Bafana Bafana legend Doctor Khumalo is celebrating his birthday today!

We are celebrating with him by taking a look at some of the highlights of his Bafana Bafana career.The Amakhosi assistant coach has been with the club for many years, so it, naturally, came as a shock when the club took time to congratulate Ramahlwe Mphahlele on his PSL award nomination but not wish their icon a happy birthday.

Many fans tweeted the club wishing him, and they responded to several tweets with two peace signs. However, they didn’t tweet or post a message of their own…

Amanda du Pont is a Swazi-born South African actress and she is one of the most beautiful and celebrated young actresses in South Africa. Many know her for her portrayal of Serina in the drama series Life is Wild and Sharon in the SABC 3 comedy-drama Taryn & Sharon.Happy 32nd birthday to Swazi born South African Actress,Model and Television Personality Amanda Du-Pont, she Co-Hosted Real Goboza and also made an appearance on a few movies like Shadow and a Nigerian/South African Film 10 Days In Sun City, she currently plays the role of Nompumelelo Mthiyane in the Award Winning Soapie Skeem Saam…All the best to her🎊🎉🎁🎂❤.She is also a television anchor/host, voice-over artist, model, brand ambassador, live event MC, and businesswoman.

Here’s a look into Amanda du Pont’s life.

Amanda du Pont Age

She was born on 26th June 1988 in the city of Manzini, Manzini District in Swaziland. Amanda is of Chinese, Portuguese, French and Swazi ancestry. She is 31 years old.

Amanda du Pont Family

Amanda is of Portuguese, Chinese, French and Swazi decent. Her father’s name is Henry du-Pont, who is the son of Princess Ncabile who is the daughter Prince Mshengu and the niece of King Sobhuza II and her mother is Antoinette Du Pont.

She had this to say about her parents

“My mother, Antoinette’s mother is Swati and her father is half Chinese half Portuguese and my father Harry Tum’s father is a white French man and his mother is from the Swaziland royal family.”

Amanda has 2 beautiful sisters named Amber-Kayleigh Du Pont and Adele-Kim Du Pont.

Amanda adores her gogo so much.

Amanda du Pont Education

Amanda moved to Mpumalanga in South Africa to finish her high school at Uplands College. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts in live performance from Africa Film Drama Art. In 2012, she was awarded a Diploma in Acting by the New York Film Academy in the USA.

Amanda du Pont Career

Amanda du-Pont is a Swazi actress, model and television presenter best known for her role as Thabisile Dlamini, who is introduced as a friend of Alilai Mukwevho and business associate to KK, on the SABC2 soap opera Muvhango, from 2009-2011.

At the age of 21, Du-Pont was awarded a Life Time Achievement award by Swaziland’s Department of Arts & Culture for her early achievements in film and television and her promotion of the Swazi language and culture.

She is also known for her role as Lelo on the SABC1 youth soapie Skeem Saam, joining the show in Season 3.

She is also known for co-hosting the SABC1 celebrity gossip show The Real Goboza, joining for the final episode of Season 7 before going on to Season 8, in November 2013. She joined Phat Joe on SABC 1’s celebrity gossip show, The Real Goboza with Sinazo Yolwa, both introduced as Pearl Thusi‘s replacements. She co-hosted Come Duze 2014 with Lunga Shabalala of Selimathunzi.

While she enjoyed working on RGB, her job clashed with a lot of relationships she had built with fellow entertainers in the industry and that lead her to make make some serious decisions about her career on RGB.

During her interview on Metro FM’s lunch with Thomas and Pearl, Amanda revealed that the RGB show was no longer serving her purpose or where she wanted her career path to go. She further revealed that her job at RGB nearly tarnished her friendship with Khanyi Mbau.

Amanda has acted in numerous television series including Generations, A Place Called Home, City Ses’la, Life is Wild, Intersexions, Single Guys and End Game.

Amanda stars as Ashley in the Netflix superhero series Shadow, which was released worldwide on 8 March, 2019.

Amanda du Pont Boyfriend

Amanda du Pont was once romantically involved with Cassper Nyovest. However, the relationship did not last and the two went their separate ways. Amanda was then engaged to Jub Jub, but that relationship didn’t last too. At one time she was said to be romantically involved with Slikour as well.

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Amanda du Pont Fiancé

Amanda du-Pont announced her engagement to long-time boyfriend Shawn Rodriques in an Instagram post.

The Swazi-born actress was on a romantic holiday in Maldives and recently celebrated her 30th birthday there – but it seems her boo had something even bigger planned for her.

