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Top Billing (TV Show)
Top Billing was a South African lifestyle television programme that aired on SABC3 on Saturday evenings from 18:00–19:00 with repeats on Sundays at 12:00. It was founded by Basetsana Kumalo and Patience Stevens, who own the ''Tswelopele Production'' company. The show was the longest-running entertainment and lifestyle programme in South Africa, broadcasting since 1992. In addition to a variety of presenters, there was a voice-over guide throughout the programme. A magazine of the same name was launched in March 2004, containing similar content to the show. Content The weekly show had genres of beauty, fashion, food, home decor, travel and weddings. Different local and international celebrities were interviewed each week and a designer home featured as part of the show. International celebrities such as Donald Trump's ex-wife, Ivana Trump, featured on the show, as well as Hollywood actor and Beverly Hills doctor, Dr. Rey. Local celebrities such as rugby player Bryan Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifestyle (sociology)
Lifestyle is the interests, opinions, behaviours, and behavioural orientations of an individual, group, or culture. The term was introduced by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler in his 1929 book, ''The Case of Miss R.'', with the meaning of "a person's basic character as established early in childhood". The broader sense of lifestyle as a "way or style of living" has been documented since 1961. Lifestyle is a combination of determining intangible or tangible factors. Tangible factors relate specifically to demographic variables, i.e. an individual's demographic profile, whereas intangible factors concern the psychological aspects of an individual such as personal values, preferences, and outlooks. A rural environment has different lifestyles compared to an urban metropolis. Location is important even within an urban scope. The nature of the neighborhood in which a person resides affects the set of lifestyles available to that person due to differences between various neighborhoods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Habana
Bryan Gary Habana OIS (born 12 June 1983) is a South African former professional rugby union player who initially played as an outside centre but later on, he shifted to the wing. He most recently played for Toulon in the French Top 14 competition, and for the South Africa national team (the Springboks). Habana was part of the South Africa team that won the 2007 Rugby World Cup and was one of the stars of the tournament, his eight tries equalling the single-tournament record set by Jonah Lomu in 1999. He was subsequently named the 2007 IRB Player of the Year. During the 2015 Rugby World Cup Habana equalled Lomu's career record of 15 tries in World Cups. He is in second place among all time test try scorers, with a total of 67 tries. Career Early career Habana was born in Johannesburg and named Bryan Gary Habana, after former Manchester United footballers Bryan Robson and Gary Bailey. Habana was educated at King Edward VII School and Rand Afrikaans University (now kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M-Net
M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African pay television channel established by Naspers in 1986. The channel broadcasts both local and international programming, including general entertainment, children's series, sport and movies. While the TV signal is generally encrypted, M-Net showed some programmes 'free to air' in its "Open Time" slot between 5 p.m. and 7 pm, until the slot closed on 1 April 2007. In the early 1990s, M-Net added a second analogue channel called Community Services Network (CSN),''Mass Media, Towards the Millennium: The South African Handbook of Mass Communication'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SiSwati
The Swazi or siSwati language is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Eswatini and South Africa by the Swati people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 2.4 million. The language is taught in Eswatini and some South African schools in Mpumalanga, particularly former KaNgwane areas. Siswati is an official language of Eswatini (along with English), and is also one of the eleven official languages of South Africa. The official term is "siSwati" among native speakers; in English, Zulu, Ndebele or Xhosa it may be referred to as ''Swazi''. Siswati is most closely related to the other Tekela languages, like Phuthi and Northern Transvaal (Sumayela) Ndebele, but is also very close to the Zunda languages: Zulu, Southern Ndebele, Northern Ndebele, and Xhosa. Dialects Siswati spoken in Eswatini can be divided into four dialects corresponding to the four administrative regions of the country: Hhohho, Lubombo, Manzini, and Shiselweni. Siswati has at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afrikaans
Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans gradually began to develop distinguishing characteristics during the course of the 18th century. Now spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, estimates circa 2010 of the total number of Afrikaans speakers range between 15 and 23 million. Most linguists consider Afrikaans to be a partly creole language. An estimated 90 to 95% of the vocabulary is of Dutch origin with adopted words from other languages including German and the Khoisan languages of Southern Africa. Differences with Dutch include a more analytic-type morphology and grammar, and some pronunciations. There is a large degree of mutual intelligibility between the two languages, especially in written form. About 13.5% of the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janez Vermeiren
Janez may refer to: People: * Janez (given name), a Slovene given name * Janež, a Slovene surname In music: * Janez Detd., a Belgian rock band May also refer to a semi- pejorative term used in the Croatian North and beyond for Slovenes. {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mol
