These SA celebs’ babies are killing the Instagram game
Are you one of the many South Africans that have at least one friend who modelled for Pampers or Huggies before they were self-conscious about their wrinkly, denuded little bodies being on show?
However, as with most facets of human behaviour today, the emergence of social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook, the scope of our exposure to the infant elite has magnified.
We – and I am shamefully guilty of this – fixate in advance on the prospective names of celebrities’ children; we monitor their metamorphoses from baby bumps into miniature humans; and we judge their parents for their excesses and their shortcomings in turn.
South African Sbahle Mzizi boasts a modest 124K followers on Instagram. Her bio indicates that she has presidential aspirations, and she’s often pictured wearing polished Nike ensembles and posing goofily with her mother. At the moment, she’s just over seven months old.
The daughter of multitalented entertainer Ntando Duma and rapper Junior De Rocka, Sbahle already had 30 000 followers on her private Instagram account when she was still in utero; and last year, she was named the official ambassador of Cute Kids Baby Nappies (which is apt, since she really is unspeakably cute.)
At almost three years old, Zoe Mabalane (main picture) is a pro at taking selfies. The charismatic toddler of Kwaito star Kabelo Mabalane and actress Gail Mabalane might nnt be entirely steady on her feet, but she does have a steady following of no less than 20.3K people on Instagram.
Zakes Bantwini and Nandi Madida's one-year-old son, Shaka Madida, got a personal Instagram account when he was just one month old, and has since accrued a following of more than 23K people.