Fashioning Modern Africanism

When someone is close to heart, its never easy to forget them. This week on the 22nd of June late SA hip hop star "Pro Kid" would have been celebrating his 39th birthday. A number of musician have come together before this in honour of Linda "Pro" Mkhize's memory. The recent commemoration is not short of being honourary. Dj Citilyts who is the PRO's younger brother has teamed up with Bless and Blayze to bring a smash hit which features his  legendary late older brother Pro Kid. This collaboration comes not only as music shared by artist, but a reflection of how Pro Kid tared the road he had paved. Many artists across the fort still sing their praises of this Soweto born Icon. This collaboration of Dj Citilyts along with Bless and Blayze, is an emphasis of the growth and how far South African Hip Hop has come. With the combination of the old and new wave coming together, this is surely worth feeding the ear. Dj Citilyts features Bless, Blayze and "no. 1

Growing up in a small township popularly known as Biaba, hangei Nzhelele, Rice was only served with fried chicken, gravy, butternut, beetroot and salads _ for some unknown reason salads were usually caleslaw and potato salad. oh yes! Need I metion that was a meal to look forward to only on sundays - hahahaha. The meal is called seven colors. Before you come at me with your several ntoz, I dare you to try making a heartwarming receipe below. Don't forget to share snaps and tag @NestleSA & @Fashioning_Modern_Africanism  VEGETABLE LOADED CHICKEN BIRYANI INGREDIENTS • Rice, basmati 750 g • Olive Oil, extra virgin 40 ml • Onion, white, diced 300 g • Carrots, fresh, diced 100 g • Bay leaf, dried 2 units • Cardamom pods 3 units • Cinnamon, fine 8 g • Turmeric, fine 8 g • Chicken breasts, skinless, boneless, diced 1200 g • Curry paste, medium 100 g • Maggi Chilli Sauce 60 ml • Chicken stock, low sodium 2000 ml • Peas, frozen 80 g • Corn, frozen 80 g • Gree

25 June 2020, Johannesburg  – NESTLÉ South Africa has added an innovative indulgent liquid creamer to its NESTLÉ CREMORA range just in time for the winter season. In support of South Africa’s most-loved powdered coffee creamer, the NESTLÉ CREMORA brand has now expanded into the liquid creamer category. The product was launched digitally at a press event hosted by South African entertainment doyenne, Thembi Seete, who partnered with the brand to unveil this new category expansion of the Nestlé flagship brand. “South African consumers have had a long-standing relationship with the NESTLÉ CREMORA brand. The liquid creamer range is available in two delicious flavors most loved by South Africa; Vanilla and Hazelnut and both the flavors deliver on the rich and creamy indulgent promise that NESTLÉ CREMORA has always been known for. While at the same time allowing them to experiment with flavors to bring in more excitement to their everyday coffee drinking rituals.” said Nicole Roos, Business

This week's pick is a light read with a twist! Now bafwethu, for those of you who still don't get it, please allow Kefilwe to educate you just for a moment. What Influencers does is not shallow, in Kefilwe's words - my hope is that by the time you finish reading this book you will have gained a better understanding about the kind of value we bring to our clients and what it really means to be an Influencer."  After a long thought-out and well-planned journey, I have decided to release a book titled “Kefilwe Mabote: Influencer De Luxe – From Soweto to Milan”. The book takes you on a journey through time from my humble beginnings in Soweto to the streets of Milan. In becoming a digital media entrepreneur and luxury lifestyle influencer, I have sure learnt and experienced a lot of ups and downs in building my brand to where it is today. In touching on my upbringing, what makes me tick, what motivates me and how to make your mark in the digital media industry, the book tou

I write this blog post disheartened, saddened at the same time of the current events that seem to emerge in our country, society as well as our households. The events that men are now seemingly on a killing spree, taking lives of harmless defenseless and innocent creatures. I’m talking about our mothers of the future, our sister’s, nieces and cousins to be dying more like dogs at the hands of their loved ones. The horrific phenomenon we’ve nicely clothed as Gender Based Violence and femicide. It’s not GBV, in simple terms, its MURDER!!! With all these deaths occurring, I’ve often wondered as to what could be the real reason(s) why men kill women they claim to (have) love (d) and in all honesty I have not come to any logical explanation except frustration. Men are frustrated and angry about a lot of things, namely their sexuality, their manhood and societal expectations as to what a man should be and do.    However, studies suggest that the recent attacks on women and children are a sig