Ever since she got married, fans have been waiting with baited breath for when she will announce her wedding day. Well, much to the shock or rather disappointment of many, she recently announced that her wedding plans hadn’t started to take form.

Let’s hope she gets to it soon.

Amanda du Pont Fashion

Amanda most certainly knows how to match her outfits no matter the occasion. The media personality is always on point and as her fans we have no choice, but to stan. Her Instagram page is all the proof we need right now.

Boots

These were definitely made for walking and they have a way of adding that edge to the outfit you have on for the day.

That cool jacket

You can’t go wrong with a good motorcycle jacket in winter.

Ready for that meeting?

Look good, feel good and have a dash of confidence, then you know you are going to nail it.

Like a boss

Even in those gorgeous pants, Amanda still looks amazing whilst commanding her presence to be recognized like a boss lady. Who run the world, right?

Working hard in the gym

That beautiful body cannot come with one not putting in the work lifting those weights. Amanda goes hard in the gym.

Amanda du Pont Abuse

Amanda du Pont once spoke about the abuse she suffered at the hands of an unnamed man who bears a striking resemblance to then incarcerated ex-boyfriend Molemo ‘Jub Jub’ Maarohanye.

Amanda in an interview with Real Magazine spoke about being violated by a former partner, who she never revealed, but about who she dropped subtle hints that lead one to believe she was talking about musician Jub Jub.

The actress however, found the strength to let go of all the anger she had and move on with her life.

Clearly, Amanda has been doing just that and it is hard to miss. At every turn, she’s just been bagging those W’s and she’s happy as can be. We hope she continues doing so.

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While Covid-19 infections continue to creep in at schools across the country, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) says it will continue monitoring safety precautions as it prepares to phase in other grades in July.

On Tuesday, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga gazetted regulations on the dates for the return of other grades and operations of schools amid Covid-19.Grades R, 1, 2, 3, 6, 10 and 11 are expected to return from 6 July, according to the regulations. Remaining grades 4, 5, 8 and 9 will be among the last group expected back on 3 August.The department has also issued guidelines for schools wanting to deviate from the approach and phase-in grades earlier. It emphasised that schools would, however, have to adhere to the minimum health, safety and social distancing measures and requirements.

In a statement on Wednesday, the department said it would continue working with schools to protect pupils, teachers and supporting staff from being in danger.Motshekga urged the public to continue to not visit schools, arguing that visits increased the risk of more infections.

“We will continue to work hard in schools to make sure that we protect our learners, teachers and employees within schools. It is important to work together to ensure that we beat the virus.

“What is also important is to ensure that even during school hours and beyond we stick to the basic requirements of wearing the mask, sanitise, wash hands and keep physical distancing,” Motshekga said.

TV presenter Kayise Ngqula talks about losing her husband in a car accident in June last year.
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Former Our Perfect Wedding presenter Kayise Ngqula has once again opened up about the heartbreak of losing her husband Farai Sibanda, recounting how she begged him to wake up and stay with her.

In commemoration of International Widows’ Day on Tuesday, Kayise shared a love letter to her late husband through her new YouTube channel After Dark with Kayise.

The actress lost her husband in a car accident on June 22 last year.

In the love letter, Kayise went down memory lane to a time when she first met Farai at a Pizza restaurant in March 2015, to Valentine’s Day of 2018, when he asked for her hand in marriage, telling her he would like to send his uncles to her home for lobola negotiations.

She also recalled the time she found out she was pregnant and how ecstatic they were that they’d be having a son.

During the emotional episode, Kayise began to lift the lid on the tragic car accident that left both her and her late husband in critical conditions.

With tears in her eyes, Kayise explained how she fell asleep due to the hectic week she had and recalls waking up to the sound of sirens. “It felt like I was in a dream … I remember feeling so out of touch, it was almost like a bad nightmare …”

After falling unconscious again, Kayise remembers waking up in casualty with her husband by her side.

“There was commotion, the doctors, paramedics and anyone who needed to be there to attend to us, it was then that I asked, ‘Where are we and what’s happened?’ I was then informed by the doctors we’d been in a car accident and that we were quite injured …

“But I looked to my right, my husband was hysterical, fighting off anyone who touched him … he didn’t want to be touched and attended to, he kept screaming my name … I then told him we’re going to be OK.”

After being informed that her husband wasn’t doing well, Kayise revealed how she couldn’t understand why he couldn’t wake up. “I asked him and begged him to wake up … I needed to hear him talk.”

