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Didintle Khunou's teacher was right about her destiny on stage

30 March 2025 - 00:00

Didintle Khunou has just belted out the first few lines of Hey Big Spender, and I have immediately grasped the essential truth about her. I have the same certainty that her high school maths teacher must have had when Didi was 16 — that she was destined for the stage...

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