In parliament recently, Sports, Arts, and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa revealed that during a recent dinner gala that had cost the department a whopping R16 million for the night, South African Grammy winners that had attended the event were each given R250 000, Sunday World reported.

ZIZI KODWA SHARES 250K TO EACH GRAMMY WINNER
This follows after the Democratic Alliance(DA) asked for a breakdown of payment costs for Grammy award winners, the publication shared.

Earlier in April, Zizi Kodwa took to Twitter and announced that he had honoured Grammy winners Black Coffee, Zakes Bantwini, Nomcebo Zikode, and Wouter Kellerman at a formal all-black event. Miriam Makeba, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, John Lindemann, Soweto Gospel Choir, and Lebo M Morake were also part of the list.

“We gathered to honor our own legends who have continued to fly our flag internationally with excellence. We celebrate and recognize South African Grammy Award winners. I am extending words of gratitude to the creative sector that joined us in recognising these stars,” Kodwa said.

In his response to the DA, Kodwa reportedly said there was no public bid for the lucrative tender to host the gala.

“No tender was advertised as the department used its procurement sourcing strategy as per its SCM policy which allows the department to appoint a panel of events management service providers for a period of 36 months,” he was quoted as saying.

The charismatic leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Julius Malema and his wife Mantwa Matlala made headlines on social media last night (Thursday 27 July) as they warmly welcomed guests at the party’s 10th birthday gala dinner in Johannesburg, it is reported that the 10th birthday gala dinner event was held in grand style with Julius Malema reserving a Platinum table worth a staggering R1.2 million rand.

Notably the notorious tobacco businessman Adriano Mazzotti was also in attendance but he was seated at a separate table, but bespite their contrasting backgrounds and political affiliations Adriano Mazzotti cordially greeted both Malema and EFF’s prominent advocate Dali Mpofu at the prestigious Emperors Palace.

The gala dinner marked a significant milestone for the EFF as the party celebrated a decade of its existence and advocacy for economic equality and social justice in South Africa. With Malema’s magnetic presence and the support of passionate party members, and the evening showcased the party’s continued relevance and influence in the country’s political landscape.

Life can at times throw lemons at you whe you thought things are going your way, something would just happen and drag you down, slow you down from your progress progress when you are trying your best to fix your life and do things according to the book, sometimes when such things happens, all you have to do is self-introspection and reflect on your past to check if you have die everything right, if there are things you did wrong, fix them.

If there are people you wronged, you have to go back and apologise, if it means going the traditional route and appease your ancestors, do just that so that your life would be in order, that is probably what Jub Jub needs to think off since it seems his life is filled with misfortunes, it is like a dark cloud is hanging over his head making his life miserable.

Molemo Maarohanye found himself on the wrong side of the law back in 2010 when he and his friend were drag racing and Ran over a couple of school kids killing some in that accident, some were left with permanent injuries, they were sentenced to 25 years in prison on December 5, 2012, for attempted murder and three connected offenses.

After he was released on Parole in 2017, he apologised to the nation through a song, some of the people have forgive him and some refuses to move on, however, it looked as if he has put that behind him and had his life back in order, he became one of the loved presenter of Uyaja 9/9 on Moja Love Channel 157, but now an incident that happened in 2017 has been brought up again and is troubling him.

He was arrested and released on R10 000 bail on Thursday allegedly the charges were played against him reportedly by Amanda Du Pont, it seems he is troubled again and will have to deal with the bad publicity over and over again, one wonder what it will do to his future with the station.he is actually cursed, those kids’ souls seems to be haunting him making his life a living hell.

A popular DJ sadly passed away coming back from performing at an event in Ethiopia, this DJ is known about Amamapiano music , she made herself popular by releasing song called Umshove and Konka.

The source ( Isolezwe) learned from a source close to the family that Amahle “DJ Mbali Umshove” Nduli (27) from Kokstad in KwaZulu Natal was healthy when she arrived at the airport on Sunday. Although the family does not know the cause of DJ’s death, the source said that the story started to deteriorate on Monday morning when the deceased was dragged by the neck as if she was being attacked by a witch.

“Then a white liquid came out of her. Then a brown liquid followed. She came out saying she was going to be blown by the wind at the door and she was about to faint.”

The source said that the deceased was rushed to the doctor but she passed away. The news of Mbali Umshove’s death was disclosed by the family on Tuesday in a statement posted on her Instagram page.

Since the news of the deceased’s death was heard, the artists who knew her have been sending condolences messages to the family of this DJ.

Although the memorial service for the deceased was held in Maboneng, Johannesburg on Wednesday but until the time of publication it was not known where and on what day the funeral service will be held.

Nadia Nakai

Nadia Nakai celebrates her late lover, Kiernan AKA Forbes’ wins. The rapper’s last offering Mass Country has amassed numerous success, and his family members are proudly taking records of all the feats. Taking to social media, Nakai announced that the album has been certified platinum and she took sizzling photos with the plaques.

Nadia Nakai

“So PRADA YOU. MASS COUNTRY Platinum Status,” she captioned the post.

A few weeks ago, Nadia Nakai expressed how hurt she feels by AKA’s death. Kiernan waon the 10th of February, in Durban.

Since he died, Nadia has been quite expressive about how she feels, and she’s been comforted by Megacy and her fans.

“I miss him so much… I don’t fear death anymore because I know I might see him.. nothing wrong with that. That smile? I can actually go hey,” she tweeted.