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Pearl Thusi has been unveiled as the roast master of The Comedy Central Roast of AKA. She is known for dishing out shade with boldness and will thus drive the panel of ten roasters when AKA takes the hot seat.

She becomes Comedy Central’s first female roast master in Africa.

“I’m very excited to be the Roast Master and to work with Comedy Central for the first time. To be the first female Roast Master in Africa and first black woman globally is a great achievement.”

Pearl also had a message for AKA.

“To AKA – we’ve talked a lot of mess on Twitter and in private, but now we’re going to settle this in front of the world, with no one to protect you. This is deeper than rap beef. It will be on stage and to your face. I honestly can’t wait. Oh, and I won’t be alone as I’ve got a team of roasters with me. So poetic. Just remember: Composure, Composure!”

The roast will happen on the 21st of February at the Teatro at Montecasino.

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Pearl Thusi is giving advise to the ladies.

She took to Twitter to callout deadbeat dads.

In a tweet that has now been deleted, Pearl dragged deadbeat dads who don’t take care of their children.

Take a Look at the Tweets

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Pearl Thusi is rumoured to be dating Kerri Hilson’s ex-boyfriend, NBA basketball player Serge Ibaka.

The 29-year-old athlete is a Congolese-Spanish professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors.

Pearl posted a photo of herself holding her mystery man’s hand on Tuesday, writing on Instagram: “Merry Christmas everyone.”.

“It was awesome to bump into @PearlThusi and her boyfriend @sergeibaka on Christmas Day in South Beach! I am a big fan of Quantico,” the fan tweeted.

Take a Look at the tweet

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Pearl Thusi is enjoying herself in every way she knows best. She is currently out of the country, out and about with her rumored beau, basketball player Serge Ibaka.

On Christmas day, she posted a photo oh a man’s hand on her Instagram account. She captioned the post: “Merry Christmas everyone.”

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Previous Relationship

Pearl was previously engaged to media personality Robert Mararwa, and later confirmed the split. She said at the time: “Yes, it’s a private issue, but it was an incredible relationship. It was an absolutely utely incredible relationship. I wouldn’t trade it. I learnt a lot from it. We’ve all taken the lessons we needed to take from that journey and hopefully we can all move forward from that.”

Pearl Thusi took to social media to announce that she will be starring in Africa’s very first Netflix original series. It is titled, Queen Sono.

She is emotional in the video where she thanks Netflix and the team that she has worked with.

“I cannot wait for every young woman,  every woman on this continent, actually on this planet to meet Queen Sono, we’ve worked so hard on this.”

In the series, Pearl will be playing a spy at a South African Agency.

The show sees comedian and filmmaker Kagiso Lediga as the director, and executive producer Tasmin Andersson.

Earlier this month Netflix had announced that it was looking for African content.

“There’s going to come a time when half of the top 10 of most-watched shows in a given year are going to come from outside of the US,” Erik Barmack, Netflix’s vice-president of international originals, Variety reports.

“I don’t think that’s very actually far away. I think that’s going to come in years, not decades,” Barmack added.

Queen Sono is expected to air in 2019.

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Netflix released a press statement stating  that they have commissioned their first African original series, titled Queen Sono and starring Pearl Thusi.

The series is billed as an action-packed spy saga, with Thusi starring as a highly trained secret agent whose purpose is to better the lives of ordinary Africans.

Queen Sono will be produced by Diprente, well known for a host of SA productions including Catching Feelings (which also starred Thusi), Blitzpatrollie, The Bantu Hour, and the multiple Emmy-nominated Late Nite News with Loyiso Gola

In an emotional Instagram video, Pearl Thusi share the good news.

Take a look at the announcement

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The series will be directed by acclaimed local comedian and filmmaker Kagiso Lediga, who will also act as executive producer alongside Tamsin Andersson, who has been behind most of Diprente’s productions. Both are co-owners of the company alongside Isaac Mogajane.

Netflix’s Erik Barmack said: “We are excited to be working with Kagiso and Pearl, to bring the story of Queen Sono to life, and we expect it to be embraced by our South African users and global audiences alike.”

Lediga added: “We are delighted to create this original series with Netflix, and are super excited by their undeniable ability to take this homegrown South African story to a global audience. We believe Queen Sono will kick the door open for more awesome stories from this part of the world.”

