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IOL News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Laila Ali goes from the ring to the kitchen as the host of 'Chef Grudge Match'
Boxing champion Laila Ali is stepping into the ring once again, this time to host Food Network's "Chef Grudge Match". Image: Instagram. Boxing legend Laila Ali is stepping into the kitchen, trading her gloves for an apron as the host of Food Network's upcoming series, "Chef Grudge Match". The cooking competition will take viewers on a culinary battle where elite chefs come to settle long-standing disputes and bitter rivalries. Boxing champion Laila Ali also shares gardening tips and recipes on her Instagram. Image: Supplied. 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 ✕ Set to premiere on Tuesday, August 19, sous chefs wronged by their mentors to restaurateurs defending their turf against copycat rivals, each episode will showcase chefs putting their prized knives and reputations on the line for a chance to win $10 000 (R178 000), their opponent's most cherished knife and ultimate bragging rights. "I'm thrilled to be joining the Food Network family. As someone who's always been passionate about both competition and delicious food, 'Chef Grudge Match' is the perfect fit. From the ring to the kitchen, I've never shied away from a challenge, and now I get to have fun while bringing that same intensity to a show where culinary rivalries are settled once and for all," shared Ali. The show's premiere episode will feature a fiery confrontation between Italian chef Gabe Bertaccini and his former protégé, Tyler Romine. Betrayed by Romine's sudden departure from his catering business, Bertaccini has harboured a 15-year grudge that is set to boil over in the kitchen. The second match showcases chef Taylor Frankel from Vail, Colorado, who has a bone to pick with her former Sous chef, Maria Busato, after she opened a rival catering company in the same small town. "Throughout the eight-episode season, viewers can expect heated battles over business disputes, recipe rivalries, student-teacher conflicts and even husband versus wife showdowns, all taking place in front of a live studio audience with the electric atmosphere of a boxing match," shared the channel. Aside from Ali, resident judge Jet Tila will be joined by an impressive roster of guest judges, including culinary heavyweights like Eric Adjepong, Maneet Chauhan and Tiffani Faison, among others, adding their expert insights to the fierce competition. Chef Taylor Frankel. Image: Instagram. Betsy Ayala, head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery, said: "With reputations and livelihoods on the line, competition in the food world has heightened stakes, which have produced legendary grudges and rivalries. "'Chef Grudge Match' brings these grievances to a head in front of a studio audience, with all the energy of a live boxing match, and Laila Ali is the perfect ringmaster to oversee these battles for ultimate bragging rights." • 'Chef Grudge Match' premieres on Tuesday, August 19, at 5pm on Food Network Africa (DStv channel 175).
TimesLIVE
4 days ago
- Business
- TimesLIVE
US requires Zambia, Malawi citizens to pay up to $15,000 for visas
US President Donald Trump's administration will require visa applicants from Zambia and Malawi to pay bonds up to $15,000 (R268,071) for some tourist and business visas under a pilot programme launching in two weeks, the state department said on Tuesday. 'Starting August 20 2025, any citizen or national travelling on a passport issued by one of these countries who is found otherwise eligible for a B1/B2 visa must post a bond in amounts of $5,000 (R89,357), $10,000 (R178,714) or $15,000, determined at time of visa interview,' the state department said in a notice on its website. A notice about the programme, which gives US consular officers worldwide the discretion to impose bonds on visitors from countries with high rates of visa overstays, appeared on the federal register on Monday but no country names were mentioned. A state department spokesperson on Monday said countries would be identified based on 'high overstay rates, screening and vetting deficiencies, concerns regarding acquisition of citizenship by investment without a residency requirement and foreign policy considerations'. The spokesperson, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the list of countries may be updated from time to time.
TimesLIVE
4 days ago
- Business
- TimesLIVE
US requires Zambia, Malawi citizens to pay up to $15,000 bond for some visitor visas
US President Donald Trump's administration will require visa applicants from Zambia and Malawi to pay bonds up to $15,000 (R268,071) for some tourist and business visas under a pilot programme launching in two weeks, the state department said on Tuesday. 'Starting August 20 2025, any citizen or national travelling on a passport issued by one of these countries who is found otherwise eligible for a B1/B2 visa must post a bond in amounts of $5,000 (R89,3570, $10,000 (R178,714) or $15,000, determined at time of visa interview,' the state department said in a notice on its website. A notice about the programme, which gives US consular officers worldwide the discretion to impose bonds on visitors from countries with high rates of visa overstays, appeared on the federal register on Monday but no country names were mentioned. A state department spokesperson on Monday said countries would be identified based on 'high overstay rates, screening and vetting deficiencies, concerns regarding acquisition of citizenship by investment without a residency requirement and foreign policy considerations'. The spokesperson, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the list of countries may be updated from time to time. The bond amount will be returned to the applicant if the applicant leaves the US within the allowed window of time in line with their visa and complies with all the terms of their visa status. Trump has made cracking down on illegal immigration a focus of his presidency, boosting resources to secure the border and arresting people who are in the US illegally. He issued a travel ban in June that fully or partially blocks citizens of 19 nations from entering the US on national security grounds. Countries in Africa, including Burundi, Djibouti and Togo, also had high overstay rates, according to US customs and border protection data from fiscal year 2023. Visa holders who have posted a visa bond must arrive and depart the US via three specific ports of entry, the state department notice said on Tuesday. It listed those as Boston Logan Airport, John F Kennedy International Airport in New York and Washington Dulles Airport. It warned if such travellers arrive or depart from anywhere else, they could be denied entry or their departure may not be appropriately registered.
