Upcoming Mag (27)

UPCOMING MAG THE EXPOSURE YOU DESERVE

JULY 2021/ ISSUE 27

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TLOU NANDI NDABA ITUMELENG FRANCINA KHOMBISILE BOITUMELO MEKHINAH TOP 5 SEXIEST WOMEN OF SA 2021

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EDITORIAL MONATE Editor-In-Chief

WELCOME Cool to see you again in this issue.

I’d like to welcome you all to the 27th issue of Upcoming Mag. As we are under level 4 lockdown restrictions, we decided to add more biographies, more photos, stories and more to read during these hard times, I believe we all do not want to get sick or die but all that these lockdowns are bringing is hunger.

When will it all end?

I am happy to announce that I got help with this issue and hopefully our two writers/editors will help me make Upcoming Mag one of the leading online magazines, if you have any comment or suggestion please do not hesitate to WhatsApp me, at the end of the day we create this magazine for you to enjoy.

Anyway, we hope you enjoy this one.

MONATE Editor-In-Chief

JULIA Operations Editor

TEDDY M Technical Editor

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PRODUCER| RAPPER|FOUNDER|MANAGER

Moskidd Jnr

TSHERRITY MATSHIKA known in the entertainment industry as “MOSKIDD JNR” is one of the youngest rappers who are making waves in the South African entertainment business. This young rapper born in Mpumalanga and grew up in the same province.

He started his music career in 2013.He is a hip-hop artist and also a producer specializing in hip-hop, house, gospel and traditional music for upcoming artists. He is also a founder and manager of ONEBEAT PRODUCTION PROJECTS (PTY) LTD. He worked with the likes of DUMSANI NTULI and VERSATILE LAMOLA. He is one of the best producers who will steer the industry to the next level.

He later collaborated with the likes of “Mugnamic” and “K-marczy” on a track titled “Am Only Human”. HE produced two single tracks “We Ain’t Celebrating” and “Cash Ke Chelete”. Those two tracks made his presence is felt within the entertainment industry. And He got nominated at SA Awards under “Best hip-hop artist” category and at Sauma Awards as “Best New Comer”.

He got nominated at Mpumalanga Sunshine Awards under “Best Hip Hop Song of The Year”. He released “WE Ain’t Celebrating” as the official single from his upcoming album. After “We Aint Celebrating” He released his second single “Cash ke Chelete”.The two singles received a positive reviews from the public and other South African acts. The two tracks are available on all online store including traxsource and iTunes.

He went on doing big things when he landed an interview at Moretele FM music review and impressed listeners with his freestyle and punch line. He went for an interview at Moutse Community Radio Station after releasing his two love songs “I Never Meant To Hurt You” and “Is It Over Now Really?” that’s when he got a platform to promote his music on Moutse Fm. His main focus as a producer and artist is to create music that will challenge listeners and put his place on the map.

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"THE LIONESS"

The rapper has been in studio with Mugnamic, coming with songs that will blow your mind. Fans can expect an album from Moskidd this year. The album is going to get some crazy buzz; his production company has few marketing campaigns that will make it pull through. He will be focusing on the overall sound of his music not just rap.

Mr. OneBeat Registered his production for Online music and video distribution so that his label can sell music for all indie artists and artists from other music companies.

Moskidd Jnr released his 5 Singles and album “Tryna Get on the Game” which is now available on 50 Online Stores. He produced an album for Kgatelopele Cultural Group which got them nominated at Sauma Awards 2018 under best traditional song, Best Group and Best afro Pop categories.

He also produced an album for the queen of house “Conny D” titled Uthando Lakho.The album will be out sooner this year after releasing the When Am with You EP. Hes now working in studio producing a hip hop album for a Lesotho rapper “Wiz Rula” UPCOMING MAG | 5

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Artist Name: Sherrity Matshika Stage Name: Moskidd Jnr Location: Marapyane E-mail Address: Sherritym@gmail.com : Onebeatproduction4@gmail.com PLEASE HELP ME BRING THIS ONE HOME BY VOTING FOR ME. THANK YOU! https://upcomingmag2019.files.wordpress.com

JOSEPH MARCUS MOFOKENG

FOLLOW UP ARTICLE Nationality: South Africa

Written and directed three

Location: Soweto, Molapo.

plays for Market Theatre

Joseph is a Poet, author,

1. Better late than never

scriptwriter, singer, music

2. Vuka Africa (telling story

composer, writer, aspiring

through gumboots dance)

filmmaker, activist,

3. There's a twist in my tale

Educational mentor, Career Consultant, Motivational speaker, and Entrepreneur.

