TIMES ARE TOUGH! And nobody knows that better than Tshwane gospel singer, Tshidi Chauke (46).

The restrictions brought about by Covid-19 have hit the music business really hard and Tshidi has been forced to get out there and find ways to make a living.

So, he bakes. Every morning he bakes cakes, makes sandwiches and hot drinks like coffee and tea to sell to people on the streets, especially law enforcement officers.

“I had to think out the box.“I used to make money with performances and selling my music at churches and other gatherings, but it is almost impossible to do any of those things,” he said.

He said he has boxes and boxes of CDs at home, but the gatherings at churches are so small that he hardly moves any of them.

“I had to choose between sitting around doing nothing or to find other means to put food on the table,” he said.

Tshidi said if he is going to complain about not making money through his music instead of doing something to improve the situation, he’ll die of hunger.

“God gave us the mind to think and solve problems.

“This virus has shown me that I can’t live on music alone.

Imagine if I wake up one day and my voice is no longer working! How will I survive?”

He said selling cakes has proven to him that he has more skills that he can ever use. He wishes that more artists would use their other skills to make a living.

“Nothing is impossible. Everything you can imagine can be achieved. You just need to think out of the box,” he said.

Tshidi is known for hit songs like Lentswe and O Mamele Thapelo from his album Kholwa.

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SA may be over the Covid-19 surge, but reimposing strict restrictions is still on the table, warns health minister Zweli Mkhize.

Mkhize told eNCA he hoped SA did not have to reimpose extreme lockdown restrictions, as other countries have done.

He said the plateau had started and the country was seeing an impressive decrease in Covid-19 infections, but he feared a resurgence might be on the cards if people neglected precautionary measures.

“The real risk we are worried about is a resurgence in infections if people neglect the precautionary measures, said Mkhize.“Some countries have had to reimpose strict restrictions. We will have to do the same if people start behaving complacently. We hope we don’t have to go in that direction and it’s a decision that is not taken lightly. We do think it’s possible for people to exercise social behavioural changes,” he said.

To date, SA has 611,450 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 13,159 deaths. The country’s recovery rate stands at 516,494, translating to a recovery rate of more than 83%. This is above the global average of 64.5%.

Speaking during the Gauteng General Practitioner Collaboration panel discussion, Mkhize said the recovery percentage can be attributed to dedicated health-care workers.

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Africa’s number one female DJ Zinhle seems to be stuck in another love triangle.Zinhle who was previously in a love triangle with Bonang Matheba and AKA was apparently asked by her new bae to keep their relationship private but she preferred to show him off. She felt like her new boyfriend wanted to keep their relationship a secret and she wasn’t having it.

Apparently things were not over between Phongolo and Murdah when Zinhle announced their new relationship. Phongolo who is known to be one of the rudest celebrities in South Africa has been angry since Mudah and Jiyane became public. It looks like Zinhle is doing exactly what Bonang did to her, except this time, Thuli isn’t pregnant.

Zinhle is apparently tired of being ‘nice’ and is ready for war. Both Thuli Phongolo and Mudah were so careful and private in their relationship and have denied they were in a relationship. However, there were times where the actress and her boyfriend left breadcrumbs. Like; snaps where the actress Thuli Phongolo and Black Motion member Bongz were both on a safari vacay at the same time.

Let’s hope Zinhle wins this time around and history won’t repeat itself! -iHarare

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Zinhle who recently went on Murdah, who prefers to keep his private life private unlike Zinhle, has been under the microscope as fans want to know more about the man who’s keeping that smile on DJ Zinhle’s face. Murdah was previously, dating former Generations The Legacy actress and DJ; Thuli Phongolo who like Murdah preferred to keep her love life out of the spotlight.her Instagram page to announce her new bae after splitting up with her baby daddy; AKA again is apparently seeing flames in her new relationship with Bongani Mohosana known as Murdah. Murdah is one half of Mzansi’s popular house music duo, Black Motion, and is the first man who managed to steal the heart of Africa’s most popular female DJ, Zinhle following her breakup.

The social media user known as Mr Handsome is at it again, this time shading people left, right and centre online. The man decided to shade Boity and Mihlali and then clapped back at every lady who attempted to defend them. It resulted in Mr Handsome trending on South African Twitter as social media users responded to his savage remarks.

Haibo, Mr Handsome should consider adding the word “savage to his name. On Wednesday, the social media user caused a frenzy online with when he roasted literally everyone who got in his way.

The tweep decided to shade Boity and Mihlali online, questioning their intelligence. He wrote:

“If one can ask Mihlali or Boity what they think about South Africa’s loan from the World Bank, we won’t get answers.”He also responded to Boity calling men on Twitter annoying, as well as her response to haters on Mihlali’s post.

Responding to the SA celeb’s post, Mr Handsome wrote:

“Agg shame…. I feel sorry for all the men who did nothing but are receiving your insults because your ego was bruised by a simple tweet. No one cares about your sexuality or what what, you just saying that to get reaction from fake feminists. The story is about ‘World bank loan’.”

Artist Rasta has made quite a name for himself for all the wrong reasons.

The man, who’s known for rocking up at high-profile funerals and memorials to paint portraits of the deceased was recently invited for a chat at Newsroom Afrika.

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Rasta opened up about taking advice from his critics and improving which each painting. He also revealed that he is busy with a project in Hillbrow, painting a 10-meter wall. At the end of his interview, he presented a portrait of Newzroom Afrika reporter Mbali Thethani and let’s just say Mbali was lost for words. All she had to say was, “Oh Wow”, one could easily read the disbelief on her face.Rasta recently painted a portrait of actress Zenande Mfenyane dispute her wishes against it.

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