MAGOSHAS: COPS BURNT OUR CLOTHES!

                        

“I was servicing a customer in the bushes on Sunday when the police suddenly appeared,” said a magosha. Her customer ran away but cops grabbed her jeans before she could put them on. “They burnt my clothes while I watched,” she said.

The magosha was left stranded and half-naked. She normally gets a taxi home every day to a squatter camp in Windmill Park, Ekurhuleni. “How will people look at me in the taxi? They will think I’m crazy for being in public in my underwear.”

She operates on the old Heidelberg Road, not far from Vosloorus. She said this was not the first time cops had burned her clothes.

“This is my body. I have a right to do whatever I want with it,” she said. “The police rob us of our hard-earned cash, take valuables from our clients and force money out of them. Who will save us from the Dawn Park cops? When they want money for lunch, they come to us.”

Another magosha said she was at a nearby site when said she was pepper-sprayed and her bra burned. “I quickly grabbed my top but my bra was left behind so they set it on fire,” she said.

Sergeant Mashudu Phatela said the women must open cases at the police station so that the cops can be traced.

GIRL (3) SAVES GOGO FROM FLAMES!

By  Kgomotso MedupeMonday, September 11, 2017 14:00

 

LUCKY ESCAPE: GOGO Lettah Mahlangu and her great-grandaughter, Sinenhlanhla, are grateful to be alive. Photo by Samson Ratswana. GOGO LETTAH woke up with little Sinenhlanhla calling her name, telling her the shack was on fire.

Worst of all, the old gogo could not get up from the bed!SHE KNEW THEIR LIVES WERE IN THE HANDS OF THE THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL.“I was terrified. There was smoke everywhere. I couldn’t get up because I’m not well. I told Sinenhlanhla to get help,” said gogo Lettah Mahlangu (87) from Winterveld, Tshwane.

Her shack caught fire on Thursday afternoon. Little Sinenhlanhla Mahlangu, only three years old, didn’t hesitate. She ran out into the street.“I heard Sinenhlanhla scream outside and neighbours came and carried me out of the burning shack,” said the gogo.

“We often take a rest in the afternoon, but on Thursday things went wrong.“We don’t have electricity, so we use handmade paraffin lamps for lighting.“I always turn it off when we go to sleep because of the danger of fire, but this time I forgot about it.”Gogo Lettah said the people tried to put out the fire but there was little they could do because they don’t have access to a lot of water.

“They used sand and the little water they had but the fire was too strong,” she said.“I watched as the flames ate all my belongings, including my pension money that was meant to buy food to last us for the month.”

Her daughter, Phumzile Matlou (46), got a call telling her that her mother’s shack was on fire.“I was relieved when I arrived and found her alive,” she said.“We’ve lost everything but I’m grateful they were unharmed.”

Gogo said she owed her life to her great-granddaughter.“She is so young but she managed to save my life,” she said.“If she didn’t rush to call for help, I would have been dead by now.”

PUPIL’S JOYRIDE ENDS IN DEATH!

                       

  

By  Stephens MolobiWednesday, September 06, 2017 08:00

The scene in Brakpan where a boy crashed his father’s bike into a bus. THE 17-year-old boy usually took the bus to school with his friends but on Friday morning he decided to show off.The teenager took his father’s motorbike and crashed into the bus as his friends were watching.Tragically, he died on the scene

The sad incident on the corner of Station and Hastings streets in Brakpan, Ekurhuleni left the boy’s friends traumatised.One moment they were cheering him on as he prepared to do a trick, and the next he had slammed into the bus.

Passengers in the bus looked on in horrified silence as his body lay in the street.When paramedics arrived they did all they could, but it was too late.They declared him dead.After being told the tragic news that their schoolmate had not survived, pupils on the bus were told to get out.

Ekurhuleni Metro police spokesman Chief Superintendent Wilfred Kgasago said the bus and the motorbike were towed from the scene.“The vehicles were taken to the police pound for further investigation.“Our accident reconstruction unit is working on the case,” he said.“The bus driver had to be taken to Dalview Clinic to be treated for shock.“The police opened cases of culpable homicide and reckless and negligent driving at the Brakpan Police Station,” Kgasago said.

STUDENTS THREATEN TO BEAT 'R14M STUDENT

                     

  

By  Tebogo MokwenaTuesday, September 05, 2017 13:37

Hundreds of Walter Sisulu University (WSU) students on Monday turned up to listen to Sibongile Mani at a press conference.But then Pan Africanist Student Movement of Azania (Pasma) told the media Mani was not ready to speak to the public.