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"THE LIONESS"

He is an author of two anthology poetry books, written in Southern Sotho and English. An Avbob Poetry Project Winner from 2017-2019, APAPA Awards winner 2019, Human Rights Poetry Project Winner at University of KZN 2021, Joseph has worked with SABC2 Lentswe Poetry Project as Head of writers, and also worked Inside Baobab Tree Kids Program from 2013-2019 still at SABC2. That’s not all about Joseph; he’s worked with Moja-Love on Umokhubuvu comedy, and also worked on Emzini Wezinsizwa, the most popular comedy on SABC 1.

Passion and interests: Arts and Culture, Literature, Reading, Acting, Poetry, Scriptwriting, film Production, Movies, Drama Series, Reality TV Shows, Talk Shows, Directing, Transcriptions, singing.

Goal: To stimulate creativity development through new aesthetic approach by raising consciousness regarding the vital role that arts and culture plays as our society transform towards democratic South Africa through writing of storytelling that involve poetry, drama, and movies. “So having an opportunity for partnership will allow me to grow and be able to share my dream with a community as I believe a dream is not dream until it's shared by a society.”

Studies: BA degree, Education Honors degree, Diploma in Comprehensive creative writing, Certificate on Radio Broadcasting with INTEC College.

Place of birth: Free State (Metsimaholo Municipality Oranjeville) Joseph Marcus Mofokeng has been involved in arts and culture from a tender age of 10, and he comes from a family of music background. His elder brother was the late Johannes Tsele Mofokeng, founder of Phulamadibolo, a gospel singer and messenger. Joseph Marcus Mofokeng won Standard Bank Young Business Awards and he then realized his dreams as poet, author, scriptwriter, singer, composer and an entrepreneur he's developed into.

He can be reached on 061 219 4300.

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GODISMESH HIS REAL NAME IS SIMILO NTSHANKA. HE DROPPED HIS FIRST TWO SONGS ON THE INTERNET LAST YEAR IN 2020, BUT HE STARTED DOING MUSIC BACK IN 2017.

HE IS A RECORD PRODUCER AND ARTIST. HE LIVES IN PALMRIDGE. HE IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT HE DOES AND HE IS VERY HUMBLE. SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES FACEBOOK PAGE: GODISMESH GORDERN IG: @GODISMESH1607 TWITTER: @GODISMESH1607

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MUSIC GROUP Started as a group of four consisting of Tshepang Mokwatedi, Musawenkosi Khumalo, Sibusiso Madonsela & Xolani Raditsela (known by their stage names as P-Ang, Flavow, Venom-Gawd & Xolani Sushii (Jadie•Gawd), in 2015 after the breakdown of “YMF", Venom Gawd & Flavow decided to continue their journey in entertainment as a duo. They were then established by the name of “WTA” which originally stands for West Thugz Alive.

WTA is a versatile music brand,

WTA respectively had a dream, a

recording & performing artists, &

vision to become the next new

songwriters from a small township

age musical icons, the new school

named Daveyton Ekurhuleni, the

of good music. They have the total

East

package; attitude, creativity, talent

Rand

region

of

Gauteng

province.

& character to bring into the

Inspired by big acts both local &

music

industry

and

they

internationally, this crew didn't

ambitiously perfected their craft

give up on their dreams, they gave

since

their all to music and that can be

converged towards destiny's plan,

heard in their music even backed

they started writing their music &

by an impact they have made in

recorded music professionally for

the music scene over the past

a little in a year till now.

2015.

When

their

lives

years.

WTA WTA

•Behind the name “WTA":

got

nominated

at

the

Daveyton Hip-Hop Music Awards *West Thugs Alive came by stating

(DHMA17) in 2017 as the best new-

or

comer where they got exposure

putting

young

an

awareness

talented

boys

that from

performing

at

8

mile

events

Etwatwa West have come into the

hosted

picture. West is derived from the

Entertainment's.

township name “Etwatwa West",

Their

Thugz from the legendary rap star,

Daveyton

2pac's tattoo “Thug Life".

exposure to such an extent that

Due to gang violations ekasi, the

they made it to Daveyton's hip

duo had to change to “Worst

hop

Team Alive" for their safety as they

number 14 amongst many other

used to get gigs around hoods

local and up-coming hip hop

which had gangs fighting against

crews and band.

by

Gun-Shot

performances gave

charts

and

the

around crew

made

it

social media channels 1• Facebook: W.T.A_GAWDz Facebook.com/itsWTA

an

to

2• Instagram :@wta1520 Instagram.com/wta1520

the well known gang popularly known as “WEST”.

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3• Twitter:@e_zase twitter.com/e_zase

WTA Founded By: •Musawenkosi “Flavow" Khumalo and Sibusiso “VenomGawd” Madonsela

WTA had performed at various events, clubs

It's only a matter of time before the grace

around Gauteng such as Two-Tone, Pule's

major Ekurhuleni Municipality Festivals,

Chesa Nyama (Mabaso), Lapeng Village, Rhoo

Back-To-The-City & other musical

Hlatshwayo

concerts.

