Photos: 23rd South African Music Awards (SAMAs) Red Carpet

 Bonang Matheba
The 23rd South African Music Awards (SAMAs) was held at the Sun City Superbowl on Saturday night. It was a display of pomp and glamour. More pics after cut.....

Photos: Rapper Slikour's traditional wedding

Melissa and Slikour both posted pictures from the traditional ceremony‚ and revealed that it was one of three ceremonies that they will have over the next few weeks.
Speaking to TshisaLIVE on Monday‚ Slikour confirmed that the pair will soon be tying the knot and said that he felt it was his duty to marry the love of his life.
“It is what it is. I have to be a man and go down this path because it is the right thing to do. The lifestyle of a musician makes it difficult to commit sometimes but I know that this is what I have to do. This is my duty and it is a duty of love‚” Slikour said.
Slikour said that he loves Melissa for so many reasons. “There are so many things that I love about her but if I had to sit down and reflect on all of them I just see the essence of love in everything‚” he added.
He would not reveal when the couple would wed but said that he was excited to get married. More pics after cut....

Photo: C.I.Jizzlé drops sensual trap song, “Focus”

Having been in the music industry since the introduction of Mboko Gang in 2013 and having established a great name for himself in film directing as Mazi C.I.Jizzlé, C.I.Jizzlé is on the quest to share with the hip hop fans how much of a multitalented artist he is as he drops his new single and visuals for “Focus” under Geobek Entertainment since his breakout as a solo artist. Another pic after cut...........

Photos: Krugersdorp Raise Against Drugs and other Vices

Krugersdorp a community on Roodepoort Gauteng South Africa, a community populated by colored South Africans had a protest but peaceful match around its environs to say no to the effect of drugs, human trafficking and crime in their community. More pics after cut....

THE LEKKI-AJAH INTERNATIONAL CAKE FAIR (2)

TRAINING DAZE!
This year’s Lekki-Ajah International Cake Fair (2) features comprehensive training in New and Trending Skills. This Training Session consists of 5 exciting and skill laden refresher courses put together in our Training Daze Package. Below are the classes:
1. Fresh & Exciting Butter Cream Idea: Water Colour Drip Cake Buttercream.
Eniye Okoye (Cakes by Somchez)
Fee: N1,500.
2. Wild Romance: A Bouquet of Exotic Flowers Crafted with Cold Porcelain.
Miriam Nwokoro (Mel Cakes)
Fee: N1,500.
3. Baking with Ease and Perfection: The Ultimate Baking Experience Rolled into one exciting and amazing class. another pic after cut......

LUKA CALLS ALL HOUSE HEADS CLOSER

Mahikeng born and bred highly motivated music producer, Luka (real name Anthony Kasirivu) is fuelled with passion more than ever as he releases his new single, “Closer” featuring brilliant vocalist, Sio on TurnUp Music ZA.

Positive energy through music is Luka’s way of giving back love and light to the universe that we live in. His last album came out from Soul Candi under the Producer Series Volume 2 and his works have been featured on several compilations and releases through international labels as well as established South African labels, Soul Candi and House Afrika being some of them.another pic after cut......

Photo: BABSY MLANGENI TO ACCEPT LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE SAMA23

Making music that inspires and uplifts people in the community is what SA legendary musician, Babsy Mlangeni has always been about. Young, up and coming musicians as well as other music moguls in the industry are set to witness a long overdue but yet amazing moment at the South African Music Awards this year as Mr Babsy Mlangeni will be awarded a lifetime achievement award.another pics after cut.....

Photos: Ethiopian Hamar tribe Women Whipped as a Symbol of Love

A tribal ceremony during which young women are whipped in order to show the sacrifices they make for men is revealed in a series of photographs.

Members of the Hamar tribe in Ethiopia believe the elaborate scars demonstrate a woman's capacity for love, and if they fall on hard times later in life it allows them to call on those who whipped them for help.

Women are whipped as part of a Rite of Passage ceremony for boys, when female family members declare their love for the young man at the heart of the celebration. 

After the ceremony the boy becomes a man, and is allowed to marry. 

