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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT | Image: Newsroom Afrika BY: Zoliswa Mbeki As part of Youth Month celebrations, the Khayelitsha FM urge high school learners, unemployed youth and graduates to attend the 4th  Annual Khayelitsha FM Youth Opportunities Expo in order to get connected to jobs and business opportunities. Learners from Grade 10 to 12 across all corners of Khayelitsha, including youth who are out of school, unemployed youth and graduates, and youth seeking inspirations and opportunity who are not yet sure with their career choices are all urged to make the right choice when choosing careers. Image: Khayelitsha FM  This free entry Expo forms part of commemorating the 30 Years of Democracy Anniversary in South Africa which coincides with the centenary of struggle stalwart, former president Nelson Mandela. The Youth Expo is part of Khayelitsha FM’s commitment to respond to the development of young people in Khayelitsha and surrounding areas. Image: IEC South African archives The ...

  ENTERTAINMENT NEWS | Penny Ntuli  Image: Facebook  BY: Staff Reporter  News coming in is that some Jozi FM presenters are not happy with Penny Ntuli receiving preferential treatment at the station.  Just  two weeks after joining the Soweto based radio station, ZiMoja is reporting that some presenters are gatvol with the "princess treatment" she is getting from the station bosses. According to an article, Penny Ntuli has her own accomodation provided by the station and she is driven to and from work everyday.  "She is driven by the station boss everyday, she get free lunches and taken to Soweto restaurants everyday" says one of the unhappy staff.  "So many celebrities have been to the station to see her including Thina Zungu and other notable politicians"  ZiMoja reports that they tried to reach out to Penny Ntuli but she was unavailable.  Penny Ntuli joined Jozi FM about two weeks ago after she was offered a slot amid her debacle with ...

TRENDING NEWS| DJ Sbu's Massiv Metro faces liquidation for failing to pay it's debts BY THABO FEZA A digital radio station founded by media personality and businessman Sbusiso “DJ Sbu” Leope is facing the prospect of liquidation after failing to pay its debts. A Joburg-based company, Business Partners Leadership (BPL), has obtained a default judgment against Massiv Metro for failing to pay it at least R4-million.  BPL is now applying for another default judgment against Leadership Twenty-20, a company founded by DJ Sbu, after it acted as security for the bad loan granted to Massiv Metro. According to the papers, which are in our possession, Massiv Metro, represented by one Tyrone Willemse, entered into a written agreement in which BPL advanced a R3-million loan to the digital station on March 27, 2018. The station was required to pay back the loan in R100 000 instalments for 36 months from September 1, 2019. The station also entered into an agreement with BPL to pay it 2% of it...

TR ENDING NEWS | DJ Sumbody’s business partner Kagiso Setsetse took a R15-million life cover policy from Momentum a year before he was killed execution style in Joburg last year. BY GUGU JANUARY  DJ Sumbody’s business partner Kagiso Setsetse took a R15-million life cover policy from Momentum a year before he was killed execution style in Joburg last year. But the staggering amount was not paid out by the insurance company because the detectives investigating Sumbody’s untimely death “froze” the payment until they could obtain a statement from Setsetse. The chilling tidbits were revealed by alleged 28s gang boss and Cape Town businessman Ralph Stanfield in an exclusive interview with Sunday World this week. Stanfied said during Ayepyep’s renovation, Setsetse and Sumbody were threatened by unknown gangsters who told them that they were not allowed to operate their business unless they paid a protection fee to two notorious underworld bosses. The duo approached his mutual friend and i...

  TRENDING NEWS| BY NANCY PELE Local clothing brand Amakipkip will remove late rapper AKA’s merchandise from its stores and issue an apology to his family. The T-shirts, which were posted on Amakipkip’s social media pages, were also advertised for R600 at its Pretoria store. SiyaTrenda understands that the representatives from Amakipkip were locked in a meeting with the rapper’s family. His lawyer Rudolph Baloyi of Rudolph Baloyi Inc said: “The meeting is still under way. They have agreed to apologise and remove the merchandise.” Baloyi said a public statement will be issued later in the day. The brand also received criticism from AKA’s brother Stephan and the late rapper’s girlfriend Nadia Nakai. Nakai wrote on her social media that the brand is acting like parasites. “We as The Megacy do not approve or condone Amakipkip’s recent behaviour of thieving from AKA’s death,” wrote Nakai. “We have it on good accord that even the family was never approached about Amakipkip’s merch produc...

CONSTRUCTION NEWS | They are flashy, they are glamorous and they are around the corner!  South African Construction Awards Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty and SABC Images) BY NICOLE GROENEWALD  The South African Construction Industry Award was first presented in 2007 in Cape Town, as an annual award to recognise and reward innovation and the highest standard of work in the South African construction industry. The award celebrates the skills, productivity and prosperity that the industry brings to South Africa. INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, His Exellency Paul Mashatile (Image Government Communication and Information System)  BOOK NOW Image: Jozi Media  Book your table now as we got limited tables that are now available and are booked on a first come first serve basis. To be in the room with the industry’s finest and government top decision-makers, please select your package below and book your place online. A list o...