International Buzz by Mbalenhle Sponono Mgenge

The Motsepe Foundation has donated R30 million to flood relief efforts in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) after the province was battered by heavy rains earlier this week. The damage caused by the floods is estimated to be over R750 million, and at least 395 people have died. CAF President, businessman and Motsepe Foundation Founder, Patrice Motsepe was in Tshelimnyama on Saturday to assess the damage and also visited flood victims in parts of KZN. Speaking during a visit to flood-ravaged areas in KwaZulu Natal on Saturday, CAF President and businessman Dr Patrice Motsepe announced that his family foundation would be donating R30 million to KZN flood relief efforts. Dr Patrice Motsepe was part of a group of leaders, including the likes of KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala,and Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithi.

Rihanna is one of the greatest pop sensations of the current generation and her fans look up to her not just for her hit music but also for her usual straight-forward attitude in life. She has lately been taking the internet by storm with her pregnancy photo-shoot but looks like there is some new drama unfolding and fans are clearly heartbroken. A rumour online suggests that A$AP Rocky and Riri have called it quits while her delivery date is just around the corner. Since last night, rumours about Rihanna’s breakup with A$AP Rocky have been blowing up the internet and fans have been having a hard time believing or ridiculing the speculations. The whole episode kicked off when a fashion influencer by the name Louis Pisano said in a tweet, “Rihanna & ASAP Rocky have split. Rihanna broke up with him after she caught him cheating with shoe designer Amina Muaddi.”

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has been roped in to assist with the staggering flooding in KwaZulu-Natal, with reports that few individuals have proactively been killed while others are unaccounted for. Buildings have fallen, streets have been cleared away, houses are covered underneath landslides and crisis administrations have gone through the late evening safeguarding and emptying individuals from their homes. And there are additionally power disappointments in a few regions and the South African Weather Service is foreseeing that the weighty downpour will keep on overwhelming the territory. Representative for the eThekwini crisis administration Robert McKenzie expressed: "Large numbers of the roadways are seriously impacted and waterlogged and a considerable lot of the entrance courses are additionally seriously impacted. Salvage administrations and EMS have been answering crises over the course of the evening, with various structures fell and numerous indivi

The African National Congress (ANC) has currently chosen not one yet two defilement blamed pioneers who've moved to one side, with Zandile Gumede getting back to her job as eThekwini regional chair. She beat her opposition, Thabani Nyawose by 29 votes. Alongside Zoe Chabalala, Gumede is coming up against debasement indictments over the multi-million rand Durban solid waste management tender. Chabalala was chosen regional treasurer. Just last week, the party in Mpumalanga chose murder-accused Mandla Msibi as its provincial treasurer. Only three of the recently chosen local authority rose to the stage. Two others watched their names being called from home. Gumede, who let the SABC know that she kept the ANC alive in the region, has additionally complained that the 2017 stage to the side goal was obliterating the overseeing party. Her allies, who are as yet praising her triumph, are currently expecting to involve it as a platform for a mission to get her chosen as an authority in th

After being dragged and accused of “bewitching” actor SK Khoza, Izangoma Zodumo reality TV star Gogo Maweni (Lee-Ann Mokopo) has replied to social media bullies. Through her publicist Simphiwe Majola, she stated she turned into now no longer answerable for something is taking place to Khoza.“All she did turned into positioned the whole thing with inside the fingers of her ancestors and God. She stated she isn't answerable for something he [Khoza] goes via and that she was given worn-out chasing after him to keep his son, so she positioned the whole thing in God and her ancestor’s fingers,” stated Majola on behalf of Gogo Maweni. This after Gogo Maweni dragged into Khoza’s mess after a video surfaced on social media in which Khoza can be visible reputedly retaliating in opposition to a “racist” white man. Gogo Maweni and Khoza share a son. She formerly made headlines after taking the actor to court for a child maintenance. Few weeks ago, Gogo Maweni shared on social media that sh

The SABC’s biggest radio station, Ukhozi FM – which celebrated bagging 8 million listeners in October 2021 – made some changes to some of its biggest shows, and today 01 Apr.2022 is the big day for UKhozi FM and its listeners’ because all the changes started today. In a media statement released mid-March the national broadcaster announced that the station will switch up its daytime and weekend line-up. On this will see presenters such as Khathide ‘Tshatha’ Ngobe and Durban Gen actress Zimiphi ‘Zimdollar’ Biyela in new timeslots. Award-winning presenter and MC, Tshatha Ngobe, is making a return to the drive time show from 15:00 – 18:00. Following some damning claims he made in 2020 about the station’s infamous ‘song of the year’, the presenter was moved to the graveyard and weekend slots as “punishment” in 2021. Now, however, he is back in the driver’s seat and will be re-joined by Selby ‘Selbyonce’ Mkhize Daytime radio host Bheka ‘Beekay’ Mchunu is making a much-anticipated return to