Innholdsfortegnelse for 2023-03-19 i Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday

Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

AI may be here to do more than just replace us

The first part of 2023 has proved how far technology has come and how rapidly it has transformed, especially in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). What were once just the perfect ingredients of a sci-fi movie have been baked and pulled out of an oven to show that humans can have their cake and eat it, too. More ironic is that the race to AI domination among tech companies itching for a slice yielded the idea that the technology could replace many human jobs, which is currently selling like hotcakes. It's evident that the AI bakery offers various confections, whether it’s ease in everyday living or getting tasks at work done quicker. The notion of “let it do it for you” has become more palatable to the human taste.…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

How to buffer your small business against energy price hikes

THE RECENT decision by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa) to authorise an almost 19% price hike on electricity has been met with fierce criticism from several fronts, including the small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector. Economic analysts have highlighted the imminent cost-of-living crisis that will impact South Africans, as well as small businesses, whose struggle to contend with the energy price hike is being compounded by high inflation, the rising cost of fuel and load shedding. An industry snapshot With the 18.65% energy tariff increase primed to take effect from April 1, unless the deferral requested by President Cyril Ramaphosa is confirmed, the state of the SME sector hangs in the balance. The dramatic rise in the cost of energy will set off a domino effect that…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Kudlaliwe ngoMsweli

SIYAZI sonke ukuthi u-Ayanda Msweli akasiye umsakazi. Nakuba kunjalo kodwa abakwenze kuye, bengakwenzi kwabanye. Ayikho into engiphathe kabi njengokumbona ememeza abantu ukuba bazothenga izimbadada zoKhozi FM esitolo sakwaJam Clothing, ePort Shepstone. Ngizizwe izinyembezi zigcwala amehlo ngesikhathi kukhona abantu abamgqolozele, belokhu bebuzana ukuthi "Ubaba kabani lo? Indoda kabani le ebanga ukushisa ekubeni ilanga likhipha umkhovu etsheni?" Kwenzeka konke lokhu nje, isikhulu sezokukhangisa kulo msakazo nabanye abasakazi bazipholele ngaphakathi. Balokhu bencoma ubumnandi be-air conditioner. Ngibuye kodwa ngakhumbula ukuthi bekusazomenyezelwa izinguquko. Ngakho nanoma wubani wenza noma yini ukujabulisa abaphathi. Ngiyakwesaba ukungabi namali nokuncenga umsebenzi.…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

The 5 cosmetic procedures this plastic surgeon would never have done

From nose jobs to butt lifts, plastic surgery is no longer something only celebrities have done and keep under wraps. These days many people are having procedures done and are not ashamed of it. While treatments like Botox and fillers are as popular and as simple as having your nails done, plastic surgery is far more complicated and sometimes dangerous. A plastic surgeon has taken to TikTok to share the five cosmetic procedures she would never have done. In a video that has been viewed more than a million times, plastic surgeon Dr Kelly Killeen goes into detail about why she wouldn’t have specific procedures done. First on her list is the Brazilian butt lift. “This is a procedure with the highest death and complication rate of any…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

‘Luther: The Fallen Sun’: Crimes against humanity - and subtlety

Luther: The Fallen Sun picks up just where things left off in Luther, the neo-noir Netflix detective series on which it's based: with the arrest of the brilliant but flawed title character, police detective John Luther (Idris Elba). As explained by the new story at the start of this garden-variety serial killer thriller, Luther's arrest for such unethical behaviour as witness intimidation and breaking and entering has been years in the making, engineered by a maniacal Professor Moriarty-like villain (Andy Serkis) who keeps a supply of old corpses on ice for when he might need one as a prop. This is no spoiler; the bad guy’s identity is revealed in the film’s first few minutes, and not by Luther (although he does suss out a partial motive before anyone else…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

The benefits of exercise during Ramadaan

RAMADAAN is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and it is observed worldwide as a month of fasting and prayer and self-reflection. Researchers have found that the mental concentration gained during Ramadaan raises the level of the brain- derived neurotrophic factor, which stimulates the body to build new brain cells and enhances cognitive function. According to a Britannica Encyclopedia entry, Ramadaan is less a season of atonement than it is a time for Muslims to exercise restraint following “sawm”, one of the pillars of Islam. Although the most prominent interpretation of “sawm” is the commitment to fast during Ramadaan, it is considered to mean the duty to abstain from all bad behaviour between dawn and sunset, as well as not eating, drinking and engaging in sexual activity. While the…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Public frustration grows over failed peace talks

LAST Sunday, a UN Security Council (UNSC) mission concluded a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to assess security and humanitarian conditions in the country, as well as the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission, Monusco. The visit came amid an ongoing offensive by the M23 rebel group, which has seized parts of the eastern province of North Kivu, bordering Rwanda, following a resurgence of attacks since 2021. Speaking in the province’s capital city of Goma, Nicolas de Rivière, France’s permanent representative to the UN and the co-leader of the UNSC mission along with Gabonese diplomat Michel-Xavier Biang, said, “The presence of the M23 is spreading and it is no longer to be demonstrated that Rwanda supports the M23 … It is also clearly established that there…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

international justice The US and ICC’s awkward history

In June 2020, the US imposed sanctions on Fatou Bensouda. Within weeks, Bensouda found that banks were closing her accounts and cancelling her credit cards. Even her relatives had assets frozen as banks attempted to comply with the rules set by the US Treasury. What was Bensouda’s alleged transgression? Was she a terrorist? A human rights abuser? A corrupt foreign official? No, she was the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). And the sanctions were imposed on her for doing the job she was appointed to do. The ICC sits in a grand building in The Hague, the administrative capital of the Netherlands. It is backed by 123 other nations, including US allies all over the world. Bensouda’s office is designed to prosecute major crimes, including war crimes,…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

UDj Le Soul uthole ezimnandi etetemuka e-USA

EZIMNANDI zingene itetemuka phesheya kwezilwandle intandokazi kaDj wesifazane waKwaMashu, ezojoyina isikhondlakhondla somsakazo. Ethintwa yiSolezwe ngeSonto uDj Le Soul ngokuqashwa kwakhe yiMetro FM, uthe ujabule ngendlela eyisimanga futhi akazi nokuthi enzenjani. “Ngikhuluma nawe nje ngise USA. Okungichaze kakhulu ukuthi iMetro ngeke ibe nenkinga nomsebenzi wami futhi ithembise ukuthi uma ngidlala endaweni ethize kuzokuba neveni engizosakazela kuyona,” kuchaza uLe Soul, obehluleka nokuzibamba injabulo. Uthe akasoze akhohlwa lapho adlule khona ngoba ucabanga ukuthi lezi zindawo bezimqeqeshela iMetro FM. Ubale iVibe FM, ahlale kuyona iminyaka emibili nohhafu, athe wayengumdidiyeli wohlelo olubizwa nge-Entertainment Summit. “Ngisuke lapho kulolu hlelo engangilwenza noSizwe Blose ngangena kwiGagasi FM ngibenzela iGig Guide ohlelweni luka Mzo Gumde, ngagcina ngiqashiwe, ngihlale khona iminyaka emihlanu. Bekungakapheli nonyaka uDj eshiyile kwiGagasi FM, lapho amamezela khona ukuthi usefuna ukugxila emculweni njengoba esekhuza ibuya ohlelweni…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

