Lohan is free to go

Lindsay Lohan’s probation helped her clean up

source: eonline.com The day Lindsay got arrested.

After the long process of trying to clear her name from her recklessness of drinking and driving offense, and the jewelry theft, actress Lindsay Lohan took it upon herself to thank Judge Stephanie Sautner for lifting her formal probation that has been going on since 2007.   

She showed some sort of progress but then kept on sliding back and that was the cause of the case to be prolonged until yesterday. The problem here was not only drinking and driving but also jewelry theft but that didn’t leave her without hope for a better day and indeed it did come.

This has been an eye opening experience for her as she’s been able to reflect on her life as a mere human being as well as a celebrity that many young girls look up to. She has managed to clear her reputation and made people believe in change again. People can really clean up their acts and strive to better their lives especially when they are put under pressure by the media, but the important thing is that she does it for herself first and then she can later worry about what everyone has to say about the whole trial. 

Judge Stephanie made sure that she tells the troubled actress to start behaving more maturely and cut on the nightclubbing scene as she sees it as an influence to her reckless behavior. 

 “You need to live your life in a more mature way, stop the nightclubbing and focus on your work.” Judge Stephanie Sautner

source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Lindsay thanking her attorney .

We are proud of Lindsay and hope that for her good, as well as the good of her followers that she will stay clean and not break any laws anymore, especially now that she doesn’t have any travel restrictions and a probation officer watching her every single move, not forgetting those dreadful duties of cleaning the morgue.Hopefully this is the last time we will ever hear of Lindsay Lohan appearing in court again.

sources : www.citizen.co.za , www.suntimes.com

Honouring SA's great talent

Akin Omotoso's Man On The Ground

Man On Ground
source:Mail&gardian





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It is amazing how ones story can be made into a movie. This is what Akin Omotoso did in his film that got him nominations at the African Movie Academy Awards. Xenophobia was a serious problem that the country was faced with four years ago, and the story of Ernesto Nhamuave motivated him to tell his story and share his experience in this film. Man on the Ground takes us on a journey that each and every individual should know about the effects of xenophobia and surely afterwards they will realize that we are one and from the words of one of the victims that was involved “tell them we are here, from here”.

With the help from The International Organisation for Migration and City Press he was able to make a movie that raises awareness on xenophobia in the country.  The film has been nominated in the African Movie Academy Awards. The film is nominated for Best Film, Best Actor (Hakeem Kae-Kazeem), Best Supporting Actor (Fana Mokoena ), Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Akin who was also nominated as Best Director. It’s a great initiative that Akin and his team took, they have managed to turn a tragedy into a learning experience for all of us, they are educating us on how we should live together as Africans and not kill each other,  after all we are all Africans and no one is better than the next person. 

Akin has portrayed what a good film maker is, and that is educating the nation about its problems and in the process also helping in finding the solution that is needed. Hopefully all the aspiring film makers will learn a lot from Akin and follow in his footsteps. Big ups to Akin and his team, all the best, we are proud of you.

sources ; The Sowetan and Mail & Gardian

R10 000 Traffic Fine

Gareth Cliff gets off the hook with just a traffic fine.

image: Gareth Cliff, source:www.channel24.co.za

It was all over the news last week when 5fm's Gareth Cliff got arrested near Pretoria for exceeding a speed limit on the R21 near Lyttleton in Centurion. He was apparently driving at 182 kilometres/h in a 120 km/h zone.

He was arrested on the 6th of March and had to send the whole night in a prison cell in Pretoria. He was later released on bail and his case was postponed to yesterday, due to the fact that there were inquiries regarding his case, whether his licence would should be suspended as well.

He pleaded guilty to the charges of violating The Road Traffic Act93 of 1996, section 59 which clearly states that

The National Coat of Arms. www.sahistory.org.za

 "(4) No person shall drive a vehicle on a public road at a speed in excess of-

(a) the general speed limit which in terms of subsection (1) applies in respect of that road;

(b) the speed limit indicated in terms of subsection (2) by an appropriate road traffic sign in respect of that road"

               source: www.info.gov.za/gazette/acts.

Gareth Cliff was given the sentance of the R10 000 fine or six months in prison. It was amazing how the power of social media can infleunce how people feel about a person, Gareth's news was all over twitter the moment he got arrested and people were sympathisingwith him.
This has to be one lesson learned from Gareth Cliff, now he will never again exceed a speed limit.

source: www.citizen.co.za www.pharside.co.uk

Bobbi Kristina inherits her mother's entire estate

The sole benefactor of Whitney Houston's will...

It has only been a couple of weeks since the death of the talented Whitney Houston and her family is back in the news again. This time its good news for the family as her will was presented to them in Atlana Georgia.

The will was originally drafted in 1993 and the amended in 2000 after her divorce to singer Bobby Brown. It was also reported in TMZ(Thirty Mile Zone) a celebrity news website, that Bobby Brown did not get anything from the will that his ex-wife left. 

The will brought closure into their lives when they received the news that Bobbi Kristina, Whitney and Bobby Browns daughter was the sole benefactor of her mother's entire estate. She will get the first portion of the estate valued at $20 million on her 21st birthday, the second when she turns 25 and the remainder when shes 30 years old.

Now Bobbi Kristina can finally get some closure and continue to celebrate her mother's life as she would have wanted her to do so.

 “I give my entire interest in all my household furniture and furnishings and other articles of household use or ornament located at any real estate used by me on a full or part-time basis for my residential purpose, together with all my clothing, personal effects, jewelry and automobile, and all insurance policies thereon to any children of mine who survive me”. http://www.insideedition.com/lib/pdf/7791/Whitney's%20Will.pdf