Nickname: Maya
Occupation: Singer and rapper
Age: 23
Nationality: Zambian
Birth place: University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
Parents: Sam, a ZAF employee and Lillian Chalwe, a fashion designer,
Did you know?

• Maya is a law student at the National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA).
  
• Maya’s music career can be traced way back at school when she used to sing in a school choir
  
• Her musical inspirations include local musician Lily T and American-based singers Beyonce, Rihanna, Kelly Hilson, Whitney and Nick Minaj
  
• She has set-up a youth organisation called ‘Xample Yama Diva’ (XYD), aimed at promoting girl-child education in the country.
  
• She likes clubbing, reading books as well as drawing.
  
• Maya urges teens to concentrate on school. For her education is the first priority in life. “Stay in school, concentrate on education because you can use your talent it will always be there for you. You really need to be committed to school and choose the right friends. Boyfriends can come later in life when you are able to handle certain issues,” urges Maya.

 

Birth date: 18 July 1918
Place of Birth: Mvezo, Umtata, Eastern Cape
Full name: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Nick names: Madiba
Height: 6’1 = 1.93M
Favourite food: amarhewu – a fermented corn drink.
Interesting facts:

• Nelson Mandela is a qualified lawyer.
  
• He was the first South African president of a democratic South Africa (1994-1999)
  
• Before serving 27 years in prison, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC).
  
• In 1952 Mandela and Oliver Tambo opened the first black law firm in South Africa.
  
• Released from prison on 11 February 1990.
  
• He has received more than 250 awards over four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.
  
• His birthday 18 July has been named Mandela Day in his honour.
  
• The name Nelson was given to him on his first day of primary school
  
• Rolihlahla means “tree-shaker” but is also Xhosa slang for “troublemaker.”

 

Birth date: 4 September 1981
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA
Full Name: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles
Parents: Matthew & Tina Knowles
Siblings: Solange Knowles
Favorite Flower: Bird of Paradise
Favorite Ice Cream: Butter Pecan
Pets: Master P (cat)
Height: 5’7 = 1.7M
Relationship status: Married to Jay-Z (musician; born on December 4, 1969)
Did you know? Beyoncé is allergic to perfume.

 

Birth date: 20 February 1988
Place of Birth: Saint Michael, Barbados
Full name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Nick name: RiRi
Biggest pet peeve: When people are dishonest
Worst Foods: Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Indian food and she hates vegetable.
Did you know? If “RiRi” weren’t a singer she’d go into psychology

 

Birth date: 24 July 197
Place of Birth: South Bronx, NY
Nick names: ‘’La Guitarra’’ (guitar shaped body),
J. Lo”, “La Lopez”, and “Jenny”
Height: 5’6’’ = 1.65M
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Father: David Lopez - A computer operator
Mother: Guadalupe Lopez (School Teacher)
Sisters: Lynda & Leslie
Spouse: Marc Anthony (5 June 2004 -
present) 2 children
Clothing line: J Lo
Perfume line: Glow

 

Birth date: 4 August 1961
Place of birth: Honolulu, Hawaii
Did you know?

• He doesn’t like ice-cream.
  
• He loves playing Scrabble.
  
• He is bi-racial. He was born to a Kenyan father and a white American mother.
  
• He experimented with drugs. Back in his early years he tried marijuana and cocaine. He has said he is not proud of it and considers it the mistake of a young man.
  
• He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii but went to live in Indonesia with his mum when his parents divorced. There he was introduced to dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper.
  
• Every night when he is at home he reads the Harry Potter books to his oldest daughter Malia.

 

Place of birth: Soweto
Did you know?

• Sophie is a South African actress best known for her role as Queen Moroka in Generations.
  
• She attended high school in Zimbabwe, before becoming a model.
  
• She made her television debut with the series Class of ‘92.
  
• She does voiceovers for cartoon characters in television commercials

Birth date: 4 December 1973
Place of Birth: Inglewood, California.
Full name: Tyra Lynne Banks
Siblings: Brother, Devin
Height: 5’11 = 1.8M
Shoe size: 9
Best friend: Her mom, Carolyn London
Did you know?

• She put the following restrictions on her modeling work - No Frontal Nudity - No Birds - No Cats - No Fish - No Cigarettes - No Alcohol.
  
• She’s allergic to dogs.
  
• Tyra doesn’t drink alcohol.
  
