21+1

I celebrated the first anniversary of my 21st birthday on the 24th June. Apparently I am now 22 years old. After much introspection I have decided that I am as old as my state of mind. So eternally 17 it is...

Age-related crises aside, I celebrated getting older with one of my best friends Lutho Somdyala, who turned 21 on the 22nd. We had a joint celebration with all of our friends at Neighbourhood, on Long Street in Cape Town, earlier this month. Loads of people came out, and it was a great to see everyone. 22 is all about two's, so I decided that two celebrations were in order, and had a smaller more intimate gathering at Babbo in Claremont on Wednesday evening. If Paris can do it, so can I!

Thanks to all my friends around the world for the awesome birthday love, and all those of you who sent me emails, tweets and messages. I feel the love, and it's much appreciated.

And in more sombre news:

RIP Farah Fawcett - Brave till the end! What a life, what an inspiration.

RIP Michael Jackson - I was not a huge fan, but you had some awesome tracks. A true artist's genius is not measured by their temperament, but by the body of work they leave behind. You have inspired many of my favourite performers, so thank you for your contribution to music. Earth Song! My thoughts are with your children.

Promo Video

You guys know I am all about Keeping It Real these days! This is the first video I have ever uploaded onto youtube (more will come).

It's our beautiful generic promo for the show - filmed in HD, which captures the spirit of our show. We shot it last year and I think we're closer to epitomising the spirit of it this year. Did you know that Noluthando Meje, the host of the show and former Idols finalist, is the female vocalist and the rap is done by Thabo Mataboge - one of our directors? "Well if you don't know, now you know ******!"

Keeping It Real - Season 4 Premieres

For those of you who watch the show - you will know that this week we aired the first episode of the new season of Keeping It Real. It is my second season as the researcher/scriptwriter, and the show's fourth season overall. It's such a great opportunity to get to produce a show like Keeping it Real. I am learning so much about the industry and get to meet so many amazing and talented people. Season 3 saw the show grow develop and we are continuing to build on that success.

Due to staffing changes I have had to put a lot more of myself into the new season - and I think it is becoming more personal for me as a result. Noluthando Meje is fantastic as the host, I am really enjoying working with her. Her intelligence, vibrant personality and natural beauty are really shining through this season. We have an amazing team that help us put the show together.

So please join us for the next 39 weeks! That's Mzansi's favourite youth talk show - Keeping It Real every Tuesday at 16:30 on SABC2's Q.Base-28.