After hearing the news that her husband had passed away, Kayise explained that all she wanted to do was to breathe life into him.

Zizo Tshwete has decided to share her story to help others.
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Zizo Tshwete has decided that she’s going to share the unfiltered truth about her life, especially the tough times of depression and suicidal thoughts to help others that may be feeling hopeless.

After vaguely revealing that she had been sexually violated three times before she turned 18, Zizo opened up about the sexual violations and the impact this had on her life as an adult in the latest edition of TrueLove magazine.

The media personality then took to Instagram to share another part of her healing story with her 800k+ followers.

“There was a time in my life when I felt that my whole life was falling apart in front of my eyes. I was in a vice grip of deep depression and I was in the darkest corner of my entire life and I didn’t have the one person I wanted next to me through it all. We lost Akhumzi at the worst time of my life.”

Zizo touched on some of the suicidal thoughts she had.

“For about eight months every day, I would get in my car and on my way to wherever I would be working from on that day, I would wonder what would happen if I accelerated my car straight into that car or that tree or that building… anything that was stationery in front of me. Every single day I would wonder,” Zizo said.

Zizo went on to explain that Khaya’s sermon at Akhumzi’s memorial service and Ntokozo’s performance gave her hope and helped her to hold on when she felt like life was not worth living anymore.

“Khaya Mthethwa and Ntokozo Mbambo you will always be connected to anything I ever go on to achieve because God used you both to save my life. Thank you for your obedience! I love you!” she wrote in her caption.

Zizo explained that even though it wasn’t easy to revisit the dark time in her life, she’s decided to share her story to give hope to others.

“If you recognize any of the feelings I’ve expressed in my own story please be reminded that you are not alone. There are so many amazing organizations that exist to help us deal with a number of the issues that we have in our lives. Please ask for help! You don’t have to take your own life,” Zizo wrote in her caption.

Sheebah Karungi moved from being a karaoke, and backup dancer to becoming one of the International stars in Uganda.

Dropping out of school without a solid plan of what to do next, she decided to make use of her talent to make more money, dancing. Years later, Sheeba Karungi is now an award-winning songwriter and singer who the youth looks up to. She’s also a fashion mogul and a top-notch model.

Here is how Sheebah climbed the ladder to her success.

Sheebah Karungi Age

Sheebah was born on the 11th of November in 1989. She is 30-years-old.

Sheebah Karungi Early Life

Sheebah Karungi was born and raised by a single parent, her mother. She was born and raised in Kawempe, a division of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda.After completing her primary studies, she enrolled at Midlands High School but didn’t finish her second senior phase. She only did her senior one level and she dropped out of school due to limited financial resources at home.

Sheebah Karungi Career

Sheeba Karungi joined the dance group called Stingers in 2004. This was after she dropped out of high school and started dancing in hopes of making a little more income and assist her mother in household duties.
In 2006, she left Stingers and joined the music group Obsessions. Sheeba Karungi developed an interest in music and she started recording with the group but eventually left them to start her solo career as a musician.

She released her first official single, Kunyenyenza to the public in 2010. The hit single was produced by Washington with credits to Cindy as a writer.

Sheeba Karungi released yet another singe, Bulikyekola where she featured KS Alpha who is a well-known vocalist in UgandaAs Sheeba Karungi was finding her feet in the industry, she released yet another single Baliwa featuring the talented Coco Finger.

Sheeba Karungi’s career peaked after she released the song, Automatic. It was written by Sizzaman and that led to a complete turnaround of her success. Following the success of Automatic and the combination she had with Sizzaman, the duo released yet another song, Ice Cream.After years of creating a name for herself in the music industry, she released her first musical project in 2014 and titled it, Ice Cream – which is a five-track Extended Play (EP) that contained hit singles including “Ice Cream” and “Jordan”. The song Ice Cream caused a massive stir, and her E.P instantly became one of the most downloaded albums in Uganda.

Sheeba Karungi released her first album in 2016 and titled it, Nkwatako and she released her second studio album in 2017.

The music industry is not easy and one has to make sure that they work hard to achieve their dreams. During her interview with New Vision, Sheeba advised the upcoming artists to stay true and work hard on their craft.

“Work very hard. It’s like a jungle out here with many animals. Be patient and believe in yourself. People are going to be harsh to you, saying you can’t make it, but you have to be disciplined and humble. Research about music if you love it.”

In 2020, Sheebah Karungi went ahead and dropped the Kyoyina Omanya remix and the loved it as she received raving reviews only.