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The 10 South African Celeb Couples Who Melted Our Hearts In 2016!

Let’s celebrate all the love that gave us the feels by looking at 10 South African celebrities who slayed love goals in 2016!

Published

2 years ago

December 28, 2016

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For decent people like ourselves (most of the time), the end of the year brings with it the responsibility to reflect, appreciate and celebrate the good stuff that transpired during the year we are now bidding farewell to. In this list, we take a look at 10 South African celebrities who gave us all the feels in 2016!

BLACK COFFEE & MBALENHLE

Best South African Celebrity Couples 2016

They are both some of the most successful celebs in the business, but Black Coffee and Mbalenhle simply love maintaining a low profile about their long term marriage.

The lovebirds often impart butterflies in our tummies when they post adorable snaps of their family on the Gram, whether they are hanging out or travelling the world as they’ve been doing for the better part of the past two years.

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AKA & BONANG

Best South African Celebrity Couples 2016

AKA said recently that his relationship with Bonang Matheba is the pinnacle of South African pop culture. In all fairness, that sounds about right!

Best South African Celebrity Couples 2016

These two are arguably the most talked about celebrity couple in South Africa, grabbing headlines for their individual success and for their now highly googled relationship.

They can be spotted on social media showcasing their awe inspiring romance in pictures, supporting each other and wearing each other’s merch! Can you say power couple?

ALSO READ: MZANSI’S 7 POWER COUPLES

NANDI MADIDA & ZAKES BANTWINI

Best South African Celebrity Couples 2016

Nandi and Zakes recently premiered the first snaps of their one month old son Shaka Madida, sending the internet into a meltdown! The couple, who is relatively conservative about the amount of sharing they do about their relationship, sometimes inspire us to hit Tinder for our turn in love when they do decide to treat fans to visuals concerning love goals.

Shaka Madida

They sing together, perform together, do interviews together and obviously, have stayed together!

DINEO MOEKETSI & SOLO

Best South African Celebrity Couples 2016

They kept their romance under the radar for the longest time, but now that Dineo Moeketsi and Solo have decided to go public, we can’t stop marrying them in our minds! Also one of the best dressed South African celebrity couples in the land, the couple are always coordinating their high end fashion looks on the red carpet because couples that dress alike stay together.

MINNIE DLAMINI & QUINTON JONES

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We reported that Minnie Dlamini is now happily engaged to TV producer Quinton Jones, who she describes as her ‘best friend’! She also revealed that he quite a private person, and that they had kept their two year relationship away from the public eye for their love of privacy. She says he is also supportive of her work as well. Oh, and that engagement ring!

NOMZAMO MBATHA & MAPS MAPONYANE

Best South African Celebrity Couples 2016

It took them quite a minute to ‘fess up to their romance. And after months of referring to each other as ‘buddyship’, they confirmed that they have in fact been seeing each other.

They are both killing it in the business right now, they are both hot as hell and they appear on QuenchSA’s top 10 best dressed celebrities lists for 2016. We want what they have!

AYANDA THABETHE & DASH MKHATHINI

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‘Dashanda’ would work pretty well for these inseparable lovebirds, but Dash and Ayanda already have a converged name they use to be playful on social media, thank you!

On top of serving couple goals and publicly supporting each other’s careers, the couple now host Christmas parties together because we have fun and make money together mos.

PEARL THUSI & ROBERT MARAWA

Robert Marawa is the pinnacle of South African sports presenting and Pearl Thusi is in Hollywood gaining global superstardom – this is the ultimate power couple!

They don’t say much about their relationship, but thanks to the social media bug and edge, we sometimes get the rare throwback picture and a snap of fingers holding each other if we are lucky enough on that day.

PRIDDY UGLY & BONTLE MODISELLE

Best South African Celebrity Couples 2016

Oh, young love is so awe inspiring! Rapper Priddy Ugly and Bontle Modiselle are both hot property in their respective fields, but the two have stuck together for 9 years to show us all that true love still exists. And because marking one’s territory is important, they leave no one in doubt that they’ve long been off the market.

