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The South African
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- The South African
'Prettiest girl in Guyana': CPT's Millie Terblanche does it again!
Cape Town-born model and reality TV star Camille 'Millie' Terblanche – who infamously called herself the 'prettiest girl in Guyana' – has gone viral for another social media faux pas. And this time, it took place at Cannes, the home of the French International Film Festival. Last year, the Love Island SA contestant courted controversy on her TikTok account called 'Guyana Living.' In 2021, Millie made headlines after making a 'rape joke' on the dating show. Last weekend, Millie Terblanche turned heads on the Cannes red carpet, her first time at the film festival. In a video that has gone viral on social media, the reality TV star was asked how she landed an invite to the exclusive event. She nonchalantly said, 'I don't do anything. Luckily, I'm from a rich family, so I get to be a stay-at-home daughter and just spend daddy's money!' She continued: 'I'm just here for the vibe, to walk the red carpet and get some pics'. When asked what her advice is for being successful and wealthy, Millie brazenly said: 'Basically, just have rich parents'. Millie Terblanche's cringe comments didn't go unnoticed, particularly amongst South Africans. @michaelgavran: 'World class doos' @jettbradshaw_: 'She makes me sick' @andreolivierdre: 'She's admitting she lives off daddy's money and isn't good at anything'. @branden_husselman: 'This girl is a good example of you can have all the money in the world and still be hated by so many people because you're a terrible person'. Last year, Millie Terblanche had South Africans hanging their heads in shame over her comments on her travel blog, Living in Guyana. In it, the Cape Town beauty documented her travels to the South American country. In a video that blew up on Tiktok, she said: 'My favourite thing about Guyana is that I'm the prettiest girl here. I'm not even tooting my horn when I say that. It is a literal fact'. The blonde went on to claim that the country has 'oil money' and encouraged others to make use of its natural resources. She also casually mentioned that the country was the location of the Jonestown massacre – a horror suicide pact conducted by cult leader Jim Jones – that took place in 1978. However, whether intentionally or jokingly, Millie Terblanche's comments about her appearance in comparison to other Guyanese women enraged social media users. Many accused her of being conceited and arrogant and displaying little knowledge about the country she had temporarily called home. Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1 . Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp , Facebook , X, and Bluesky for the latest news.
IOL News
6 days ago
- Sport
- IOL News
Sinethemba Qeshile's one-day career revival led SA A to series victory in St Lucia
Sinethemba Qeshile Sinethemba Qeshile in action for the Warriors. Photo: PHANDO JIKELO Independent Media Image: PHANDO JIKELO Independent Media ABOUT six years ago, fresh out of matric at Hudson Park High School in East London, a 19-year-old Sinethemba Qeshile set the country alight with a List A century against a then-Temba Bavuma-led Lions side. That innings of 121 runs in one-day cricket was followed by a first-class knock of 99 in Gqeberha against a Knights bowling attack led by Duanne Olivier, who at the time was feared by most of the top batters in the world. Despite earning a Proteas T20 International cap a couple of weeks after his maiden List A century, Qeshile would somehow almost vanish into the domestic cricket wilderness, like many Eastern Cape-based cricketers before him. Despite having played some big knocks in the Four-Day Series, including a century against the Kagiso Rabada-led Lions bowling attack, Qeshile's one-day cricket returns just never met the expectations, having scored a century in the format at 19. The inconsistency in his role while playing at the Warriors also did not help as the right-handed batter simply struggled for six consecutive years. However, in the ongoing South Africa A tour of the West Indies, it seems that something has finally clicked for Qeshile in the limited-overs arena. The now-26-year-old announced his arrival in St Lucia with a half-century in the first one-day game, and followed up with an innings of 126 off 106 balls (18x4, 1x6) in the second encounter as he smashed international bowlers such as Oshane Thomas all around the Daren Sammy International Cricket Ground. Though he fell cheaply in the third and final match of the one-day series on Tuesday, Qeshile's heroics saw the visitors secure a 2-0 series victory as the second match was abandoned due to persistent rain in the second innings. Qeshile also finished as the leading run-scorer in the series with 197 at an average of 65.66, and was followed by Cape Town-born Jason Smith with 153 at an average of 76.5 and Rivaldo Moonsamy with 149 at an average of 49. With the bat, Marques Ackerman, Jordan Herman and Mihlali Mpongwana brought up at least one half-century in the series, playing a key role in helping the visitors win the contest. Mpongwana, as a seam-bowling all-rounder, made his presence felt with the ball as well, taking a total of four wickets, while seamer Tshepo Moreki finished the series as the leading wicket-taker with six scalps.
