Innholdsfortegnelse for 2023-04-23 i Isolezwe nGesonto Sunday

Not everyone gravitates towards reading, especially in an increasingly digitised world. However, as some of the world’s most-renowned individuals can attest, reading can become one of your biggest assets as a businessperson. If you’re on the journey to discovering how to become a successful entrepreneur, consider this phrase: “Those who read, lead, and those who learn, earn.” With that thought, let’s dive into four of the most highly recommended books for entrepreneurs: 1. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek In 2014, motivational speaker and author, Sinek delivered a TED Talk that earned him the title of, “TED Talk Whisperer”. In the talk, Sinek introduced the concept of the “golden circle” – a model that prompts business leaders to tap into the power…

ISIHLOKO: Inkinga Entsha UMCULI: Potso Ngobese UHLOBO: Maskandi UMHLAZIYI: CHARLES KHUZWAYO UKHAYELIHLE "Potso" Ngobese ngomunye wabaculi bakamaskandi abangungqa-phambili kuleli. Akafikile ugalelekile. Insizwa le ephekwe yavuthwa tobo ngumculi ongasekho, uMtshengiseni "Indidane" Gcwensa. Ungumaphimbonke kangangoba engalingisa nanoma yimuphi umculi kamaskandi. Angalingisa uMgqumeni noKhansela Mkhize ngendlela aphiwe ngayo. Abaningi baqale ukumazi ephelezela Indidane ngephimbo, ehambisana noKhathalani Ngubane. Emuva kokushona kweNdidane, uPotso ube esehola Amageza Amahle. Yilapho azakhele khona ugazi njengoba esenezinkumbi zabalandeli. Ubufakazi balokho ukuthi njengamanje elinye lamaqembu awaholayo, Amavikelambuso, lilele isithathu emuva kukaMthandeni noKhuzani. Akusiyo neze into elula ukudlula Amageza, Osaziwayo, Ezechalaha, Bahubhe, Ithwasa Lekhansela nabanye. Kule albhamu yena neNkosi Yamagcokama bakhiphe amangwevu ngengoma eshaywe ngesigqi saBatswana ethi Ready To Mingle. Yize kungaqondakali ukuthi ugadla kubantu ngethi Ishe Nesobho kodwa yena uyashinga. Uyabona ukuthi lo mculi ugqishe eziNgqweleni (okuliqembu labalandeli bakamaskandi…

NGICELA ukubuza kubahleli bemicimbi. Nibuyela nini emphakathini nizohlambuluka uma izithembiso zenu zingasaphumeleli? Ngisho ngoba anive nisibhalisa amanga. Anisho maCrown Gospel Awards, nimyisa nini uBabo Ngcobo phesheya njengoba awina indondo yeBest Gospel Artist ngo-2018? Nani maSatma Awards, uya nini uKhangelani Mhlongo ukuyofundela umculo njengoba awina iSong of The Year ngo-2015? Izinkomo ezilishumi nohambo lwaseDubai, ukuthola nini uKing Bhaka njengoba EzikaBhaka zawina iSong of The Year ngo-2014? UMdonso Ngcobo yena uya nini eTaiwan emuva kokuhlabana kwiBest Community Radio Presenter kumaSatma ngo-2014? Asikhohliwe njalo weMhlo Gumede ukuthi uKhuzani wahlomula ngoR600 000 kumaKZN Entertainment Awards ngo-2020 kodwa dololo umklomelo! Savota-ke ngemali yethu kumaSA Gqom' Awards ngo-2019. Namanje ayikamenyezelwa imiphumela. Webahleli bemiqhudelwano yezindondo, nisuke senidle obunjani nize nithembise izinto eningeke nizifeze? WeNgizwe Mchunu, kwaphelelaphi ngefilimu ekhuluma ngempilo kaMgqumeni, owathi ididiyelwa eHollywood? Ngoba nina! Nikhohlisa…

Zimbabwe marked its 43rd independence anniversary this week with President Emmerson Mnangagwa saluting liberation and post-independence efforts as the country forges ahead to become a middle-income economy by 2030. In his speech at the main celebrations in Mount Darwin, about 156km north of the capital city, Harare, Mnangagwa said this year’s independence celebrations were more special as they came against the background of food security and food sovereignty. “This 2022/2023 season, our country is projecting over 3.2 million metric tonnes of cereals against an annual requirement of 2.2 million metric tonnes. This momentum will be sustained and the successes consolidated,” he said. “Together, as one united and hard-working people, we have attained food security and food sovereignty.” Mnangagwa said in spite of the many hurdles that Zimbabwe has faced, including…

