Life Of A Street Kid

We’ve seen him in 24: Redemption (2008), Invictus (2009), Copposites (2012) and Mandela: Long Walk to freedom (2013). And now, if he wan't doing splits on SABC3’s Strictly Come Dancing he’s posing for magazines or doing what he loves most. I got to have a chat with the talented Siv Ngesi just to know him a little bit more for you…

StreetKid (SK): Tell me, how did it all begin?

Siv Ngesi (SN): When I was in grade 1 teachers bitched to my mommy that I was disruptive and noisy in class. They wanted to put me on ritalin and my mommy said "never!". She sent me to speech and drama...

SK: Your first love ?– comedy, acting or dancing.

SN: Acting is my fist wife and the rest are my other wives. I have Zuma tendencies.

SK: Would you consider yourself a celebrity?

SN: No I wouldn't. I am just a person living his dream and getting paid to do what he loves. So I am not a celebrity, but I celebrate my life.

SK: What excites you the most about where you are in life at the moment?

SN: What excites me the most is that it's only the beginning and the world has only had a small taste of my empire to come. This year I celebrate my 20th year in the industry.

SK: I know that you’re quite vocal, especially on Social Media. Has that not gotten you into trouble?

SN: I get into kaak often and it's part of it. With a voice comes responsibility and feedback. I get as much as I give.. But rather ask for forgiveness than permission.

SK: Another thing you’re quite vocal about is abuse against women and children. Tell us a little bit more about what you’re doing in advocating such an issue.

SN: I don't like talking about what I do or say. Rather watch my Ted Talk. But all I will say is that I will lead this army and we will end abuse against women and children together.

SK: You haven’t made it to Cosmopolitan’s Sexiest SA Men calendar yet, but you posed naked for the 2013 Marie Claire Naked issue, shot by a woman. Were you nervous at all?

SN: Hahaha for the record I was offered to do the calendar last year and I couldn't do it because I had an injury that kept me out of gym for a while and I didn't want them to photoshop this body of mine. But this year I will make sure I do it.

I wasn't nervous at all to being naked. I love being naked and I am not ashamed of my body or my manhood, and I was shooting with two white comedians (wink) so I felt great.

SK: Your relationship with Superman? Lol

SN: I am Superman

SK: Best relationship advice you’ve ever heard?

SN: Find your best friend.

SK: What’s next for Siv?

SN: Domination and growing the Siv empire.

SK: I can’t go a day without….

SN:Thinking of the future and visualising what I want in the future.

You too can get to know him a bit more. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to find out what he gets up to. About that Ted Talk he mentioned earlier on, you can click here to watch it - http://youtu.be/-RKmezaRVmY. #ManTheFUp

And some images of Siv in A.C.T.I.O.N.

Images from Strictly Come Dancing and My Comedy.

Last night saw one of the biggest events take place in the heart of Johannesburg. Held in Illovo, the launch of the Union Pop-up Bar with Bombay Sapphire was such a huge success with the some of SA’s biggest names in the fashion and entertainment industry not only showing off their faces, but also tantalising their taste buds with the lovely Bombay Sapphire cocktails that were doing the rounds.

What I loved the most, I must say, was the Bombay Botanical Garden with a girl whom I called "Alice" (from Alice in Wonderland). If you didn't know, Bombay Sapphire is created by perfectly balancing a unique combination of 10 hand-selected exotic botanicals from around the world. So what's happening in this room is that one gets to smell each and every botanical used separately. If you still don't get the picture, this might be of help:

The Bombay Botanical Garden

"Alice"

Singing sensation and songwriter, Bongi Mvuyane, took to the stage to perform some of her tracks from her upcoming album, Dopamine. The lovely Khanyi Mbau was there too with the handsome Tebogo Lerole of Kwela Tebza. That girl is cray cray...but a freaking AWESOME CRAY CRAY - love her!