Many students became furious and the gathering turned chaotic as students threatened to assault Mani.Some chanted "Pay back the money! We want our money!” .She was escorted by police from fellow students in East London on Monday night.

The student made headlines after allegedly spending over R800 000 from the R14 million that was accidentally deposited into her account.By the time this came to the attention of the public and her Intellimali card blocked, Mani had already spent about R818 000 of the money.

Students brought traffic to a standstill on Buffalo and Oxford streets.Pasma leader and activist Vusi Mahlangu told the media that Mani was not ready to speak to the public about the matter.“She is not coping ever since the matter became public. This is an innocent student whose privacy has been violated by the university which is supposed to be protecting her,” he said.Mani was eventually saved by police who took her to WSU’s Potsdam campus.

EMPTY GRAVE SHOCKS FAMILY!

By  Kamogelo MuvhenzheWednesday, September 06, 2017 09:00

 LAST week, the teenage girl shocked her community when she confessed to selling the body parts of dead people.The 17-year-old girl said she worked with her 23-year-old boyfriend.Their plan meant exhuming graves and stealing body parts from the dead.Two of the graves she pointed out to the police were dug up and what she had told them was true.She told the police her boyfriend sold the parts to a powerful sangoma.

Last Tuesday, forensic experts exhumed one of the graves belonging to Alpheus Vhudzikadzika, who was buried three years ago. His head was missing, as the girl had confessed.Yesterday, forensic experts went to Tshitavha Cemetery outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo to exhume another grave. This belonged to Ntshumbedzeni Phundulu and it was empty.Ntshumbedzeni was buried in 2007 at the age of 69.The girl had told the police that his entire remains were cut into pieces and sold.

The dead man’s daughter, Joyce Phundulu (49), said they were shocked by the incident.She said: “How could such young people be so heartless?“They’ll do anything for money and aren’t even afraid of the dead. Now it’s useless for us to visit an empty grave.”

Joyce said she hoped all those involved were brought to book.As forensic experts were digging up the grave, some community members were at the cemetery to check if their relatives’ graves had been tampered with.

A villager said: “The cemetery is far from our homes, so that’s why the suspects were able to dig up the graves and cover them again at night.”Limpopo police spokesman Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo appealled to Daniel Nephawe to come forward to assist them with their investigations.

Africa doesn't appreciate me anymore, says Zahara

                                     

05 September 2017 - 07:00

BY KYLE ZEEMAN

Zahara is looking forward to spreading her wings overseas.

Multi-award winning singer Bulelwa Mkutukana, popularly known as, Zahara plans to "temporarily" move overseas to attract a brand new audience with her music because she believes Africa no longer appreciates her talent, which has left her frustrated. 

The singer told TshisaLIVE she was tired of hogging headlines for her private life and the negativity, which followed and plans to move to America next year to promote her upcoming album and record music.

"I have taken my music across Africa and I have won many awards. I have done everything I could here and now people have started to tear me apart. They focus on my private life instead of my music and they don't give me the same respect."

Zahara said she was done with trying to impress people and would rather be in a place where she was appreciated for her music.

"I am now done with Africa and trying to impress everyone. It is time for Africa and South Africa to let me go and let me take my music to places where it can be appreciated. I love this country and what it has done for me but my talent needs to be heard," Zahara said.

The musician, who shot to fame with her 2011 double-platinum selling debut album Loliwe, said she turned down a chance to relocate in 2013 because being proudly African was close to her heart.

 

"They wanted to change my image but I told my management to take me home. I didn't want to change who I was. I am African and I didn't want to turn my back on that. I still won't change who I am but I have done everything I could here," she said.

The 28-year-old star is currently wrapping up production on her new album Mgodi, and recently recorded two tracks for the album with Grammy-award winning jazz musician Kirk Whalum. The album will also feature collaborations with her sister and with SA music                                                           legend Hugh Masekela.  

The Set out journey of Moshe Matseke

                   

M

oshe Matseke is a lover of music, God, Art and deeply interested in people. He’s intrigued by the way people talk, handle themselves and strongly believes that through music, all this can be experienced. He can express himself to people through his love and passion for music. He also believes that music is a tool which can be used to deliver messages that people cannot address.