The US corporate media’s first response to the leaking of secret documents about the war in Ukraine was to declare “nothing to see here,” and cover it as a depoliticised crime story about a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman who published secret documents to impress his friends. President Joe Biden dismissed the leaks as revealing nothing of “great consequence”. What the documents reveal, however, is that the war is worsening for Ukraine, while going badly for Russia too, so this will lead to “a protracted war beyond 2023”. The publication of the assessments should lead to renewed calls for our government to level with the public about what it hopes to achieve by prolonging the bloodshed, and why it rejects the resumption of peace negotiations it blocked in April last year.…

ULucky Simayile, oqeqeshwe eKCap futhi owaziwa ngemidlalo yeshashalazi, uthe idlozi limgidele ethola imisebenzi emibili emdlalweni ozokhonjiswa ngoJuni kwiMzansi Magic. Uveze ukuthi ukungena emdlalweni kube yinhlanhla ebifiswa ngabaningi. “Ngingomunye wabaya kwinhlolokhono yomdlalo. Ngangilindile njengabanye abalingisi kanti ngizofonelwa ngumphathi weBomb, u-Angus Gibson, ebuza ukuthi ngiyile yini kwinhlolokhono. Ngamtshela ukuthi ngiyile, wacela ngimthumelele ividiyo eveza lapho bengenza khona inhlolokhono. Ngamtshela ukuthi sengiyithumele komunye wabasizi bakhe wathi uzoyibheka. Emva kokuyibona uchazekile wathi nendlela engisebenzisa ngayo ulimi imchazile. Wabuza ukuthi ngingayenza yini imisebenzi emibili okungowokulingisa ngiphinde ngiqondise ulimi kulo mdlalo. Nami ngivumele phezulu ngoba ukungena kulo mdlalo kukodwa bekuyinto efiswa yiwona wonke umlingisi owazi ulimi lwesizulu,’’ kulandisa uLucky. Emdlalweni ulingisa indawo kaBuza owayeqeqesha ibutho leZichwe okwaqeqeshwa kulona uShaka, kaSenzangakhona, engakabuthathi ubukhosi kwaZulu. Ekuqondiseni ulimi uthe ulekelela bonke abalingisi balo mdlalo ukuthi basho izinto ngendlela okuyiyona.…

AKAYINGENI uDJ Sbu eyokubuyela kwiSABC. Kepha, ezinkundleni zokuxhumana sekusabalele izindaba ezingesilo iqiniso ngaye. Ephawula kwiYoutube uthe uyazeshwama izindaba ezithi uncenga ukubuyiselwa esiteshini seSABC, lapho ayeqashwe khona eminyakeni edlule. UDJ Sbu unameke inkulumo yakhe ngoLwesithathu ecacisa ngemibiko esabalele ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngemuva kwevidiyo yakhe. Ephawula kwividiyo, uthe akanaso isikhathi sokuncenga muntu futhi uyasemukela isimo uma kukhona okungahambi kahle. "Abantu banomkhuba wokuthatha isiqeshana senkulumo ingasaphelele, bese basabalalisa abasuke befuna kususe umsindo ngoba benezinhloso ezithize. Sekunezinkulumo ezithi ngixakekile futhi ngincenga umsebenzi eSABC. Angizange ngisho ukuthi ngifuna umsebenzi eSABC. Angikho ezingeni lokuthi ngingancengana nomsebenzi ngoba ngimatasa namabhizinisi aqashe abantu abangaphezulu kuka-300," kuchaza uDJ. Eqhuba uthe umsebenzi ongamjabulisa ngowasemazweni angaphandle kuphela. Wathi kuyamthokozisa ukuthi usekwazi ukuqopha ocingweni lwakhe konke afuna ukukuhlanza, acacise zonke izinto eziphambene ezikhulunywa ngabantu bakuleli. "Konke lokhu okwenzeka ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kuyasixwayisa ngabantu…

SELIYOZILAHLA KONINA Uma selishonile ilanga abantwana abakade bedlala yonke imini le bengabanakile onina, bayabuya babuyele ekhaya. Futhi bayaqala nokuzwa ukuthi kanti balambile bese beyokhalela onina befuna ukudla, bekhathele befuna nokuphumula balale. Lesi sisho sisetshenziswa kulesi simo ukusho ukuthi emva kokuba ilanga belibalele usuku lonke, nalo manje seliyozilahla kumzali walo liyophumula. Sekuntwela ezansi Ukuntwela ukuvela kokukhanya ebumnyameni. Kuthi uma sekusa ubheka kude kube sengathi kukhona isikhala phakathi komkhathi. Kulesi sikhala kubonakala kubomvana kuvela ukukhanya kwemisebe yelanga. Bese kuthiwa sekuyantwela ezansi. Linekhomazi Igama ikhomazi lisuselwa emfuleni uMkhomazi, oqala phansi kwezintaba zoKhahlamba wehle njalo uze uyongenela olwandle. Ezintabeni lapho kuqala khona lo mfula kuyabanda. Ukubanda lokhu kuhlanganiswa nomfula bese kuthiwa kunekhomazi. Ulwazi lucashunwe encwadini kaMnuz Phumani Emmanuel Zondi ethi: Siphuza Emthonjeni Yokhokho.…

