AKA shared a promotional video for Vodacom on social media on Monday, 20 July 2020, which showed him throwing some punches in the gym with his trainer. The rapper, who revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19, surprised fans with his return to boxing, after claiming to be in quarantine since his diagnoses.Ignoring the questions about returning to the public, AKA responded to one fan in particular who stated, “Loving the improvement on speed and technique.

The star, who has type 2 diabetes and is particularly vulnerable to Covid-19, has been spending most of the lockdown indoors and away from anyone who may carry the virus.

The pandemic has not only threatened her health but also her finances, with the star telling TshisaLIVE that the situation has become very difficult.

“I have been so affected by the virus. There is no shows and we do not know when the president will announce that we can go perform again. There is no relief from the government. I applied for relief from the department of sports, arts and culture but haven’t received anything. It is difficult,” she said.

What many thought would be a short lockdown has now extended to several months, leaving Candy without savings and reliant on her elderly mother.

“I don’t want anyone to hear that the bank came for my house and I am broke. I was not broke – I just wasn’t working. Not by chance, but because of the pandemic,” she said.

My mother is sending me R600 a month for food. I am broke because the money I saved is finished. I am living on R600 groceries. My mother is 92 years old. Instead of enjoying her money and me looking after her, she is buying mielie meal for me.”

She said politician Bathabile Dlamini sent her a food voucher after hearing about her plight.

Fortunately, in the hard times came a blessing for Candy: a role on the popular SABC1 soapie Skeem Saam. It was recently announced that she would play Bafedile, a feisty 50-year-old woman who returns to Turfloop after fleeing an abusive marriage over a decade ago.

“It was such a blessing to me. When I heard that I had got the role, I was so happy. I couldn’t believe it. The character is 50 and I am about to turn 50. We are both village girls and have a natural look. We are so similar. I can’t wait for people to really fall in love with her.

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Former Banyana Banyana midfielder Amanda Dlamini has said that women footballers need to think bigger in terms of occupations in football once their playing careers are over.

Not all ex-footballers remain in the game. For those who do, coaching is often the natural go-to next step in remaining within the sport.

Dlamini – a TV analyst for SuperSport – said she believes women footballers have more to offer to the sport post their playing careers than just coaching, such as potentially in club and national administration roles.

Dlamini said at a Nedbank Finance in Football Summit this week that programmes should be put in place to empower women’s footballers towards such high-profile future roles.

“I don’t feel like female footballers are exposed to so many programmes, and once we start exposing such programmes to them they will know that they are not just limited to being referees, coaches,” Dlamini said.

“We want to be analysts, we want to be technical directors – there is just so much we can still do in terms of football. So I think that the message should be that they are not restricted and confined to a certain career as everyone is expecting us to be after football.

“So I think people should generally open their doors and invest in women’s football.”

Dlamini emphasised that education plays a big part in soccer players’ lives when thinking of an occupation post-playing, especially for women’s footballers, who in South Africa still earn far less then men do.

“In the long run education plays a very big part in a soccer player’s life – it’s important that you have a solid background,” she said.

Dlamini said a professional on and off-field image can help women’s player’s maximise their income during and after their playing careers.

“I think a lot of work goes in while you are still active – how you represent yourself in terms of things that you do in your spare time, that for me plays a big part,” she said.

“I know that I might not make the same amount of money as my male counterparts, but I know that maybe as time goes on I will probably get certain endorsements from people who trust me to represent their brand. That is exactly how it happened to me.”

The former Banyana captain said women footballers face greater financial struggles than their male counterparts.

“I think a lot of people know the situation in terms of women’s football, where finance is still a concern. When it comes to women’s football, we are still struggling in that regard.”

Dlamini, who in 2012 found the Amanda Dlamini Girls Foundation aiming to provide basic help to girls in rural areas, is endorsed by a number of large corporates.