• She’s the Godmother of Kimora Lee’s and Russell Simmons’s daughter Ming Lee.
  
• Wore braces for two and a half years to straighten her teeth.
  
• Served as maid of honor at the wedding of best friend Kimora Lee to Russell Simmons.
  
• When she was young, Tyra considered herself a “sick-looking beanpole”.

 

Nickname: Menzi ‘Ngubs’ Ngubane
Height: 1,72m
Did you know?

• He is a South African actor best known for his role as Sibusiso Dlomo, or Ngamla, in Generations.
  
• In 1987, Menzi first showcased his talent to South Africa in Kwa Khala Nyonini 1.
  
• Menzi’s television career includes the role of Jerome on the TV series Gaz’lam.
  
• He was voted Most Stylish Actor in a drama for Gaz’lam, for which he received an Elle/Sunday Times Magazine Award.
  
• In 2008 he won the Star of Mzansi award and the R1-million prize.

 

Birth date: 30 March 1970
Place of birth: Kwa Mashu Township in the North of Durban
Did you know?

• She was initiated into a youth backyard dance group called Amajika mentored by Tu Nokwe.
  
• Ngema wrote the lead character of the hit musical Sarafina for her.
  
• In 1991, she starred in Darrell James Roodt’s film version of Sarafina with Whoopi Goldberg. The film was distributed worldwide, and became the biggest film production to be released in the African continent.

 

Birth date: July 10
Place of Birth: Maun, Botswana
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5’8.5”:174cm
Shoe Size: 8
Did you know?

• Kaone was named the Nokia Face of Africa 2005 on her 19th birthday. Her very skinny build caused an outcry and started a heated debate about African beauty.
  
• Her parents are teachers
  
• Before the Face Of Africa competition, Kaone seriously considered going into medicine and even registered at the University of Botswana.
  
• She likes reading, doing housework, watching television, and listening to music.
  

 

Date of Birth: 1999 (1st show)
Address: 1 Pineapple
Under the sea
Bikini Bottom
Occupation: Frycook at the Krusty Krab
Daddy: Stephen Hillenburg
Best Friend: Patrick
Friend: Sandy Cheeks
Co-worker & Neighbour: Squidward
Boss: Mr. Krabs
Did you know?

• SpongeBob was originally named SpongeBoy. However, that name was already trademarked, so he became SpongeBob.
  
• According to SpongeBob’s driver’s license, he was born July 14, 1986,but he was already living on his own — and trying to get a job at the Krusty Krab — when the SpongeBob show debuted in 1999. That would make him a 13 year old looking for a job and living on his own.
  
• He loves to go jelly fishing and blow bubbles with Patrick.

 

Birth date: 14 March 1977
Birth place: Fish Hoek, Cape Town
First Language: English
Wife: Sonia Bonneventia Booth (previous model and ex-Miss SA finalist)
Kids: Nathan (5) and Neo (18 months)
Height: 1.98m
Soccer club: Mamelodi Sundowns
Position: Defender
Interesting Facts: Matthew can speak 80% Russian and understand it 100% because of the time he stayed there and played soccer.

 

Birth date: 29 January 1954
Pace of Birth: Kosciusko, Mississippi
Full name: Oprah Gail Winfrey
Name on Birth Certificate: Orpah (from the Bible) but later became Oprah due to miss pronunciation.
Worst fear: Chewing gum. You will never see Oprah chewing gum, EVER. Since childhood she’s had a gum chewing phobia.
Did you know?

• Oprah was a teenage mother. When Oprah Winfrey lived with her mother in Milwaukee, she often tried to run away from home where she was sexually abused by male relatives and family acquaintances. She fell pregnant when she was fourteen and gave birth to a premature baby boy. The baby died two weeks later.
  
• Oprah is the only African-American billionaire in the world!

 

Birth date: 7 August 1975
Birth place: Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa
Height: 5’ 11”
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
First language: Afrikaans
Did you know?

• Charlize gained 15kg just to play the role of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a former prostitute who was executed in the 2002 film Monster.
  
• She won a Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Monster.
  
• At the age of 15, Charlize Theron witnessed the death of her father, reportedly an abusive alcoholic; her mother shot him in self-defence when he attacked her. The police pressed no charges against her.
  
• She enjoys acting, card games, dancing, fashion, listening to music, motorcycles, reading and shopping.