Hey bafwethu! This year Lady winter came out strong and she's slapping really hard. While the cold front is upon us, we need some winter warmer dishes. Some of you might know that I love the art and science of cooking. Cooking for me is science, the mixture of specific ingredients to get a certain taste. Thats Art bafwethu! Firstly, lemme educate you some more as to why I call myself a cookist. I create my own receipe or add other ingredients onto other people's receipes to create my own _ Cookist. You learned it here, lol.  Nestle came through for your boi with some receipes to try out during this winter. This partnership came at the right time. I've been cooking alot during the lockdown and was starting to run out of the ideas to make eating interesting.  Now lets get into the game of cooking and prepare a warm a chickpea and lamb casserole. This weekend I challenge you to get these ingredients from your nearest grocery store. Nestle SA have these at lower cost. You can s

Hey Bafwethu! The world is fast changing, a need to ameliorate the content is just inevitable. Coco V (covid19) has shifted things, and most people are becoming more woke as we tap into the new normal. La ekhaya, we have also decided to add book recommendations onto our list. Books are a great escape when you want to tap into a different world to give the mind some sort of adventure. Reading is more than just a hobby we enjoy when we run out of things to do, it is empowering, entertaining and adventurous. This Week's choice was an easy one but I challenge you to read this book. After all it's still Pride Month!  They Called Me Queer' is a collection written by Africans who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual. South Africa has become known for its tolerance towards the LGBTQIA+ community. However, we live in a devastatingly segregated and unequal society, where sexual identities still heavily impacts every part of our daily lives

LISTEN HERE The Village released their brand new offering on 29 May 2020, simply titled “Conversate”. The Duo which makes up The Village is Flacko Fresh (Khotso Clyde Maseko) & Msoja Atchu (Solly Gomane); describes the song as a deeper conversation one should have with their significant other. They featured a Durban born artist Musiholiq who took producing direction from beat maker and producer Maxnotsober. The song creates a perfect picture of what a real relationship should be. Breaking the stereotype of a man simply fulfilling his sexual needs, and not taking care of the emotional aspect of his female counterpart. This song caries languages of African descent as well as English verses, which makes it all the more interesting. It’s motivating to see that young men do think about the nurturing and protection of our woman rather than looking at women as a sex object. Instead, the duo's choice was to value mutual respect of two humans who are head over heels for each other. “Its

RIVETING PAN AFRICAN LINE-UP SET FOR SEASON ONE Hey bafwethu what do you get when you cross-pollinate music, fashion and African excellence with a keen sense of curiosity? #FashioningModernAfricanisim riight? Oh yeah!! Set to premiere on Channel O next week , Remix.Studio  is a refreshing new concept that celebrates multi-dimensional creativity by providing a fluid space for beloved African musicians - established and emerging - to expand on fan-favourite anthems by reinterpreting them in a live setting, both sonically and visually.   Taking the idea of the conventional remix and pushing its limits, the concept is unique in that, in addition to the never-before-heard live rendition of the song that each episode will focus on, the artist is also styled in 3 different bespoke outfits that add a vibrant visual dimension to the remix experience. Sold right? I know! Brace your yourselves as you don't wanna miss this one nana!   Coupled with whimsically colourful graphics and sing-along

Hey bafwethu kunzima and it's getting worse by the day. Coco V is upon us and the numbers continue to raise worldwide. Even though it is from a distance, the cast and crew of 1Magic’s popular telenovela,  The River,  have come together to offer empathy and support to a colleague who tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday morning.  Tshedza Pictures, the production house behind The River, has since halted shooting and all the cast and crew have been asked to self-isolate while the necessary health protocols are being implemented. Phathu Makwarela of Tshedza Pictures says: “Ever since we resumed production on 1 May 2020, all the necessary lockdown health guidelines were implemented on set. “After we received the news of the colleague testing positive, we immediately asked the cast and crew that came into contact with the member to go into self-isolation. They will soon avail themselves to health authorities for testing, in-line with government directives.”   Nomsa Philiso, Channel Di

Bafwethu! I'm quiet certain nijabulile nje! Level 3 is activated and throats are opened. Talking about opening throats, lemme brew some chai Tea for you! Word on the street says Pearl is preggers. Most of you are probably wondering how true is the news, as she initially rubbished  the rumors when her fans asked on Instagram. I guess it was too early to confirm because culture protocol ntoz.  Sunday sun reported that Pearl is excited and her French man is ready to pay the damages. Kwakuhle kwa Pearl. Yours truly went ahead and did some digging, and waalaa! Look what I found. When her former eCraze co-star asked her using codes she didn't hesitate to confirm! Siyambongela and congratulations are in order!