KWENZEKE okungajwayelekile ngesikhathi owesilisa waseRichmond, eSilahla, eshona ngemuva kwamahora ambalwa eqeda kushadelwa. Kuthiwa uMnuz Khehla Nzimande (59), obese kuphele isikhathi eside exinwe yisifo somdlavuza, ushone ngoLwesithathu ntambama esibhedlela abelashelwa kuso iRichmond Hospital. Ngokuthola kweSolezwe ngeSonto, umufi kuthiwa ushona nje emini ubekade enza izifungo nowesifazane abethandana naye, osebenza kuso isibhedlela abelashelwa kuso. Amalungu omndeni kamufi, athe asadidekile ngesenzo sikaNksz Nomathamsanqa Ngcamu (45). Akhale ngokuthi uthathe isinqumo sokushada nelungu lawo ebeligula, engabazisanga. Umshado kuthiwa wenzelwe ewodini obekulele kulo umufi okuthiwa bese kunzima nokuthi aphakamise izandla, exineke kakhulu. “Kwabazibonele umshado, bathi bekunzima njengoba izandla zikamalume bezibanjwa ngesikhathi esegxiviza esitifiketini somshado. Kusiphoxile ukuthi intombi iphoqe ukushada nomalume ekulesiya simo futhi esesibhedlela,” kusho ilungu lomndeni elicele ligodlwe igama lalo. Liqhuba, lithe kusobala ukuthi intombi ibinezinhloso ezithize njengoba umndeni ungazange waziswe ngomshado, elithe bakholwa wukuthi bekungowempoqo.…

IZINTOKAZI eziyizisulu ecaleni lomfundisi waseNigeria, osolwa emacaleni awu-63, ziyaziqhelelanisa neqophamlando elizokhonjiswa kwiShowmax. Phakathi kwamacala abhekene nawo uTim Omotoso, kubalwa awokudlwengula, ukushushumbisa amantombazane nawokukhwabanisa. Iqophamlando elibizwa ngokuthi Imibuzo, liqukethe iziqephu ezithinta izindaba ezike zaba wundabamlonyeni ezweni, okubandakanyeka kuzo ukudlwengula nokubulala. Isiqephu esithinta izigemegeme zika-Omotoso sizokhonjiswa, ohlelweni. Ethintwa uCheryl Zondi, omunye wofakazi abaqandula ikhanda eNkantolo ePhakeme, eGqeberha, uthe ubengakaze ezwe lutho ngeqophamlando. “Ngiyaqala ngqa ukuzwa ngalokhu. Angazi lutho, ngakho- ke angikwazi ukuphawula mayelana nalolu daba,” kusho uCheryl, ngamafuphi. Kuzokhumbuleka ukuthi intokazi yaphenduka intandokazi yabaningi kuleli ngesikhathi itshengisa isibindi sokuphendula imibuzo enkantolo. Isolezwe ngeSonto ithinte elinye lamawele aseThekwini, aduma emcintiswaneni womculo i-Idols SA. Nawo amawele ayebalwa emantombazaneni ayehlala esithabathabeni sendlu eMhlanga, okuthiwa yayiqashwe ngu-Omotoso, okusolwa ukuthi wayedlwengula abantu kuyo. “Angazi lutho ngaleyo documentary,” kusho u-Anele Mxakaza kafushane. Kwale ebuzwa kabanzi ngodaba…

UKUTHULA ebandleni! Ngisacela bazalwane ningivumele ngigonyuluke ngeThe Real Housewives of Durban. Angibabonge abadidiyeli ngokuyivala kamnandi ngempi phakathi kukaNonku Williams noSlee Ndlovu. Yingakho ngibadinga kuSeason 4. Yize kunjalo kodwa uNonku akangabuyi nonina kanye nebhantinti. Bese besime la! Ngifisa sengathi engazitholela uBen 10. Slee! Gatsheni Boyabenyathi, kwamukele ntombo ukuthi isikhulu sebhola sesidlulele phambili. Nawe qhubeka nempilo ngoba sikufuna kuSeason 4 unebabayo insizwa. UJojo wenze kahle waduba. Bese sikhathele yilesigora sakhe sikashibhoshi. UMbali "Mabusi Vibes" Ngiba akaphume aphele njengembewu yamazambane kulolu hlelo. Akayobhanyaza amehlo le koMfazi Oqotho waseMsinga noma KwaNongoma ku-1KZN TV lapho kudliwa khona imibhaqanga nemiqwayiba. Engalingisa kahle kuleso sikeshi noZimdollar noMroza boKhozi FM ngoba iReal Housewives of Durban imkhiphe inkani. Undebenkulu nalo mlisa ongazi ungene kanjani ohlelweni lwabantu besimame, abahambe beshone njengesipikili. Yize ngingazi ukuthi uSanesh ubengene ngaliphi kodwa uluphaphamisile lolu…