IOL News
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Chad Saaiman and his wife Savanah, announce they are expecting twins
Chad Saaiman with his wife Savanah. Image: Instagram Cape Town-born singer and radio personality Chad Saaiman has shared the exciting news that he and his wife, Savanah, are expecting twins. The announcement came via Instagram, where Chad posted a photo of the couple holding up a what looks like a newspaper with the headline 'Saaiman twins coming Spring 2025.' The front page showed ultrasound images of the twins as well. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Next Stay Close ✕ The news comes shortly after the couple celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary. In an Instagram post dedicated to his wife, he quoted a song by Stevie Wonder. He wrote, 'Stevie said: 'This is not a coincidence. And far more than a lucky chance. But what it is, that was always meant. Is our ribbon in the sky for our love.' He added, 'Our marriage has been an extension of the foundation of love and partnership we have built over these years. It's been an ever-growing evolution. Sure, we don't always have it figured out, but we do get there. I undoubtedly know that you have my back, just as I know that I have yours. Happy 1 year anniversary my love.' The lovebirds tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Cape Town in April 2024. Chad is already a devoted father to his teenage daughter, Summer, from a previous relationship. The two share a close bond, often highlighted in social media posts. The singer has spoken about the joy and growth that fatherhood brings, emphasising the importance of being present and supportive in his daughter's life. Beyond his music career, Chad is a familiar voice on Good Hope FM, where he hosts the popular show "Saaiman Says". He is also the founder of Stereotype Talent Management, an agency that supports local talent and event curation. IOL Entertainment Get your news on the go, click here to join the IOL News WhatsApp channel.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
This artist is painstakingly recreating mysterious ancient rock art – before it's lost
In the early 1970s, South African summer sun searing his back, 14-year-old Stephen Townley Bassett dutifully followed his uncle into the shade offered by one of myriad caves dotted among the Cederberg Mountains of the Western Cape. Then he stopped and gawked. Splashed across the rock face in red and yellow hues was a striking collage of half-animal, half-human shapes. Dumbfounded, the teenager's head swam with thoughts: Whose work was it? When, and why, did they create it? Yet one question in particular demanded his attention: How was it done? Ever since exiting that cave, Townley Bassett has been 'obsessed' with finding answers. The Cape Town-born artist has spent decades visiting many of the thousands of ancient rock art sites that dot South Africa, in order to meticulously produce millimeter-accurate copies of humanity's early forays into painting. Reproductions are nothing new, but Bassett's works are no ordinary replicas. You won't find commercial paint or paint brushes in his work – only the materials and tools that would have been available to the indigenous hunter-gatherer San people when they created their designs as far back as 10,000 years ago. 'I'm a scribe, I document someone else's art,' Bassett told CNN. 'We don't know the name of that particular artist so, in that sense, I'm a forensic artist. 'It's understanding what was in the hearts and minds of the people who created the paintings … I don't just want to create copies or curio art. From the beginning I wanted my work to be so exacting that researchers and academics could use it as reference material.' The San are indigenous people in sub-Saharan Africa, with many hunter-gatherer groups existing to this day in Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and other countries in the region. Remnants of their paintings and engravings are still visible at thousands of locations across the continent, with as many as 7,000 across the Cederberg Mountains alone, according to local rock art curator Londi Ndzima. Their artworks – depicting animals, humans, and sometimes hybrids of the two – were once generally thought to show scenes from daily life, but academic thought has shifted to see southern African rock art as more often reflecting spiritually and culturally significant images and motifs, according to the British Museum. Some images have been understood to reflect visions seen by shamans when they entered trance-like states to perform communal tasks like healing the sick. 'When they painted, they were not just doing that for decoration – there was always a story behind it,' Ndzima told CNN. 'When they went (into a trance), the only way they could explain to the others what they saw was to paint these beautiful or funny figures.' Bassett's quest to show how rock art was created, began in earnest in 1998 when he gave up his full-time corporate job to pursue his passion. It's a process that begins at any one of the rock art sites from Botswana to Zimbabwe. There, he spends days photographing, sketching and measuring the paintings daubed on various cave walls, rocky overhangs and large boulders. When it comes to recreating the paintings, Bassett rejects modern implements in favor of materials solely found in the field, but modern technology is fair game in the preparation. When up-close examining rock art of a lion leaping amongst a herd of domesticated cattle, for example, Bassett dons dental loupes – magnification devices used in surgical work – to capture every dot and stroke. Then it's back to his studio in the Eastern Cape town of Komani, where he turns to the various pigments, binding agents and tools he has engineered to document the ancient works. Rock art is dominated by four basic colors, he explained; red and yellow, often formed of a natural clay earth pigment known as