CONNIE & SHONA FERGUSON

Connie and Shona Ferguson have been married for eons, and they are still at it. The actors turned business partners are now slaying the production company game together, with Ferguson Films basically producing everything that matters on TV right now. When we grow up, we want to be like them.

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Thando Thabethe Slammed Over ‘Open Up The Industry’ Defiance

Thando Thabethe joins Lerato Kganyago in challenging #OpenUpTheIndustry

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2 weeks ago

January 31, 2019

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Photo Credit: Thando Thabethe via Instagram

She’s one of the hardest working women in the South African creative industry, and there’s no shred of doubt that a lot of hard work goes into juggling the many projects Thando Thabethe dabbles in.

But, Thabooty ruffled feathers when on Wednesday, the multi hyphenate media personality and entrepreneur was ensnared in the throes of a public counter-blast following her tweets on the persistent #OpenUpTheIndustry movement.

Thando, who feels that she’s “worked very hard” to get where she is, does not believe that there’s any capacity for her to open anything up, especially seeing she does not really call the shots. “I will be damned before I’m told to open up the industry!!!”, she wrote.

“Open it up for yourself like all of us did!!! To this day… I audition!!! I’ve worked very hard to get where I am…and I’m only just getting started.”

The actress followed with many more tweets expanding on her sentiment.

“… can we not be an entitled generation waiting like “it’s my turn now” …GET IT!!! It’s not coming to you!!!”

She’s quite the go getter herself though. The several hats she wears include being

a successful actress currently the leading the compelling Housekeepers series (currently airing on Mzansi Magic), a loved radio presenter, DJ, lingerie entrepreneur, activist and Ciroc ambassador

RELATED: REMEMBER WHEN THANDO THABETHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE PRESENTER TO SCORE THE 5FM DRIVE SHOW?

Thabethe’s tweets sparked a dialogue about the rarity of opportunity vs. entitlement. Your thoughts?

Directors and producers opened up the industry for you, the call is made towards them to do the same for other talented ppl, hopefully you’ll grasp this concept when you get to that level.

— Moiketsi_Mutsi (@MoiketsiMutsi) January 30, 2019

@Thando_Thabethe you spewing nonsense because your mother worked at SABC. That how you got an opportunity to be on television. You never worked your damn backside but you got it on a silver plate via connection. #OpenUpTheIndustry

— Not Adv Ngcukaitobi (@AdvNgcukaitobi) January 30, 2019

Remember what Beyonce Knowles did to vogue they had a list of well renowned visual photographers but she chose an unknown young black men the world was shook yet she says opportunities aren’t given to young talented people did she die

— Ngwane (@Vusi74537763) January 30, 2019

Truth of the matter all the doors you opened someone was on the other side and some doors opened because someone was told you were coming and the assisted you.

Get off your horse please

— 🇿🇦Ramalata Walter (@ramz_maphongo) January 30, 2019

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Nomzamo’s Activism Put On Blast on Twitter

Nomzamo apologizes for taking a picture with Arthur Mafokate at the ANC’s election manifesto launch in Durban.

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1 month ago

January 15, 2019

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Black Twitter opened up the floodgates on Sunday to release a furore of attacks directed at TVs Nomzamo Mbatha for taking a picture with former 999 head Arthur Mafokate. Both were in attendance at the ANC’s election manifesto launch in Durban on Saturday where the picture was taken. The backlash was sparked in relation to the actress’ Cosmopolitan Magazine cover for the Activist issue. At the time when the issue dropped, there was much uproar in the Twitter streets as tweeps were of the opinion that she wasn’t deserving to grace the cover.

Twitter objected to Nomzamo’s picture, seemingly all smile with Arthur who has a history of women abuse.

