Miss South Africa Ndavi Nokeri has made Mzansi proud as she heads off to the Miss universe pageant competition. She will be representing South Africa along with her paying homage to the rise of Africa as a continent which continues to influence global pop culture.

Ndavi has been killing it as the new Miss SA, as just after being crowned Miss South Africa 2022, Ndavi Nokeri is stepping into her role as South Africa’s ambassador with power.

The beauty queen has launched her advocacy campaign named Ed-Unite, which will focus on addressing inequality in South African schools. She called upon corporate South Africa to join her in raising R6 million and will act as a conduit between big corporations, foundations and schools in need – ensuring that businesses with services to offer and finances to spend on Corporate Social Investment are partnered with each other.

The reigning title holder has not long been killing it with her work as Miss SA. The beauty queen has also been slaying the red carpet with her unique yet classy looks.

In no particular order, here are five of our favourite looks from Miss South Africa 2022, Ndavi Nokeri.

1. For the African Fashion International, the beauty queen wore a gorgeous navy blue dress which was open at the back and she looked absolutely stunning during her red carpet photoshoot. Dressed by Taibobacar.

Congratulations are in order for Bontle Modiselle’s husband as he bags the award for best lyrics of the year.

The rapper was awarded the South African Hip-Hop awards 2022 which took place on the 6th of December 2022.

His wife was overly excited as she took to Instagram to share a glimpse of what took place at the award ceremony and to also congratulate her husband on her social media handles.

The dancer captured the post as:

“Tsogang!! Re winile! But also…Last frame.”

“Congratulations to the SA Hip Hop Awards Lyricist of the Year @priddy_ugly – a very well deserved win! I’m incredibly proud of you,” she wrote.

The Award winning rapper also took to his social media to share the good news with his fans.

He captured the post as:

”Lyricist of the year. It’s a battle of the words & we don’t fight by the booK,” he wrote.

Musician Benny Afroe took to Ricardo Moloi who goes by the name of Priddy ugly, and congratulated the rapper by simply saying “congratulation,” in the comment section.

Media personality Unathi Nkayi also took to the comment section to congratulate the rapper, saying:

“My Faves. I love you guys I told ya’ll niggas,” she wrote.

South African singer and songwriter commented under Bontle’s post, as she congratulate the dancer’s husband:

“Love you guys soooo much it’s winning season. Congratulations!,” she wrote

Imbewu Actress Phindile Gwala-Ngandu is allegedly having problems paying her electricity bill, and if she doesn’t comply, she might find herself living in the dark. According to City Press, the actress and Bramley Mews Body Corporate are at odds over the actress’ failure to pay a sizable electrical bill.

The publication reports that the body corporate is requesting a court order to cut the actress’ electrical supply if she doesn’t pay the R115 641.98 electricity bill.

According to the publication, the applicant (Bramley Mews Corporate) is asking for an injunction against the respondent (Phindile Gwala) to force her to pay the applicant money for unpaid levies and power bills.

In addition, the applicant asks for a court order to prevent the respondent from cutting off the section’s electrical supply until all back taxes and electricity charges have been paid in full. This specific relief has made the filing of this court application out of the aforementioned honorable court necessary.

Additionally, the body corporate manager disclosed to the publication that the actress received a court judgment for non-payment in June 2020 already.

“A warrant of execution was issued against the respondent’s moveable property on or about March 22, 2022, and judgment was granted against the respondent for the amount of R70 809.95. To date, the respondent has been unable to pay all special levies, regular levies, garbage recoveries, and sewer/effluent levies in full. They have also alternately omitted to do so. Therefore, payments to the applicant become due and payable,” said the body corporate manager to City Press.

According to the publication, the actress’ failure to pay will result in more problems for the body corporate.

Phindile has not refuted or conceded the allegations.

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Media personality Somizi Mhlongo praises a young man called Christopher Logan for standing up against racism in Cape Town.

In a video Christopher is seen confronting the owner of a Whisky bar called Hank’s Olde Irish, which made rounds on social media and caught the attention of so many including the media personality Somizi.

Somizi has since reposted the video on his Instagram account and shared his thoughts about the incident.

He captioned the post saying:

“What this young man (Christopher Logan) did should has been done decades ago. But it’s never too late. Let’s protect him. Cause there are racists out there who are mad at him for this.”

The SA Idols judge added by saying:

“For this pub I am coming for some Irish coffee.. they have blocked tags,” he said.

Many people felt inspired by Somizi’s post as they opened up about their experience with racism.

One person commented saying:

“EMthatha back in the day there was a place called Tin Pan Alley, owned by Afrikaaners. I went there with my European friends. The vibe was nice until one of them got angry saying that they’re racists. I couldn’t understand a word because they were speaking Afrikaans and some of my friends were German and Austrian so they could hear. I was the only black there so they knew that the racist comments were about me. We left immediately. Later on in the night we came across an accident. One of those racist cows was in that accident. And we were all like “Oh Karma did the things very fast and very quick.”

And another user said:

“I experienced this yesterday at silver star casino….my 8 year old daughter tried to play with some white kids and they ran from her everytime she said hi….they ran went to play somewhere else mind you it’s a play area ….she was so down she came and said they don’t wanna play with me cos I’m brown…we left at 4 …at 8 pm she came to me and said mom am I too brown I said no her lips started shaking and she cried …I didn’t know it affected her so bad …I just thought it’s another day …but she was hurt ….not all of them are bad , we still have a long way to go through if 7, 8 year olds do it too.”

Along with another user who said:

“It’s such a messed up world we live in. We just moved to a new residential complex and I’m just about ready to move because it seems like it’s all white and terribly unfriendly; my son tried greeting (so jubilantly, thinking he’s about to make a friend) a Neighbour’s kid only to be blatantly ignored, by the parents too. He was so sad, I had to compose myself and comfort my kid. Like what are they so mad at us for? They already have it all, would it kill them to just acknowledge that we’re just as human as they are.”

“Black people are still suffering in our own country.”

It has been over 25 years since South Africa was declared to be a democracy, however, many South Africans are still experiencing racism in their own country of birth.

Media personality Unathi Nkayi has finally shown her son’s face after 18 years.

Before her son’s 18th birthday, the mother of two has never shown her children’s faces on social media.

Taking to Instagram, the former Idols SA judge shared a series of photos of her son. The photos included photos of her, her son and his father, her ex-husband Thomas Msengana.

 

 

 

 

Unathi revealed that she was in labour for four days and had almost lost her son. She thanked God and her ancestors for protecting him. “Sitting here in front of me I can’t believe you’re 18. Daddy and I did it. You’re happy. Beautiful. And ours. I love you up to God Nako.
Four days of labour, we almost lost you but God namanyange said ANEVA ngesizukulo sethu (God and our ancestors said NEVER with our grandchild),” she said.

The former Kaya959 presenter stated that on turning 18 her son requested not to be protected by her anymore. “Moms I’m 18 now. You don’t have to protect me anymore. I can protect myself. You don’t have to hide my face anymore,” he said.

The 44 year old also thanked her son for being an amazing child to raise. “Enkosi Nako wam (Thank you my Nako). Thank you for making me grow up and have a purpose. Thank you for being who you are to Mboshla. Thank you for being a true testimony to Daddy’s and I’s LOVE PS,” the star added.