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CASTER Semenya is officially the biggest winner this year. The Olympic gold medallist who excelled at the Rio Olympics earlier this year, last night became the biggest winner at the eighth annual Feather Awards – nabbing the role model and sports personality of the year awards. This comes after Semenya scooped an Athlete of the Year award at the Gsport Award in August, which was followed by a personality of the year gong which she scored at the MTV Africa Music Awards last month. Hosted at the Kyalami Theatre on the Track by television personalities Lumko Johnson and Khanya Mkhangisa, the Feather Awards are ceremony from the LGBTI community which aim to celebrate public figures who empower and captivate them. For the first time since their existence, the winners were chosen by the public who have been voting for their favourites. Best styled female went to Black Coffee’s wife and   Rockville   actress Mbali Mlotswa who beat personalities Bonang Matheba and Dineo Moeketsi, wh

Miss SA Ntandoyenkosi Kunene in her dress for Miss World. PICTURE: Yolanda van der Stoep Reigning Miss South Africa Ntandoyenkosi Kunene revealed some of her pageant costumes today as she prepares to compete in the Miss World competition in the US in December.   Kunene, the 24-year-old Mpumalanga beauty, will be representing South Africa against 119 other countries in the competition which is watched by more than one-billion people worldwide. Starting at the end of November, the 66th edition of Miss World will put the contestants through a series of challenges and interviews to determine who will win the coveted title of Miss World 2016, and become the ambassador of “Beauty with a Purpose”. Miss World 2016 will be held on December 18, 2016 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Centre, National Harbour, Washington, D.C with the current Miss World, Mireia Lalaguna of Spain, crowning her successor at the end of the event. This will be the second time that the Unite

Pick your Miss South Africa. PICTURE: SUPPLIED For the first time in the history of the Miss South Africa pageant, license owners Sun International, in collaboration with Cell C, invite members of the public to vote for their favourite Semi-Finalist and propel her into the Top 12. They will then be able to vote for which girl they believe should wear the Miss South Africa crown. The Top 26 Miss South Africa Semi-Finalists – who are vying for the title of Miss South Africa 2017 – were announced earlier this year. They will compete for the prestigious title at the Sun City Superbowl on March 26 in an event which will be televised live and simulcast on M-Net and Mzansi Magic. The first phase of the public voting opens at 00:01 on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, and runs until Friday, January 13, 2017 at 23:59:59. During phase one, the Semi-Finalist who receives the most public votes will automatically become one of the Top 12 Miss South Africa 2017 Finalists. The voting will be d

After a sell out season earlier this year, Pieter-Dirk Uys returns with his acclaimed one man memoir  The Echo of a Noise,  this time   to the Baxter Theatre, from 29 November 2016.  Having performed alone on the stages of the world for well over seven thousand times, Pieter-Dirk Uys has learnt that every show is the first and the last performance – because each audience demands and gets a different energy, topicality and excitement. Now in his 71 st  year, he doesn't glance back at the successes and failures that have strengthened his belief in a constant improvement of his work, but at those small signposts that throughout his life subconsciously have pointed him in a right and original direction – his father Hannes Uys, his mother Helga Bassel, his grandmothers, his teachers, his passions; Sophia Loren, censorship, false eyelashes and making a noise when everyone demanded silence .   South Africa’s foremost satirist sits on a barstool, wearing his black beanie on his

Gareth Cliff bids Idols South Africa farewell. PICTURE: Web GARETH CLIFF says his "plate is pretty full at the moment" - as he announced his resignation from reality show   Idols South Africa   yesterday. And after sitting behind an odd desk judging the country's singer hopefuls since 2005, where he last sat with fellow judges Randall Abrahams, Unathi Msengana and Somizi Mhlongo - Cliff will venture into financial industry.   "Today I’m in Cape Town launching a new Investment product which will 'uberize' the stock market; Cliffcentral.com is thriving and TouchCentral.fm is turning 3 months old. I’ve also got a book coming out on the 28th of November. I think you have to decidedly make space for new things to come into your life or you’ll end up doing the same things over and over," said Cliff.   According to Cliff, #Invest will allow anyone to invest in JSE-listed companies from as little as R100.   "It will be managed by Anthea Gar

Stickman film gets nomination for a BAFTA. PICTURE: WEB LOCAL animation studio Triggerfish Animation Studios has managed to score a nomination at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Children's Award for it's production of   Stickman . The Cape Town based studios which also created two of the highest-grossing South African animation films of all time ,   Adventures in Zambezia   and   Khumba , will go against   Disney’s   Counterfeit Cat , Cartoon Network’s   The Amazing World of Gumball   and Aardman Animations’   Shaun The Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas . According to head of production at the studios Mike Buckland, the nomination is a “big deal for them as they are up against big time animation producers like Disney and Cartoon Network”. “We worked in collaboration with UK based production company Magic Light Pictures on the production since May 2014 as they produced the scripts and the story board for the animation. Everything else was done in South