Hall

(DHMA17),

Absa's Place, Victor's Place, Barcelona Park,

The future looks bright with lined up

Black Girls Takeover Market (Protea North-

features with Koolwaterman, Fabfutur3,

Soweto),

Bizzcuit, Supreme Phoenix, 3D Team, Jay

Germiston),

Endaweni Ivory-Park

Pub

(Rondebult-

Stadium,

Street-

Shutdown (Etwatwa East), C-Class Lounge (Vosloorus), Secondary

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442

Lounge(Pretoria),

School,

After

Lounge(Roodeport),Zero11(Katlehong),

Lesiba Party Can-

Do events & various promos that involved big corporates such as Coca-Cola, Flying fish, Platinum5, Nike SA & Many More.

Claude, 24 inchez, Touchline_punchline & many more.

WTA LINKS

Reverbnation.com/wta1520 Youtube.com/channel/UCPSSsG6KBQ1dLyp0wdRgXzw https://soundcloud.com/user-216775671/wta-ft-sbhaza-heistchoir/s-mLjzNpmRIRE?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1

https://soundcloud.com/user-216775671/24-mp3? ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1 https://www.sendspace.com/file/75j59j https://www.sendspace.com/file/plhqdu https://www.sendspace.com/file/0s0r5d https://www.sendspace.com/file/st16nf https://www.reverbnation.com/wta1520/song/32609310kushlifestyle20 https://www.musicgateway.com/p/cvXv9rmY https://mgplayli.st/cvXv9rmY?preview https://tubidy.mobi/watch/PMqH9zGXYWxaEcsCaC2JCw_3D_3D/ 3gp-mobile/fs UPCOMING MAG | 13

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PLEASE VOTE FOR US THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

ESPEE EAST RUTHLESS INDUSTRY

I'm here to tell you truth and nothing but the truth about me and my music situation right now and tell you why I'm not dropping new music and when I will drop new music .

I feel like I'm not in the right space to drop new music because I'm trying to find myself and the purpose of doing music because there is a lot of things that happened to my music and some of them are still happening and that killed my confidence.

The people who were promising to help me to level up my music career didn't fulfill their promise instead they took my money and blocked me from contacting them, but I'm healed from that.

The next thing is confidence I'm finding myself to continuously lose because you know it's hard to come up with full confidence when someone betrayed you with your dream when you were already certain that it’s coming to reality and your life would only change for the better, it’s frustrating and discouraging.

But one thing I can tell you is that I'm trying to build my own thing that's why I decided to open my own record label Home Of Hits Records and register it and now I'm busy arranging studio sessions with great and dope producers in the game for the likes of MBzet Da ProduceR, Makwa6eats and Silas Beats to mention but a few, so when I'm good to release new music I'll update you as now I'm working on arrangements.

To my fans/supporters I would like to ask you this, please don't give up on me. I won't disappoint you and I'm still not forgetting what you did to my EP in 2019 and I promise I'll come up with a greater one as I come back into the music scene. I love you and please keep on supporting the boy, THANK YOU

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Social media handles Facebook page: Espee East Instagram: @espeeeast YouTube channel: Espee East Email address: espeeeast@gmail.com

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SLIMKING EZZY_RSA

PROFILE NAME: SIMVUYELE SURNAME: LEHOLO AGE: 23 RACE: AFRICAN NATIONALITY: SOUTHAFRICAN

HOMELANGUAGE: ISIXHOSA OTHERCLANGUAGES: ENGLISH, ISIZULU, SESOTHO, ISISWATI & XITSONGA SKILLS: RADIOPRESENTER MUSICPRODUCER SINGER GRAPHIC DESIGNER FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCER EVENT ORGANISE

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Social media handle Instagram: slimking_ezzyrsa https://www.instagram.com/slimking_ezzyrsa?r=nametag Twitter: SOSHA LOMOYA SIMVUYELE LEHOLO MOKOENA https://twitter.com/Slimking_Ezzy?s=20 TIK TOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@slimking_ezzythatpopguy? _r=1&_d=di8g50k0kgf10c&language=en&sec_uid=MS4wLjABAAAABZWgbC8AwIENKw3XQJepqxO8ahL816QWeOeXBAbrsUBy g8PMk1GfGP2gUhgGy7vi&share_author_id=6898212737185612806&source=h5_m&u_code=dfhjjk26hlgda6&timestamp=16 21873431&user_id=6898212737185612806&sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAABZWgbC8AwIENKw3XQJepqxO8ahL816QWeOeXB AbrsUByg8PMk1GfGP2gUhgGy7vi&utm_source=copy&utm_campaign=client_share&utm_medium=android&share_iid=6955 230611536725765&share_link_id=c7d8d720-d0a9-4d15-a476-2aff577b6f59&share_app_id=1233

PLAYBXY ROQUE This is PLAYBXY ROQUE pronounced as "Play Be X.Y Rock". An 18 years old trapper based in PTA West doing new wave trap such as aggressive trap, funky trap, rock trap, melodic rap and ‘emo’-trap.