On MONDAY, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill (B1-2022) to become Act 1 of 2023. The law will allow independent candidates to participate in the national and provincial elections for the first time. The signing marked the culmination of a long process that began in 2020. On June 11, 2020, having listened to both sides of the argument, the Constitutional Court declared the Electoral Act (No. 73 of 1998) unconstitutional to the extent that “it requires that adult citizens may be elected to the National Assembly and provincial legislatures only through their membership of political parties”. This meant victory for the litigants. Following the historic ruling, Parliament was given 24 months to address the issue. The aim was to have the Electoral Act amended before…

As the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank began on April 10, questions emerged as to whether progress would finally be made to address the severe debt crisis that has engulfed large parts of the global south. Ultimately, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the meetings ended without offering any real solutions to alleviate this distress, despite the IMF and World Bank’s own stark warnings of the fallout. The scale of the crisis is staggering. Research from Debt Justice shows that external debt payments for lower- income countries are set to reach the highest levels in 25 years in 2023. A new dossier published by the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research interrogates the historical role of international financial institutions (IFIs), including the IMF, in perpetuating a “permanent…

In hindsight, it might have been a high-water mark in the relationship between the administrations in Washington and Brasília. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called on President Joe Biden in the White House in February. The visit came weeks after far-right protesters in the Brazilian capital had stormed the major institutions of the country’s federal democracy in an angry challenge to Lula’s election as president. Their failed insurrection in some ways mirrored the experience of the US with the Capitol riot two years before and loomed over the meetings between the two leaders. A joint statement from Biden and Lula affirmed their pledge “to work together to strengthen democratic institutions” and “continue to reject extremism and violence in politics”. On many other fronts, including concerns over human rights…

USEYAKHOKHA obesolwa ngokudla imali yesihlabani somculi wakuleli, uBulelwa “Zahara” Mkutukana. UVukani osolwa ngokuqola umculi, utshele iSolezwe ngeSonto ukuthi seqalile ukukhokha ingxenye yaleyo okubikwe ukuthi ishodile emalini okwakumele ikhokhelwe umculi. Kubikwa ukuthi emasontweni adlule, uZahara ubengomunye wabaculi abebenandisa emcimbini obuse-Underground Pub, eMt Frere, e- Eastern Cape. Kubikwa ukuthi emcimbini wayeqashwe ngoR30 000 ukuba ayonandisa kodwa wathola uR9000 owafakwa kwi-akhawunti yenkampani yakhe. Kwasala imali enguR21 000 ayelindele ukuthi izongena ngemuva kokuyonandisa. Kuthiwa izingxoxo zokuqashwa kwakhe bezifaka noVukani wodumo lweSkomplaz eClermont, nguye obexhumanisa inkampani yomculi nomnikazi wendawo yobumnandi. UZahara yize imali ingene ingaphelele, unandisile emcimbini abeyingxenye kodwa bathola ngemuva kwamasonto ukuthi umnikazi we-Underground Pub, eMt Frere, wayikhokha yonke imali yakhe. Abendawo yobumnandi banameke isitatimende ekhasini labo leFacebook beziqhelelanisa nemali okuthiwa ikweletwa uZahara. Esitatimendini bakubeke kwacaca ukuthi bakhokha uR30 000 kuVukani, obengumxhumanisi phakathi kwabo…

NJENGOBA ukhetho lukazwelonke nolwezifundazwe seluseMome, isibalo samaqembu ezombusazwe sibukeka sisazokwenyuka kakhulu kunakuqala. Ngonyaka u-2019, isibalo samaqembu ezombusazwe ayebhalise enhlanganweni yezokhetho i-IEC ayebalelwa kwangu 48. Maningi amanye ayekhona kodwa engabhalisile ngokusemthethweni. Njengoba izwe lilungisela ukhetho lwango-2024, amaqembu amasha aseqalile ukuvela nezethembiso zokuthi azoliyisa kanjani izwe phambili axazulule noxhaxha lwezinkinga elibhekene nazo. Ngenyanga uMashi nonyaka uMnuz. Bongani Baloyi owaphuma kwi-ActionSA wethula elakhe iqembu alibiza ngeXiluva. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule amaqembu amabili amasha ethulwe ngokusemthethweni ngosuku olulodwa. Lawo maqembu yiRise Mzansi eholwa nguMnuz. Songezo Zibi ne-Arise South Africa eholwa nguMnuz. Mpho Magada. Kudela owaziyo ukuthi kuyophela lo nyaka esikuwona esemangaki amaqembu amasha ezombusazwe ayobe esebhalisile kwi- IEC! NgokomMthethosisekelo wezwe, wonke umuntu unelungelo lokuzimbandakanya neqembu lezombusazwe noma ukusungula iqembu lakhe. Okudingekayo nje ukuthi angabi ngaphansi kweminyaka engu 18. Umbuzo obalulekile ngothi: ngabe ukwanda kwamaqembu ezombusazwe…

