Hello Weekend , 01 June 2024. The latest edition of News24's weekly digital weekend magazine is stuffed full of interviews, reviews, excerpts, and in-depth stories. Enjoy the read.
'I wanted to be Spiderman': Miss SA Mia le Roux chats about her past, passions and purpose By Constance Gaanakgomo Mia Le Roux made history on 10 August by becoming the first hearing-impaired woman to win the Miss SA pageant. But she wasn't always the girl who walked ramps and wore stilettos. She tells News24's Constance Gaanakgomo that she was a tomboy in primary school.
Although she started wearing her mom's shoes, all dolled up with her dresses, that quickly changed as she got older. "When I was in primary school, I was such a tomboy. I wanted to be Spiderman.
I wore my brother's Spiderman suit all the time." From small talk to big impact: Inside Nirvana Nokwe’s inaugural Connect Supper Club event By Kaunda Selisho In a world increasingly connected yet paradoxically distant, finding authentic connections can feel like a challenge. Enter the Connect Supper Club—a concept designed by actor and musician Nirvana Nokwe that promises to bridge that gap.
The inaugural event in this series, co-hosted by Stella Artois, took place earlier this month at the trendy Mamasamba restaurant in Rosebank, Johannesburg, and was nothing short of remarkable. Lindokuhle Sobekwa's lens: From Magnum Photos to Johannesburg Art Gallery's latest exhibition By Joel Ontong South African photographer Lindokuhle Sobekwa us.