How celebrities carouse during festive season
All you want to know about who is doing what, where and with whom
WONDERING what your favourite celeb will be doing during the festive season, what they will be eating, and where they will be partying? We found out for you.
KELLY KHUMALO
How will you spend the festive season?
I’m going to be working a lot. I’m blessed to have a lot of bookings this festive season.
Where will you spend Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve?
On Christmas Day, I’ll be in Namibia performing at the Walvis Bay Xmas music festival. New Year’s Eve, I’ll be in Newtown, Rustenburg and Durban. I’m really excited.
What is your favourite Christmas dish?
I don’t have a favourite. I just eat whatever is cooked for the family. Christmas food is always delicious.
Will you be buying any Christmas gifts?
I don’t know what I’d buy, to be honest, but I’d buy so many gifts for my mother, my children, my friends and colleagues. They deserve it all.
Do you have any plans to go on holiday?
No. When things calm down in January I’ll think of a perfect getaway.
NAOMI NOINYANE
How will you spend the festive season?
This festive season is going to be different. After a crazy year I’ll be taking it easy and spending the majority of my time with family at home. I really need the rest and this is the best time.
Where will you spend Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve?
It’s a tradition for me to spend Christmas Day with family, so that’s exactly how I’m spending it. It’s also my late grandfather’s birthday so we celebrate that, too. I encourage everyone to spend it with their loved ones, it’s a great way to end the year.
What is your favourite Christmas dish?
I like a full seven-course meal, but on steroids. I’m not specific because my aunt makes an amazing special meal for the day. If it tastes good and leaves me full, then I’m good.
Will you be buying any Christmas gifts?
I will buy for my sister. She’s always gone out of her way to make people feel special. I’d like to do the same for her.
Do you have any plans to go on holiday?
Early next year, yes.
BABES WODUMO
How will you spend the festive season?
I’ll be working. I thank God for all his mercies, family, company that I’m signed under and my supporters.
Where will you spend Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve?
I’ll be with my family in Stanger. I’ll slaughter three head of cattle and invite senior citizens and the community to come and eat and enjoy their Christmas Day. On New Year’s Day, it’s just work and work all the way.
What is your favourite Christmas dish?
Lamb stew.
Will you be going on holiday?
As long as there is my family, friends, it is always a holiday to me.
CHRIS JAFTA
How will you be spending the festive season?
I want to spend it with my family but work has called me to Cape Town. I will be rehearsing for West Side Story.
Where will you spend Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve?
I would love to spend Christmas in Joburg with my family but it may be in Cape Town. New Year will most definitely be in Cape Town.
What’s your favourite Christmas dish?
Roast leg of lamb with roast potatoes and other roasted veggies.
Will you be buying any Christmas gifts?
I always buy Christmas gifts for my family. I buy Thomas Sabo jewellery for my mom, dad and brothers.
Do you have any plans to go on holiday?
I’ve just come back from a trip to Mozambique. I was at a beautiful resort in Vilanculos and then I hopped to another island called Benguera. Paradise is an understatement.
DANILO ACQUISTO
How will you spend the festive season?
I’m going to Johannesburg for Christmas. For New Year’s Eve, my brother is flying out from London to be with the family and we are both flying to Cape Town to spend the New Year with them I’m not working this festive season, thank goodness.
Where will you spend Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve?
I’ll spend Christmas Day with my family. My mom has just accepted a new position in another place, so we will be having our last Christmas at the family home, where I spent most of my years growing up. On New Year’s Eve we will probably have a house party.
What is your favourite Christmas dish?
Chicken roast, ribs and pasta.
Will you be buying any Christmas gifts?
I’m buying lots of Christmas gifts. I’ve been very focused on those who are poor and vulnerable. I will definitely buy them a gift. I will do something big for them.
Do you have any plans to go on holiday?
I have no plans to go on holiday this year; just to be with my family. I’ve just come back from Portugal and London. I’m taking it easy but in January I might be heading to Europe for a conference.
LIESL LAURIE
How will you spend the festive season?
I will be at home in Eldorado Park with my family.
Where will you spend Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve?
With my family. We always have Christmas lunch with underprivileged kids in Eldorado Park. We don’t have a family Christmas, but we spend it with those who are less fortunate. We have been doing so for the past 13 years. I’ll spend New Year’s Eve overseas.
What is your favourite Christmas dish?
I like my mom’s mutton curry and roti.
Will you be buying any Christmas gifts?
We buy lunch and toys for the underprivileged kids. We don’t spend money on ourselves.
Do you have any plans to go on holiday?
I am going to Jamaica and Mexico with friends. Outgoing Eskom chief Brian Molefe might have had a tough year but on Thursday he was a happy man when he married his sweetheart, Arethur Moagi, in a private ceremony at Velmoré Estate in Erasmia, Pretoria. Among the guests were Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba and his wife, Noma, Bheki Cele’s wife, Thembeka, and model Melody Molale.