my kasi diaries

Written by Valencia Legodi Prudence Zimkhitha Botha born (25 February 1992) and raised in Eastern Cape is a mother to a handsome boy, youth developer, television and radio presenter that was raised in a Christian family. She was raised by her grandmother who passed on and she is the last born in her family. The 28 year old has always wanted to be on either radio or Television; she would look herself in the mirror and imitate the news anchor Noxolo Grootboom “ndinithanda nonke emakhaya” she would say, mhlobo wenene FM DJ Mthobeli (KC) August inspired her radio career. Besides presenting she is a master of ceremonies (MC) and a vocalist, she is also part of Good Fellaz which is a community initiative that assists disadvantaged community members with what they need and lack. “When I started pursuing my career in radio and television it was hard because I was inexperienced and I had to learn everything from scratch, I got rejected by lot of media companies because I lacked exp...

Written by Valencia Legodi Tshepo Marota popularly known as Teeci was born on the 29 th of September 1983 at Driefontein, he is a rapper, song writer, fashionista and a visual artist. He fell in love with music back in high school when he listened to music by dalom kids, Mercy Phakela and Chicco Twala that was often played by his uncle. The rapper has always wanted to be an entertainer that is well known in the music industry, he is also a good visual artist that does painting and sketches which generally defines him as an artist. When he was growing up he wanted to be a singer but later realised that he is not a good singer, but rather a good song writer. The 37 year old would imitate snoop dogg when watching his music videos play on TV and in 2005 he moved to Olievenhoutbosch where he met different rap crews. Upon meeting different artists who performed different genres of music, he was inspired to write his own songs, record and perform. Teeci Is inspired by two artist...

Written by Valencia Legodi Olievenhoutbosch born and raised Sasha Matava (24 September 1999) is a managing director of Olieven fashion show and he is currently running Miss Centurion grand SA. Matava is currently completing degree in economics development and planning at University of South Africa (UNISA), his vision is to influence change to others, impact young people’s lives positively and collaborate with different talented individuals that have the same goal in mind He started participating in arts and cultural activities when he was in high school, in grade 10 he participated in a project called youth citizens action program (YCAP) which taught him how to profile, address challenges that are faced by the community and run projects. “I joined art and cultural activities with Rasta, working with him made my childhood meaningful and it actually helped me realise certain things I did not know about myself and my abilities. i know that a lot of young people from Olieven a...