Moshe Matseke is a musician, a percussionist, singer and a speaker.  He has been in the music industry for about 8 years and has been playing and talking professional platforms for 4 years.  Matseke has been a speaker in the South African State theatre, Mzansi festival, Annual South African theatre awards, University of Johannesburg, Lesedi foundation amongst others. Moshe started singing in high school then sang with at church and later began his journey with the Finger Print 5 and the AmaSoulja bands. He also sings for the Tshwane choir.

He is a percussionist for DJ Fresh and Lamiez. He sings and plays drums for the Tshwane Gospel Choir. He has been with them for 2 years now. He is currently in Botswana with the choir for the UCCSA 50^th celebration. He is a drummer and composer for Finger Print and has been with them for 3 years.

They have released an EP called Innocence and they are currently working on an album. He is also a part of a 6 piece male band called AmaSoulja live band. They play at weddings, graduations and parties. They have recorded 3 singles that will release one after the other beginning December. 

The deep is a worship group, dedicated to uplifting worshipers all around the country. They go around churches doing worship nights and inspiring young people to worship God and enjoy their youth in the Lord.

He is a busy man but he makes every single minute of his life count. Life is not fair but we all get 7 days per week, 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. Besides singing, Matseke learns guitar, does a bit of theatre work and photography. On normal weekly basis he’d have theatre class in the morning from 9-12 and then music rehearsal from 12 till 5pm.

Moshe shows his courtesy by being involved in certain community projects. He works with NGOs namely: Grootbras, Nelmaphius youth forum and Lesedi Foundation. He assists them with motivational speaking, career advice and life coaching when they have events.

Every journey has its challenges and those challenges are what determine the destiny of our point of arrival. Just like any other successful individual, Matseke has had his challenges but that did not discourage his from achieving what he desired. He still faces challenges like fraud. Promises and contracts bridged, lies, bad attitude from other musicians on stage, sabotage, for an example, his microphone would be intentionally muted during the show or the main instrument will be turned down on his monitor.

In 2014, just after he graduated as an audio technician from Damelin, he started work at the South African State Theatre. One afternoon on a Tuesday, he was home after running errands, he came home to an uncertain feeling. Took a young nap and his mom came to his room to wake him to go check on his brother.

As he did, he found his brother hung himself in one of the pillars with a rope. He left no note and he had been the one person who he spoke to about his life and how he thinks he hasn’t made anyone proud. He had to be strong for his family so he didn’t really get a chance to grieve.

Year 2016, he fell in love with a girl; they were 3months into relationship when she came to watch him rehearse one night because they hadn’t seen each other in 2 weeks due to work and travelling. On the same night they got coffee and used public transport to get home. They stayed on both far ends of Mamelodi, so at some point they had to separate and take different taxis to get home, as they did, he said his goodbyes and that was the last time he saw her.

She was found at a dump side the next morning, naked, raped, bruised and struggle with a wire on her throat. He was the last one known to have been with her so all arrows pointed to him. The family blamed him for her death; he wasn’t even allowed to be at the funeral.

He went through a series on investigations and was the number one suspect for a while.

Tests were made and they realized that his DNA did not match the semen found in her body. For some time he gave in on ever living or loving again but music restored his life. He almost lost it. He even thought of committing suicide but God and music restored his life.

Matseke was born and raised in Mamelodi. He was born on the 14 of May in 1992. He went to Emasangweni Primary school and matricuted in Kgatang secondary school. He then went to Damelin collage in Manlin and studied sound engineering. Matseke’s childhood was good. Both parents were present in his life. He had four siblings, 2 passed on and he now has two left, a brother and a sister.

In the next 10 years Matseke hopes that he will be a well-established brand, help produce a few albums by other musicians. For those who want to pursue the musical career, Moshe’s last words are “Appreciate life. Whatever your hands find to do, do it with all your ability. It is not about where or how you start but the important mark is that you can start. Nothing can stop a man with a vision, even if it takes long. Hold on.”

A 16 year old Dineka creates speakers

                          

Inspired by the constant developments of technology, a 16 year old Olwethu Dineka who resides in Soshanguve creates speakers. He started creating speakers at the age of 10.  

He looks for plastic bottles and uses them as it is unique. He gets these bottles from trash and also gets some of the parts from old Tv's, radios and gadgets that are no longer in use. 

He has never seen anyone doing this. It all came from a mind of his own. His mom also contributes by buying some parts. Challenges are always there when one tries to accomplish a certain goal. At first Olwethu had a challenge in starting the design. He did not let this discourage him, therefore he kept on trying till the design was perfect.

