DJ Sbu has worked his way to being a successful businessman and he has tasked himself to help young people tackle unemployment.

The entertainer has made headlines countless times where he has extended a helping hand for many black entrepreneurs who are start-ups or struggling.

Now, due to the pandemic that sees a lot of jobs being lost he has partnered with businessman Khandani Msibi to give R400 000 to 20 struggling black businesses due to the Coronavirus pandemic to help them stay afloat.

For the past few days, the media had announced that more companies are considering job cuts of thousands of people so DJ Sbu has come up with a way to help black entrepreneurs to not lose their businesses.

The radio presenter and entrepreneur has started the 3Sixty Business Saver competition with 3Sixty Global Solutions CEO Khandani to give the 20 businesses R20 000 each if they can prove how the pandemic has negatively affected thier business.

Hopefuls will have to submit a short video where they talk more about their business and explain how they are struggling and what they would do with the R20 000 boost.

A few conditions are however in place including, the business has to have been operating for more than 6 months, must be 100% black-owned and follow the company on all their social media platforms.

Moja Love’s controversial cheating show Uyajolala 9/9, is definitely raking in impressive numbers in viewership, and we stan! The show has become fan favorites as it helps families to tackle infidelity.

Read More: Jub Jub Thanks SA For 2.5 Million Viewership For Uyajola 9/9

According to Phil Mphela in June the show retained its record-breaking streak by pulling 2,8-million viewers. In May the show had 2.5 million viewers, making it the third most-watched show on DSTV

Now it is dominating DSTV’s ratings as the number one most-watched show.

Last month Jub Jub thanked the viewers for their continued support to watch the show.

“I wanna thank you guys for supporting me, I wanna thank you guys for believing in me. The channel I am aligned with, the black-owned channel. I wanna thank you guys for believing in the channel. Last week, we were the 3rd most watched channel in the country with my show beating over 2.5 million viewership,” he said.

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Hip hop heavyweights AKA and Cassper Nyovest have hit back at claims that they should take a break from making music.

This comes after television presenter Scoop Makhathini said on POPcast, the podcast he co-hosts with DJ Speedsta, Ms Cosmo and DJ Vigilante, that he felt that veterans like AKA, Cassper and even Kwesta should take a recording break and not make any new music for a year. In a video of the podcast recording posted on Twitter, Scoop said: “A lot of the dudes that are veterans in the game, I feel like (they) should take a break. AKA, Kwesta, Cassper, I feel like should go a year and just not release music and just chill. A part of me will always gravitate towards what they have to say because I know their story, but I feel like there are a lot of new artist that we might not be playing that are making much more better music than the established cats”. Scoop went on to say that a lot of hip hop artists who have been in the industry for over a decade have nothing new to say and that they had no new ways of saying it either.

The video caught the attention of Cassper who hit back saying what Scoop said, did not apply to him.

“This doesn’t apply to me at all. Firstly, my last album was 2 years ago. My music never ever sounds the same. I am always in the streets hence I catch on to the next sound before anyone does whether ke piano or drill. Lastly, my next album drops sep 11th & it’s f**king amazing!”, said the Monate Mpolaye hitmaker.

It was the home of statesmen and nation-builders, but it will be remembered for a R140m spat involving a swimwear model and her businessman father.

This week the “battle for Zonnekus” ended in an auction after the 10-year spat had gone as far as the Constitutional Court.

The mansion, commissioned in 1929, once attracted values of up to R100m. On Thursday it attracted a highest bid of only R15.5m.

The auction marks the end of an era for businessman Gary van der Merwe and his model daughter, Candice, who were central to the tug-of-war over the property.

They and their legal representatives made hundreds of court appearances in a fight with the South African Revenue Service (Sars) over a $15.5m (about R140m in 2012) payment to Candice – allegedly a gift from her “admirer”, former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri.

The payment was flagged as suspicious by the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC).

This promoted a Sars investigation and a subsequent tax bill, which the Van der Merwes challenged.

The Van der Merwes began several court applications against the liquidators of Gary van der Merwe’s assets, which are held by Zonnekus Mansion (Pty) Ltd.