UMkokstad uzoyethula ngenkonzo i-albhamu

UFISA ukusebenzisa i-albhamu yakhe ukuvuselela abantu okholweni, uDumi Mkokstad, okulindeleke ethule ngokusemthethweni iThe Over Flow Gcwala Kimi enezingoma eziwu-21. Le-albhamu ayikhiphe ngoKhisimusi, uthe yenza kahle kakhulu njengoba inama-streams angaphezulu kwesigidi ezinkundleni zomculo zesimanje. Ngaphandle kwezinkundla zokuxhumana, abantu abaningi baziqopha ama-video bedumisa ngengoma ethi Vumb'elimnandi ebukeka idla ubhedu. UMkokstad uthe akulula ukusho ukuthi iyiphi ingoma ehamba phambili ngoba kukhona nethi Akekho OnjengoJesu ebambene neVumb'elimnandi. "Bekuyisifiso sami ukuthi yenze kahle le-albhamu ngoba selokhu ngagcina ngo-2019 ukukhipha umculo omusha. Ukusebenza ngokubambisana noLebo Sekgobela, Jumbo, Winnie Mashaba nabanye abantu kwenze yaba yimpumelelo le-albhamu ngoba nginezingoma zezinye izilimi," kusho uMkokstad. I-The Over Flow Gcwala Kimi inezingoma zesiSotho ezimbili, ezesiNgisi ezimbili kanjalo nezesiZulu. Lokhu uMkokstad uthe kuzokwenza kube lula kubantu abaningi ukuthola ingoma ezovuselela ukholo kubo. Khonamanjalo umatasa nezinhlelo zomcimbi afisa ube yindumezulu wokwethula le albhamu…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Ubonga uBlack Coffee ngokumazisa emazweni aphesheya

UKUHLANGANA kwakhe noBlack Coffee sekumvulele indathane yeminyango uphrojusa waseMlazi ka-U, njengoba esebalwa noDJ abahamba phambili kuleli. U-Enoo Napa ogama lakhe langempela nguSiphiwe Mkhize uphuma eParis, Netherlands, Dubai, Indonesia, Mumbai, Kenya. Uhe konke ayikho bekungeke kube yimpumelelo ukuba akahlangananga noBlack Coffee emva kokungena kule ndima ngo-2013. “Kuningi engikufundile futhi engisaqhubeka nokukufunda selokhu ngasondela eduze kwakhe. Ngaphandle kwendlela yokuziphatha, ungikhuthaze ngokubaluleka kokuwuthanda umsebenzi wakho ukuze nabaseceleni babukele kuwena,” usho kanje. Echaza ngegama azibiza ngalo ukuthi lisuselwa esidlalisweni akhule ebizwa ngaso kubo esithi Inu Napa (Enoo Napa), wabe esekhetha ukusibhala ngalolu hlobo. Muva nje uhlanganyele noDJ Merlon bakhipha i-EP ethi ‘Two Zulu Men in Ibiza’ nebukeka ithakaselwa ngabaningi. Ngo-2017 wathola isicoco seTraxsource Afro House Artist of the year. Phakathi kwabaculi abahlonishwayo aseke wasebenzisana nabo kubalwa uBlack Coffee, N'dinga Gaba, Mi Casa, Oscar P,…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Uzogijima ebheke emuva ozwelana ne-Ukraine

UMLISA oseke wangenela umqhudelwano wokugijima, iLondon Marathon, egqokise futhi ekhasa njengegorila ushaya ibuya nakulo nyaka. UTom Harrison, uzobe ehamba ebheke emuva kulokhu ngenhloso yokuqoqa imali yokusiza abantu base-Ukraine, abakhahlanyezwe yimpi eqhubekayo neRussia. UHarrison oneminyaka engu-46 akamusha ekuqopheni umlando nokwenza izinto ezingajwayelekile. Ngo-2022 wahamba ibanga elingu-263 ezinsukwini ezingu-15 esuka eLands End, eCornwall, eya eParliament Square, eLondon. Lokhu kwakungemuva kweminyaka eyisihlanu ekade ekhase waze waqeda emjahweni iLondon Marathon egqokise okwegorila. Umphathi walolu hlelo uthemba ukuthi leli qhinga likaHarrison lizosiza limdonsele amehlo akwazi ukuqoqa imali azoyinikelela eRed Cross. "Abantu abaningi base-Ukraine kukhona abamaziyo obulewe kule mpi eqhubekayo. “Kuyinto ebuhlungu le ababhekene nayo nokuyingakho bezodinga usizo lokwesekwa kungakhohlwa ngabo," usho kanje. Uzoqala umjaho ngasemuva ukuze avikele ukushayisana nozakwabo abazobe bewungenilele nabo futhi abazobe begijima ngendlela ejwayelekile. "Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi kukhona abazobe bengixwayisa ukuthi sengathi ngibheke…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Isikhumbuzo soThingo

UMBANGO wesikhundla sekuhola ibandla owasuka ngo-2011 emva kokukhothama komholi wamaNazaretha, iNkosi Vimbeni Shembe uThingolwenkosazana, ubusugqibe nesikhumbuso sayo. Njengawo wonke amakhosi amaNazaretha asakhothama, isikhumbuzo soThingolwenkosazana besilokhu sikhona yize bekuyinto engagqami. UThingolwenkosazana lwakhothama ngoMashi 27 ngo-2011. Isolezwe ngeSonto, lixoxe noMnuz Slindelo Bhengu ongomunye wabakhulumeli bomholi uPhinda Shembe Ukukhanyakwelanga okuqinisekisile ukuthi isikhumbuzo soThingolwenkosazana sihlala sikhona yonke iminyaka. “Njengoba kunguMashi inkonzo eqondene nokukhumbula uThingolwenkosazana ibakhona minyaka yonke uma sekuzophela inyanga,” kusho uBhengu. Okhulumela umholi uMduduzi Shembe Unyazilwezilwezulu, uMnuz Thokozani Mncwabe nabo abakaze bageje ekungawenzini umcimbi wesikhumbuzo soThingolwenkosazana. “ Kuba wumcimbi othatha amasonto amabili ohambisana nemigidi kukhulunywa izindaba ezinhle ngoThingolwenkosazana. Nakulo nyaka sizoba nawo kodwa sizokwaziswa izinsuku ezibekelwe isikhumbuso,” kusho uMncwabe. NgokwamaNazaretha isikhumbuzo samakhosi asakhothama yinto ebalulekile futhi ayakhunjulwa ngezinyanga akhothama ngazo ngemisebenzi yawo emihle. Esomsunguli webandla lamaNazaretha iNkosi Isaiah Mloyiswa Mdliwamafa Shembe, Umqaliwendlela siba…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