ochre, black, created using charcoal, and white, sometimes applied by soft clay, like kaolin. Recreating the materials has been a decades-long process of trial and error. Bassett has found egg, blood, and animal marrow fat to make good binding agents, while raptor (bird of prey) feces and fire-heated ostrich eggshells have proven invaluable in making white pigment, the hardest to come by of the four basic colors. Even heating the same piece of ochre can yield different colors, while creams and pinkish tones can be achieved through yellow-white and red-white mixes respectively. Similar levels of resourcefulness have been employed to create painting tools. One brush is created from the shaft of a reed, with propolis – a sticky substance used by bees to seal their hives – used to glue the hairs of a ground squirrel as its tip. Another brush was made using a porcupine quill shaft topped with a dove's feather. Tilting the brush's tip sideways allows Townley Bassett to recreate broad strokes, the type used for the body of a lion, for example, while angling it on its edge brings a much finer line for whiskers and other delicate strokes. 'To get that quality of line … I lick my brushes a lot. It hasn't killed me yet,' Bassett joked. Complicating the exercise is that rock art paintings were often painted over by the San people at later dates, imbuing them with new meanings and materials. Furthermore, some colors – particularly red and yellow – have lasted better than others. To simulate how various paints would last over time, Townley Bassett has conducted accelerated weather testing, exposing them to compressed air and water pressure. Image enhancement software has allowed him to discern faint impressions on the rock face that are barely visible to the naked eye, and then enhance and include them in his own work. 'In some ways, I would say my documentary painting has more information in it than if you went to the site, because you could barely see what's on the rock,' he said. Having authored three books on rock art and worked with both South African and French scientists on the composition of paints, Bassett hopes his documentations will serve as a 'research tool' for generations of historians and anthropologists to come. Regardless, the personal enjoyment of the subject material is plenty gratifying, a 'driving force' that has pulled the artist back time and time again from thoughts of returning to the corporate world. 'The pigments, the ingredients in the paint are – in themselves – a site of meaning,' Bassett said. 'I firmly believe that the spirit world and the real world, or the tangible world, were intermingled (for the San) … I can see that their religion, their belief systems, their cosmology was absolutely interwoven into every fabric of their life, and it's shown in the rock art.' But there's another motivation too – one soundtracked by the ominous ticking of the clock. Natural erosion of rock art, be it by weather or animals rubbing up against the rock face, has been exacerbated by man-made damage. In a cave on a farm in the Eastern Cape's Stormberg area, Bassett despairs that someone has scrawled their name over a stunning painting of a leaping eland, a type of antelope. 'Graffiti begets more graffiti,' he argued. 'A potential vandal is more likely to vandalize a site if they arrive at a site and it has some vandalism at it already.' While he has developed multiple techniques to remove graffiti without damaging the rock art, such as the use of compressed air or fine abrading agents, inaction is sometimes the best action. Well-intentioned efforts to brush away graffiti can often lead to further damage, spreading charcoal over the rock face. Greater government commitment and collective awareness of rock art could play a pivotal role in its conservation, Bassett said, citing the work of rock art tourism entrepreneur Thabathani Tshaka in the Eastern Cape as an example of the good work being done. From the town of Tlokoeng, Tshaka and his wife Phindile run tours at local rock art locations to educate locals and tourists alike about the cultural, often spiritual, importance of the paintings. 'When you are in the rock art site, it's like you are in the church,' Tshaka told CNN. 'It's like a place where you pray, a sacred area … those paintings have got a huge and a rich meaning towards our lives because they are our ancestors.' Former South African President Nelson Mandela once described rock art as 'the common heritage of all humanity.' For Tshaka and Townley Bassett, it is a worthy testament. 'I wish there were more people like Thabatani in the country,' Townley Bassett said. 'It's got to be a collective effort on the part of the citizens to preserve something that really is very old and that we can learn a lot from … When you educate people as to the value of something, they tend to understand the need to preserve it.'
IOL News
17-05-2025
- Sport
- IOL News
Stellenbosch FC chasing an African dream again in possible last-chance saloon for SuperSport United
Fawaaz Basadien Fawaaz Basadien will be one of the key figures for Stellenbosch FC against SuperSport United. Photo: BackpagePix A noteworthy clash is set to unfold in Cape Town this afternoon (3pm kick-off) when Stellenbosch FC face off against SuperSport United in a match that could resonate far beyond the final score. The implications of this Premiership encounter at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch extend beyond the table standings. It may also mark a significant moment in South African football history. It has been whispered in hushed tones that SuperSport United's franchise is destined for a new chapter next season, relocating to the nation's legislative capital, Bloemfontein. With this impending move looming large over the match, local Mother City fans can expect heightened emotions as they bid adieu to the Tshwane-based team that has become home for many Cape Town-born players and coaches over the years.