I'm originally from Zimbabwe but grew up here in SA.

My courage to rap was found after I went some emotional heart-breaking experiences. I decided to take out my feelings and express them on a track and then it turned out it was a good track, after getting positive feedback I had to make another hit and this was back in December of 2018. That’s when I started my musical journey.

After the second one I realized that it’s not my kind of style so I had to switch back to trap music but as I grew in a community full of the old gang "old school followers", they felt like trap sound was garbage so to be in their books I had to rap but still felt something in me was missing.

So that's how I got to make my rap songs.

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PLAYBXY ROQUE

The very same December in 2018 I received my report card and I didn’t make it to the next grade (11), so I was so stressed and by then I never took music seriously as I was a soccer player too. My parents banned me from sports and hobbies so I could focus on studies and which I did for whole of 2019.

When I came back in 2020 things were now different and I also changed my stage name from "JP SAUCIIEY KIID" to my recent one as I felt like the name was just a clown name.

So from changing the stage name and taking a break from music affected me so bad because I had to start all over again in terms of building a new fan base and I had to spread my name out there. I released a couple of rap songs but realized that I am not doing music to please people so I'll do what I feel is right and those who want to listen will give me an ear, that's why right now I'm into trap all the way and I'm gaining the momentum I lost and can see a few changes because I now get bookings and even though it’s not so many gigs I get, it's a lot better than nothing at all.

I’d say right now, my music is influenced by Young Thug, Lil Uzi vert, Travis Scott, Cardi B and Playboi Carti though there's a little bit of variety from my music style and theirs because everyone needs to be unique and bring music people aren’t used to.

But funny how I grew up listening to the likes of Lil Wayne, T.I , Chris Brown ,T-Pain ,50 cent, Jah Rule and many other old school team.

2020 I was a nominee at the #Mzansi Arts and Media Awards as the "Best newcomer" and this year I'm nominated as the "Best hip hop artist" Been interviewed at Pheli FM a couple of times, and had my latest song with @Leodaleo & @Blxckie Air played @Metro FM UPCOMING MAG | 19

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Social media handle Facebook Page >>Playbxy Roque Facebook account >>Roque essxnce 2.Instagram @Pwiddy Roque 3.Twitter @Playbxy Roque UPCOMING MAG | 2O

4.All music Platforms @Playbxy Roque

PLAYBXY ROQUE LINKS

TOP SHOOTA FLOW EP is now available on SoundCloud so let's do the most https://soundcloud.com/playbxy-roque-898135111/sets/top-shootaflow?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1 https://soundcloud.com/playbxy-roque-898135111/t-o-x-i-c-wleodaleo-blxckie/s-wLy1ktcvv2u? ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text& utm_campaign=social_sharing https://soundcloud.com/playbxy-roque-898135111/whom-to-fear-wjoy-bringer?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1 https://youtu.be/IWzT90FgxWQ UPCOMING MAG | 21

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Every now and then some people think music is always the easy way out but not for Simphiwe “SIMPHY” Maseko walks, speaks, and eats music. Music is his daily bread. He is a proudly South-African brand and excels on what he calls “Inspirational Kwaito”.

SImPHY, as he is affectionately known to his fans, was born in Gauteng, Orlando East in Soweto 1989.

He is currently marketing his latest Album

“Paradigm Shift” is a laid back

titled “Paradigm Shift” on which he uses

musical journey that is carefully

this platform to express himself completely.

structured

The album is an extension of SImPHY as an

mindset of young black people in

artist and represents a chapter in his life

the

where he shares his love and passion for

Africa. SImPHY says it is easy for

music with his fans.

people to relate with his lyrics

He chose to be different by introducing

because he is actually telling

inspiring and emotional stories to his lyrics

their stories and this is definitely

and says the reason why people can relate

what will set him apart from

to his music is because his music has a

other

sense of truth and he simply tells it like it is.

album features tracks like the

Simphy wants to be different because he

title

feels like everyone is into composing turn-

“KWAITO

up songs and he just wants to cater for a

MUST FALL" and “THANDIWE”

to

change

townships

artists track,

across

out

South-

there.

“HUSTLE

ANTHEM”,

the

The

MONEY”, “NYAOPE

different market.

SIMPHY SImPHY has got so much to offer the

SImPHY practically grew up without a

South-African music industry and has

father and has pretty much learnt to be

done this by offering a wide range of

a man on the streets. He wants to teach

entertainment for his fans by working

other young men out there who are

with

without

a

whole

lot

of

new,

fresh

fathers

that

they

can

be

SImPHY’s Contact

undiscovered talent. He describes his

anything that they want to be, can

music as a “fresh cup of tea” reason being

achieve anything they want, that they

Details

that his music can be enjoyed by fans of

are not their fathers and can be better

different age groups. He also describes

men who are not afraid of responsibility.