UBhaka ucacisa ngokwabaxabanisa noKhehlelezi

UKING Bhaka Nzama, ucacisa ngokungezwani phakathi kwakhe nendumandumane uDr Khehlelezi, abahlala njalo ngokubonakala begconana ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. “Ngisuke ngingalwi naye, kuphela ngisuke ngilwa nendlela enza ngayo izinto, okuyiyona ekhohlisa abantu. Mina naye sibanga ukuthi nje wenza izinto ezingenalo iqiniso, ezidukisa abantu,” kubeka uKing Bhaka. Eqhuba, uthe nguye onesibindi sokukhalima abelaphi, uma bephuma endleleni kulendima. Ukungezwani kwami nezinto azenzayo kwaqala ngesikhathi enza i-video ekhipha imali emanzini. “Inkinga yami naye iqale enza ividiyo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ekhipha imali emanzini, ethi utshelwe abantu abadala ukuthi kunemali esemanzini. Bengingeke ngithule umuntu engcolisa igama lezinyanga nabelaphi bendabuko,” kubeka uKing Bhaka. Uveze ukuthi yena noKhehlelezi ngeke basebenzisana. Uthi uKhehlelezi, wathuma uNgizwe Mchunu ukuthi azomtshela, ukuthi basebenzisane kodwa wanqaba. UNgizwe Mchunu, ethintwa ngalokhu, ubhoke ngolaka. “Ngihlanganaphi mina ezindabeni zabo, ungangifaki kulento. Ngasho ngathi ningaphinde ningifonele nina zintatheli, nawe futhi…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Isishoshovu sikhomba abaphathi boSuthu ngenjumbane

ISISHOSHOVU se#FeesMustFall, uMcebo “Nkunzikayibaleki” Dlamini, ukhomba ngenjumbane abaphathi baMaZulu FC ngokubekezelela umqeqeshi waleli qembu uRomain Folz, phezu kokuba iqembu liqhubeka nokuthola imiphumela engagculisi. UDlamini oqale wabhala enkundleni yezokuxhumana ebuza ukuthi uFolz usagcinelweni? Engxoxweni ekhethekile neSolezwe ngeSonto ube esephumela obala ngokukhathazeka kwakhe ngaleli qembu elinomlando omude ebholeni lezinyawo eNingizimu Afrika. Uthe: “Iqiniso wukuthi lo mqeqeshi uyimbangela yokubhacaza kwaMaZulu. Akukho okuhlukile afike nakho eqenjini, akanawo amaqhinga aphusile, nosekuphendule AmaZulu iqembu elingaqondakali ukuthi lidlala nhloboni yebhola. “Ngeke sithule sibukele izinto zonakala ngoba AmaZulu awafani nanoma yiliphi nje iqembu, kodwa ayiqembu elinendawo ekhethekile emlandweni waseNingizimu Afrika, ikakhulu kubantu abangamaNguni. “Uma kukhona okungahambi kahle kufanele nakanjani siphefumule siveze ilaka lethu. “Sibona kufanele ukuthi manje umphathi waMaZulu ayifakele izibuko indaba yomqeqeshi ngoba leli qembu aliyona nje ibhizinisi noma into yokuchitha isizungu kubantu abayizigwili. “UMr Bean (esho…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Kuxwayiswa iChiefs nePirates ngokudlondlobala kweSundowns

OWAYENGUMXHUMANISI weKaizer Chiefs nabalandeli eminyakeni edlule, uPutco Mphuthumi Mafani, uxwayisa iqembu lakhe elidala ne-Orlando Pirates, ngokuthi uma bengavuki emaqandeni maduze iMamelodi Sundowns izobakhwele emakhanda futhi ngabalandeli abaningi. Nanamhlanje wonke umthandi kanobhutshuzwayo kuleli, usababaza ukugcwala phama kweLoftus Stadium ngabalandeli ababevathe ngemibala yamaBrazillians ngoMgqibelo odlule, ibhekene ne-Aly Ahly. Yonke inkundla yayiphuzi. Ngokujwayelekile inkundla igcwala phama ngaleya ndlela uma kubhekene izinkunzi zaseSoweto. Kunokwehlukana kwemibono ngokugcwalisa inkundla iLoftus Versfeld ngaleyandlela. Kukhona abathi yingoba babengena mahhala. Umbuzo uthi ngabe bonke labaya bantu bavuka bayothenga izevatho zeSundowns ngoba nakhu kuzongenwa bhusende? Impendulo kungaba wukuthi sebebaningi abalandeli beSundowns abayibukela behlezi emakhaya, abangenawo umdlandla wokuya ezinkundleni noma ngabe liyana noma likhipha umkhovu etsheni UMafani uthe uyakuvuma ukuthi eZimnyama neChiefs basahamba phambili ngokuba nabalandeli abaningi. Uthe nokho lokhu ukubona kuzoshintsha ngokushesha. "Okumele sikwazi ukuthi wonke umuntu uthanda ukuzihlanganisa neqembu…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

10 cheapest Mediterranean cities for a coastal getaway

Travelling is not cheap and sometimes we have to go where the pocket leads. Financial experts at Gambling ’N Go analysed the average cost of factors in each major Mediterranean city, including flights from any London airport, hotels, and a mid-range restaurant for two people. A score out of 100 was given to each city based on the cost of each factor to determine the ranking. Here are the “cheapest Mediterranean cities”: Oran In first place is Oran, with a final score of 94.9. It’s considered to be Algeria’s capital of parties and music – and given that it costs an average of £1.04 (about R23) for a beer, you can let loose with the vibrant nightlife without breaking the bank. Egypt In the second spot is Port Said in…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Naspers tech fund is dead, what should replace it?

More than 100 years ago a group of Afrikaner men met in Stellenbosch to form a publishing entity that would support their cause. After many years of operating as a publishing company it made the transition to the technology sector. As a publishing company it committed many sins for which it later apologised. As part of an apology process the company committed to do good and correct some of the wrongs of the past. When Phuti Mahanyele, the CEO of the company, announced the launch of a technology fund (Naspers Foundry) at the Prudential Investment Summit, she was partly paying for the sins of the past. She was also paying for a new sin that the company had committed (more on that later). This week the company announced that Foundry…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Load shedding battering JSE-listed firms’ bottom line

COMPANIES are being pummelled by the costs they are incurring amid power outages. Some have been forced to lower their growth outlooks. A slowing economy means consumers have less money to spend and businesses have fewer sales. JSE-listed company financial statements and trading updates reflect the millions and billions spent on diesel, hiking their costs, as firms lose thousands of hours, and counting. Nedbank noted said the economy enjoyed only two days without load shedding in the fourth quarter, and the hours per day without elec- tricity increased, with 51% of the quarter at load shedding stages 3 to 6. “Based on our calculations, real GDP (gross domestic product) is likely to shrink by a further 0.4% in the first quarter, which means that the economy probably entered a…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

William’s marriage to Duchess of ‘Doolittle’ Kate is ‘not all sweetness’

Theirs was a fairy-tale wedding. When Princess Kate walked down the aisle in April 2011 dressed in a stunning Alexander McQueen creation, thousands wanted to be her and watched in awe as Prince William stepped forward and took his bride’s hand in marriage. To the outside world, they represented the perfect couple, never wavering in their devotion to each other in spite of the adversity they faced, from William’s rumoured affair with Rose Hanbury to his brother’s revelations about heated arguments over Duchess Meghan in his tell-all book Spare. No, the Prince and Princess of Wales could do no wrong. Even in the eyes of the British press, William has been portrayed as a stoic leader who possessed the qualities as the future king of England. And Kate, well, all…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

A guide on how to choose, cook, and serve chicken

South Africans love their chicken. It is no surprise that South Africans eat more chicken than any other protein, and for good reason. Shoppers across the nation love its affordability and versatility – chicken is a table-pleaser for eaters of all ages. Among other nutrient benefits, chicken is an efficient dietary source of protein and provides all nine essential amino acids. Ever seen a “sold out” sign in the chicken section of a store? I don’t think so. Chicken is readily available in pretty much every supermarket and restaurant, and is generally less expensive than other meats like pork and beef. Chicken tastes good and it is good for you and it is sustainable! In this article, we will explore more about this ‘crowd pleaser’ type of meat. First things…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Your therapist is on TikTok. Will your therapy session end up there too?

