Canan Moodie – the youngest member of the Springboks Rugby World Cup squad – celebrated his 21st birthday during the team’s trophy tour on Sunday, 5 November.

The young Paarl player spent the day in and around East London, the final stop in the nationwide celebrations.

 

CANAN MOODIE CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY
Instead of his nearest and dearest, Canan Moodie celebrated his 21st birthday with his other family, the Springboks.

The young star player was even gifted a birthday cake featuring both the Springbok and Rugby World Cup emblems.

On Sunday, Canan was out and about in East London as he shared the tour bus with players like Siya Kolisi Makazole Mapimpi and Manie Libbok.

He shared in an Instagram post: “Thank you for your amazing support and celebrating with us. Thank you for the birthday messages and signs on the road”.

Pitso Mosimane’s Al Wahda picked up an important league victory this weekend after defeating Ajman 1-0.

 

Mosimane was hospitalised earlier during the week after suffering from ‘shortness of breath’.

Thankfully, the legendary South African coach’s recovery was swift and his illness was not as serious as originally perceived. Though he wasn’t part of the action this weekend, Mosimane is on the mend at home.

Pitso Mosimane’s side picked up a second victory on the bounce this weekend, to lift his side to fifth on the log standings!Both Mamelodi Sundowns and Wydad Casablanca are guaranteed to walk away with a minimum of R55 million after qualifying for the final.

The loser of the final will earn R55 million while the champions will walk away with a massive R75 million!“I am on my knees, and I bow my head every night. I pray and ask God to perform miracles. The same miracles He performed, my prayer to Him is just perform one more.” – Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rhulani Mokwena said as quoted by IOL.

“My prayer is that He resurrects and brings back Lucas (Riberiro Costa), Peter (Shalulile) and Thapelo (Morena) as soon as possible, because for sure, they make a difference.

“It’s the same as when we played Al Ahly (in the Caf Champions League at the beginning of the year), and we created five chances and we (Mamelodi Sundowns) scored all five of those.“

SK Pop reveals that beauty queen, Brooke Bruk Jackson received social media backlash after she won Miss Universe Zimbabwe 2023.

The publication adds that Jackson defeated 11 finalists to win the title and she’ll now to compete in the upcoming Miss Universe 2023 pageant in El Salvador, this month.

 

The 21-year-old model, beauty therapist from Harare said after winning: “My heart is full of joy and gratitude. Thank you to each and every one of you for your kind messages and support. God is good”.

“I have gained this crown for our beautiful country, to love and to serve our people, to represent Zimbabwe Internationally and to show the world the uniqueness of Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans.”

“I want to be an example of grace, understanding and inspiration to the youth of Zimbabwe, to instill the spirit of ‘ubuntu’ and know that together we are strong and anything in life is possible,” added Jackson.Jasmineheaux: “With a population that is 98 percent black. This baffles me. But hey, go off.”

@INB_MacMillan: “Zimbabwe on the ground is very different to the Zimbabwe we see on social media.”

@DDT_PM: “Kanti there are still white people in Zimbabwe? I honestly thought Mugabe chased them away long time ago.”

@mkhulise2twice: “Which Zimbabwe is this because the media tells me about a black poor country. Nobody told me about whites in Zimbabwe .. Ooh damn.. Media.”

@nkabi19: “Lies lies, it’s all lies on social media. You should do a bit of research to understand Zimbabwe.”

While the announcement of a baby is usually a cause for celebration, the female fans of Springbok Handre Pollard felt, quite literally, the opposite.

The famous flyhalf and his wife Marise announced that they were expecting their first child in an Instagram post on Sunday, 5 November.

 

But for the legion of adoring fans, many dramatically claimed it was the worst news possible.A week after helping the Springboks to win the World Cup, Handre Pollard and his wife Marise announced their pregnancy.

The brunette bombshell showed off her growing baby bump while her famous husband livingly kissed her forehead.

Marise captioned the post: “The biggest blessing of them all joining us April ‘24. Thank you, Jesus, for trusting us with this little life”.A week after helping the Springboks to win the World Cup, Handre Pollard and his wife Marise announced their pregnancy.

The brunette bombshell showed off her growing baby bump while her famous husband livingly kissed her forehead.

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Marise captioned the post: “The biggest blessing of them all joining us April ‘24. Thank you, Jesus, for trusting us with this little life”.

Fikile Ncwane, the mother of late gospel musician Sifiso Ncwane, says his widow, Ayanda Ncwane, does not want her to see his children – Sunday World reports.

SIFISO NCWANE’S MOTHER ON SEEING HIS KIDS
The Kulungile Baba hitmaker, who passed away in December 2016, shares two sons with Ayanda – Ngcweti and Mawrnza Ncwane.

 

Fikile told the publication that she has given up trying to get Ayanda to allow her grandchildren to visit them.

“I also haven’t seen my grandchildren [for a long time]. I miss them but I have no access to them. I tried to reach out to Ayanda but it proved to be impossible. I have now given up, God will deal with her, ” Fikile said.

She further told the publication that she and her daughter-in-law have been at loggerheads for years and nothing changed after her son’s death. She said the situation became worse when Ayanda – who was on the first season of Real Housewives of Durban (RHOD) – filed a protection order against her.

FIKILE’S FEUD WITH AYANDA NCWANE
In 2015, when Sifiso was still alive, Fikile accused her son of not taking care of her financially, saying she is living in poverty.

This came after the singer surpised his ‘spritual father’ with a Mercedes Benz GL 63 AMG which set him back an apparent R1.9 million.

However, her claims were denied by Sifiso who accused the media of twisting his mother’s words during an interview with Vuma FM, saying he built her a house, furnished it and has been taking care of her.

At Sifiso’s funeral on 10 December 2016, his sister and other relatives walked out of Moses Mabhida Stadium, citing not being allocated proper seating and having to sit in the rain with everyone else.

A few months later, The Citizen reported that the musician’s mother slammed Ayanda, accusing her of telling doctors not to show her the postmortem report.

In response, Ayanda rubbished the claim, saying: “If family members want to know something they know what to do. I will not disrespect my husband and publish his post-mortem report.”

She further said that after Sfiso’s death she immediately sent a car to fetch his mother so that they could “do everything together”.

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