UKWEHLULEKA koMnyango wezeMfundo oholwa yi-ANC, ukuhlinzeka izikole ngokudla KwaZulu Natal, kwenze iNkatha Freedom Party (IFP) yanikela ngokudla eMandlenkosi Secondary, eLindelani, eThekwini. USihlalo we-IFP KwaZulu-Natal, uMnuz Thami Ntuli, uhole abaholi be-IFP ngesikhathi beyonikela ngokudla esikoleni iMandlenkosi. Lokhu kwenzeka ngemuva kwesililo sabafundi ezikoleni ngenxa yokwehluleka komnyango ukuzihlinzeka ngokudla selokhu kuvulwe izikole. UMnuz Ntuli uthi kuyabaxaka ukuthi kungani umnyango ushaya uzamthilili unganqamuli inkontileka yenkampani eyanikezwa ithenda kaR2 billion yokuphakela izikole zaKwaZulu-Natal ngokudla. Uqhuba athi kunombandela wenkontileka osayindwe yinkampani nomnyango, othi uma ihluleka ukuhlinzeka izikole ngokudla, izoxoshwa. Uthi kumele kuphenywe ukuthi ngobani abahlomula kuyona ekubeni izingane zibhuqwa yindlala ezikoleni. “Sibone kungcono ukuba sizonikela ngokudla kulesi sikole ngoba sizwa isililo sabafund. Siyazi sonke ukuthi kunezingane ezigcina ngokuthi zidle lapha ezikoleni ngenxa yokuthi akukho ukudla emakhaya. Kunabafundi abenza umatric abangena ekuseni baze baphume ebusuku, abadinga…

UZOHLINZEKWA ngosizo lokwelulekwa ngokwengqondo umndeni wakwaMemela, lapho kusocongwe amalungu angu-10 ngoLwesine ebusuku eMbali, eMgungundlovu. Lokhu kuvezwe wokhulumela uMnyango wezokuThuthukiswa koMphakathi KwaZulu-Natal, uMnuz Mhlaba Memela. Uthe umnyango uzobambisana noMasipala waseMsunduzi kuze kufike usuku lomngcwabo. Nakuba kubukeka sengathi kuqothwe imbokodo nesisekelo, akhona amalungu omndeni asasele. Elinye lawo nguMnuz Andile Memela obengekho ekhaya ngesikhathi sesigameko. Omunye osindile uManana Memela oneminyaka eyisikhombisa. Kuvela nokuthi akhona namanye amalungu asindile ebangekho ekhaya. “Umnyango ujube osonhlalakahle ukuba baqinisekise ukuthi amalungu asindile awaphazamiseki kakhulu ngokwesimo somqondo. Siyakuthokozela ukubanjwa kwabesilisa ababili ababandakanyeka kulesi sigameko,” kusho uMemela. Kwababulewe kulo mndeni ngoNkk Nobuhlalu Memela (64), indodana yekhaya, uMnuz Phumlani Memela, indodakazi uNksz Brenda Memela obulawe nezingane zakhe ezintathu okungu-Angie, Sphelele noNomfundo. Abanye ababulewe yntombi ebizithwele uNana (esingatholakalanga isibongo sakhe) noNompilo naye obeqome umfana wakwaMemela bese kuba uNkk Fikile Hlabisa obephila…