I love @NomzamoMbatha and think she’s such a Queen and I Stan. But a social activist never takes off their activist hat. This tweet is not for me it’s for the young woman that will bump into this and continue to be silent because you choose to be polite to an abuser. 💔💔 pic.twitter.com/YBmXpTNO0d

— #BUSISIWE👑 (@cici_worldwide) January 13, 2019

Nomzamo was quick to defend herself, taking to social media to detail how the picture came about. The was also masses of fans that came to her defense, arguing that the picture shouldn’t cloud all the work that she’s done to advance women empowerment.

I’m cringing with you.

I was walking past, post the concert and looking for my manager when he greeted and whipped out his phone for a picture. Being polite I absent ‘mindedly’ obliged
I’m definitely not a fan and I’m sorry I wasn’t present enough to say “FUCK OFF, no thanks.” https://t.co/aksdsQeWtC

— Nomzamo Mbatha (@NomzamoMbatha) January 13, 2019

The ANC further distanced themselves from the disgraced Kwaito artist, stating that he was not invited to the manifesto. “The African National Congress condemns the conduct of Arthur Mafokate at its Manifesto Launch rally on 12 January 2019 when he stormed the stage uninvited and caused undue mayhem. While the ANC has worked with and supported Mafokate over many years, however, reports of his alleged abusive conduct towards a female accomplice go against the values and policies of the ANC which denounce gender-based violence,” the ANC said in a statement.

Will Black Twitter ever give Nomzamo a break? Is her apology accepted? Leave a comment below and continue the conversation.

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Nomuzi Slammed For Fake Car Crash Social Campaign

Nomuzi’s shocking fake car crash has been explained as an initiative aimed at raising awareness of the potentially fatal effects on drinking, texting and driving.

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1 month ago

January 12, 2019

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Nomuzi Mabena's car crash was faked to raise awareness against drinking and driving

Photo Credit: Nomuzi via Instagram

Nomuzi Mabena found herself enduring throes of backlash on Friday.

The public counterblast followed a shocking publicity stunt staged by the V-Entertainment TV presenter and rapper, who on Thursday left fans chilled when her Instagram live stream appeared to end in a car crash.

The live stream features a decidedly inebriated Nomuzi interacting live with her followers as she announced that she would be soon accepting aspirant artists on her record label. The clip was taken in Nomuzi’s car after a date night with her boyfriend Sbu, who also happens to be her manager. The end of the ‘stream’ is a disturbing crash that left the country sending out prayers throughout the night and in the early hours on Friday.

While other fans reported having cross-nighted due to anxiety and fear for her life, Moozlie’s team kept mum for the better part of Friday. We now know that the silence was part of a carefully orchestrated campaign to shock fans and “spark a dialogue” about drinking and driving.

In what we now also know to be backpaddling from what was meant to be a full 48 hours of ghosting the nation, Mabena dished out an explanation of how the whole thing was a brand publicity move aimed at raising awareness against drinking and driving. Turns out the fake crash was a conceptual partnership between the rapper, Volkswagen and their Drive Dry campaign.

“We don’t want to see another year where thousands 0f lives are lost on our roads because of drinking and driving”, she wrote in a statement published on her social platforms.

The campaign began long before anybody noticed. Watch the full story. Pledge to stop drinking and driving in 2019 with #VWDriveDry. pic.twitter.com/VXf2dV3LGg

— #MoozlieVictory🏆 (@NoMoozlie) January 11, 2019

But while the Vatel hitmaker explained that the intention of the traumatic clip was “never to distress any fans, friends or family”, the stunt was harshly criticised for being insensitive and potentially triggering for those who’ve had to recover from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that resulted from car accidents, those who’ve lost loved ones in tragic accidents under similar circumstances, and countless other instances where the advert could have opened have caused serious psychological harm.

The other side of the raging debate has focused on how the campaign has really championed a discussion about driving under the influence.

Your thoughts on the campaign?

Did they take it too far or was it a good initiative to talk about the very real, and very serious incidents of driving under the influence and allowing ourselves to be distracted by social media, thereby putting not only ourselves but other drivers in danger? Hit us up in the comments section below.