Reading Siyahleba in the City Press, I got so irritated with them..."
Big Bucks can't buy Motsepe style'.
They congratulate Patrice on making it onto the Forbes list and then go on to say
"The shirt you are wearing on the cover of the magazine is just not happening."
I think it's a beautiful shirt and besides, we know brothas likes his colours bright and printed & this is definitely one of the better looking of the lot.
Anyway, why would Patrice want to be stylish? Is it gonna make him another R2 billion? He didn't get where he is by being stylish and I don't see why he should start now. Besides, Dr Precious is stylish enough for the both of them.
Okay, maybe if the comment was made in the entertainment section, I wouldn't mind, but really, couldn't we just stop at the part where we were congratulating him?
Honestly, his shirt should be the last thing anyone thinks of when seeing this cover. We should be inspired and keen to learn how he did it so we can do it for ourselves, you dig?
Motsepe Feature Article: Forbes.ComPutting Pressure On Celebs:
This brings me to a question I wanted to ask after reading the comments/replies on the
Mzansi Stars Report Card article.
Why do we as the public & the fans, put so much pressure on our celebrities?
I don't wanna get into the "what is a celebrity" debate, just use it in the usual context.
For example, in the article, there were comments like :
"Chomee is wearing a Truworths/Topics dress"
(And please, I'm not targetting whoever said this, I'm just using what you said to make a point.)
So why is it wrong for someone we see on TV, Magazines & Newspapers to wear a R400 dress bought on a Truworths or Foschini Card? Are they not allowed to be broke like you and me?
I mean, we all know that our celebs aren't the highest paid out there but we expect them to always be in top designer outfits. We don't even know how much some of them really make, we hear them on Radio so we expect them to drive a nice car & they must live in some expensive suburb.
I'm not talking about people like Khanyi, who go to the paper & discuss how much their outfits cost. I'm talking about regular celebs who don't fall into the "attention seeking" bracket.
We have all seen how poor some of our people are when they die & yeah, income for most of these people is not as constant as yours and mine. They don't get a guaranteed paycheck with pension, medical aid etc so are we saying they'd rather skip rent & invest in an outfit that will meet ours and shwashwi's standards? An outfit we INSIST be worn ONCE?
After wearing that outfit we insisted on, they get thrown out of their "townhouse" (coz they had to skip rent remember ?) & we laugh at them and say yeah, it's all those "fancy clothes" & cars.
Okay, I'm not really saying we are 100% responsible for these things, I just think there is some sort of pressure that we are putting on these people and it's not necessary. I know they have to look presentable and all when they are in public but hell, we take it to the extreme methinks. What do you think?
I didn't mean to preach, just wanted to highlight that being on TV doesn't automatically turn you into a millionaire.
WHAT'S UP WITH THE NAME CALLING....
Since last Sunday, the tabloids were making noise about how she's dating married-man Themba Lukhele aka Skeem GP and now she's 3 months pregnant etc etc.
Don't care much about her business really, all I wanna know is why Sunday Sun is calling her a B*itch? Their headline WHAT A LUCKY BITCH.
On seeing that headline , you'd actually think that maybe someone "in the article" called her that but no, not even the guy's wife said that. They decided to call her that coz apparently the wife is willing to accept her & the baby into her family.
So those of you in the know, please school me. Are tabloids allowed to call people names like that? Isn't that like hate speech?
I'm just asking....
ON TO POSITIVE THINGS:
On Thursday, SABC 1 launched Shakespeare in Mzansi at Soulsa in Melville. All I needed to hear was the name Soulsa & that was enough to get me there. There is something about the food there...gosh!!!
Anyway, it wasn't about the food, it was about the 5 new locally produced mini-series that Fo Sho was launching. Remember what they did last year with abo Society, Mthunzi we Ntaba etc? Yeah, they're doing it again but these ones have 6 and not 4 episodes like aboSociety.
There are lots of familiar faces & a few new names here and there so if your Tuesday nights aren't occupied (dammit, Prison Break!!!!!), then please catch the mini series at 20:30, starting tomorrow, 11 March with ENTABENI.
(Damn, I can't believe these are clashing with Prison Break, dam that PVR, I still need it!)
Entabeni defs caught my eye & it stars people such as Zikhona Sodlaka (the one who was jolling with umfundisi on Tshatsha), Bubu Mazibuko, Dumisani Dlamini etc.
The other mini series to look out for in the next 30 weeks are:
Izingane Zobaba (Isn't this a singing group??)
Jolile ka Kheza
Ugugu no Andile (mzansi love stories rock)
Death of a Queen
As Fo Sho puts it, the mini series are based on Shakespeare's tragic stories such as Macbeth, King Lear, Julius Caesar & Romeo and Juliet.
*sigh* guess we know how they all end....*sigh*
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EDIT:
GOSH! How could I forget....
Congratulations to the mighty (yes they are) AMAKHOSI on a brilliant game against Ea Lla Koto!!! For the first time in a long time, I decided to stay home and actually watch our boys and damn, I'm so happy for them.
The smile on Muhsin's face was just priceless.
WOW!!!!
Well done boys....we may not win the R10 million but we will certainly compete in the Top 8!
David Mathebula, you should be playing for Bafana on Tuesday! 4-1 Baby!!!!