Brenda Fassie: The MambaOnline Interview
In the year before her death, South African music superstar and queer icon Brenda Fassie spoke to MambaOnline about her lesbian relationship and idenity.
Dion Chang
There’s an exciting buzz inside SA Fashion Week’s sun-drenched offices, with phones ringing and people leafing through photographs of models and fashion show programmes. I ask what the minimalist white offices are used for the rest of the year when it’s not fashion week, and I’m told that it pretty much takes the other fifty-one […]
ENERGY FOR LIVING – An interview with Judge Edwin Cameron
I walk with Judge Cameron through his Johannesburg home as we make our way out to the spacious garden. I spot a pile of classical CDs as we pass through and ask whether there’s any Madonna on the pile. “Not here,” he laughs.
Mind the Soap
Country boy Braam left the family farm in Okahandja for the bright lights of Johannesburg. The Engineering student and part-time bartender turned many a female head, but Braam came out soon after his arrival in the big city. Enter Krynauw, a young single Johannesburg guy. The two hit it off and sparked a relationship. One […]
Annie Goes Bare
Annie Lennox has become a diva of note, both through the perpetual re-invention of herself and the timeless emotional resonance of her songs. Now Annie is back with a new album called Bare, which, judging by the intensely personal nature of the songs and their lyrics, refers as much to the candid baring of her […]
50 Tips to Look Your Best
Grooming has become essential for the modern man. Mambaonline brings you 50 essential tips to looking hotter and healthier.