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Author: Liyema Mantshongo Photo: Facebook Most of you address her as Queen Jay and she is Ongeziwe Jay aka Queenstown's Bonang Matheba as you can tell about her feisty attitude. Miss Schools Eastern Cape 2017 Jay can be firmly proud to call herself one of the "Queen of pageants" in Queenstown since she consistently reigns supreme in every pageant she enters and on her biggest achievement on the modelling career, she is Former Miss Schools Eastern Cape 2017. Although she's currently off scene she haven't backed down from her modelling career. She recently shared a post that read "Miss SA and me next year : 🖇️" but question we got to question her about whether she would join the Miss SA team next year. She said that she haven't matured enough and still wants to hold her degree first. Her readiness and state of maturity would be at the age of 21.

                        Photo :Supplied  Liyabona Mbembetshu What makes you different from the other girls in your community ? • I am just an average girl with a dream of leaving a recognized history. I am the only child which allows me to connect with peers and most of them have become siblings. That's what makes me different my ability to communicate and connect with people on different levels.  Why should you win Miss Schools Eastern Cape title? •I believe I should win the Miss Schools Eastern Cape title because of my experience in school believe or not I have changed schools 7 time in my schooling career. That has allowed me to meet different types of students and improved my social skills. I believe I can help the students of the Eastern Cape find their true identity because most of them go though identity-crisis. This is the biggest problem we face which leads to peer pressure, substance abuse and the formation of gangs. I believe I am the solution to the problem. That is why

Author: Liyema Mantshongo Photo: Facebook The Queen of Sweet Melanin, Zikho Katherine Nkili is doing hand made crotchet crop tops and in all that embraces her heritage as a Xhosa dime. Photo: Facebook The North West University student has by all odds showed full pride in her black skin and is an advocate for African feminism. Earlier this year, she was featured on Magnifica Model Studio photoshoot and that's one of her greatest moments as a model. She usually paints and wear herself up like a doll as a hobby and you can witness such on her social media pictures. She recently announced that she is doing hand made crotchet crop tops and it will include all sizes. She said her idea of doing crotchet crop tops came up from her boredom of watching series everyday and the only sense of urgency she would get is of her varsity work. She couldn't crotch but her grandmother would and she asked for assistance in learning. Luckily, although her granny knew Zikho is lazy when she noticed th

Zcasm (Zukhanye Mazwi)                                Photo:Supplied What first got you into music? It's where I feel free, confident and more open to my thoughts and opinions of my experiences, wether direct or indirect. So as I discovered that, I got got into it. I guess. Who inspired you to make music?   Alot of artists from different genres. Nicki  is top one of them. How would you describe the music that you typically create? Mhh, for now. I'd just say a confidence booster. A happy and still motivational vibe to be the best version of yourself and trust the process. What is your creative process like? As soon as I get an instrumental /beat I love. I write it down and finish the song same day. Go record it when possible. Who would you most like to collaborate with? Bhut'Legend and Kenny Black. If you could go open a show for any artist who would it be? Haha, A-Reece What is one message you would give to your fans? School keeps me entangled..As I only drop when I get the

                    Picture from Facebook  Four4Max HB Slime Solani What first got you into music? - My Uncle's used to listen to a lot of music, different tunes, Reggae Music, Jazz, Kwaito And Hip Hop, so that inspired me to want to do music Who inspired you to make music?   - Locally, it was One Touch, MSP n Low Noise, but Young Shizzy was a close friend I partly grew up with, so seeing him perform made me want to do some of what he did.. but I then got inspired but a close friend again Fiiona, we wrote our very first song in Grade 5                     Picture from Facebook  How would you describe the music that you typically create? - Describing it would only mean I'm limiting myself, so I'd positively think, what I do is indescribable and it comes from the heart, past and present experiences but nost of it is fun What is your creative process like? - It depends on the day, there's times where I juss feel like going to the mic without even writing, and just freesty

Author: Liyema Mantshongo Photo: Facebook Luthando Ntsika Lingela to start business on his newly branded "Endurance 045" pads by Friday. Lingela who was a Kwa-Komani Technical School scholar who sure stands by the school's motto of depart to serve. He is an entrepreneur and a very charitable contributor and all that came from his mother's teachings. His mother was a hawker who has a big heart because she would take children from the streets and give them a warm home. That's where it all started for Luthando to be a humble young man that takes business opportunities as a way of giving back to the community. His first idea of business was LNL that had t-shirts, hoodies, socks, socks etc and with great regard you can name him a Komani influenza because after that time brands started popping and being the it thing. In the period of 2018/19 where there were many cases that were under depression and anxiety, Luthando created an organization called Pioneers of Hope as to

