SOWETANLIVEREGISTERSIGN INNEWSCORONAVIRUSSPORTENTERTAINMENT The government’s decision to forge ahead with the fifth municipal elections later this year during a global pandemic was a reckless one which would culminate in an avalanche NEWS - SOWETANLIVESOUTH AFRICAWORLD The ‘ghost vending’ syndicates generate income of between R150,000 and R250,000 a day from the illicit sale of electricity, say police NIGERIAN PASTOR TB JOSHUA DIES, AGED 57 TB Joshua Ministries said on Sunday the Nigerian evangelist has died at the age of 57, a week before his birthday. The Lagos-based Joshua,

born June 12,

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Limpopo mother was 'praying as child lay dying'. The 11-month-old baby who was beaten to death, allegedly by his mother, was found unconscious while his mom was busy praying. South Africa. HORRIFIC CRASH ON DURBAN FREEWAY LEAVES TWO DEAD AND THREE Police were forced to close part of Durban's N2 freeway on Friday following a horrific crash involving seven vehicles which left two people dead and three seriously injured. DRIVER SLAPPED IN BENTLEY: ‘NOT OUR OFFICER,’ SAY GAUTENG The Gauteng traffic department (GTD) has distanced itself from a viral video in which a “traffic officer” was filmed assaulting a motorist in a Bentley. Department spokesperson Sello Maremane 'GUPTA ASSOCIATE' AND THREE FORMER FREE STATE AGRICULTURE A “Gupta associate” and three former Free State agriculture heads are expected to appear in the Bloemfontein magistrate's court on Thursday. The NPA confirmed that the trio were arrested on SAMWU REVISES WAGE DEAL DEMANDS The SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu), the biggest local government union representing about 160,000 workers, has revised its wage demands

as it

NEW RESEARCH SHOWS HOW COVID-19 AFFECTED UNIVERSITY According to the “Feenix Insights and Learning 2020” report, the three biggest challenges faced by university students in 2020 due to Covid-19 was a lack of access to resources as a result of IPHC LEADER’S ESTRANGED WIFE OPENS SECOND FRAUD CASE Magalane Benedicta Sandlana, the estranged wife of IPHC's leader Michael Sandlana, has opened a second fraud case with police after she

found out

SOWETANLIVEREGISTERSIGN INNEWSCORONAVIRUSSPORTENTERTAINMENT The government’s decision to forge ahead with the fifth municipal elections later this year during a global pandemic was a reckless one which would culminate in an avalanche NEWS - SOWETANLIVESOUTH AFRICAWORLD The ‘ghost vending’ syndicates generate income of between R150,000 and R250,000 a day from the illicit sale of electricity, say police NIGERIAN PASTOR TB JOSHUA DIES, AGED 57 TB Joshua Ministries said on Sunday the Nigerian evangelist has died at the age of 57, a week before his birthday. The Lagos-based Joshua,

born June 12,

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Limpopo mother was 'praying as child lay dying'. The 11-month-old baby who was beaten to death, allegedly by his mother, was found unconscious while his mom was busy praying. South Africa. HORRIFIC CRASH ON DURBAN FREEWAY LEAVES TWO DEAD AND THREE Police were forced to close part of Durban's N2 freeway on Friday following a horrific crash involving seven vehicles which left two people dead and three seriously injured. DRIVER SLAPPED IN BENTLEY: ‘NOT OUR OFFICER,’ SAY GAUTENG The Gauteng traffic department (GTD) has distanced itself from a viral video in which a “traffic officer” was filmed assaulting a motorist in a Bentley. Department spokesperson Sello Maremane 'GUPTA ASSOCIATE' AND THREE FORMER FREE STATE AGRICULTURE A “Gupta associate” and three former Free State agriculture heads are expected to appear in the Bloemfontein magistrate's court on Thursday. The NPA confirmed that the trio were arrested on SAMWU REVISES WAGE DEAL DEMANDS The SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu), the biggest local government union representing about 160,000 workers, has revised its wage demands

as it

NEW RESEARCH SHOWS HOW COVID-19 AFFECTED UNIVERSITY According to the “Feenix Insights and Learning 2020” report, the three biggest challenges faced by university students in 2020 due to Covid-19 was a lack of access to resources as a result of IPHC LEADER’S ESTRANGED WIFE OPENS SECOND FRAUD CASE Magalane Benedicta Sandlana, the estranged wife of IPHC's leader Michael Sandlana, has opened a second fraud case with police after she