His speakers are modern, they have features like bluetooth, USB drive, memory card drive and unbelievably FM radio. Even though his mother ( Zandile Dineke) feared that this would interfere with his school work, but noticed that he managed his time as he would come back from school, do his school work and later starts with his speakers.

When she noticed how he managed his time, she then started supporting Olwethu's initiative. He wants to do mechanical engineering after he has completed his matric. With the support from his mother and friend (Mongezi) he will excel in his talent.

" Listen to your heart, if you have drive for what you want to archive then no one will stop you", words from Zandile Dineka. 

Entertainment tycoon an inspiration to media enthusiasts

A Yfm host Simo Zokwana, who grew up in Umtata and Pretoria with Pretoria being the city he lived most his life in. He went to Hamilton Primary then Pretoria West High only to matriculate at Crawford College Pretoria.

Zokwana has always been passionate with the idea of being in the media industry. He bumped into jocks on air that made radio relate to him. Jocks like Khabzela,Dj Sbu,Mo Flava,Mac G,Dineo Ranaka,Tholi B,Ankletap,Fresh,Rudeboy Paul,Chilli M and Tbo Touch made him desire radio. Not only is he a Host on Yfm, he's also a business man,MC,Dancer,Actor,Sound engineer,Club Dj and Student.

His parents had their own path for him which was either being a doctor or accountant hence he studied Bcom Finance but life just had a way of pulling him towards his ambitions.

"Your biggest challenge should and is only yourself you will be met with friends,foes and foes looking like friends but just keep yourself sane and stick to your principles and values that make you, which is hard." said Simo.

He has had the best highlights of his life. Being top 4 on Ground Zero, a radio host search, his business decisions and finally getting a weekday show this year on Yfm This is Radio Mon-Fri 00:00-03:00 with himself and Tulz Madala.

"There is no blueprint to success so just keep working around your dreams till there is a chance to live your dreams then keep working to keep the dream alive." Simo Zokwana. 

IS MAKE UP FALSE ADVERTISING?

Many people have their own opinion about the value of wearing make-up. One of the big debates about it is whether painting your face is “false advertising” or simply your right to enhance your looks.

False advertising is when a product is advertised as being something that it is not – it is a form of lying. In terms of make-up, a person wearing it may be accused of pretending to look like someone they’re naturally not.

As I found out in my research, this is a source of on-going debate.  Those in support of wearing make-up pointed out its value in bringing out the best of you. Nkazimulo Nkala said, "No I don’t think it’s false advertising because it just enhances the beauty that is already there."

Thando Dlalisa agreed, saying: "It’s fine because it enhances your better features." One man I interviewed also had not problems with make-up. Sifiso Jimta said, "No it doesn't make somebody a fake. If you’re comfortable wearing make-up, then that's okay with me.” Several voices spoke out against make up.

Stephen Molobi had a strong opinion: "Yes, wearing make-up is definitely false advertising because what you see is not real. Many men go through meeting a woman and then after some time they see what she really looks like without make up – and it can be a horror story!"

Lehlohonolo Mbatha was equally adamant. "Although make up enhances the beauty that is already there, I would still like to see how a woman looks like naturally."  Personally, I’m a great lover of make-up, and always associate it with beauty.

From the time I was a little girl, I thought, "If I wear a little bit of mascara or lip gloss, it will make me look pretty." The conversation I think we should be having is somewhere in between those who see value in wearing make-up and those who think it’s just false advertising. We should be teaching young girls that they are beautiful just the way they are, and that make up is just to enhance the beauty they already have.

By  Nomazwi Majola

INTERNATIONAL ALBINISM DAY

People with albinism go through a lot of discrimination worldwide. Albinism is still profoundly misunderstood, socially and medically. 

The physical appearance of persons with albinism is often the object of erroneous beliefs and myths influenced by superstition, which foster their marginalization and social exclusion. This leads to various forms of stigma and discrimination.

In some communities, erroneous beliefs and myths, heavily influenced by superstition, put the security and lives of persons with albinism at constant risk. These beliefs and myths are centuries old and are present in cultural attitudes and practices around the world.

Some take the extent of killing them and make “umuthi” because they believe that their body parts have great value. Even though people are constantly educated and made aware that albinos are just like everyone else, they still continue killing and kidnapping them for their own need.

Albinism is an inherited condition where a person is unable to produce normal colouring of the skin, hair and eyes (lack of pigments) the condition can be limited to the eye or involve the eye and the skin. They are the same as everyone else. People should stop discriminating and making them feel unsafe. 

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