Facebook: SIMPHY

himself as a healer because he says he writes words which he truly believes bear the power to heal and also says that his music is easy for his target market to relate to.

He describes his target market as being all the disadvantaged, young positive black people who are thriving for success and a better life. He is very passionate about

youth

dedicated

his

development life

in

and

has

helping

the

development of youth activities to keep them away from negative lifestyles such as alcohol and drug abuse.

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Despite being a young man he is driven by passion to improve the lives of young South-Africans in whichever way he can.

He is one of the founders of Innovating Kasi Organisation (IKO), a non-profit organization that helps young artists learn about the music industry business and later went on to be the chairperson of an NPO called EYM, which simply stands for Engaging Young Minds. The main

primary

objective

of

this

organization is to instill self confidence in young boys, particularly boys who grow up with absent fathers; he is very passionate about this issue as he was exposed to the challenges of being a boy and growing up without a father.

www.simphymaseko@ gmail.com

SIMPHY

VISION • To develop the youth and provide great life opportunities.

• To fight against alcohol and drug abuse amongst the youth.

• Break into the major record label dominated music industry of South-Africa.

• Represent the youth of today through his lyrics.

• To develop artistic talents around disadvantaged communities.

MISSION • To provide quality service that is not expensive and positively adds value to all South-Africans.

• To be the greatest South-African icon that addressed social issues and youth development through his powerful music.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Performing for former president Jacob Zuma at the Social Cohesion Summit 4-5 July 2012.

• Sharing the Stage with the legendary Joe Mafela at the Cancer Shaverthon event at Protea Gardens Mall in 2011.

• Performing at the Mr and Mrs WITS University in 2009.

• Hosted a live band show at Soweto Theatre in 2015.

• Was nominated to join Samic (a federal organization that strives to fight artists battles in the music industry in 2015.

• Hosted an event where he performed for Mr Hlaudi Motsoeneng in 2016.

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TAFADZWA MAKONDO

MY NAME IS TAFADZWA 'ZEPHANIAH' MAKONDO. I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT ARTS SPECIFICALLY ENGLISH LANGUAGE BEING MY MAIN AREA OF FOCUS. I AM A BUDDING AUTHOR, WELL RENOWNED EDITOR. I AM THE MANAGING EDITOR AT MOTIMAGZ. I AM 22 YEARS OLD AND BY PROFESSION L AM A METALLURGIST. TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ME: CONTACT ME ON: +263 774 725 009 FACEBOOK @GOODKID FE INSTAGRAM: MTAFADZWANASHE1 TWITTER: TAFADZWA MAKONDO

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Tlou Clothing Brand Tlou is my name given to me by my father named after his brother. It all started as a name until I made it an empire by transforming it into a brand. What I like is that it fits all the 11 official languages of South Africa, it’s one of the animals in the Big 5 and it’s sacred to most if not all the cultural and traditional tribes and/or clans of South Africa and Africa as a whole.

At first it was just a name T.L.O.U in 2014, two years (2016) down the line I managed to get the abbreviation (The Last Of Us) and a logo (Elephant head front view), a year later after, I designed a second logo (Elephant head side view) which is the one I am currently using. T.L.O.U Clothing Brand is suitable for all age groups and can be worn by anyone and though it’s a clothing brand for the people, it covers both the nature, agriculture and the traditional attires.

It worked in my favor as a Pedi because I managed to abbreviate my name T.L.O.U (Elephant in English) to The Last of Us whereby people define it in many ways, others says it relates to their relationships (as they are the last of their loving kind taking relationships serious), some says it relates to their families (as they are the last of that particular tribe or their surname will vanish into thin air when there is no one to carry it to the next generation) but to me it came an education point of view that in the next coming generations, elephants (tlou) will be extinct so the brand will help the grand-grand- children get a clue of what elephants looked like just like us as we are taught about the dinosaurs.

Since the poaching of Elephants’ horn (Ivory) grew rapidly in the past years and resulted in elephants being the endangered species on earth therefore the name T.L.O.U abbreviated to The Last of Us is basically based on that.

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How is it pronounced in all 11 official languages sound the same depending on the accent of a language, for example-: Pedi, Sotho and Tswana people pronounce it TLOU Venda is Ndou Zulu, Ndebele, Swati and Xhosa is Indlovu Tsonga is Ndlopfu/ Njovu English is Elephant Afrikaans is Olifant

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You can get T.L.O.U Clothing Branded products by placing an order on WhatsApp Business: 071 210 1834 Facebook:Tlou Xlothing Facebook Page: Tlou Clothing Brand Instagram: @tlou_clothing Calls: 079 943 4968/078 242 4252.