Patients share their deepest fears and darkest secrets within the safe confines of a therapist’s office. And increasingly, therapists are sharing versions of those stories with millions on TikTok. As social media plays an ever-more-central role in society, therapists have taken to online spaces to discuss mental health issues. Many of them share video vignettes that reenact conversations with clients. As a result, more patients are being asked to sign social media consent forms that allow therapists to use behind-closed-door revelations to inspire online content. Therapists pledge to avoid including identifying information, but still patients may find their painful breakup or troubled relationship with their parents on TherapyTok. Therapists see their foray into social media as a way to help a wide range of people by sharing coping strategies and…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Depoliticisation, independence critical for accountability

Cartoonists are having a field day caricaturing President Cyril Rama- phosa’s poor handling of the Phala Phala farm imbroglio. One such cartoon is that of Business Day’s Brandan Reynolds depicting Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala bathroom. Ramaphosa is shown trying to wash off the Phala Phala stain from his hands from the water gushing from two ornamentally designed faucets. One of the faucets carries the face of the acting public protector, advocate Kholeka Gcaleka, and the second that of SA Revenue Service (Sars) Commissioner Edward Kieswetter. The message is clear: the two offices have abandoned all pretence of being independent or spouts of clean governance and accountability. Rather, they have reduced themselves to being Ramaphosa’s very own cleansing agents. The preliminary report of the acting public protector suggests that she had deliberately…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

New global order BRICS now the voice for South-South co-operation

South Africa will be hosting the 15th BRICS Summit in August this year. This will be the second time the summit will be hosted on it shores since 2018. As the BRICS Chair, South Africa will also host the BRICS High-Level Dialogue and also set the agenda for the summit. Established in 2009, the BRICS is a group of some of the world’s biggest emerging markets (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) whose founding mandate was to create or forge an alternative global order to the one dominated by western economies. These countries felt aggrieved by the limitations imposed on their growth by a western-shaped global security and economic order. The BRICS latest demonstration of its willingness to resist western hegemony is its refusal to support the US-led campaign…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

20th anniversary The not-so-winding road from Iraq to Ukraine

TODAY marks the 20th anniversary of the US and British invasion of Iraq. The seminal event in the short history of the 21st century continues to plague Iraqi society to this day and looms large over the crisis in Ukraine, making it impossible for most of the global south to see the war in Ukraine through the same prism as US and Western politicians. While the US was able to strong-arm 49 countries, including many in the global south, to join its “coalition of the willing” to support invading the sovereign nation of Iraq, only the UK, Australia, Denmark and Poland contributed troops to the invasion force. The past 20 years of disastrous interventions have taught many nations not to hitch their wagons to the faltering US empire. Today,…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Ubonga umculo owamenzela imali ngomvalelandlini

UBONGA uNkulunkulu ngokungazitholi ebhekene nengwadla yokungabi namali ngesikhathi seCovid-19 umculi wokholo wakuleli uNtokozo Mbambo. Lo mculi uthi isikhathi esinzima sokuvumbuka kweCovid-19 esaholela ekutheni kube nomvalela ndlini, simenze wabona ubumqoka bokusetshenziswa kwezobuchwepheshe ngenhloso yokuthuthukisa umculo. Uthi abantu babebuka umculo wakhe kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe ngesikhathi somvalelandlini okwaze kwaholela ekutheni akwazi ukugaya imali ehlezi ekhaya. Ukhuthaza abaculi baseNingizimu Afrika ngokungabi madolo nzima uma betshelwa ngokusatshalaliswa komculo wabo kwezobuchwepheshe. “Lokhu kusilekelelile kakhulu sangazithola sinenkinga enkulu yokungabi namali ngesikhathi seCovid-19. Ngikholwa wukuthi nabanye kumele bazi ngalokhu ngoba kubalulekile kakhulu,’’ usho kanjena. Lo mculi wethula ngokusemthethweni i-albhamu yakhe yesikhombisa ethi Lavish Worship ngoMashi 24 e-DCC eThekwini. Umcimbi wokwethulwa kwale albhamu uzoqala ngehora lesikhombisa kusihlwa. Amathikithi abiza u-R350 kuwona wonke umuntu. Atholakala ePick n Pay naseComputicket. Le-albhamu inezingoma eziwu-18. Uthi kulokhu akukho lapho ecula khona nomyeni wakhe…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Umculi ubhoboka ngesehlo esicishe samyekisa ukucula

“NGIJABULELA ukuthi lokhu okwenzeka akunginqindanga amandla okuthi ngiqhubeke nethalente lami.” Lawa ngamazwi kaMidnight Uzo, umculi omusha obhoboke ngento emehlele ngonyaka odlule engena emculweni. Engxoxweni ekhethekile abenayo neSolezwe ngeSonto, lo mculi oyindodakazi yesishoshovu se-ANC, uNkk Bathabile Dlamini, uveze ukuthi kwale kancane ukuthi aphose ithawula ngomculo emva kwesehlo ahlangabezane naso komunye wophrojusa. “Ngangiqeda ukuqopha nophrojusa engangimsebenzisa ngaleso sikhathi kodwa wavele wangijikela ngomzuzu wokugcina ekhuluma izinto ezibheke eceleni nezingalungile,” kusho intokazi. Uthe kusukela lapho ubudlelwane babo kabuzange bube buhle ngoba ubesezizwa engaphephile uma enaye. “Kwaba yinto enzima ngempela ngoba ngasala nemibuzo yokuthi kungathi ngiqala ngenza into engiyithandayo bese ngizohlangabezana nale nto. “Kwasala kancane ukuthi ngithathe isinqumo sokuyeka konke kodwa ngafikelwa wumcabango wokuthi angingazinqindi amandla ami ngenxa yezambane elilodwa elibolile,” kusho uMidnight Uzo. Uthe akazisoli ngesinqumo sokuqhubeka nomculo ngoba uzitholele ithimba elisha asebenzisana nalo,…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Akashintshe ukwenza oweMaritzburg United

