ISOLATING WITH MAM’ O

SHE’S never made any secret of the fact that she adores South Africa – for years Oprah Winfrey has been a huge fan. And now with the world in lock-down, her affection for SA remains as strong as ever.

Holed up in her sprawling estate in Montecito, California, she’s been eating steamed mealie bread and sharing sweet videos of the two South African guests who are keeping her company.

Thando Dlomo and Sade Pietersen were among the first intakes of girls at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy in Henley-on-Klip near Johannesburg, which the media titan founded in 2007.

But even though