Socialite and one of Mzansi’s top dancers, Zodwa Wabantu, has defended herself against allegations that she cheated club owners out of R15 000 in deposited funds and later failed to pitch for a series of performances in Mpumalanga. The 37-year-old celebrity, real name Zodwa Rebecca Libram, was booked to perform at four entertainment establishments in and around Mbombela on March 4 this year. Her 45-minute performances were expected to entertain patrons at Coyotes Pub & Shisa Nyama in Mbombela, Matsulu…

EFF leader Julius Malema has accused transport minister Sindisiwe Chikunga of sabotaging the party’s national shutdown efforts as thousands of protestors took to the streets today. In what looked like a massive protest drive as depicted by marchers who embarked on the shutdown as early as 11pm last night, today’s turnout proved underwhelming, causing EFF detractors to claim that Malema had failed. Addressing marchers in Pretoria this afternoon, Malema said the shutdown was technically a success but hinted that the…

Tshwarelo Hunter Mogakane It remains unclear what will happen next Monday when the EFF embarks on a national shutdown protest in demand of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s resignation as head of State. The main threat to the EFF initiative to hold Ramaphosa accountable for his Phala Phala farmgate scandal and the economic downturn South Africa has experienced since he took office in 2018 appears to be the taxi industry’s umbrella body, the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco). On Thursday, the…

Bapedi Queen Manyaku “Hlapogadi A Phaahla” Thulare has blasted government leaders for allegedly neglecting the poor. The Queen was speaking during a birthday celebration hosted at her house by EFF leader Julius Malema at Mohlaletse in Sekhukhune, Limpopo, on Friday. During the celebrations, Malema unveiled a double cab bakkie that the EFF bought for the Queen. He said they also provided a borehole for Queen Thulare in order to restore her dignity. The gift, which comes a few years after…

Tshwarelo Hunter Mogakane Limpopo ANC chairperson Stanley Mathabatha has narrowly dodged a meeting which many believe could have marked the beginning of the end of his tenure as premier. This follows his fallout with President Cyril Ramaphosa over his support for Dr Zweli Mkhize’s failed bid for the governing party’s presidency at the Nasrec conference in December.  According to correspondence from ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula, which the Sunday World has seen, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ANC was…

Tshwarelo Hunter Mogakane South Africans could someday wake up to the shock of load shedding Stage 16, only if those in charge of providing electricity do not take major steps to mitigate the impact of lower supply to the ever-growing demand for power. During an Energy Action Plan update meeting held via the Zoom platform, Eskom’s head of generation, Thomas Conradie, confirmed that there was a draft document aimed at investigating how the country would respond to the possibility of…