Media personality and businesswoman, Relebogile Mabotja, has been named as one of this year’s Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans (#MG200Young) in the Arts & Entertainment category.

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Now in its 14th year, the #MG200Young selects the country’s top young leaders from a highly competitive list of thousands of applicants. Relebogile being selected amongst the Top 200 speaks volumes to the calibre of work she does and of her influence in the Arts & Entertainment sector.

Celebrating 17 years in the Arts & Entertainment industry this year, Relebogile started out as a 17-year-old triple-threat stage performer and over the years has gone on to leave an incredible mark across various sectors of the arts as an actress, musician, TV and radio presenter, musical director, executive producer and the list goes on.

“Being included in this year’s Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans list is extremely humbling and I couldn’t have asked for a better way to mark my 35th birthday and 17 years in the industry. I’m grateful that my parents and the people who raised me are bearing witness to the fruits of their labour, as they shaped me to be the woman I am today,” expresses Relebogile.

On Instagram, Relebogile thanked the Mail and Guardian for recognizing her for something that she not only does but is who she is.

“Such an awesome gift in my Birthday Month but also just a moment to look back at 17 years of pushing, working, hustling, grinding, sacrificing, crying, sweating, struggling, giving…” she sharedRelebogile’s #MG200Young selection comes off the back of the debut of her recent project, MNET’s Single Wives, where she serves as the Executive Producer and is the musician behind the show’s theme song.

“There are still not enough people who look like me sitting at the tables of influence and decision-making, especially in the worlds of music, media and broadcasting. More people from minority groups need to have a say and be included in business and policies,” she told Mail and Guardian.

The personality is named amongst award-winning singer Ami Faku, who since venturing into music had reached major success such as having five different songs in the Top 100 on local radio stations. Music-streaming service Deezer named her its most popular South African female artist in 2019 and she’s among the top 10 most streamed female South African artists on Spotify.

Cassper Nyovest has been hard at work working on his fifth studio album which features some of music’s greats both locally and even internationally. He dropped his highly anticipated album at mid-night September 11th and has received rave reviews minutes after it dropped.

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Before that he held a virtual listening party at 11AM an hour before he released, where he brought on the young man who went around a taxi rank hustling. His viral speech on making it through the difficult circumstances he is faced with, earned him a spot on Cassper’s Any Minute Now album.

Despite it not being a recent video, Cassper took it upon himself to hunt for the poverty-stricken young man down and had him present at his listening party.

“God is gonna make a plan for me. Tomorrow you may not even recognise me, I’m gonna drive a nice car. I’m a hustler, bra,” said the young man.

Cassper was very touched by his speech of one day making it, he was touched to the point that he included it in his album. Upon finding him, he asked Twitter to do it’s thing and find the young man.

“Please help me find him? I used his voice as a skit on the album and I would like to pay him for it cause it really moved me and inspired me. He says he’s a hustler! He already knows how to fish. Hence he attracted someone like me to him. I used his IP and I need to pay him. I also would like to meet him,” said Cassper.

After finding him the young man also had a message for Cass which ended with ‘God Bless you.””We used that clip on the album and I though it was so inspiring. It’s so great to see someone speak life into their life. You touched me  and you moved me, and you are out here,” the two proceeded to handshake. He then continues by saying, “after this we will speak a little bit, thank you for blessing us,” and then the young man received a warm round of applause.

Watch highlights from his listening session below:

Talented House vocalist Rose Nkau, has finally dropped her much-anticipated debut album titled Rose On A Ranch. The album which Rose creatively named after her humble upbringing and growing up in a ranch and her distinct bravery in music was released on Friday.

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The album drops hot on heels following the release of her much acclaimed singles Morena and The End. The beauty takes us on a diverse journey with her versatile songs and lyrical range that gets us groovy on the dance floor, expressing our heartfelt vulnerability and tapping our feet to some gospel tunes.

Rose who was discovered by Prince Kaybee and singned under his label, says working on this album was a steep learning curve, but it was exciting.