Michael Benjamin Mol (born 16 August 1971) in Cape Town, South Africa is a medical doctor, an executive television producer, presenter, international speaker and business consultant. Mol graduated from the University of Pretoria with a MBChB in 1995. He started his career as a medical doctor with interests in Emergency medicine and HIV management. In 1999, whilst continuing in the medical fraternity, he began anchoring the television show '' Top Billing'' in South Africa. Michael Mol has claimed media awards including Best on Camera Presentation at the NTVA Awards in 2000, 2001 and 2003 and Best Male Television Presenter at the People Magazine Crystal Awardsin 2008. Michael is a former Mr. South Africa (1996), he is also a Red Cross Children’s Champion and a patron of SA Cares for Life. Mol was awarded a Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Speakers Association of South Africa in April 2011. In October 2006, Mol was appointed as CEO of the Sportron Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonang Matheba
Bonang Dorothy Matheba (born 25 June 1987), is a South African award-winning television presenter, radio personality, actress and social media personality. Born in Mahikeng, North West, she is known for her flamboyant presenting skills and her signature voice. Matheba presented the SABC 1 music show ''LIVE'' (now ''Live Amp'') which built her spotlight in the industry. She is also known for being the first Black South African to be featured on numerous magazines. In 2011, she became the first South African celebrity to launch an online reality show called ''B*Dazzled''. In 2013, she was the first international ambassador for the cosmetic brand Revlon, outside the US. In 2014, she hosted the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards pre-show, which made her become the first South African to host the pre-ceremony. In 2015, she became the first African to be given an E! News Special Africa on E!. In 2016, she graced the cover of ''Forbes'' Woman Africa, alongside three other women who w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simba Mhere (actor)
Simbarashe "Simba" Mhere (29 October 1988 – 31 January 2015) was a Zimbabwe-born South African actor, presenter and television personality. He is best known for winning the 2010 Top Billing Presenter Search. Early life Mhere was born on 29 October 1988 in Harare, Zimbabwe to Joseph and Angela Mhere. He had one younger sister, Valerie, who is a 100m and 200m sprinter. When he was a one-year old baby, his family moved to South Africa. Then he attended Randpark High School for studies. He later graduated with BComm degree in accounting from the University of Johannesburg. Career In 2010, he won the lifestyle show, ''Top Billing Presenter Search'', where he rose to prominence. Since that, he worked as a voice-over artist for many radio and television programs. Apart from that, he also worked as a stage host for film award ceremonies and beauty pageants such as the Mrs SA pageant in 2013. Death On 31 January 2015, 05:00 SAST local time, Mhere travelled to O. R. Tambo Inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Becker
Natalie Bridgette Becker is a South African actress. Biography Becker was born in George, Western Cape province and raised in Cape Town. She is of Cape Coloured descent. Becker has spoken about growing up lonely on a small holding because her mother and stepfather were in a mixed-raced marriage that was illegal at the time under apartheid laws in South Africa. She earned a BSocScience from the University of Cape Town in 2004. She has two brothers. Becker started her career as an announcer on Good Hope FM, a regional radio station affiliated with the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Later, she moved into television and was a presenter on the long-running glamour show ''Top Billing''. As an actress, Becker appeared alongside Meg Ryan and William H. Macy in '' The Deal'' (2008), John Malkovich in ''Disgrace'' (2008), the film adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's novel of the same name and also starred in '' Tremors 5: Bloodlines'' (2015). Filmography * ''Bypass'' (2017) * '' On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyndall Jarvis
Lyndall Jarvis is a South African model and television presenter. Born and raised in Cape Town, she is the daughter of an English mother and a South African father. She started modelling at the age of 5. In 2009, ''FHM South Africa'' named her as their Sexiest Woman of the Year. She provided the likeness of the enemy character Laughing Octopus in the 2008 video game '' Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots''. In 2014, Jarvis married South African professional surfer Jordy Smith. References Living people People from Cape Town South African female models South African television presenters South African television personalities 1983 births South African women television presenters {{SouthAfrica-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo-Ann Strauss
Jo-Ann Cindy Strauss (born 3 February 1981 in Cape Town) is a South African model, public speaker and businesswoman. In 2001, she represented her country as Miss South Africa at the Miss Universe pageant in Puerto Rico as well as at the Miss World pageant hosted at Sun City in her home country in 2001. She was featured in the 2001 music video of the Irish pop group Westlife's single " When You're Looking Like That". Career Strauss obtained her bachelor's degree at the Stellenbosch University. During her reigning year as Miss South Africa, she started her media career with the Afrikaans TV magazine programme ''Pasella'' before anchoring the English lifestyle magazine show ''Top Billing (TV show)'', for which she has interviewed the likes of Charlize Theron, Antonio Banderas and George Clooney. She featured as cover girl for many South African magazines. A year after Strauss was crowned Miss South Africa, she took part in the first and only celebrity version of Celebrity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