Pearl Thusi is a jack of all trades. She recently took to Instagram to post a cover of the track titled Balance Well. It features Nigerian artists Dammy Krane and Olamide and Ghana’s Medikal.

“2018… you’ve been fun. Thank you! This was so much fun! #balancewellchallenge coming soon,” she wrote. She went on to thank the artists for inviting her to be part of the song.

In one of the videos, she wrote: “This was in Ghana. Can’t believe I have a song out with some of the biggest artists on this continent.”

She has planned even more before the year ends.

“This has been a year of growth, risks, extension, love and always being up for the challenge. Thank you 2018!!! But I’m not done with you!”

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Well, its seem Pearl Thusi is always travelling and just a few days after arriving in the country from the USA she has travelled again.

But this time it’s within the continent, Pearl is currently in Ghana for the Afrimma Awards.

The actress will be co-hosting the event with American comedian Micheal Blackson.

She took to Instagram to share a series of photo from hanging out with Yvonne Chakachaka to moderating press conferences.

Take a Look at the Pics

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Pearl Thusi took to social media to mourn the death of her beloved cat.

Pearl was very heart broken and sharing  with her social media followers how she cried for over 24 hours.

“Been crying about my cat for a full 24 hours. And I couldn’t tell ya’ll ‘cause ya’ll gon’judge me. Why ya’ll so trash doe…”

Checkout the Tweet

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Pearl Thusi is a warrior actress in the fifth installment of the Scorpion King franchise.

The movie was released on DVD on 23rd October. Pearl thus took to social media to share the exciting news.

“It’s finally here!! I am so proud of this movie and what we achieved. Thank you to our amazing director Don Michael Paul and the Entire cast & crew!!! What an honour!!!!” she wrote.

In a clip on Instagram, Pearl took her fans behind-the-scenes, showcasing her battle skills.

In the installment, Scorpion King: Book Of Souls, Pearl plays the role of Tala, a warrior princess.

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Pearl Thusi and DJ Zinhle have been close friends for quite some time. They have been there for each other thorugh both the good and bad times.

Pearl is currently in the US and took time to send her BFF DJ Zinhle a heartfelt message, especially because she misses her.

Video

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Scorpion King has released the official trailer of the Movie

The Movie which stars Southafrican actress Pearl Thusi is about to hit the theatres

In the trailer we can see Pearl Thusi showing off her incredible fighting skills

Taking to Instagram to share the video of the Trailer which was simply captioned;I’ve been waiting for these news 🙂 Can’t wait for October to come!

Checkout the Trailer

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Pearl Thusi is on the cover of SAA’s in-flight magazine, Sawubona. In it, she remembers the very first time she took her flight.

Pearl took to social media to share the news, writing: “At home in KZN, there should still be a copy of the very first Sawubona magazine I ever laid my eyes on.”

Like most people’s first flight which is exciting, hers was too.

“SAA was the first airline I ever flew with. It was 2003, just turned 15 and I was a Miss SA Teen finalist. And I was going to be on a plane for the first time ever. I grabbed anything I could to remember the occasion. My dad drove me, were hours early.”

Things have now changed for Pearl.

“Now they all wave at me as I sprint to the gates. Today I am a platinum member of South African Airways and on the cover of Sawubona.”

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Pearl Thusi was one of the speakers invited to speak at the Global Citizen She Is Equal Summit in New York, on Tuesday.

A press statement details just how much impact Pearl had in her speech that left the crowd inspired.

“As one of the Global Citizen advocates Pearl was passionate in her plight against the fight and issues surrounding Gender Equality on the African Continent. She left the crowd inspired and more motivated than before to make a significant contribution towards this struggle that is threatening our daily existence,” it reads.

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Pearl Thusi  was invited to speak at the Global Citizen She Is Equal Summit in New York on Tuesday.

The She Is Equal Summit welcomed UN Women, Global Citizen and the Group of Champions for Women’s Economic Empowerment at the reception held at the InterContinental New York Barclay on Tuesday.

A press statement released by the event organizers stated that:

“As one of the Global Citizen advocates Pearl was passionate in her plight against the fight and issues surrounding Gender Equality on the African Continent. She left the crowd inspired and more motivated than before to make a significant contribution towards this struggle that is threatening our daily existence,” it reads. 

Here are Photos of the Event