The modest 29-year-old from Mdantsane, in the Eastern Cape, immortalised himself in the Springbok Saga last year by becoming the first South African to score a try in a RWC final! (Both SA’s previous RWC wins, in 1995 and 2007, were try-less affairs.)

Mapimpi recorded half a dozen tries at RWC 2019, one shy of the seven by Welshman Josh Adams – top try-scorer of the tournament.

Moreover, the Cell C Sharks’ gasman has now scored 14 tries in 14 tests for South Africa, which currently gives him the best Springbok try-scoring ratio (100%) of all time! South OF BIRTHMdantsane, Eastern CapeHEIGHT1.84 mWEIGHT91 kgSUPER RUGBY CAPS46 (32 Sharks caps)SUPER RUGBY POINTS100SUPER RUGBY DEBUT2017PREV. CLUBS/PROVINCESSouthern KingsTEST CAPS14 (South Africa)TEST DEBUT2 June 2018, WalesCURRENT TEAMCell C SharksBIRTHDAYJul 26, 1990AGE30

Lulu Hela (née Nxozi) is a South African actress and producer best known for her role as Belinda Nhlapo, Dumisane’s crazy sister-in-law who famously stabbed Khetiwe in the face on New Year’s Eve, ending her modelling career, in the SABC1 soapie Generations.

She received a SAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Soap for her role as Belinda at the 4th annual South African Film and Television Awards, in 2010.

Other series she has acted in include Erfsondes, Tshisa, Gaz’lam and Mtunzini.com; and the films Release and White Wedding.

She also stars as Nomalizo Motha, the girl behind the counter, in the feature film and subsequent television series uSkroef noSexy, broadcast on eKasi+ and e.tv.

Lulu was also a newsreader for the African Daily Brief and a journalist for the African News Dimension. She studied BA in Speech and Drama at Rhodes University and a BA in Communications Science and Media Studies.

She had a guest starring role in the Season 2 finale of the Mzansi Magic supernatural drama series Is’thunzi, which aired on 2 October, 2017.

The River is one of South Africa’s most watched telenovelas and at the helm of its storyline is the 36-year-old Phathutshedzo “Phathu” Makwarela, an award-winning scriptwriter and co-founder at Tshedza Pictures.

Who better to speak to about the making of a telenovela than the man himself? He has all the ingredients to make a successful show and his work speaks for itself.

“A telenovela is like a short story. It’s a concept that was developed in Latin America,” said Phathu.

Contrary to traditional soapies that have a never-ending story arc and are usually centred on an ensemble cast, telenovelas are usually driven by one “dramatic, inviting incident that climaxes when the telenovela ends”. Telenovela story arcs usually play out over the course of a year.

The example Phathu uses is that of the first episode of The River, where Lindiwe (Sindi Dlathu) kills Tata Mokoena – the incident – and after that the story unravels, with people asking themselves if and when she’ll get caught.

He attributes the rise of telenovelas to the country’s love for drama.

“South Africans want their dramas every single day,” Phathu said.

His journey as a screenwriter dates back to 2013, Ferguson Films was commissioned to do a 10-part drama series for Mzansi Magic.

The Fergusons roped in Phathu and his business partner, Gwydion Beynon, as head writers and, just like that, Rockville was born and their careers at M-Net began.

The pair have grown into talented screenwriters who have worked on a number of great local

Phathu says there is no big secret to why viewers love telenovelas such as The River or The Queen. It all boils down to social realism.

“I think South Africans really want TV that reflects who they are and I think that’s the ingredient that makes a successful show.”

He believes South African audiences have a strong affinity for local content and says what makes sense in a good telenovela in a local context is how close to reality it is.

“For me, it’s that. It validates a society and that’s why so many people watch local content.”

He became interested in storytelling after observing ordinary people and what makes them tick, and wanting to give them relief from their everyday stresses.

His rationale is that if somebody is finally sitting down in the evening after a long stressful day, it’s better to put a smile on their face than make them feel miserable.

“That is always my drive and what inspires me is how you make people enjoy the end of their evening,” he said.

DJ Maphorisa was recently dragged from his studio to his kitchen, literally. The producer that recently have fans a new single, “Drip Drip Juluka,” revealed that he has not stopped “cooking” more hits.Porry posted an image in his kitchen for the post and tweep was quick to point out some inconsistencies. The tweep highlighted how ironic that a man dressed in designer “drip-drip” worth over five digits, can still be posing in a kitchen fit for a middle class working family.

But this was not the only tweep to drag Madumane’s sizeable kitchen. Tweeps had fun dragging him for the lack of SMEG appliances, what he uses to wash the dishes, and to the state of his wall. Tweeps zoomed in and what could be dragged in the image, made it too the comments section.

The hitmaker did not bother responding to them all because he might have been tweeting all night. But he address the tweep that suggested he parents must be proud that he wears designer clothes worth “R700 000,” but his kitchen is so small. Lawd Porry revealed that he plans to build them a kitchen worth his drip.

Metro FM presenter Lerato Kganyago’s hubby Thami Ndlala appears to have entangled himself in a fraudulent court order scandal dating back to November 2012.Sunday Sun has seen a police affidavit made under oath by a magistrate at the Meyerton Magistrate’s Court, south of Joburg, implicating the 31-year-old businessman in dubious default judgments supposedly bearing his signature.

A sworn statement, seen by Sunday Sun, shows Jacob Carel Pieter Gelderblom told investigators that none of the default judgments purported to have his signature were valid.

This after the matters were heard in November 2013, when Ndlala allegedly introduced himself to the court as an attorney.

The scandal saw the Law Society of the Northern Transvaal write a letter stating Ndlala was not an admitted attorney on their roll in May 2015.“I’m a magistrate stationed at Meyerton. I’m the presiding magistrate in the Civil Court Meyerton. On 3 July 2014 warrant officer (name withheld) from the Pretoria Organised Crime submitted five court orders to me purported to be orders granted by the Magistrate’s Court Meyerton on 14 November 2012 in Civil Case numbers 3154/2011, 3155/2011, 3156/2011, 3157/2011, 3355/2011 setting aside the default judgments,” his statement read.

He told police investigators that after examining the case number, he found that no court orders rescinding the default judgments that were granted by the court on 14 November 2012.

Read his statement: “None of the above-mentioned applications for rescission of the default judgments served before court on the 14 November 2012. No court orders rescinding the default judgements were granted by the court on 14 November 2012. The signatures appearing on the ‘court orders’ – Annexures ‘A’ to ‘E’ – purporting to be that of the presiding magistrate, are not my signatures not that of any other magistrate serving at this office.“The stamp ‘By Order’ Magistrate’ applied beneath the signatures is and was never in use at this office. The official magistrate stamp appearing on the orders differs from the stamps in use at this office.”

Justice department spokesperson Chrispin Phiri said matters of improper conduct were reported to the judicial head.

“The Magistrate’s Commission can also summon any person to appear before it for questioning or require from any person a written explanation in respect of any matter falling within the ambit of the commission’s objects,” Chrispin said.

Gelderblom’s statement revealed that the five applications for rescission were filed by his attorneys.

“On 27 November 2013, applications for rescission of the judgements in all five cases were filed by his lawyers, Pretoria on behalf of the applicant L Visagie. The applications were heard on 29 November 2013 and Mr TL Ndlala, who introduced himself as an attorney, appeared on behalf of the applicant in all five matters, judgments were set aside on 29 November 2013.”