with unfiltered punchlines in her forthcoming comedy roast. The Roast of Helen Zille will be filmed for Showmax at the 2025 Laugh Africa Comedy Festival, set to stage from May 2 to May 4 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Joburg. “I say it like it is and I get roasted on social media and in the press all the time — so why not put it on the main stage?” Zille said in a statement.

2 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Emmanuel Tjiya

Amapiano star Young Stunna. “My first hundred thousand, I didn’t know what to do with it, I locked myself in my room in disbelief,” Young Stunna chuckles, reflecting on the first few months of his meteoric rise to fame. “I was like, ‘This is my first R100k, what am I going to do about it?’ I went crazy. I made my first million in my first year, it was crazy.”This was three years ago, after he’d been called to the house of amapiano pioneer Kabza De Small.

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Football legend Teko Modise. Six years after hanging up his Cape Town City boots in 2019, football legend Teko Modise has reclaimed his mojo. These days, the 42-year-old, whose club career includes playing for Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns, is no longer energised by pleasing demanding coaches, dealing with adoring fans, or securing lucrative contracts. Modise has found post-retirement success in fashion, broadcasting, and the boardroom.

3 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Emmanuel Tjiya

Lerai Rakoditsoe wants to take over the world. “I want to be a world leader. What does that look like? I have no idea right now,” Lerai Rakoditsoe announces after I express my awe at her evolution over the past four years. The 22-year-old TV presenter, doing her final year in politics and international relations at the University of Pretoria (UP), laughs when I point out that she’s nothing like the image that made her famous. She has become more outspoken, self-assured, and animated.

3 weeks ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Emmanuel Tjiya |Steve Tanchel

Amapiano supernova Zee Nxumalo fronts the cover of SMag's issue. Business up front with a party in the back! That’s the vibe-check when amapiano supernova Zee Nxumalo steps onto the set of her SMag cover shoot an hour behind schedule. She is the epitome of “sexy” dressing. From the front, her outfit’s demure silhouette is simple — until she turns around. Boom! Her breezy open-back top puts a slither of glowing skin on display.