Melanie Bala

Sean yindoda! Siyo yindoda! Halala 🥳🥳🥳🥹🥹🥹🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 #uMgidikaSeanandSiyo #mgidiseason #Zibazana Pic: @luvuyo_ngxiki / Iinkumbuzo Photography Mbhaco: @zaziclothingfactory

Me: No surprises guys! My friends: 🙄 We’d agreed on a teeny dinner to celebrate my 50th, but the best surprise was arriving to find they hadn’t listened 😂 Thank you my people for gathering my people for the perfect night 🥹🤩👐🏾 ILYSM 🫶🏾❤️ Also, thanks @jenniferbala 😘 for the gift of this stunner of a party dress from @hombakazi_pe 🙏🏾 📸: @urbankreativesa #hellofifty #damn #blackandbling #familyandfriends #fbf

Any which way you look at it… fun was had at #MMA2023 💋 🖤 I loved the way this sexy, fun, edgy black party frock from the master @davidtlale made me feel 🥹 TYSM. And as always, @urbankreativesa for the 🔥 on the snaps. Till next year 😘 #BackToBlack #latergram #tallgirlsworldwide

Maria and I first crossed paths way back in the day (early 90s) when I was doing ‘Studio Mix’ and she alongside Kutloano and Dzino as Black Rage, was running rage.co.za - a home for urban culture in the heady days post-apartheid. Back then, there were next to no local sites that documented the Black youth. She’d pop into the office to tell me about what or who was new and happening. I’d religiously dial up to the net, (ask your folks what that is 😂) from the office pc, once or twice a week to indulge in the latest news, interviews and reviews about Kwaito, hiphop and culture in general. What they did there, was massive 🙌🏾 And as the years passed and Maria’s career evolved into record label owner, PR maven, accessory and clothing designer, and DJ; I always felt a genuine warmth and respect for her straight-forwardness and humor, her fearlessness to explore her talents. Seeing her across a room with her curls and signature red lippy, you knew there was a friend in the room who was so generous with her time and talents. After her epic 50th, I said I hoped it was everything she wanted. She responded that it was: Perfect. I’m comforted that you experienced that ridiculously joyous & wild celebration of who you were, and felt what you meant to so many people there. ❤️ The beautiful tributes I’ve read today, are far more eloquent than I could ever manage.(Read Thebe Ikalafeng and Brad Holmes’ tributes). All I can say is it feels too soon for you to go, but your memory and impact and legacy on this city and this continent, on its people, on its culture will live forever. Rest easy now with your beloved father. 🤍🕊️🙏🏽 #RIPMariaMcCloy

Thoughts and prayers 🙏🏽 📍The Buffet at Club Med #ClubMedSeychelles #allinclusive @clubmed @clubmedseychelles #MellaTravels

The weekend that was: 1 & 2. Took my mom to the watch party of the Wilson B Nkosi documentary yesterday for #MothersDay- she’s a huge fan! [it’s available to stream on SABC+] 3. Picking up Pey from rehearsals late late 4. On Friday, SABC Sport & Sales had a 5-a-side Soccer Tournament @ Discovery Soccer Park, to kick off the countdown to the Soccer World Cup, in just 5 weeks. 6. @proverbmusic kills me 🤣 7. I’m not saying @real_twasa faked her injury,😏 but … @drfezmkhize to the rescue! 8. Squad! 🫶🏽 #WilsonBNkosi #MetroFM #broadcasting

Come with me to explore La Digue! 🩵 On the back of African World Heritage Day (5 May), the Seychelles is truly unique! Africa’s smallest country, 115 islands, a population of +-123,000. 🇸🇨 @clubmed @clubmedseychelles #ClubMedSeychelles #allinclusive • #AfricaMonth #MellaTravels

Solar powered ☀️ 💛• Slide 2: The MUA responsible for the “clean girl aesthetic” (not available for other bookings) 😏 #theweekendthatwas

The older I get, the more I’ve gotten comfortable with rest, as an intentional choice, and with zero guilt. My soul needed this trip ✨ In the stillness, my heart finds room to be heard. In my #yoga self-practise, my mind finds quiet. In a yoga class, allowing myself to stay open and learn. Being away from responsibilities, allowing myself to be present, in the most beautiful yoga shala, and taking time to nourish my spirit was the greatest gift to myself, and those around me 🕉️ • @clubmedseychelles @clubmed #ClubMedSeychelles #allinclusive #MellaTravels

POV My dream getaway 🥹 I’m still basking in the experience that was @clubmedseychelles . It was perfect - weather, food, beaches, people, rest & relaxation. Everything this momma needed 🫶🏽 🏝️ Have you you been to a Club Med? #ClubMedSeychelles @clubmed #allinclusive #mellatravels

🥹✌🏾 @clubmed @clubmedseychelles #ClubMedSeychelles #allinclusive

😏😏😏 Repost: @salejamaengilay