BUZOTHATHA elinye igxathu ubudlelwano phakathi kweSouth African Football Association (Safa) nePremier Soccer League (PSL), okuyizinhlangano ezihola ibhola eNingizimu Afrika. I-Safa yengamele ukudlalwa kukanobhutshuzwayo esigabeni sama-amesha kanti i-PSL yona yengamele isigaba esikhokhelayo. Kuleli sonto ukungaboni ngasolinye phakathi kwalezi zinhlangano kuhlale obala umqondisi wamaqhinga kwi-Safa, uWalter Steenbok, eqoshwa egcizelela ukuthi sesifikile isikhathi sokuphasiswa kombandela othi abaqeqeshi abacija amaqembu kwi-PSL babe nezicucu eziphezulu zeConfederation of African Football (Caf). USteenbok, oqashwe ngonyaka owedlule kulesi sikhundla, uthe lokhu uzoqikelela ukuba kusayindelwe emthethweni engqungqutheleni ye-Safa enamuhla eGoli. “Abasebenze kulesi sikhundla ngaphambi kwami, bayibeka ezithebeni eyokuthi abaqeqeshi bamaqembu e-PSL, kumele babe nezicucu eziphezulu zokuqeqesha ze-Caf. Yingakho-ke kule ngqungquthela ye-Safa ngizolwela ukuba kuphasiswe umthetho wokuthi abaqeqeshi kwiPremier League babe ne-Caf A Licence, kuthi abeNational First Division babe ne-Caf B Licence,” kusho uSteenbok. Cishe bekusaphele amahora angu-48 kuphela emuva…

ANGINCOME uhlelo lukaZanele Mbokazi oKhozini, eShilo. Nami Ngiyaya eShilo. Kambe yingoma kabani lena futhi okhonza kuphi? Kulungile angithule, kungaze kuthiwe sengithe. Ebengiqonde ukukusho ukuthi, uZanele uzigqoke zamlingana khaxa izicathulo zikaSbu Buthelezi. Sekusele nje ashintshe ezinye izingosi azifice zikhona. Aqhamuke nezakhe. Le yohambo ayithi ukuncishiswa ngoba likhulu ihora ukulalelana nento esesiyazi njengekaSipho Makhabane noGrade 5. Asithole abantu asebephumelele ngempela, hhayi abazoqamba amanga. UBabo wathola uR2 million ngokudayisa emgwaqweni? Waxoshwa yini? USars uyakwazi nje lokho? Anisixolele bakithi ngabazosimilisa izimpondo. Anisibizele izingwazi zangempela ezizokhuthaza intsha nangemfundo ezinjengoDkt Sipho Sithole, Bongani Tembe, Linda Bukhosini, Duma KaNdlovu, Sandile Zungu, Shauwn Mkhize nabanye. Ngiyazi ukuthi nizolanda oRebecca Malope, Andile KaMajola, Dr Khehlelezi, Mfu Vusi Dube bezosishonisela ngelanga.…

LAST month the public was astonished to learn that Facebook rapist Thabo Bester, serving a life sentence for murder and rapes, was still alive and living it up in luxury with his lover Dr Nandipha Magudumana. In May last year, it was announced that Bester had died in a cell fire in the Mangaung Correctional Services facility. After an autopsy revealed that the body was not that of Bester and that the victim had died of a head injury, a report by the Inspecting Judge of Correctional Services was handed to the Minister of Justice in October. This information was known to police management and through them to the minister after the autopsy. It is only because of the notoriety and celebrity statuses of the couple that the details of…

Sudan’s capital city of Khartoum has been engulfed in a deadly military battle between the government forces led by the military ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo since the early hours of April 15. Hundreds of people had been killed while thousands were injured, plunging the country into a humanitarian crisis worsened by the destruction of critical infrastructure including the health and water systems. Burhan is the leader of the ruling council which was established in 2021 after conducting a military coup. The leader of the RSF, Dagalo, was his deputy in the Council. Dagalo and Burhan led the 2019 coup that ousted Sudan’s long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir after prolonged civilian protests over a deteriorating economic situation.…

Isolezwe ngeSonto linekhophi yencwadi ebhalwe abameli bomndeni kaNandi ongunina kaShaka, befuna iM-Net neBomb Productions epheka lo mdlalo ukuthi ibakhokhele u-R100 million wama-royalty alo mdlalo. Encwadini ebhalwe wu-Advocate Amesh Sukdeo oseSukdeo’s Law Chambers, eThekwini, unike abanikazi balo mdlalo izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ukuthi bakhokhe le mali emva kokuthola incwadi yabo, noma babhekane nengalo yomthetho. Bathe uma bengayikhokhi le mali ngesikhathi esibekiwe kuzophoqeleka ukuthi bafake amasamanisi babizele abalo mdlalo enkantolo ngenhloso yokubaphoqa ukuthi bakhokhele amakhasimende abo. Amagama abantu avela encwadini yommeli ukuthi kumele bakhokhelwe, wuSenzo Mkhanyiselwa Mbatha, Phila Mthethwa noRussel Mhlathuze Mhlongo. UMhlongo uyilungu lomndeni kaNandi kanti uMbatha noMthethwa basondelene nalo mndeni futhi yibona ababenika ulwazi ngempilo kaNandi noShaka kwabeBomb neM-Net. Encwadini kuvela ukuthi le mindeni ibilokhu ixhumana neBomb Productions nomphathi wayo u-Angus Gibson kusuka ngo-2019 kuze kube uMashi 2022 kodwa akukho okucacayo ngenkokhelo…