Gorgeous actress, TV presenter, model and girl-about-town Amanda du-Pont has a stylish new gig as the co-presenter on BET A-List . Amanda will be co-hosting the weekly entertainment and lifestyle magazine show with Ayanda Thabethe for the next three months, shooting segments with A-listers and celebrities from across the continent.  She steps into the stilettos of pregnant Nandi Madida who taped her last episode last week before heading off on maternity leave.  Ayanda and Amanda will keep audiences captivated weekly with the latest trends from around the African continent and abroad, unpacking everything from fashion, to music, movies and more, covering the hottest red carpet events and interviewing A-Listers from home and abroad. Amanda spent her first day shooting at Endemol Shine Studios in Randburg on 10 November, and her first episode of BET A-List will premiere on BET on Thursday 17 November at 18:35 CAT.  Highlights from the episode will include an exclusive

Radio veteran John Robbie to bid his listeners farewell in January. PICTURE: SUPPLIED After more than 30 years with 702, John Robbie has announced he will be retiring from the talk station at the end of 2016.   John, who turns 61 later this month, has been steering the 702 breakfast show for nearly 15 years during which time the station has evolved into one of South Africa’s most respected media platforms.   He has won numerous awards and interviewed significant newsmakers on almost every major news story to affect South Africa, often setting the Gauteng and national news agenda for the day.   “John has been a part of the fabric of the station since 1986 and has guided audiences through some of the most tumultuous stories and changes in our recent history,” said Primedia Broadcasting CEO, Terry Volkwyn.   “He’s gathered legions of fans, gotten into plenty of trouble and done an extensive amount of good for listeners and communities around Gauteng. He has become a par

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah approaches the US presidential election with a one-hour “Democalypse 2016” Election special followed the next day by a post election episode looking at the results. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah – Democalypse 2016 will premiere on Comedy Central (Africa) on Wednesday 9 November at 21:00 CAT (with a funny analysis of the results on Thursday 10 November at 21:00 CAT). The news follows a record-breaking October in the US for the Noah-helmed Daily Show, which was its most-watched month ever among total viewers and its highest-rated month since February among Adults 18-49, and Comedy Central’s target millennial demographic of Adults 18-34. In October, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” was the highest-rated and most-watched, daily late night talk show in the US among millennial men (18-34, 18-24) and #2 among all millennials (18-34, 18-24). Accentuating the show’s post-conventions bounce, overall linear viewership for The Daily Show  was up +15%

Thandiswa Mazwai releases a new album. PICTURE:SUPPLIED Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, has announced that multiple award winning Thandiswa Mazwai is now signed to Universal Music South Africa . The label will be distributing her new album Belede , which will be available from November 25th 2016. Managing Director of Universal Music South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa Sipho Dlamini is thrilled to welcome Thandiswa to the Universal family. “This is such an honour, it’s been a pleasure watching you grow into your space and see the ease in which you occupy it. We are delighted to participate in your project, Belede an amazing album, we wanted to do a deal as soon as we heard it, this is a beautiful reflection of where Thandiswa is in her journey and the message she wants to share with us.” Thandiswa is equally elated, “Having been in the industry for so long, I’ve known the team here from since when I started with Bongo Maffin in 1998

Filmmaker Jahmil Qubeka speaks about his next project that will be shot in Cape Town. PICTURE: M&G LOCAL director Jahmil Qubeka is breaking the mould of his film genres and taking on a new adventure in   supernatural thriller   The White Devil -   a film he says is   "something that could not be associated with me culturally". And he has managed to bag,   Shameless   actor Cameron Monaghan who is best known as Ian Gallagher on the American series currently airing on MNET Edge, who will play the lead of an American high school senior, who hopes to put his past behind him when he is enrolled by his father into a prestigious British boys’ academy.   "It is a British film, when you look at it in every single way it has no connection with me except for the fact that it's a thrilling story I wanted to do something where I am not going to be judged by the colour of my skin but that is why I aimed for that story because you can't tell who the filmma

WHAT do Hollywood stars Jada Pinkett-Smith, Laurence Fishburne and Antonio Banderas have in common with local girl Terry Pheto? They are all signed to management agency Paradigm, a stable that recently signed Pheto   as a client after they saw her playing the character of Winnie Mandela in BET mini series Madiba, alongside Fishburne. Despite this nod from Hollywood, the 35-year-old says she currently has no intentions to abandon South Africa in search of a Hollywood breakthrough. “Technology has allowed me to be able to audition for roles while I am here. That way I can carry on with what I’m doing here and be able to still audition for roles even if they are based in US or Europe, which is what I have been doing with the agency. I get my local agency to film the audition and then we send it abroad,” said Pheto . This is something she did when she auditioned for a role in the movie A United Kingdom, a biographical romantic drama based on a true story of the forbidden lo

UNLESS JLo agrees to postponement of the Gupta soiree, then the Guptas could lose the millions used to reserve the singer. Yesterday Gupta owned channel ANN7 yesterday announced that they are postponing the South African of the Year Awards which were to honour locals who have done well each year.  This was to be their third awards where names such as DJ Black Coffee, sports stars Caster Semenya and Wayde van Niekerk were some of the people the audiences of that channel could vote for. "ANN7 announces that the South African of the Year (SATY) Awards 2016 will be postponed until 2017. A new date will be announced in due course.   The postponement is due to unforeseen regulatory circumstances that have materially impacted on logistics for the event. Regretfully this has left us with no choice but to seek a new date in the near future. We look forward to confirming a rescheduled date," read the short statement. The awards which were to happen on November 25, with