UKUVIKA izembe njalo kweMaritzburg United egijima kwiDStv Premiership kubukeka sekuphenduke ixhala elingapheli kubantu baKwaZulu-Natal abathanda ibhola, ikakhulukazi kubalandeli baleli qembu abazinze eMgungundlovu namaphethelo. Okudala lokhu kukhathazeka yingenxa yokuthi leli qembu yilona kuphela njengamanje eseliyithemba labathandi bebhola bakule ndawo, nabalandeli balo abaleseka ngayo yonke indlela ikakhulukazi emidlalweni yasekhaya eHarry Gwala Stadium, eMgungundlovu. Kumanje leli qembu libalwa namabili asemsileni we-log yePremiership ukusuka phansi njengoba silobe lisendaweni ka-15. Lokhu kusho ukuthi uma i-United ingashintshi ukwenza emidlalweni eyisikhombisa eyisalele ingase izithole ngesizini ezayo idlala kwiMotsepe Foundation Championship. Ukugawulwa yizembe kwaleli qembu kumbe ukushabalala kwalo kungasho ukulahlekelwa kwabanye osomabhizinisi bakule ndawo, ikakhulukazi labo abasemkhakheni wezokuvakasha, okubalwa abamahhotela abahlomulayo ngokuza kwemidlalo yeDStv Premiership kuleli dolobha. Abanye abazoshayeka uma iTeam of Choice iya ehlathini osomabhizinisi abancane abadayisa ukudla nokunye okuyaye kudingwe ngabathandi bebhola abasuke behambele imidlalo…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Inyanga isungule inhlangano yezepolitiki

INYANGA uMnuz Bhekithemba Ngubane, ithi yehlulekile wukuziba izwi lekhehla eliyidlozi, eliyiyalele ukuthi iqale yelaphe abantu abahluphekile ngokusungula inhlangano yezepolitiki entsha. UNgubane usungule i-Azanian Revolutionary Congress (Azarco), athi sekunesikhathi efikelwa yizwi limtshela ngayo. UNgubane uzichaze njengosebenzele izinkampani ezizimele nohulumeni ngoba uthi uneziqu zokucwaninga amabhuku. Uthi kudala izwi limfikela ngendaba yenhlangano kodwa waqala wayicubungula kahle le ndaba, wenza ucwaningo olunzulu wase eyavuma. Isolezwe ngeSonto lenze uphenyo lwalo lathola ukuthi inhlangano kaNgubane iyavela ohlwini lwamaqembu abhalisile kwi-IEC. Uphenyo luveza nokuthi bazibhalise ngokuthi amahhovisi abo aseMhlanga, eThekwini. UNgubane ukuchithile ukuthi bawuqhibukhowe weqembu, elivele ngoba nakhu sekubhekwe okhethweni. Uthe babeka phambili abantu abamnyama, okuyibona abazobanika ubulungu. “Abantu abamnyama yibona abacindezeleke kakhulu emhlabeni wonke, noma ungayaphi. Inqubo eqhakambisa abantu abamnyama yaziwa umhlaba wonke kodwa yiyona ecindezelwa kakhulu futhi yonke indawo,’’ kusho uNgubane. Uthe bona bamele ukuthuthukiswa…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Ikhansela lingenele umbango wokuhola i-DA e-KZN

ZIZOHLABANA amalunda phakathi kwekhansela leDA kuMasipala uMsunduzi, uMnuz Bongumusa Nhlabathi (41) nomholi weqembu KwaZulu-Natal, uMnuz Francois Rodgers (62) abazobanga isikhundla engqungqutheleni yesifundazwe. I-DA KwaZulu-Natal ilungisela ingqungquthela yokukhetha ubuholi okufanele ibe maduze. Ingqungquthela yeDA izohlala ngo-Ephreli 29 e-ICC eThekwini. Lokhu kuqinisekiswe yilona iqembu, lathi konke kumi ngomumo. Ingqungquthela yesifundazwe izolandela ekazwelonke yona ezoba ngasekuqaleni kwenyanga ezayo eCape Town. UNhlabathi onguSotswebhu weDA kuMasipala uMsunduzi uzimisele ngokuphosela uRodgers inselelo. URodgers ubekhethwe engqungqutheleni ngoMashi 2021 eThekwini. UNhlabathi uzalwa kwaPata, eMgungundlovu. Ujoyine iDA ngo-2000 okuchaza ukuthi usehlale kuyona iminyaka engu-23. Ebuzwa uNhlabathi ngokungenela umbango wesikhundla, uvumile ukuthi uzongenela ngoba kudala bemcela abantu abangamalungu eqembu. “Kusukela ngonyaka odlule bengicela ukuthi ngiphakamise isandla futhi kucela abantu bezinhlanga zonke. Njengoba siya okhethweni olubalulekile, bakholelwa wukuthi amava ami nesikhathi esengisihlalile eqenjini kungenza ngibe wosekulungele ukuba wumholi,’’ kusho uNhlabathi. Ngengqungquthela…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

UZungu ufisa ukuqeqesha osomatekisi eMUT

USHANSELA omusha waseMangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) uMnuz Sandile Zungu, uthi unesifiso sokuthi isikhungo ngelinye ilanga sibe nohlelo lokuqeqesha abemboni yamatekisi, ngendlela yokuthuthukisa umsebenzi wabo. UZungu ubekhuluma ngoLwesihlanu emcimbini wokugcotshwa kwakhe kwesikaShansela eMUT, eMlaza. UZungu uyisikhondlakhondla kwezamabhizinisi futhi ungumnikazi weqembu lebhola AmaZulu FC, elizinze eThekwini. UShansela odabuka eMlaza, uthe iMUT kufanele ibukeke njengendawo ebuyisa ithemba kubantu. “Awucabange nje iMUT ibe nohlelo lokufundisa abashayeli bamatekisi oluzobhekana nokuphathwa kwamakhasimende. Izifundo ezibacija ngezobuchwepheshe, yizindlela zokukhokha kungasetshenziswa mali, ezenhlanzeko nezokuphepha bagcine sebethola izitifiketi ezizobenza bazizwe bebuyelwa yisithunzi nokuzigqaja,’’ kusho uZungu. Uqhube wathi lokhu kungenza abamatekisi bazibone ukuthi kuningi abangakwenza kanti kungakuhle uma kungacatshangwa ngokuba nohlelo lokufundisa izaguga ukufunda, ukubhala nezobuchwepheshe. Uthe konke lokhu kungenzeka ngoba isikhungo sinabantu ababukhali kwezocwaningo nasemikhakheni eyahlukene. Uthe uzizwa ehloniphekile kakhulu ngokuba yingxenye ye-MUT, wathembisa ukuthi uzokwenza konke okusemandleni…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