INGOMA yeHouse ethi Amazwi, yomculi uSkye Wanda aqokwe ngayo kumaMetro FM Awards, uthi ingumthandazo ozwakale kuNkulunkulu, ngesifiso sakhe sempumelelo emculweni. USkye uqokwe emunxeni weBest House Song kumaMetro FM Awards azoba ngoMeyi 6, eMbombela Stadium, eMpumalanga. Uqhathwe nezinkakha zabaculi okungoKususa, Argento Dust noZakes Bantwini ngengoma ethi Asanda, Mthandazo Gatya apike kuyo uNhlonipho iSizobambana, Karyendasoul apike kuyo u-Ami Faku ethi Umthandazo noCAIIRO apike kuyo uPixie L ethi: Lwandil. Emva kweminyaka esendimeni yomculo uSkye Wanda uthi sekuntwela enzansi nakuyena. “Ukuqokwa kwami kumaMetro kusho lukhulu. Kudala ngikhona emculweni kodwa bekungacaci. Ingoma engiqokwe ngayo ethi Amazwi, ingumthandazo engibonayo ukuthi uzwakele kuNkulunkulu njengoba sekuqala ukuthi kwenzeke izinto. “Le ngoma eyangonyaka odlule. Ngiqale ngawo ukuqokwa emiklomelweni yezindondo iBasadi in Music eminxeni emibili okungoweSong Writer of the Year noweBest Afro Pop. Ngenhlanhla ngiwine koweSong Writer…

UKatlego, owachithwa ethula i-Expresso kwaSABC, uzokwethula amaMetro FM Awards ngokubambisana nomsakazi weMetro FM uLerato ‘LKG’ Kganyago kulo mcimbi. Usanda kuthola uhlelo lomncintiswano wakwaSABC 1, oluxhaswe yiLotto Star, iDeal or No Deal. ISABC iveze ukuthi isinqumo sokuqoka labo saziwayo ukuthi bethule amaMetro FM Awards, kungenxa yekhono labo lokusingatha imicimbi yalolu hlobo. Ngaphambi kokuhamba kwaSABC eminyakeni edlule, uKatlego wayesezakhele igama ngokuba ngumethuli wohlelo ovelele kumaSAFTA. UKatlego ucashunwe ethi kumjabulise ukuqokwa ukuthi abe ngomunye wabathula amaMetro FM Awards ngokubambisana noLerato. Uthe akusavumi ngisho alinde ukuthi kufike lolu suku. ULerato uthe uzizwa ehloniphekile kakhulu ukuthi aqokwe ukwethula amaMetro FM Awards ngokubambisana noKatlego. Uveze ukuthi njengoba eseneminyaka eyisikhombisa esebenzela iMetro FM, uyakuqonda ukubaluleka kwale miklomelo. Uthe ngokubambisana noKatlego bazoshaya into ecokeme. AmaMetro FM Awards azosakazwa bukhoma kuSABC 1 naku YouTube weMetro FM ngo-8 ebusuku ngoMeyi…

USUKE ekhuliswe kanjani umuntu ocekela phansi impilo yengane ekubeni eyazi inqubo yesintu nokuziphatha? Nsuku zonke kubikwa ngokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane ezweni futhi kungathi lesi senzo kasifuni ukudamba, kunalokho siyaqonga. Kubukeka sengathi abantu abayigqizi qakala ingalo yomthetho. Muva nje, ingane yentombazane eneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye kunezinsolo zokuthi inukubezwe yikhehla elineminyaka elinganiselwa kwewu-70. Leli khehla libingelele inkantolo lanikezwa ibheyili. Okuyisinengiso wukuthi ngumuntu omdala futhi owaziyo ukuthi kuyichilo akwenzayo. Kuyichilo ukuthi amakhehla anelungelo lokuganwa, aqhoqhobale izingane ngenxa yokwehluleka ukulawula inkanuko yawo. Sikhulisa izingane ngokuthi zihloniphe umuntu omdala. Sisola ukuthi yilokho okwenza izigilamkhuba zamakhehla zithole intuba yokuqonela izingane ngokuzinukubeza bese zicasha ngokuthi zikholwa emabandleni amakhulu futhi ahlonishwayo. Kayikho inkolo enikeza igunya lokucekela phansi impilo yomunye umuntu. Kuyihlazo uma kungeyengane, okumele ibe yisibani sezwe. Umkhuba owenziwa ngamakhehla akhohlakele wokunukubeza izingane ngeke uphele uma singawukhuzi. Kumele sikhuze umhlola owenziwa ngabantu…