The Citizen
31-07-2025
- Climate
- The Citizen
829km lightning megaflash sets new world record
A 2017 lightning bolt that travelled across several US states has now been recognised as the longest ever recorded, surpassing the previous 2020 record. A new world record for the longest distance lightning flash was declared on Thursday — a megaflash that stretched for 829 kilometres (515 miles) across the United States. The huge flash occurred on October 22, 2017, from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, the World Meteorological Organization said. Overlooked megaflash The United Nations' WMO weather agency said the megaflash underlined the epic power of lightning — and how flashes can pose dangers far from the original storm. The previous record, also observed in the United States, happened on April 29, 2020 between Mississippi and Texas, with a lightning flash of 768 kilometres. It was certified as a record in 2022. Both the previous and new records have a margin of error of plus or minus eight kilometres. The 2017 storm produced several huge flashes. Three were analysed and were enough to formulate a ground-breaking definition of megaflash lightning. Going back and re-examining the data from the landmark storm led to the discovery of a hitherto overlooked megaflash that was bigger than the one in 2020. 'Bolt from the blue' 'Lightning can travel quite long distances away from the parent thunderstorm,' Randall Cerveny, the WMO's rapporteur for weather and climate extremes, told AFP. 'That is why some people talk of a 'bolt from the blue' — a lightning flash that seemingly comes out of the clear sky.' Cerveny, a professor of geographical sciences at Arizona State University, established the WMO's World Weather and Climate Extremes Archive in 2007. It logs global records for temperature, pressure, rainfall, hail, aridity, wind, lightning and weather-related mortality. ALSO READ: WATCH: First-ever Birkin bag sold for over R178 million New record certified An 11-member committee of experts based in the United States, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Nepal, Israel certified the new record. Satellite-based lightning mapping has only been up and running since 2016 — too short a time frame to determine patterns or trends in intensity, location or frequency. 'Give us another decade or so of data and we can start to address that,' Cerveny told AFP. Michael J. Peterson, of the Severe Storms Research Center in the United States, said that over time as the data record expands, 'we will be able to observe even the rarest types of extreme lightning on Earth, and investigate the broad impacts of lightning on society.' Deadly source of wonder The WMO said the new findings highlighted the dangers posed by lightning storms. The agency is pushing for everyone on the planet to be fully covered by advanced early warning systems for hazardous weather events by the end of 2027 — lightning included. 'Lightning is a source of wonder but also a major hazard that claims many lives around the world every year,' said WMO chief Celeste Saulo. Other lightning records The WMO's three other lightning records are: — Longest duration lightning flash: 17.102 seconds (margin of error 0.002 seconds) during a thunderstorm over Uruguay and northern Argentina on June 18, 2020. — Highest mortality: 469 people killed indirectly in Dronka, Egypt, when lightning struck a set of oil tanks, causing burning oil to flood the town in 1994. — Highest mortality (single strike): 21 people killed by a direct strike of lightning as they huddled for safety in a hut in Zimbabwe in 1975. NOW READ: OPINION: Mulder will never be a legend if he feels guilty breaking records
The Citizen
12-07-2025
- Business
- The Citizen
WATCH: First-ever Birkin bag sold for over R178 million
The historic sale was hosted by Sotheby's in Paris this week. The original Birkin crafted for Jane Birkin in 1985. Picture: ETX/Sotheby's© A one-of-a-kind Hermès Birkin bag, originally designed for British actress and singer Jane Birkin, has been sold at auction for a staggering €8.5 million, approximately R178 million. The sale sets a new world record, making it the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction. The final price includes commission and fees. The historic sale was hosted by Sotheby's in Paris on Thursday, 10 July, and was live-streamed worldwide. ALSO READ: SA-born artist Marlene Dumas breaks global record with over R245 million painting sale [PICS] Rare Birkin bag features initials and custom design details Described as a 'historic, handcrafted prototype,' the bag features Jane Birkin's initials, J.B., engraved on it. Unique design elements include closed metal rings, a fixed shoulder strap, and even a built-in nail clipper. Morgane Halimi, Sotheby's global head of handbags and fashion, called the price a 'startling demonstration of the power of a legend.' She said it highlighted the passion of collectors for rare items with unique provenance. 'The Birkin prototype is exactly that, the starting point of an extraordinary story that gave rise to the modern icon, the Birkin bag. It is the most coveted handbag in the world,' she added. NOW READ: New beginnings: Rugby WAG Marise Pollard on building a new family home after moving from the UK
