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My Kitchen Rules SA winners: 'Our DNA is food'
Congratulations! What was it like watching getting the top scores in My Kitchen Rules SA (MKRSA) Season 4 on Sunday night? A: Michelle: It felt surreal because it was filmed in August. It was like going through all those emotions and anxiety again and seeing how we reacted. A: AB: It was magical. → Read More
EC ‘MasterChef SA’ contestants vying for R1m include marine biologist, food blogger and engineer
Born in Mthatha, Tembisa Jordaan, 37, is a marine biologist and documentary filmmaker who lives in Durban. → Read More
Two young innovators with EC roots among Design Indaba’s 40 emerging creatives of 2022
A better world through creativity — this is the catchphrase that has always defined the annual Design Indaba. → Read More
Decorex is back, and it's all about innovation
After a year’s absence thanks to pandemic lockdowns, Decorex Africa is back. And for the first time it has stepped away from the one-venue expo model to a design trail in which visitors tour design studios, art galleries and lifestyle showrooms for renovation inspiration. As the arbiter of all things stylish in the world of décor, interior design and lifestyle, the annual expo is looking very… → Read More
EL rights lawyer sees participation in show as her choice
A human rights lawyer, feminist and women’s rights advocate, Baysville resident Mulesa Lumina is not your common or garden reality show contestant — especially one where 22 women are competing for one man. Lumina, 27, is aware some may see the irony but says feminism is all about choice. → Read More
Will East London contestant in ‘The Bachelor SA’ get her man?
For professional dancer and Pilates instructor Pasha Dos Santos, living in close proximity with up to 20 other women was the most difficult part of being a contestant on The Bachelor SA. Dos Santos, 27, who matriculated from Clarendon High School for Girls in 2010 and did ballet with the late Geraldine Cross for 12 years, says she entered the reality show with a view to getting engaged. → Read More
Siv Ngesi streaks ahead in new film
Streaking cross East London’s Buffalo Stadium does not faze Siv Ngesi one bit. It’s all in a day’s work for the celebrated comedian/TV presenter/actor who is shooting an Afrikaans film called Kaalgat Karel in the city. “I’m often in East London — I have an aunt and lots of cousins there,” said Ngesi, 34, who shot crime film Knuckle City in Mdantsane in 2019. → Read More
Group holds beach vigil against women abuse
Nahoon beach formed a serene backdrop for an emotionally-charged crowd of about 40 people who railed against the alleged crimes of former East Londoner Andrew Turnbull and other men who abuse women. → Read More
EL woman’s giraffe wedding pic goes viral
When a massive giraffe photobombed her wedding shoot, East London wedding photographer Stephanie Norman had no idea the photograph would go viral and be in demand from media houses the world over. Norman, 28, who was a Daily Dispatch news photographer for five years until 2016, now owns Stephanie Norman Photography and has shot scores of weddings, but none of her pictures have ever caused a… → Read More
Drummer realises dream
Producing a show featuring hits by the Beatles, Rolling Stones and the Bee Gees has been a lifelong dream for former nightclub owner and drummer Warren Heyns who is about to tick his wish off his bucket list this weekend. Heyns is 70, but age has not held him back from putting together and performing in Classics of the Decades, which will be staged at the Guild Theatre on Friday and Saturday… → Read More
Artist captures spirit of the dog
Wire and bead artist Great Materere’s lifelike bull terriers have been big sellers ever since he made his first one three months ago and now he has joined forces with an American Bully breeder to sell them in an entirely new setting. Materere, 33, has been given a stall at the Finest Bully Show at Hams Sport Club on Saturday morning by organiser Marcel Thurston, 50, who breeds American Bullys at… → Read More
Art from plastic waste
Sculptures made from plastic waste washed up on beaches as well as dumped plastic retrieved from public spaces will be fashioned into dramatic sculptures at Pinecreek to draw attention to the environmental crisis caused by single-use plastic. Because the idea is still in its formative stages, organiser Dean Knox of Jonginenge Eco Adventure said the project may take the form of one giant… → Read More
Stage is set for musical matrics at Stirling High
Two talented Stirling High matrics will combine their talents to perform Broadway musical numbers at the school’s auditorium. Daniel Anderson, 18, who made a name for himself in East London by impersonating Elvis when he was just eight years old and has appeared in several musicals since, joined up with classmate Daniel Brodie, 18, a classical pianist who already has the equivalent of a four-… → Read More
Survivor SA winner 'toughened' in Amalinda
He rubbed many fellow castaways up the wrong way, yet all but one jury member wrote down former East Londoner Tom Swartz’s name to win television reality show Survivor SA, bagging him R1-million and the coveted title of sole survivor. “When I got to the final two with Jeanne I thought I was done,” he said at the M-Net show’s thrilling reunion finale in Cape Town on Thursday night. → Read More
Sentencing of EL rapist postponed
Rapist former teacher Neil le Roux appeared briefly in the East London Magistrate’s Court yesterday for sentencing but the case was postponed for two months at the request of his legal team. His bail was extended.On May 31 Le Roux, 66, was found guilty of rape of a student teacher, the sexual grooming and sexual assault of a schoolgirl and the sexual assault of another student teacher. → Read More
Raining sturdy shweshwe staffies and poised pussycats on New York
It’s going to be raining cats and dogs in New York when 50 shweshwe animals made in an East London garage grace the tables of a lavish gala dinner in December. → Read More
Ton of food to keep SPCA animals well fed
Four-legged residents of the East London SPCA will have full tummies thanks to the 67 minutes in the name of Madiba campaign after an office automation company donated almost a ton of dog and cat food to the shelter yesterday. MFP Office Automation Group director Terance Sutherland said the business had decided to help the SPCA because its staff loved animals. → Read More
Call to share memories of EL flood
On this day 48 years ago, East Londoners had no clue they were soon to be hit by a massive flood which left 12 people dead and hundreds homeless. To commemorate the calamity, the Border Historical Society is calling on survivors to share their stories from that day. The society, which was established in 1959 and holds monthly talks at the East London Museum, has already been in touch with people… → Read More
Call to share memories of EL flood
On this day 48 years ago, East Londoners had no clue they were soon to be hit by a massive flood which left 12 people dead and hundreds homeless. To commemorate the calamity, the Border Historical Society is calling on survivors to share their stories from that day. The society, which was established in 1959 and holds monthly talks at the East London Museum, has already been in touch with people… → Read More
Food and petrol prices irk consumers
Food staple prices have started to edge upwards, with half the contents of the regular Daily Dispatch food basket having risen since last month. → Read More