SEKUSUKE umsindo phakathi komculi we-Afro pop nomshayeli wetekisi elikhokhelwa ngebanga, babanga isiginci okuthiwa sisale emotweni ngesikhathi itekisi ihambisa umculi. Umculi uNonguquko Mlaza owaziwa ngoCsana emculweni, uthi udonsa kanzima emva kokusala kwesiginci sakhe etekisini futhi uthi sekunzima ukusithola. Uthe ngoMashi 30, ubeqashe iBolt ukuthi imhambise endaweni yakhe entsha ayethuthela kuyona eKensington, eGoli, kanti kuzosala isiginci sakhe ngephutha etekisini. “Ngafika eKensington, sengiphuthuma ngenxa yokuthi iloli eyayingilandele izimpahla eSoweto, lapho ebengihlala khona yayisifikile, ngifuna behlise izimpahla ngikhona. Ngaphuma etekisini ngakhokha, maqede ngaphuthuma kubanikazi beloli ngesikhathi behlisa izimpahla. Ngaqaphela emva kwesikhathi ukuthi itekisi isihambile, kusale isiginci sami kuyona. “Ngazama ukumfonela umshayeli wayo ngoba uyakwazi ukuxhumana naye uma engakapheli amahora angu-24. Ngamthola, wangitshela ukuthi angimfakele uphethroli asilethe isiginci ngoba ubonile lapho ngihlala khona. Ngamtshela ukuthi anginankinga akasilethe isiginci ngizomkhokhela. Inkinga iqale engasasilethi, uma ngimbuza wangitshela…

LIGQASHUKILE igoda phakathi komlingisi obese ezakhele udumo nogazi kubalandeli bomdlalo, Umkhokha The Curse okhonjiswa kuMzansi Magic (161) kusukela ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu ngo-8:30 ebusuku. Kuthiwa uLangalakhe Zwane obedlala indawo kaMaphalala ukhonjwe indlela ngoba sekubuyiswe uMbuso Khoza okunguye ovale isikhala sakhe. Umthombo wangaphakathi opotshozele Isolezwe ngeSonto lolu daba ukuqinisekisile ukuthi kuphelile ngoZwane kulo mdlalo kodwa umthombo wale waphetha ukubeka isizathu esenze ukuthi kuchithwe lo mlingisi. Ethintwa uZwane ubuze ukuthi intatheli iluthole kuphi lolu daba, esho ngokuncokola. "Ngizwile nami ngaleyo mibiko. Empeleni kuthiwa sekubuye umuntu obekufanele kube nguye olingisa indawo kaMaphalala. Njengomlingisi ngiyakuqonda okwenzekayo kanti futhi anginankinga nakho," kusho uZwane ozwakale ezikhululekele. Ngesikhathi kusaqala lo mdlalo, uKhoza ubevele ebonakala enaye kodwa wabuye wanyamalala. Obekwenza ukuthi indawo kaKhoza kunganakeki ukuthi akekho yingoba izwi lakhe belizwakala njengoba kunguye ocula phambili. Kwenzeka lokhu nje, uZwane…

NGOKUJWAYELEKILE uma icala lisenkantolo kuthiwa akumele lidingidwe kwezinye izinhlaka nabantu abathinteka kulona ngoba lokho kungona ubufakazi obuzokwethulwa enkantolo. Kulokhu sibone okungajwayelekile ecaleni likaThabo Bester oweqa ejele iMangaung Correctional Centre, lapho ayedonsa isigwebo sikadilikajele ngecala lokudlwengula nokubulala. Kulezi zinsuku iphalamende laseNingizimu Afrika libonakala lidingida esidlangalaleni udaba lokweqa nokubanjwa kukaBester otholwe eTanzania, nentombi yakhe uDkt Nandipha Magudumana. Kwabaningi lokhu kubukeka kuyinto ezokona icala njengoba kuxoxwa ngalo ekubeni lisazoqulwa. Kweminye imithombo yabezindaba kucashunwe isazi sezomthetho uSunil Singh sikhala ngokuthi okwenziwa yiphalamende kuphambene nomthetho. USingh uthe udaba njengoba lusenkantolo akumele engabe ludingidwa kwezinye izinhlaka ngoba lokho kuzodunga ubufakazi obuzokwethulwa enkantolo. Uthe kunokuthi iPhalamende lipheke ngemibuzo iG4S eqashwe ukugada eMangaung Correctional Centre, ngokweqa kukaBester, kumele engabe liyithwese amacala liyibizele enkantolo ukuthi izophendula. Nakhona uthe uma beyithwesa amacala kumele baqhubeke nophenyo bese yona ithumela…