A Q & A with the “KTV kid” who grew up and got married, but is far too adventurous to ever really settle down.
Bubbly, fun-loving Roxy Burger lives life with the zesty energy of an exclamation-mark. She made her name in her early teens, as a presenter on the children’s channel, KTV, and has since been seen and heard on Highveld Stereo, MTV, and the SABC’s entertainment news show, Flash.
Always up for a challenge and a change of scenery, she was a castaway on Survivor South Africa Maldives in 2010. Happily, she survived.
Now Roxy has embarked on her biggest adventure yet. She married high school sweetheart Neil Shraga in a cinematically romantic ceremony in an old manor house in the Tsitsikamma forest in April.
We caught up with 28-year-old Roxy to get her views on change, and loving it.
Q: If you could change one thing about yourself for the better, what would that be, and why?
A: I think to be less judgmental – I am a lot less that I used to be, but I sometimes jump to conclusions way too quickly.
Q: If you could change one thing about Neil for the better, what would that be, and why?
A: Difficult one to answer… I think the way he dresses to be light hearted!
Q: What do you love most about change?
A: I thrive on change – hence why I work in the industry I do. I get very bored very quickly. I hated working a 9-5 job hence why I quit and went back to freelancing and running my own business.
Q: What would you say is the most radical change that marriage has brought to your life?
A: Not much change in that department – we lived together for four years prior to getting married and bought a house together a while ago. We were committed then and we are committed now.
Q: Where do you go when you feel like a change of scenery?
A: Depends. Holiday? Anywhere, I love to travel. I work from home so sometimes I’ll hire a space from The Common Room in Parkhurst or go work at a coffee shop. It helps in being creative, being in a new space.
Q: What’s your own personal formula for coping with change in your life?
A: I guess I just deal! Deal with it, get over it if it’s negative, and move on. Embrace it – there’s no use in fighting it.
Q: How did being a contestant on Survivor SA change your life?
A: It changed it drastically. It was actually quite a traumatic experience. I suffered from Post Traumatic Stress afterwards.
It is such a surreal experience – to this day it doesn’t feel like I lived alone on an island with no food for 16 days. But I’d do it again. Weird, I know.
Q: What was the single biggest and scariest change you have ever made in your life?
A: Possibly buying a house with my (now) husband. At the time, that felt like marriage! It was a big commitment – for our relationship, and financially.
Q: Looking at children today, how do you think childhood has changed since you were a child?
A: I think technology and social media has changed it so much. For the better and sometimes for the worse. We didn’t have immediate access to so much information.
Q: What does it take for you to change your mind?
A: Logic. And rational argument. If you present your case like that, I’m not a nonsensical person, I’ll listen!
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