“It was exciting and it was a new thing for me. I discovered who Rose is, and it was one of the things I’ve always wanted to achieve, so working on it was really not easy because I come from the North West province, and I had to travel long distances to get to the studio and record.”The beauty says she had to travel to the Free State province, to record her album, because Prince Kaybee used to reside there. Rose says it only got better when she moved to Johannesburg because she was near the studios.

The singer says her album has been receiving rave reviews from her legion of fans, which makes her happy. Her unique, soothing, attractive and husky voice blends in perfectly with the message she is sharing in her album R.O.A.R.

“They love the album, they are constantly telling me that they are proud of me and they have always supported me,” she adds. Rose started working on her album in 2017 and she utilized the lockdown period to work on her album.

Fakaza sparked vehement public outcry on Twitter yesterday, ahead of the official release of SA award-winning rapper Cassper Nyovest’s album. The controversial website notorious for leaking music had many Cassper’s fans and celebs distraught, for doing the rapper dirty.

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This follows after ahead of the official release of Cassper’s fifth studio album Any Minute Now (AMN), twitter was abuzz with news that Fakaza has dropped the album.

Cassper was scheduled to drop the album at midnight but the site decided to ruin his day. It is no secret that the rapper invested so much to this album. Cassper has been hard at work promoting it and he made sure that he produces an impeccable album.

According to research pirating music decreases an album sales by up to 42%. This results in the artist not making more money with the team behind the making of the project.

Artists depends on sales made on their albums, and pirating it takes away money they have invested their hard work on. The award-winning rapper urged his fans to support him by buying his album, instead of pirating it. Fans who wanted to purchase it using legal channels waited until midnight for the official release.

Distraught artists such as DJ Tira, Phil Mphela and Shimza took to Twitter to slam Fakaza.

Rapper and reality star Boity is on cloud nine following the success of her new fragrance Pink Sapphire. The girl who keeps on winning has announced on her respective social media platforms that she has managed to sell 1000 bottles of her new fragrance, pre-sale.

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She recently announced her latest project however from the support she has been receiving, she has managed to sell a whopping 1000 units of her fragrance which retails at R1 500 each.

In awe of her latest achievement she took to social media to announce the news and thanked each and everyone of her supporters who purchased her fragrance.

“YOU GUYS DID THAT! WE SOLD OUT OUR FIRST 1000 BOTTLES PRE-SALES!! Thank you so much for supporting us fam,” she thanked.

The rapper’s Pink Sapphire perfume is best described as an ode to powerful, modern, African queens, making her the most fitting in her role as partner and muse.

Boity teamed up with Halo Heritage, the new leading creators of luxurious natural haircare and fine fragrances for the creation of a proudly South African, premium, first-of-its-kind Eau de parfume.

The CEO of Halo Heritage, Inge Peacock, explained why they chose to partner with the Own Your Throne star, she said her energy exhudes ‘pink’.

“Pink Sapphire embodies her bubbly and joyous personality — she’s elegant yet approachable, down-to-earth but sophisticated. Together, we created a signature scent that’s fit for the sensual, feminine, multifaceted woman who is in charge of her destiny.
Gushing over the creation of the fragrance and how they expertly balanced the scents, Boity has managed to tick off another goal in her list after clocking 30.

“When the opportunity came about, I couldn’t say no. With my previous experience co-creating body perfumes, I considered this as the sensible next step that would give consumers broader insight into what I can offer as a businesswoman. After turning 30, I wanted to work on a fragrance geared towards a more mature audience, so in many ways, this collaboration was perfect timing.

“It’s a powerful but elegant fragrance. The top notes that you smell at first are the sugar, the fresh tangerine and wild marigold. After a few moments, you’ll smell the amber, jasmine, and French lavender and finally, the heavier base notes of ambroxan, moss and cedarwood bring that incredible depth – they balance out the sweeter notes perfectly. I just love it!.”