IMarumo ithi ngabe kayikho emsileni ukube eyaseBloem

ESINYE sezithenjwa zeMarumo Gallants uCelimpilo "Zidane" Ngema, sikholelwa ekutheni ngabe kabekho emsileni welog yeDStv Premiership ukuba imidlalo yabo bayiqalele eFree State. IFree State ngesinye sezifundazwe zakuleli esidume ngokuthi uma kudlala amaqembu aso, kuphuma ngisho nesinedolo sizobukela umdlalo. Kusukwe kungadlalwa nezingane njengoba abalandeli bakulesi sifundazwe bedume ngokuhlabelela umlibe kusukela umdlalo uqala uze uyophela. Yingakho iBloemfontein Celtic yayingapheli moya uma udlala nayo ngenxa yomdlandla owawuqhamuka kubalandeli. Konke lokhu kube sekuphela kumasizini edlule emuva kokuthi uShawn MaMkhze ethenge isitifiketi seSiwelele sokudlala esigabeni esikhulu. "Sithanda ukubonga kakhulu kubantu baseFree State. Selokhu eminye yemidlalo siyidlalele khona, zonke izinto ziyathembisa. “Abantu kakhona banothando uma sidlalela khona sizizwa sikhululekile. Yingakho ngikholelwa ekutheni ngabe kasikho kulolu bishi ukuba saqala ukudlalela khona," kubeka uNgema. Njengamanje ezikaNgema zisekugcineni kwilog ngamaphuzu awu-20, emidlalweni ewu-23. Yizona zodwa ezisanqobe imidlalo emine kuphela.…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

OweBafana nenselelo emaqenjini amakhululu

UMQEQESHI weqembu lesizwe iBafana Bafana, uHugo Broos, usephonsele inselelo iKaizer Chiefs ne-Orlando Pirates okungamaqembu amakhulu eNingizimu, ukuthi abhukule ekwenyuseni izinga, kuphele ukukhonya kweqembu elilodwa iMamelodi Sundowns esigabeni seDStv Premiership. UBroos ukusho lokhu ngemuva kokumemezela kwakhe isikwati sabadlali abangu-23 seBafana Bafana esizotholana phezulu neLiberia emidlalweni yemilenze emibili yeGroup K, okungeyokuhlungela indawo kwi-Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) ezokuba ngonyaka ozayo e-Ivory Coast. Okwenze lo mqeqeshi aveze lo mbono, yingenxa yokubiza kwakhe iningi labadlali beSundowns esikwatini, ekubeni bebathathu kuphela abePirates ababizile, ingasaphathwa eyeChiefs yona engenaye nowokubika umdlali kwiBafana Bafana kwesizodlala neLiberia. “Nicabanga ukuthi akuyona into efanele ukuba iKaizer Chiefs ne-Orlando Pirates phambilini obekungamaqembu abehlale esembangeni wesicoco seligi, ashiywe yiSundowns ngegebe elikhulu kangaka lamaphuzu angu-20 kwi-log? Kukhona okungahambi kahle, hhe? Futhi angazi nami ukuthi yini (engahambi kahle),” kusho uBroos. “Akukuhle amaqembu anjengeChiefs nePirates, okungamaqembu…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Meta maps way to ‘kill’ online deception campaigns

A paper authored by Meta’s Ben Nimmo and Eric Hutchins details how to create a “kill chain” for targeting key links in deception operations aimed at duping people online. “Human stupidity is one of the great powers in the universe, but this kill chain is trying to identify all the different kinds of operations that can try to target human weakness,” Nimmo told AFP. “The goal is to stop the attackers before ever reaching the target.” The hacker community has long joked there is no patch for human gullibility, such as computer users being duped into clicking on booby-trapped links or sharing login credentials at bogus websites. Advances in generative artificial intelligence that can crank out convincing but fake profile photos, voices and written replies give hackers, criminals and con…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Greece’s Galileo Galilei of statistics vindicated

IF YOU ever thought being a bean counter was an easy job, you need to look around. There is at least one who was hanged by Stalin over a census outcome in Russia that did not favour the glory of the Bolshevik revolution. The Russian numbers were down, reflecting the effects of famine. Stalin terminated the life of the messenger for bringing bad numerical tidings. Many have left their jobs through the window, thanks to politicians who were irritated that the numbers were disrupting their political slumber. But the ordeal of Andreas Georgiou has been the most intricate. His stubbornness is one of a Spartan who faced Greece. More than a decade ago, I reported on the ordeal of Georgiou in one of my columns, saying he was the Galileo…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Why do we doubt our intuition? Having a healthy relationship with ourselves can help us answer that

Aristotle once said, it has long been believed that identifying one’s strengths and virtues and using them to guide and reflect one’s life can lead to happiness. Researchers have shown that our connection with ourselves, which includes self-acceptance and self-care, among other things, has an impact on our mental and emotional well-being as well as our relationships with others. Although everyone has a fundamental understanding of what self-awareness is, we don’t know exactly where it comes from, why we need to develop it, or why some of us seem to have more or less than others. Psychologists Shelley Duval and Robert Wicklund proposed this definition: “Self-awareness is the ability to focus on yourself and how your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or don’t align with your internal standards. If you’re…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Kope Makgae plays cupid as host of new matchmaking show

We’re spoilt for choice with the flood of matchmaking reality shows hitting our screens this year. And Mzansi Magic has just announced another one, S’jola Sonke – a show to give viewers a new perspective on dating and relationships, but with a twist. Actor Kope Makgae will steer the ship as host of the dating show produced by Brightfire Pictures, which will air every Sunday, starting on April 9. We all love a little drama and intrigue and we’ve heard this candid, unscripted and edgy season one will look at couples and singles redefining love and monogamy. Three couples and 17 singles who believe in having more than two people in an intimate relationship embark on a four-week journey to find love. The couples and singles openly date each other…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

What’s next for Prev Reddy now that he’s retiring his altar ego Aunty Shamilla...

A new chapter awaits Prev Reddy, the man behind Mzansi’s “favourite” Aunty Shamilla. After five years of pursuing his alter ego, Aunty Shamilla, Reddy announced that he would be hanging up her wigs and gowns in a few months to focus on growing himself in the entertainment space. Reddy, who became an internet sensation for his parodies, explained how his upcoming plans to grow his brand drove him to retire Aunty Shamilla. “I’m branching out into real stand-up comedy as myself (Prev Reddy). I did my first show last year, and we sold out all across South Africa. “I also have my first stint in a movie, The Honeymoon, and I have another big project coming up at the end of the year, which I can’t speak about right now,…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PIC’s economic transformation mandate ‘needs revisiting’

PUBLIC sector workers have been on strike demanding a living wage and better working conditions. It is not easy. The government, their boss, keeps on reminding them, “No work, no pay”. If only they had a strike fund to sustain themselves and their families, it would strengthen their strike and they could hold out longer. But where will the money come from? Perhaps some workers, in their desperation, are thinking about the trillions of rand in the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF). This is their money, but it is under the control of the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) – the “asset manager”. The time has come to revisit the mandate of the PIC from a working- class perspective. This is arguably the worst time for the working class and the…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

US-ethiopia

Blinken looks to restore ties without glossing over war crimes Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded a visit to Ethiopia on Thursday seeking to restore relations with one of Washington’s most important partners in Africa without appearing to give it a pass for the atrocities that took place during a devastating two-year civil war. The delicate balancing act embodied the tension at the core of President Joe Biden’s pledge to put human rights at the “centre” of US foreign policy while also nurturing strategic partnerships that serve Washington’s economic and security interests and blunt China’s growing influence. Blinken praised Ethiopia for making progress on implementing a November peace deal that ended hostilities between Ethiopia’s central government and Tigrayan rebels in the north, calling the agreement “a major achievement and step…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Ezintsha ngoFelix neGagasi FM