It is under a business registered company of T.L.O.U The Last Of Us (PTY) LTD with CICP registration 2021/414081/07.

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TLOU

SOCIAL MEDIA HANLDES 1. FACEBOOK PAGE: TLOU CLOTHING BRAND 2. FACEBOOK ACCOUNT: TLOU XLOTHING 3. INSTAGRAM: TLOU_CLOTHING 4. WHATSAPP: 0712101834 MODELS FACEBOOK: THEKGIE TWENTYFOURFITNESS INSTAGRAM: MOTHEKGI_MATLOU FACEBOOK: JULIAN MONTALIC MASOGA INSTAGRAM: JULIAN MASOGA PHOTOGRAPHER FACEBOOK PAGE: YOUTH IN ACTION PRODUCTIONS UPCOMING MAG | 28

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Miss Glamorous Plus Size Queen 2021 Miss Exquisite Overall Winner 2021 Miss Rol'Model Diepsloot Queen 2021 Miss Endurance Plus Size 2nd Princess

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My name's is Nandi Ndaba. I’m 18 years of age and am currently residing in Johannesburg North at Kya Sands. I started modeling when I was 13/14 years old and I didn't even know that was modeling because they would pick girls in my community to come participate and they get crowned but I wasn't aware that what we are doing is modeling but when I was crowned in 2018 my first ever title as miss Kya Sands, I started to do a proper research on modeling and that's when I started with everything. 2019 was not an easy year for me because I entered numerous Pageant but didn't win most of them but I didn't give up I continued with the journey until this day I have 20+ titles.

I'm your current Miss Glamorous Plus Size Queen 2021, Miss Exquisite Overall Winner 2021, Miss Rol'Model Diepsloot Queen 2021, Miss Endurance Plus Size 2nd Princess etc....

Social Media handles Facebook: Ndaba Nandee Instagram: Nandi_DeModel

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FRANCINA KOTHIBE MOGALADI PERSONAL DETAILS Gender : Female Race : Black Age : 25 years Height : 1, 50m Waist : 24.5cm Languages : Sepedi, Sesotho, Tshivenda, Setswana & English Eye Colour : Brown Hair Colour : Black Nationality : South African Province : Gauteng City : Ekurhuleni Area : Kempton Park Email : fkothibe@gmail.com

Skills • Good actress • Good presenting skills • Open-minded and ready to learn and explore • Hard working and ambitious • She is a good singer

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MODEL|ACTRESS|SINGER|PRESENTER

FRANCINA KOTHIBE MOGALADI Professional Summary Francina

was

born

in

Limpopo

Lebowakgomo and she was raised in Johannesburg in Kempton Park. Her main passion is in acting and also presenting. She is a very open-minded person,

energetic,

ambitions,

fast

learner, good listener, and also a people`s person who believes in team work & is always willing to learn new things, as she always give all in everything she does.

Social Media Handles

Facebook: Francina Mogaladi Twitter:ncina@coll1..

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ITUMELENG MATLOLANE Itumeleng Matlolane is not just a basic girl, she is a go getter, she is smart, she is a taker, whenever she wants something she takes it and runs with it, she is fierce, she is a lioness and she is resilient because she doesn't give in the pressures of this life, most of all she is very ambitious, dedicated and focused.

She knows what she wants; well Itumeleng is really a rare dime (limited edition honey) and very welcoming

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3. How did the covid-19 pandemic affect your career?

Covid-19 really hit home because it was hard for me to get gigs, but I used that time to perfect my craft 4. Who inspires you and why?

Connie Ferguson, Nomzamo Mbatha, Bonang Mathebaand Boity Thulo because they are takers , very ambitious, dedicated , they are smart women, intelligent emotionallyand they know what they want in life, they really inspire me I don’t want to lie.

5. What do you want to achieve this year?

I want to get a big role in one of the soapies and I know I will, I want to shoot my own film and oh my God I want to see my little business going big.

6. In your own words what makes a successful model?

Confidence, hard work and dedication, if you are passionate about modeling you are most definitely going to be a successful one.

7. Confidence is everything in modeling, how did you acquire yours?

Being in love with my perfect imperfections and feeling good in my own skin. Most importantly loving myself and being unapologetically proud of my body.

8. As a model can you please tell us 2 things that Upcoming models should not do in order to have successfully careers?

They should have focus, self-discipline, respect themselves and they should be hard workers as things don’t happen overnight, have professional pictures all the time, get agents and most important love their perfect imperfections 9. What are your hobbies?

Reading novels, cooking and playing with my parrot…

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2. Who have you worked with?

