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Ntshavheni: Godongwana Will Reveal SABC Rescue Measures

The public broadcaster’s headquarters in Auckland Park has the worn grandeur of a once-magnificent vessel now permanently moored in shallow waters. The corridors, lined with photographs of legendary presenters and historic broadcasts, retain the institutional memory of an era when the SABC was not merely a broadcaster but a national project—a voice that reached into…

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Boyz II Men Announces Three South Africa Shows in May 2026

The news traveled first through WhatsApp groups, those digital villages where middle-aged professionals reconnect with the soundtrack of their youth. It spread through workplace email chains with subject lines like “GUYS GUYS GUYS” and family chat threads where uncles who never expressed enthusiasm for anything suddenly posted crying-laughing emojis. By the time the official announcement…

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Shebeshxt Hit With New Charge: Shebeshxt Allegedly Found With Phone and Suspected Substances in Custody

The air inside the holding cells of the Lebowakgomo police station was thick with the smell of stale sweat and disinfectant. Fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, flickering at odd intervals, casting the narrow corridor in a sickly pale glow. And somewhere at the end of that corridor, behind a heavy steel door, Lehlogonolo Chauke—known to millions…

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Nando’s Rejects Nota Baloyi’s Claims Over Kwesta Ad Song Rights

A fiery legal and public relations clash has erupted between the iconic peri-peri brand Nando’s and controversial music executive Nota Baloyi, centering on the rights to a beloved South African music sample and threatening to draw in rapper Kwesta and viral sensation Rachel Kolisi. The dispute ignites around Nando’s recent, widely celebrated television and digital…

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Legal Showdown: Chicken, Kwesta, and Brenda Fassie Hit Sparks Lawsuit; Nota Demands R850k from Nando’s Over Use of Brenda Fassie Hit

JOHANNESBURG — A high-stakes legal battle is brewing in the South African entertainment and corporate world, pitting controversial music executive and entrepreneur Nota Baloyi against the marketing juggernaut Nando’s. Baloyi has filed a lawsuit demanding R850,000 in damages from the fast-food chain, alleging the unauthorized and unlawful use of Brenda Fassie’s timeless anthem “Vuli Ndlela” in a widely circulated television…

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