SEKUVELE okusha ngosomahlaya ongumsakazi weGagasi FM, uFelix Hlophe okusanda kusabalala izindaba zokuthi uzojoyina iMetro FM. Isolezwe ngeSonto lithole ngomthombo walo ongashayi eceleni ukuthi yize sekusabalele lezi zindaba, zokuthi uyahamba kwiGagasi FM, kuzobanzima ukuthi ashiye lo msakazo ngenxa yenkontileka yeminyaka emithathu ayisayine nalo. “Unenkontileka embophezela ukuthi ahlale kwiGagasi iminyaka emithathu ngaphambi kokucabanga ukulishiya. Kumanje usaphothule unyaka owodwa eyisayinile, usalelwe emibili. Akakwazi ukuvele ashiye kanjalo ingaphelile inkontileka. “Njengoba kuzoba nezinguquko nje emsakazweni eziba minyaka yonke, eyakhe inkontileka ibingeke ithintwe ngoba usayine eyeminyaka emithathu,” kusho umthombo. Kuthintwa uKhulekani Shandu okhulumela iGagasi FM, uthe “ Njengoba ngangivele ngishilo uFelix Hlophe akayindawo,” usho kanje. UShandu akafunanga ukuphumela obala ngeminyaka yenkontileka esayinwe wuFelix Hlophe neGagasi FM, ukuqinisekisile ukuthi njengoba esebenzela iGagasi FM unenkontileka anayo nalo.…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

UDJ uletha abeMetro FM eKZN

UHAMBELA phezulu yinjabulo uDJ Muntu osebizwa ngoMuntu D Don, njengoba kunemicimbi esinikwe yena ukuthi abe ngumhleli wayo wonke amasonto eSkyzer Cafe naseYadini Lounge. UDJ Muntu uthe njalo ngeSonto kuzoba nomcimbi awuhlela eSkyzer Cafe eChesterville lapho ehlalelwe khona ukuletha osaziwayo, obizwa ngeSoul Session. Eyadini Lounge khona uzohlala ehlela iMonday Therapy. IMonday Therapy ibivele ikhona kodwa yamiswa iCovid-19 eminyakeni edlule. Namuhla kwiSoul Session eSkyzer Cafe uzobe elethe uSentle Lehoko weMetro FM. Kusasa ngoMsombuluko kwiMonday Therapy eYadini Lounge, ulethe ODJ beMetro FM, uWilson B Nkosi, uMsizi Shembe nabanye oDJ abadlala umculo opholile okunguBra Mdu, Mseleje, DJ Mzwa, DJ Makhe, DJ RK kanti naye uzobe edlala khona. Kuzona zombili lezi zindawo uthe kungenwa ngo-R100 kanti amathikithi aseYadini Lounge ayatholakala naseWebticket. Nendlela yokugqoka eYadini, uthe iDinem and White kanti eSkyzer akukhethiwe. “Okungijabulisa kakhulu indlela engibona…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Amaphoyisa acela kubekezelwe ngoluka-AKA

OKHULUMELA amaphoyisa KwaZulu-Natal uBrigadier Jay Naicker, uthi thokola themba amathunzi ayewukela odabeni lokugojela ababulali bomrepha u-AKA kodwa bacela ukubekezelelwa. UNaicker usho lokhu ekhuluma nabezindaba eCato Manor lapho bekuboshwe khona izinkabi ebezihlome ngama-AK 47 nokusolwa ukuthi beziyosoconga umuntu othile. U-AKA igama lakhe langempela okunguKiernan Jarryd Forbes, udutshulwe washona phambi kwendawo yobumnandi iWish on Florida ngenyanga edlule. Ukubulawa kwakhe kwethusa abaningi kwasabalala nevideo edutshulwa abantu abathize. U-AKA wayenomngani wakhe uTebello Matsoane naye owadutshulwa washona. I-video iveza abantu bedubula besuka lapho becele empunzini beyoshona ngaphesheya komgwaqo. UNaicker uthe abaphenyi bamatasa kakhulu ngaleli cala futhi bafuna ukuhlanganisa umshubo wedokodo elizofika liphase enkantolo kuvalelwe ababulali. “Kuningi okufanele sikwenze kahle njengoba nazi ukuthi maningi amacala achithwayo enkantolo ngenxa yokujaha kwamaphoyisa ukubopha. “Sisebenzisana nabe-NPA ukuze uma sihambisa idokodo enkantolo libe nesisindo ukuze bangaphunyuli abasolwa. “Ithimba eliphenyayo aligayelwa…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Uthi bewazi?

ISITIMELA sikanokusho esiseqophelweni eliphezulu emhlabeni jikelele sitholakala eNingizimu Afrika, iRovos Rail. IZILWANE zasolwandle ezaziwa ngama-penguins zizikhulula njalo emuva kwemizuzu engu-20. KUTHATHA imizuzu eyisithupha ukuthi ingqondo izwe uma uphuze utshwala. ZONKE izinhlobo zezimbali ziyadliwa. IZWE, iSpain, yilona kuphela emazweni ase-Europe elinomngcele nezwe lase-Afrika. WONKE amadada anezimpaphe ezikwaziyo ukuwavikela ukuthi angangenwa ngamanzi. UNGAKWAZI ukudla insangu iluhlaza ngaphandle kokuyipheka.…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Kuhlukenwe phakathi ngombhikisho we-EFF wakusasa

KUBALWA amahora kushaye usuku olubhekwe ngabomvu lombhikisho we-EFF. Iqembu lifunga liyagomela ukuthi kuzoya ngamagama enkehli ngombhikisho wayo, wokuthi uMengameli Cyril Ramaphosa ehle esihlalweni. I-EFF ithembisa ukumisa kwasani kusasa, ikhala ngokuthi uRamaphosa kufanele ehle esikhundleni nodaba lokucima kukagesi nezinye izinkinga ezikhungethe izwe. Izinhlaka zomthetho zimemezele ukuthi zimi ngomumo ukubhekana nanoma yisiphi isimo sokwephula umthetho. UNgqongqoshe wamaPhoyisa uMnuz Bheki Cele ubehambele eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal ngoMgqibelo eyokhomoza amaphoyisa. Abafundi beSolezwe ngeSonto ekhasini leFacebook banikwe ithuba lokubeka imibono yabo ngesiphakamiso se-EFF kodwa bakhona abathi ibambe ngakho, abanye bathi yimbudane le ngoba ngemuva kwayo konke kuzoqhubeka njengokujwayelekile, bagxeka i-EFF ngokuzidlalela ipolitiki nje. UFlorence Longwe ubona ngendlela ehlukile, uthi akaboni ukuthi kukhona okuzolungiswa wumbhikisho. “Angiyiboni kahle indaba yokujoyina umbhikisho kaMalema. Lona ufuna ukufeza izinhloso zakhe ngathi. Sangenela lo mbhikisho nizobona ukuthi kuyokwenzakani, kuzokhuphuka ukudla, wugesi nophethroli.…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