I've worked with Uniboys as an MC and actress, interviewed Vusinator, worked with Bamy Cruise as a video vixen worked with Krazy as an actress and video vixen, worked with Infinite Evolution as a model, background artist at Isono, The River and the station got featured at Ufelani , worked with Biko King as a video vixen and worked with Day Schwartz as an actress

10. WHERE CAN PEOPLE FOLLOW YOU? IG: ITUMELENGNESMEE FACEBOOK: ITUMELENGNESMEE MATLOLANE

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KHOMBISILE SIYAYA My name is Khombisile Siyaya and I live in Johannesburg, I do acting and modelling.

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Monate: Who have you worked with?

Khombi: I have worked with Smokehouse casting agency and I have featured on Muvhango as nurse with the Sbu agency and since then I have been working as an extra in many soapies, for example, Generations: The Legacy and Skeem Saam.

Monate: Who is your role model and why?

Khombi: Leleti Khumalo, because she has got raw talent and she came from performing in theatres, she is the best.

Monate: What do you do during your spare time?

Khombi: I go out for a jog and I also like dancing.

Monate: What is it that people do not know about you, that you would like for them to know?

Khombi: I appear to look like somebody who is forward, but really, I am very shy.

Monate: What advice would you give a young lady who is interested in doing acting and/or modelling?

Khombi: The entertainment industry is very cruel, be very careful and you must know what you want.

You can fall, just like that, so have something to back it up with, do not stick to it alone.

Monate: What would you like to achieve for this year?

Khombi: Just to get a permanent gig, because being an extra is stressful and straining, for example, the wardrobe, transport costs, the agencies do not pay on time, and I often have to wait three to four months to receive my payment.

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Monate: Between acting and modelling, which one do you like the most and why?

Khombi: It is very difficult to choose between the two, but I go with acting.

10. WHERE CAN PEOPLE FOLLOW YOU? FACEBOOK: KHOMBI SIYAYA INSTAGRAM: @KHOMBS75

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BOITUMELO MABELE Hi, my name is Boitumelo Mabele, from Evaton in the Vaal Triangle, I am 22 years old and I am currently a Marketing intern. So basically, I am a poetess, I am

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aspiring

actress,

I

am

an

activist,

an

advocate

for

gender

based

violence, and also, I am a plus-sized model. So from my childhood, I have always wanted to be a model and actress,but because I was a victim of bullying back in primary school mostly because of my weight, which led to me becoming introverted. I felt like the world was shutting me out on a lot of things. I believed that society did not accept us as people, as women who are supposed to be in the industry.

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TO SEE THE REST OF OUR INTERVIEW AND WATCH BOITUMELO SHARE A VERY TOUCHING POEM WITH US, OPEN THE LINK BELOW.

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I thought that only slimmer ladies could become models, until I watched a movie called PHAT GIRLS, starring Monique… this gave me that sense of confidence and comfort that I was not the only plussized person in the world. You can be whoever and whatever you want to be, as long as you love yourself and accept yourself for who you are. So after watching that movie, I went outside and looked at my shadow in the night, and I saw this beautiful big person and thought to myself “Is this really me?” I looked damn beautiful. I asked myself how could I have deprived myself off so many opportunities, happiness, making friends by thinking that I am not worthy an not good enough.

Since then, I stopped listening to what people had to say about me, I am going to love myself, I am going to do poetry and tell people to allow themselves to be who they are. After all of that, I began to be more interested in modeling, especially considering that my cousin is a model,

WHERE CAN PEOPLE FOLLOW YOU? FB: BOITUMELO MABELE IG : BOITUMELO_MABELE1 TL: BOITUMELO_MABELE

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JULY COVER MODEL WINNER Please checkout her youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX-c2yE8bIyy3P70ao1hFcQ

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MEKHINAH Hey Guys my names is Mekhinah, I am 18 and I am from Johannesburg.

I am a YouTuber, content creator and social media influencer.

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Monate: What is the name of your YouTube channel and what is it about?

Mekhinah: My channels name is Mekhinah, it is about “Me” the brand and it is basically about documenting my life, lifestyle, blogs, educational videos, the content is very broad.

Monate: What do you do during your spare time?

Mekhinah: During my spare time I am either creating content, like taking videos for YouTube or editing videos that I just shot or if I have time and I feel like being outdoors I go rowing.

Monate: As a YouTuber, what advice would you give to someone who wants to start their own YouTube channel?

Mekhinah: I would say just do it, do not over think it, It took me two weeks after recording to Just upload the video.

Don’t think about it, do it and do something you like, which is really like your passion, don’t do it for the money because you won’t get anywhere. My sure that it is something you enjoy and the content you put out there is stuff that you like and you doing it for yourself and not for other people.

Monate: Who have you worked with?

Mekhinah: I have collaborated with other YouTubers on different videos and then on the side my little side hustle, I have an online store selling these cute little babies and that’s just about it, like modelling is a bit of a hobby for me, I have not really taken it Seriously like Let me do pageants.

With school and everything that I do it is already difficult to balance; now I just have my channel and online store.

Monate: What would you like people to know about you?

