During 2001 André stepped back into music. Experiencing a life of rich and sometimes painful experiences, her song writing matured, culminating in a collection of songs based on her “Journey of Love” She wrote a show around this CD and performed this to great critical acclaim at Carnival City for the whole month of February 2002.
She appeared as a guest on “People of the South” as a tribute to her contribution to the entertainment and fashion world.
A few year s ago she was inspired to write a song “Let Me Grow In Peace” It was chosen as the anthem for Childrens Day in Gauteng and performed to an audience of 40,000.
Many choirs throughout the country are now including it in their repertoire.
André is married to the internationally acclaimed playwright and director Anthony Akerman. At present he is a writer and the Script editor for the greatly successful soap-opera “Rhythm City”. They live very happily in Greenside, Johannesburg with 2 ridge-backs Fundi and Thunzi.
André developed an inspirational talk in 2006 called “Colours of my Life” She has been addressing schools, womens clubs and raising money for charities all over the country. A few years ago she had an operation to remove cancer and had 6 months of chemotherapy. She has completely recovered.
This journey has inspired her to write many more songs which she performs in her talk. Due to the public demand she has now recorded a CD called “Change Your World” which was launched in PMB on the 9th August.