U-Obasanjo uzokwethula isifundo ngempilo kaShenge

UQWEQWE lomholi wase-Afrika, olwalungumengameli waseNigeria uMnuz Olusegun Obasanjo, luzokwethula isifundo ngomsunguli we-IFP inkosi Mangosuthu Buthelezi. Isifundo sizokwethulwa ngoLwesibili emcimbini ozoba se-ICC, eThekwini ngoSuku lwamaLungelo. Isifundo sihlelwa yiPrince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Foundation, eyethulwe ngoSepthemba wonyaka odlule. UShenge usungule i-IFP ngoMashi 1975, okusho ukuthi izoqeda iminyaka ewu-48 yaba khona ngoLwesibili. UShenge uhole iqembu lakhe iminyaka ewu-44, wabeka phansi izintambo ngo-2019 kwathatha uMnuz Velenkosini Hlabisa, onguMengameli. UShenge wabe esenikezwa isikhundla sikamengameli wokuhlonishwa. Okhulumela iPrince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Foundation, uMfundisi Musa Zondi, uthe isifundo siyingxenye yokulondoloza umlando kaButhelezi nefagugu lakhe. “Abaholi bezombusazwe bavamile ukuthi uma sebethatha umhlalaphansi basungule izinhlangano zokulonda lokho abakumele. Okwesibili wukuthi, ingqungquthela amemezela kuyona ukubeka phansi izintambo, yavumelana ngokuthi kulondolozwe umlando wakhe,’’ kusho uZondi owake waba ngunobhala-jikelele we-IFP. Uthe isifundo sizokwethulwa ngu-Obasanjo ngenxa yomlando wabo omude noShenge ngoba bazana kudala. UZondi…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Mazicace izinyathelo zokulwa nokweqiswa kwezimoto emingceleni

ININGIZIMU Afrika neMozambique, amazwe angomakhelwane ayahwebelana futhi aseqoqweni elilodwa lamazwe angu-16, iSouthern African Development Community (SADC). Leli qoqo lamazwe lisungulwe ngo-1992 ngenhloso yokubambisana, ukuhwebelana nokuzwana kwamazwe angandawonye. Buhle ubudlelwano bamazwe womabili futhi nomengameli bakhona bayahambelana baxoxe ngokuhwebelana. Inkinga yobugebengu obusemngceleni ophakathi kweMozambique nelakuleli ingase idunge ubudlelwano uma inganakiwe. Isidingidwe kakhulu inkinga yobugebengu bokwebiwa kwezimoto kuleli zeqiswe umngcele ziyiswe eMozambique, ngasohlangothini lwakoManguzi nakoMhlabuyalingana, esifundeni uMkhanyakude. Sekuyaziwa ukuthi kunemigulukudu ecanasayo ephuca abantu izimoto zabo ezingamaveni aphakeme nezinye kuthiwa ziyadingeka kakhulu eMozambique. Kuthiwa kunemakethe evuthayo eMozambique, lapho okufike kudayiswe khona lezi zimoto. Kubikwa ukuthi uma imoto ike yawela umngcele wezwe yangena kwelinye kuba nzima ukuyithola ngoba kuyaphazamiseka ukusebenza kobuchwepheshe bokulandela imoto. Okunye wukuthi izimoto azithathwa nje ezindaweni ezisondelene nomngcele kuphela kodwa nakwezinye izindawo seziyathathwa okusho ukuthi iyadlondlobala inkinga. Kufanele ngabe sezikhona izinyathelo ezibonakalayo…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

UMotale utusa igxathu elinikezwa abasebancane

INKAKHA ye-Orlando Pirates, u-Edward “Magents” Motale, ithi badinga ukushayelwa ihlombe abaqeqeshi bamaqembu eDStv Premiership ngesibindi sabo sokunikeza abadlali abasebancane ithuba lokudlala ngoba lokho kuzokhuthaza nabanye ekwenzeni okufanayo. UMotale usho kanjena nje, kuchwazwe izinkundla zokuxhumana emuva komdlalo weMamelodi Sundowns neRoyal AM, weDStv Premiership ngoLwesibili, ngemva kokuthi umdlali omncane kunabo bonke kule sizini, uSiyabonga Mabena, engene endaweni kaThemba Zwane ngesiwombe sesibili, wenza neminyakazo eshiye abaningi bebaza ikhono lakhe. UMabena (16) onconywe ngumqeqeshi weSundowns, uRulani Mokwena, emva komdlalo wangoLwesithathu, ungomunye wabadlali abancane abasanda kukhushulelwa esikimini esikhulu seqembu besuka enkulisa yalo. Lo mdlali, wenze ezibukwayo eqenjini lesizwe lika-U/17, Amajimbos, kwiCosafa U/17 Championship ebidlalelwa eMalawi, nyakenye, lapho ekhale wemuka nomklomelo wokushaya amagoli amangi, ngokuhlohla ayisishiyagalolunye. Akangagcina lapho, waqokwa njengePlayer of The Tournament, kulo mqhudelwano onqotshwe yiZambia ishaya Amajimbos ngo-1-0 kowamanqamu. “Okwenziwa ngabaqeqeshi bamaqembu anjengeSundowns,…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

How Nadia and bae Xavier made the most of their Thai holiday

Award-winning content creator Nadia Jaftha and her bae Xavier Haupt recently had fun in the sun in Thailand. The couple, arguably one of the most adorable celebrity couples around, flew over to Asia to taste Thai luxury, compliments of the Tourism Authority of Thailand and their travel partner, Wolo Travel. So, what did Nadia and Xavier get up to? Gastronomic Thai experiences Nadia and Xavier dined on a variety of delectable Thai meals throughout their stay at several of the Island's award-winning restaurants, one of which offered rooftop dinners with views of the cityscape. They were joined by fellow content creators Nuzhah Jacobs and Kelly KiKx (Kelly Ernstzen). A hotbed of Eastern culture Adding an experience of local culture and spirituality into their trip, the couple visited the Chalong Temple,…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

Online casino study reveals world’s favourite venues

Ever wondered which casinos are favourites among gamblers and travellers? A study by online casino experts at Online.Casino analysed the most-searched-for casinos worldwide by using AHrefs search volume data to see how many Google searches each of the most famous casinos around the world receives on average per month. This excludes any hotels they are connected to and is solely based on searches for the casinos. The research revealed that Foxwoods Resort Casino is the most popular casino in the world. Foxwoods places first as the most searched-for casino, with an average of 91 000 searches per month worldwide for “Foxwoods resort casino”. Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut is operated by Mashantucket Pequot Tribe Reservation. It opened its doors to the public in February 1992 and opened as…

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Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday|2023-03-19

9 red flags to look out for when booking a holiday home online

Jennifer Austin had no reason to believe the holiday rental she booked was a scam. The photos of the home in Oro Valley, Arizona, featured a cosy living room with overstuffed furniture, a wide-screen TV and a bathroom with designer soaps. But the listing wasn’t what she expected from the photos, says Austin, a retired software salesperson from Westford, Maine. “It was a trailer,” she says. “And it was in a trailer park.” A Philadelphia woman recently found out that her home was fraudulently listed on Airbnb when a family showed up to check-in. “Scammers know you’re looking for a great location that’s available and affordable,” says Phil Foxall, the owner of TNP Vacations and a 27-year law enforcement veteran. “They’re preying on your emotions to con you into stealing…

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