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PEARL THUSI PUTS HER HEART INTO QUEEN SONO By Emmanuel Tjiya - 28 February 2020 - 09:32

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Pearl Thusi sparkles in 'Queen Sono'. Everyone at an exquisite Johannesburg hotel is making a huge fuss over

Pearl Thusi.

Who can blame them? Mama Panther, as she is fondly known to her fans, is about to make Netflix history with Queen Sono. She leads the streaming service's first African original series and it debuts today in 190 countries. The four-star hotel's luxury suites have been booked to conduct interviews. There are bodyguards escorting the supporting cast that includes Vuyo Dabula, Khathu Ramabulana, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa and

Chiedza Mhende.

After a 30-minute delay in our interview, I'm finally greeted by

Thusi.

She is Queen Sono, sporting a septum ring, sheer blouse and palazzo

pants.

Thusi collapses onto the sofa in one of the presidential suites and next to her is her arch-nemesis in the show, Kate Liquorish. Once Thusi relaxes she admits that she's nervous about the world seeing the anticipated series. "I'm scared but I'm very excited and grateful. I hope people are inspired and enjoy it. I'm scared that people might not like it," she

confesses.

"When you put your heart out and give it to people they can crush you. It's scary to be vulnerable at any given time. "Everything has led to this moment, to prepare me for this moment. The cooler and calmer I keep my head, the better. A year from now people will have moved on. It is a lot of pressure when you are doing the work but now I've done the work and there is nothing more I can do. The hardest part of the job is done." NEW SERIES QUEEN SONO FAILS TO TAKE OFF Queen Sono opens on a high note with a visually thrilling shot of leading lady Pearl Thusi strolling across scenic Zanzibar.

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Liquorish is more chilled and she tells me she's only a player in

Thusi's world.

"Pearl is playing the lead and it's a big flag to carry - it's the first. It's nerve-racking and there is less pressure on other people. When you put yourself out there it's a risk," Liquorish says. "You just want everyone to love it, so there is a lot of excitement." The brainchild of creator Kagiso Lediga, from the get-go Queen Sono champions female empowerment with all the big characters played by

women.

"Women must just know that they have the power to drive the story. Men are mostly tools for females to drive the plot of the story. That is a reflection and representation of what could happen in life," Thusi shares. Liquorish adds: "It's representative of what is happening and needs to happen more. These characters are awesome, powerful and

three-dimensional."

Thusi does a lot in the show. Not only does she do her own stunts, but she also goes nude in the last episode, baring all in a scorching love

scene with Dabula.

She thanks Lediga, who helmed the episode, for making her comfortable as possible by "over-directing" the scene. "Vuyo and I were kind of nervous. I'm always weird before those kinds of scenes. We just had to trust in the moment and believe in the characters and their story," Thusi recounts. "So Kagiso over-directs such scenes and it's important so that they get the shots they need and we also never get to a point where we are like 'when is this over?'" Thusi's most challenging scene to shoot was, surprisingly, a subtle scene with Ramabulana in episode four. She still recalls the enlightening conversation with episode director Tebogo Malope. "I remember I arrived that day and I was exhausted. I just felt like I was empty and I needed a few days off. I pulled him aside and told him I wanted to apologise because I thought I was going to let him down," Thusi says. "To my surprise he said 'that's great'. He continued to let me know that it means I'm self-aware."

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