Mekhinah: I just want people to stop sleeping on me, like the girls is talented, she is a hard worker, she is an entrepreneur and you should just watch this space because Mekhi is coming.

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Monate: How was your experience shooting with us today?

Mekhinah: My experience was pretty cool, like at first it was a bit intimidating, I was a bit shy but then I actually got into it I became comfortable, I am a star, obviously you know, shining and the photographer is very nice so that made me more comfortable.

WHERE CAN PEOPLE FOLLOW YOU? FACEBOOK: MEKHINAH MMULE FB PAGE: OFFICIAL_ MEKHINAH INSTAGRAM: @MEKHIN.AH YOUTUBE: MEKHINAH

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UPCOMING MAG THE EXPOSURE YOU DESERVE

TOP 5 SEXIEST WOMEN OF SOUTH AFRICA 2021 UPCOMING MAG | 71

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#5 GAIL MABALANE GAIL NKOANE MABALANE

BORN GAIL TSHOLOFELO NKOANE 27 DECEMBER 1984 (AGE 36) KIMBERLEY, NORTHERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA OCCUPATION ACTRESS, MODEL, ENTREPRENEUR, PHILANTHROPIST, SINGER, SOCIALITE YEARS ACTIVE

2010 – PRESENT

NOTABLE WORK THE ROAD (2015) THE WILD (2011 - 2013) THE IMPOSTER (2018) SPOUSE(S) KABELO MABALANE (M. 2013) CHILDREN 2 MUSICAL CAREER INSTRUMENTS VOCALS YEARS ACTIVE 2010 – PRESENT ASSOCIATED ACTS KABELO MABALANE PICTURE SOURCE: @GAILMABALANE INFO SOURCE: HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/

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#4 GUGU MBATHARAW

BORN GUGULETHU SOPHIA MBATHA-RAW 21 APRIL 1983 (AGE 38) OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND ALMA MATER ROYAL ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ART OCCUPATION

ACTRESS

YEAR’S ACTIVE PRESENT

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PICTURE SOURCE: @GUGUMRAW INFO SOURCE: HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/

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#3 BOITY

BOITY THULO BORN BOITUMELO THULO APRIL 28, 1990 (AGE 31) POTCHEFSTROOM, NORTH WEST, SOUTH AFRICA EDUCATION MONASH UNIVERSITY OCCUPATION TELEVISION PERSONALITY, ACTRESS, RAPPER, MODEL, ENTREPRENEUR YEARS ACTIVE TELEVISION PERSONALITY: 2011–PRESENT RAPPER: 2017–PRESENT MUSICAL CAREER GENRES: HIP HOP, INSTRUMENTS, VOCALS LABELS: DEF JAM RECORDS ASSOCIATED ACTS • NASTY C • RICKY RICK • COSTA TITCH • YANGA CHIEF PICTURE SOURCE: @BOITY INFO SOURCE: HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/

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#2 BONANG MATHEBA

BONANG MATHEBA BORN 25 JUNE 1987 (AGE 33) MAHIKENG, NORTH WEST, SOUTH AFRICA NATIONALITY SOUTH AFRICAN OTHER NAMES YOUR GIRL B CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL ALMA MATER JOHANNESBURG

QUEEN B SOUTH AFRICAN FOURWAYS UNIVERSITY OF

OCCUPATION TELEVISION PRESENTER, RADIO PERSONALITY, AUTHOR, PRODUCER, ACTRESS, MODEL, BUSINESSWOMAN YEARS ACTIVE 2002–PRESENT PARENTS GAMPI MATHEBA (FATHER) CHARLOTTE MOKOENA (MOTHER) WEBSITE BONANGMATHEBA.COM

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#1 LERATO KGANYAGO

Born and bred in Soweto, Lerato officially began her journey to stardom in 2002 when she was crowned Miss Jam Alley and later Miss Soweto in 2005.

Lerato made her mark when she became the face of Soweto TV, and began hosting her own talk show, The LKG Show on the channel. Her show allowed her to show her aptitude for interviewing especially when interviewing the likes of DJ Sbu, JubJub during his trial and Julius Malema. After embarking on some other TV work, she returned to TV presenting after being chosen as the face of the popular lifestyle entertainment show – The Link on SABC1. She gained more popularity when she hosted the Fifa Soccer World Cup for the SABC.

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#1 LERATO KGANYAGO LERATO IS DETERMINED TO USE HER SUCCESS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND HAS ALIGNED HERSELF WITH VARIOUS CSI PROJECTS. WITH HER INFECTIOUS PERSONALITY, PASSION AND TALENT- LERATO HAS BEEN PROVING HERSELF TO BE A DRIVING FORCE IN THE INDUSTRY WITH AN INCREDIBLY BRIGHT FUTURE. CONTACTS: TWITTER: @LERATOKGANYAGO INSTAGRAM: @LERATOKGANYAGO

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