Entertainment

Spotlight this week offers a festive banquet of storytelling, from hopping on a fun family big-screen animated adventure to a local comedy at cinemas, plus a closer look at a documentary about a barefoot ballet protégé from the dirt roads of Lagos.

Soweto’s Jabulani Mbayela, popularly known as Jabulani MacDonald to his online followers, lost out on the “Entertainment Creator of the Year" at this year’s TikTok awards, but he is not slowing down in giving Mzansi upbeat showbiz commentary.

Candice (née Modiselle) and Sechaba Sello are testament to the fact that delayed love can be sacred.

The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Africa has been streaming on Showmax for the past two weeks, and from last week it was made available on Mzansi Magic.

Crosby Jodwana and Sean Nhlapo won social media plus Cutest Couple of the Year at the Feather Awards with their love story.

Since his breakout role of Gift Mabuza in Mzansi Magic daily drama The Queen in 2017 and his rise to fame as Karabo “KB” Molapo in Netflix YA series Blood & Water, Thabang Molaba has played a certain type of role.

Limpopo-born DJ and producer Darque is gearing up for his biggest record yet, coming next year with Shimza. But before then the 34-year-old will be heating up the decks this festive season and he tells Sowetan what it takes to own the summer.

This year, more than ever, mixing high and low has become the chicest way of dressing with a sense of fun. We have fully entered the era of being totally gagged over “designer x mass market” collabs.

This year’s Mayibuye iAfrika Concert: The Rebirth of Ubuntu delivered a powerful musical celebration of SA’s cultural heritage, unity and the spirit of transformation.

At the age of 19, Sarah Langa lost her scholarship when she failed her first year of actuarial science at Wits University. But, instead of crashing out, she used the school of hard knocks to unlock personal growth and resilience.

Prize-winning designer talks about the ‘sacrifices and tears’ behind his success

Naledi Dineo Rabotapi, known as Star, is a versatile artist aspiring to be the "Princess of amapiano". She has gained recognition in acting and aims to showcase her talents through a reality show called "Rolling With the (S)tars".

A year after Freddy Fazbear’s nightmare, the town has turned the trauma into folklore, unleashing a new horror that refuses to stay forgotten.

Zonke will headline this year’s Belgravia Soul Session By The River, on Saturday December 13 at Dickinson Park in Vereeniging, south of Joburg.

The decadent party season is here — a foolproof excuse for SMag to get the ball rolling on a special upcoming jubilee. Here is a big clue: it’s never a bad idea to party like it’s 2016 and Rihanna just dropped her last album, Anti. Shhh, don’t tell anyone