Pretoria News is a local newspaper circulating in the Tshwane Metropolitan area. Pretoria News covers a range of local news, as well as national and international news, comment and analysis by experts, sport, entertainment and lifestyle.
Mon dieu! There was no amour lost for Princess Charlene of Monaco this week as talk of a multimillion-pound impending divorce from her husband Prince Albert reached a crescendo on the French Riviera. A runaway princess, a playboy prince fighting yet another paternity battle, a palace in a playground for the filthy rich – theirs is a real-life fairy tale made for Hollywood. Rather apt for the son of late American screen goddess Grace Kelly. Having fled the highest room in the tallest tower at the uber-opulent Grimaldi Palace for the far less regal town of Benoni, east of Joburg, six months ago, Charlene’s prolonged absence from the sovereign state – where 32% of the population are millionaires – for “medical reasons” is being dismissed as a ruse for…
Kit Harington is happy he went to rehab after Game of Thrones ended. The 34-year-old actor admitted he was facing some “mental health difficulties” towards the end of the HBO series in which he played Jon Snow for eight years and Kit thinks taking time for himself was the best thing he could have done. Speaking on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, he said: “I went through some mental health difficulties after Thrones – and during the end of Thrones, to be honest – and I think it was directly to do with the nature of the show and what I’ve been doing for years. “I think I took a sort of break after Thrones where I said, ‘I don’t want to work for a year. I want to really…
Sacha van Niekerk sacha.vanniekerk@inl.co.za Who says money can’t buy love? A Polish influencer raked in over R3.6 million after she digitised her love and sold it online as a non-fungible token (NFT). Marta Rentel is a 26-year-old with 2.4 million followers on TikTok where she’s known by her online persona, “Marti Renti”. The now-viral transaction took place on July 13 when a mystery buyer bought the digital asset of Renti’s love in a deal that will also earn them a date once everything has been finalised. She announced the purchase to her 655 000 Instagram followers in a post captioned, “Yesterday I sold my first NFT for an incredible amount – I won’t tell you how much, because I don’t believe it myself. I don’t know who bought them yet.”…
Debashine Thangevelo debashine.thangevelo@inl.co.za In a recent global polling group, South Africa ranked as the fifth most dangerous country out of the list of 144 that were covered. Of course, while alarming, such is the daily life of a South African exposed to a maelstrom of reports of murder, rape, hijackings, home invasions and so forth. To some extent, the frequency with which it happens has desensitised citizens. But every now and then, a case comes along that, due to its disturbing nature, evokes a strong reaction and, in doing so, mobilises a call for justice. Devilsdorp, a true-crime docuseries on Showmax, peels back the layers to one such disturbing tale; the Krugersdorp Killings of 11 people between 2012 and 2016. It was also referred to as “Satanic Killings”. At the…
IT SEEMS like the battle to remove Britney Spears’ father Jamie Spears as the conservator of her estate is boiling over and now it has allegedly got the seal of approval from the singer’s medical team too. Jodi Montgomery, personal conservator of Britney who supports the removal of Jamie Spears as the singer’s estate conservator, recently alleged that even the star’s medical team has agreed to the same. According to People Magazine, Montgomery made a statement that she and the singer’s doctors are standing by the pop star’s request to remove her father as conservator of her estate. In the latest move of a court filing today, Montgomery supported replacing Jamie, as the co-conservator of Britney’s estate with CPA Jason Rubin and she alleged that the singer’s medical team also…
Sacha van Niekerk sacha.vanniekerk@inl.co.za Nowadays, pets are just as much a part of the family as any other family member and they deserve to be treated as such. Designer fashion brands have started releasing collections specifically dedicated to pet parents and their fur babies. Emblazoned with iconic logos and made from the finest quality materials, every item is made to look chic and stylish rather than garish and kitsch like most of the existing pet-related accessories. When it comes to leaving the house with a pet – whether it is for a walk or a playdate – you need to make sure you have all the necessary gadgets in order to ensure you have a good time while out of the house. From leashes to collars these luxury brands have…
