SA Interviews

Interview with celebrity make-up artist Lana G

April 12, 2012 By Jenni Baxter

Johannesburg-born make-up artist Lana G has become one of South Africa’s hottest exports in the make-up field with a list of bumper-to-bumper celebrity clients in the USA. As a child and teenager in Johannesburg, Lana modelled for Killarney Film Studios, until 1971 when she moved, at the age of 19, to New York City to [...]

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Talking to SA Teen Photographer Bernard Pieterse

April 3, 2012 By Jenni Baxter

South African teenager Bernard Pieterse (16), who recently won a top prize in the Sony World Photography Awards, found some time – in between his school studies – to talk to SA-People about his photography, his passions and the photo ‘Sossusvlei’ which won him first prize in the youth Environment category. (See the photo below.) [...]

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Interview with Josie Field

December 13, 2011 By SA-People Contributor

Singer songwriter Josie Field has just launched her third album 1984; she’s opened for James Blunt at the Dome in Jo’burg, Ziggy Marley in Soweto..and played for Madiba on his birthday. She was born 27 years ago at the Jo’burg Gen; lives in Melville, South Africa; and is organizing a fantastic blues/folk concert — The Drake [...]

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Jo Maxwell talks about her unique Waterproof Sleeping Bags

November 17, 2011 By SA-People Contributor

Capetonian Jo Maxwell – also known as ‘The Queen’ by those close to her – talks to SA-People about her brilliantly unique sleeping bag invention…which tends to put a smile on everyone’s face. Jo invented The Good Night and God Bless Waterproof sleeping bags back in 2005 as a temporary emergency measure for night shelters, [...]

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Odette Warder

November 9, 2011 By SA-People Contributor

Sandton-born Odette Warder is a model turned actress who’s currently carving an acting and film production career for herself in the USA. Odette grew up in Margate on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, but emigrated to New Zealand with her husband in 2007 before relocating to Manhattan, New York in order to pursue her dream [...]

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Interview with bass baritone Vuyani Mlinde

June 27, 2011 By SA-People

Brilliant South African bass baritone Vuyani Mlinde answers questions about his amazing voice, a family photograph and the importance of remembering your heritage. Vuyani will be appearing in London tomorrow night (Tuesday 28th June) at the Rosenblatt Recitals, London’s only world-class concert season of opera and song… 1. Your career started a few years ago [...]

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Interview with the PoemCatcher Andrew Newman

April 26, 2011 By SA-People Contributor

Andrew Newman is a South African (well, Afro-Celtic now) healer and PoemCatcher. He has a geography degree in army avoidance (!) from the early ’90s and has just published ‘Royal Wedding Poems’, an anthology of donated poems inspired by Prince William and Kate Middleton. After working in the family jewellery business for many years, Andrew [...]

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SAReunited co-founder Amanda Tsinonis

September 1, 2010 By SA-People Contributor

Amanda Tsinonis co-founded SAReunited seven years ago. Within weeks it became South Africa’s largest social-networking site. She talks to us about nuns, plump purple figs and how to pick your battles. Read more…

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European Champ (from SA) Lisa Roberts (now WORLD champ!)

August 4, 2010 By SA-People

South African expat and triathlete Lisa Roberts recently won the European Championships for her age group (running under the British banner). Lisa and her husband, former South African TV presenter Jason Roberts, live in the Alps where they own a ski chalet (Chalet Shiraz), run a transfer business, take care of their two children and [...]

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Interview with the famous ‘whale breaching on boat’ couple

August 3, 2010 By SA-People

Eish! Whale approaching...while Ralph stands at the hull.

Capetonians Ralph Mothes and Paloma Werner made international headlines a couple of weeks ago when a breaching Southern Wright whale crashed onto their 32-foot yacht Intrepid during a balmy Sunday afternoon sail. The ensuing publicity and controversy shook their world. Here Ralph and Paloma talk exclusively to SA-People about their whirlwind experience with a whale [...]

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