Author: Liyema Mantshongo Photo: Facebook Amanda Tshabalala virtually graduated on Thursday with her Diploma of Financial Accounting in ELMI East London, a private college and university located in East London. Amanda who's today is a proud self haven't had it any easier to make it to the top. As a women who fell pregnant at 17, nobody from her community thought she would amount for any good news like what she gave us on Thursday. As a result even in a school hostel where she lived was chased away because if you were pregnant you had to go home and had to leave the school in March, the month of delivery of her baby. Her pregnancy didn't mean her dreams won't come through, the same year of delivery she enrolled to SAA(South African Academy) that now not longer operates in Queenstown to finish off her grade 11 and 12. At the time of her high schooling she was a science learner and her ability to be a top academic learner was inspired by her competitive sense. After her ma

Author: Liyema Mantshongo Photo: Facebook Leo Brown's project titled "Save Me 2" is sitting on over 4K streams on Audiomack just under two weeks of its release.  Liyema Gosa who is a Hoërskool Hangklip High School scholar who goes by the name of Leo Brown according to his fans, blessed us with a therapeutic album titled "Save Me 2" on the 4th of May 2020. The project reached 1K streams under 12 hours of its release which was already a pathway to a successful start up. Before the Save Me 2 project there was "Save Me" and we asked about the transformation from "Save Me" to "Save Me 2". "The change from Save Me to Save Me 2 is that it's no longer my problems because I overcame them already. It's more of what we go through as people, like society and religion and stuff like that." he said. Brown's feedback about the streams was that he is very happy of the response people gave him concerning the project and he wasn

Author: Liyema Mantshongo Photo: Facebook On the 9th of May 2020, Yanelisa Bokveld urged the Daily Dispatch to publicly apologise to her for their unprofessionalism. The Daily Dispatch wrote an article on Miss OR Tambo 2019/20 on the 9th of May 2020, Hlumela Bekentla who haven't received the bakkie she won from the pageant from the municipality and that delayed her duties. The Daily Dispatch newspaper displayed a picture of Bokveld instead of Bekentla and according to their article it was supplied. Bokveld was furious to find out about this matter that was disreputable for her brand as Miss TUT 2017/18(PTA Campus) & Miss SA Campus 1st Princess 2019. On the 9th of May, Bokveld exposed Daily Dispatch on her recent post on Facebook seeking clarity on supply of her picture and wanted a public apology from the newspaper. Screenshot from Bokveld's Facebook Screenshot of the article She didn't return to give feedback about whether Daily Dispatch reached her as she made claims

Author: Liyema Mantshongo Photo: Facebook It seems like the generation of make-up (MU) fanatics will not reach extinction after the likes of Mihlali Ndamase, who's one of the country's successful MU fanatics and brand ambassadors.  Our very own town have Banelisiwe Matshoba who won't let anything get to her way of achieving her dreams. Matshoba is a young lady from Ezibeleni who goes to Girl's High School and she's doing her matric year this year. She wishes to further her studies in the University of Cape Town. She recently started a page on Facebook by the name of "BeatsbyBunny.tshobzzz" to broadcast her MU fanatic content. "I created that page, that page is my baby. So I'm a make-up fanatic and I really do enjoy transforming women into dolls and I obviously saw a business opportunity. So I created the page just to promote my work then I'll offically open my business later on in the year." she said. She also has an Instagram account tha

Thando Khanya Thando (21) is a goal driven lady, doesn’t settle for anything less than what she deserves. I am people oriented and fearless. She is a go getter and believes on making herself proud.  The adjectives I’d use to describe myself would be optimistic, ambitious, compelling, transparent and fearless lady. I’m a student at Nelson Mandela University. I also own a promoting company called TeAmor. I am business women as well, also a Herbalife independent distributor. In 5 years I see myself being an independent lady. I see myself achieving a lot of things in life, smashing Herbalife levels and my company expanded. I see myself financially stable  Covid 19 has affected me so much because I had a lot of plans. I wanted to continue with my grind and do good. Some June campaigns are also affected because of this.  Thank you for subscribing and watching, I’ve decided to start this channel because I believe that it is the best platform to show my lifestyle and motivate other people to d

Author: Liyema Mantshongo Enoch Mgijima Municipal updated the public about SASSA resuming operations. In this testing time South African Social Security Agency(SASSA) resumed with their operations today although they have some terms and conditions to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19). They will operate on weekdays as usual from a time frame of 7:30 to 16:00 whereas Old Grant recipients will be attended on Mondays and Tuesdays, Child Care Grand and Foster Care recipients on Wednesdays and Thursdays and they will do overflow and back office working on Fridays. These conditions are measured from today to the 31 of October 2020. You are all made aware that there will be no sort of grant applications, no enquiry conducted, children are not allowed and everyone must wear their masks. Card replacement and reset PIN will be done at Post Office. For more enquires concerning Unemployment Grant and food parcels contact the numbers on the press release statement below.