Weza Solange: August 2012

Monday, August 27, 2012

SOUL MAGAZINE (cover)

I was asked to grace the Cover of Soul Mag with Dumisani Mbebe, my co - star on Inkaba. I felt really blessed to do this Cover especially when I was told that I'm the first non South African to be on the cover of Soul Mag. I remember the day this cover was shot because I was as sick as a dog. I had a really bad flu, high fever, i couldn't stop coughing and sneezing. Let me just say it wasn't my best day. Thank God I had an amazing team with me. I want to thank them for having been so sweet and caring for me, especially Dumisani. I couldn't have shared this cover with a better person. As for the article... you will have to buy the magazine and tell me what you think! :-)

Weza and Dumisani Mbebe (Co-star on Inkaba)

(Sneak peak inside Soul Mag)

Zazi,Zithande, Zithembe

When my good friend Thandy Matlaila from Aptitude PR asked me if I could model for the Zazi,Zithande,Zithembe launch, I immediately said yes. By now you should know that i always try to be a part of anything that has to do with the empowerment of women. It was a beautiful event, hosted at the Balalaika Hotel. I really have to congratulate The founders of "ZZZ''- Salamina Mosese and Lusanda Mbane for such a beautiful initiative. The theme of the event was "Champagne and Diamonds", and everything was on point, from the Motivational speakers (Timothy Maurice Webster, Faith Mangope and Jolene Martin) to the renowned designers Designers( Rubicon, Reggie Stone and Thula Sindi) to the entertainment by Ayanda, Vicus Music and Boichoko Qwabe . I got to meet a lot of great ladies, who also donated their time for this beautiful event and of course had a blast modelling in all those beautiful designs.

Hair

Trudy,Weza,Nizreen,Dambisa,Helen and Nonhle (models at the ZZZ launch)

Weza and Nizreen Samodien (Musician)

For more pictures , please go to the EVENTS page...

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Divas Inc Online- Weza Solange Uncovered

Weza Solange Uncovered

I was approached by Divas Inc Online to do a cover with them and knowing their online magazine so well I said YES! I love all that they stand for. Divas Inc is an online magazine targeting the young African woman. I'm amazed by how fast this online mag is growing. I've never shared so much in an interview like I did on this one, hence the title "Weza Solange uncovered". I remember Jo ( the Co - founder and Editor of Divas Inc) having a little tape recorder and us just having a loooong conversation. Those who know me well, know that I CAN TALK, for dayzzzzz, hahah. So I just went on and on. The one thing about me is that my mind is always racing, and I'm always thinking 10 things at once. So while talking I'd jump from one topic to the other and poor Jo had to keep up with that, Lol.

You will see on the interview that she just decided to write all I said, which is great because you get the best of me. Otherwise editing that would be a nightmare.I'm sure that if there was ever anything you needed to know about me, you will find all the answers in this interview!

Can you tell me a little bit about your childhood and life for Weza growing up?

I won't say I had a normal up bringing. It was pretty rough in some respects. I was born in Portugal which is something a lot of people don't know. The medical hospitals in Angola were just horrible and my Mom had twins 1st before she had me. Sadly they died at birth because she has high blood pressure and they couldn't take care of her whilst she was pregnant. The doctors advised that every child should be born outside the country. We are a Portuguese speaking family and so Portugal was a natural choice for us. Growing up , my Dad was the Commander of Police in Angola and this was during the time of war , literally . During the time where houses were being bombed and exploding on a daily basis and you couldn't walk down the street safely so what he decided to do was to send his family to live in Portugal because he felt we'd be safer there.

Read full article

By: Josephine Kanengoni

Diva Inc Turns 1

Diva Inc Turns 1 celebration

DivasIncOnline magazine turned 1 on the 10th of August 2012 and to celebrate this they threw a party at Envy Lounge in Sandton. It was nice getting to meet other celebs who had also graced their covers . It is always a pleasure to see so many industry faces there ,ready to support their success.

I had a blast and I wish them many more years and may their wish of going to print be fulfilled soon!

Pearl Thusi is the new cover of Diva Inc

Pearl Thusi

Nompilo Gwala

Nompilo Gwala and Weza

Nompilo Gwala, Richard and Weza

Weza and Lebo Mashile

Weza and Dineo Moeketsi

Weza and Pearl Thusi

Mpho Maboi and Weza

Diva Inc turns 1 : Read full article

African International Hair Extravaganza

African International Hair Extravaganza (AIHE)

The day finally arrived for the AIHE, after many months of planning and media hype it was time to give the crowd 2 days of Hair innovation, and indeed they did!

There was sooooo much going on at the Expo, from different stands selling hair and hair products, to people having their hair and makeup done, to kiddies hair show, to battles of the hairstylists, the list is endless!! On Sunday the expo was ended with Celebs such as Uyanda Mbuli and the Ambassadors giving out Hair Awards.... Since no words can describe just how amazing everything looked, check out pics :-)

Zizo Beda

Amstel

Kiddies Show

Hair competition

Battle of the hairstyles

Nonhle Thema and Long Lasting stand

Drum hair magazine stand

Dressed by Gert Johan Coetzee

(All made with hair)

Weza and Fatima

Weza, Petita and Kendra (AIHE Ambassadors)

Weza and Eda Rose (AIHE Ambassador)

Weza and the Hair Show models

Weza and Vimbai (Big Brother 6 Contestant and Star Gist presenter)

Weza and Trevor Gumbi

Make-up

On stage giving out awards

Weza and Petita

You Spectacular

You Spectacular Event

I went to the You Spectacular this year and as usual I was late. This time around it wasn't my fault, my good friend and Model Noxy Zinyama got us SO lost! It took us 2 hours to get to Monte Casino can u believe it?
Finally we arrived there and the Red Carpet was closed, worse still the show was about to start! We got there just in time. I don't mind missing the Red carpet but the actual Show is the most important part of this event .It was Amazing!!!The event was well put together, I was very impressed!!!

I can't wait to see Inkaba in next year's Nominations, it's beautiful to see people being recognized for their hard work and talent. Anyways I managed to take a few pics just to show you what we were wearing!

Lovely event indeed.