The brutal tradition is known as Ukuli Bula, and was captured by photographer Jeremy Hunter. Instead of fleeing, women beg men to whip them again during the ceremony, held in the Omo River Valley. More pics after cut.....

Meet: Kisua founder Sam Mensah on making money from dressing Beyoncé

 
 Samuel Mensah

Kisua comes from the Swahili word for ‘well-dressed person’ and Samuel Mensah, founder and chief executive officer of the so-named e-commerce clothing company, is on a mission to dress the world in Africa-inspired clothes.
Mensah, through Kisua, is trying what other African fashion designers have failed to do: build a sustainable and scalable African fashion company.
‘It’s not your grandmother’s African fashion,’ Mensah said recently from Kisua’s Johannesburg headquarters, housed in a co-working space the brand shares with an African-diaspora executive search firm and other start-ups. More pics after cut........

Celebrity: Happy Wedding Anniversary Tara and Fela Durotoye

Fela wrote this on his Instagram

God gave the earth the Sun to brighten it up; .

God gave the world His Son to prove His love for us;

God gave Adam the Garden of Eden for him to nurture it;

God gave Noah an Ark to lift him up in the time of flood;

God gave Moses a Rod to deliver a Nation from bondage;

God gave David a Sling to slay Goliath and solve National crisis,

Lady Gaga Joanne Tour Dates 2017 & Cheap Concert Tickets

 

Tuesday 8/1/2017 7:30 PM

Lady Gaga

Rogers Arena Vancouver, Canada

Thursday 8/3/2017 7:30 PM	Lady Gaga	Rogers Place Edmonton, Canada
Saturday 8/5/2017 7:30 PM	Lady Gaga	Tacoma Dome Tacoma, WA
Tuesday 8/8/2017 7:30 PM	Lady Gaga	The Forum - Los Angeles Inglewood, CA

ELLPUTO FIRES UP A CLUB BANGER WITH “FOREVER” REMIX

Like it is popularly said, if it’s nice, do it twice, Laylizzy’s recently released single, “Forever” makes a return through a remix by multi award winning, prolific producer, Ellputo, who fused some amazing electronic, dance and tropical sounds together to make this club banger, “FOREVER (Dance Remix).”

The original single (also co-produced by him) was released on the 14^th of February in light of the celebration of Valentine’s Day when Laylizzy brought a plot twist into the commonly known purpose of the day, that we do not only embrace love but also bring to people’s attention the heartbreaks and challenges that come with being in a relationship and being in love.

Stick-fighting warriors down pints of cow's blood for strength before battling for the right to pick a girl from their remote tribe

• The Donga, or stick fight, is practised by Suri tribesmen in southern Ethiopia as a means of impressing women
• The warriors will try to down nearly two litres of cows' blood but many will end up throwing it back up again
• The winner gets to proposition a girl of his choice who will then decide to accept or reject him  More pics after cut.......

Meet:Ray Kileo, The Manchester graduate changing lives in Tanzania

Manchester graduate Ray Kileo, who was able to undertake his studies thanks to a scholarship, is transforming Tanzanian capital city Dar es Salaam after returning there to work on its transport system.

Ray grew up with six siblings in a village in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. From his days at a technical school he dreamed of making a real difference to his country, and he worked hard to eventually graduate from Dar Es Salaam Institute of Technology as a civil engineer in 2011.

Feature: Botswana’s soul and spirit captured in new documentary film

Renowned thespian and only the Motswana to be honoured by Broadway, Donald Molosi is at it again. The actor, who’s had many strides in Hollywood is set to release his new Documentary Film titled We Are All Blue  based on his 2011 one man show play titled Blue, Black and White which earned him both Best Actor Award at the Dialogue one Festival and a Best Solo Award off-Broadway.

Blue, Black and White (2011), is the longest running one- man show in the Botswana’s history and was the first- ever Botswana play staged off- Broadway in New York City. It is written, directed and performed by Molosi and it has been performed in several countries in the region and in the US. It is about the country’s first democratically elected President, Seretse Khama and his interracial, transformative marriage. The storyline depicts the sad reality and the fallout that happened when Seretse and Ruth Williams fell in love.