On February 5, the Constitutional Court dismissed Van der Merwe’s attempt to challenge a high court order evicting him from Zonnekus, the Milnerton, Cape Town, beach home he had occupied for almost 20 years.

This paved the way for this week’s sale by WH Auctioneers, with the winning bid now under consideration by liquidators Sanek Trust Recovery Services.

Darusha Moodliar, of the liquidators, said the auction attracted local and international buyers. The auctioneer’s website says the highest bid was R15.5m, much less than the R50m municipal valuation.

The Sir Herbert Baker-designed home, on Woodbridge Island, was commissioned by Sir David Pieter De Villiers Graaff, a former mayor of Cape Town and father of De Villiers Graaff, once leader of the United Party. At one stage it was occupied by the British high commissioner, according to the auctioneers.The mansion has seven bedrooms, five reception rooms, a wine cellar, a gym, an eight-car garage, a large pool overlooking the beach, private beach access, a staff canteen and a guest cottage. It has views across Table Bay to the city and the mountain.

Van der Merwe refused to concede defeat this week, insisting the auction was illegal.

“I have a claim against the property … and it is an illegal sale with the liquidators and Sars colluding,” Van der Merwe told the Sunday Times by e-mail.

Moodliar said any claim against the Zonnekus sale “is no bar to the realisation of assets, which the liquidators are, by law, obliged to do”.

One of Van der Merwe’s companies, Wild Olive Enterprises, has filed a post-liquidation claim of R5.3m “relating to the upkeep of the mansion”, according to Moodliar.

“To the extent that [Wild Olive] may hold such a claim, it will be reflected in a liquidation and distribution account which will be lodged with the master of the high court following the sale and transfer of the mansion.”

The Van der Merwes’ tax saga attracted international interest last year when Candice revealed the name of her mystery benefactor, Hariri, whom she said she met at a Seychelles resort in 2012 when she was 20.

Moonchild Sanelly says her fave SA city is Joburg because ‘there’s no ocean, so if you want to swim you have to create your own waves’.
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For the fun and fearless musician Moonchild Sanelly, the lockdown has meant the cancelling of many of her international shows.

The silver lining, however, has been the ability to be still and work on her album.

While this is a challenging time to release new music, she believes it is also advantageous since most people are now online while everything is happening virtually.

Her latest single, Bashiri, which she had been working on since August last year, has been released through Transgressive Records’ South African partner, the Gallo Record Company.

The song ribs pastors who use church for financial gain and is available on all streaming platforms.WATCH | The music video for Moonchild Sanelly’s track ‘Bashiri’

We spoke to her to find out about some of her travelling experiences, as well as where she’s planning on going once life is back to normal.

Where is the last destination you travelled to before the lockdown?

When the lockdown started, I had just landed from Australia and I was meant to go to the US and Brazil. I had literally just started with my international touring. For the first few months of 2020, I was meant to be doing collaborations with the international acts I love.

Where’s the first place you’re heading to once we’re out of the lockdown?

I’m definitely taking a sho’t left. The idea was that after doing my international stuff, I would come back and go on a camp where I create music for my album. I’d still love to have the camp and get all the producers I love, so we can hibernate and create music.

Tell us more about your life under lockdown.

To be honest, one beautiful thing has been the ability to be still and know you’re not losing out by doing so. The difference would have been me saying “no” to some shows because I want to focus on the album, but now I don’t have to say “no” because there are no shows. This means I can still focus on my album, it’s a different plan altogether, but I still can.I already knew I wasn’t going to be making much money in SA in this season, my money was going to be coming from outside. So, I was ready to be in hibernation, not because of the lockdown, but because of my album. I would be doing a few festivals, but mostly staying in studio. In a way, you can say I was prepared to be on my own form of voluntary lockdown.

Describe your first childhood holiday.

I remember going to Zimbabwe for my cousin’s wedding. I can’t clearly remember how old I was, but I was a flower girl, so I was definitely younger than 11.

And your first trip abroad?

I went to New York for the first time about five or six years ago when I started touring. I remember it was very lit. It was one of the trips where I landed with nothing but R500 to my name. This was the story for pretty much the first two years of my career.My biggest thing was not the amount of money I had. Accommodation, flights and basically everything were paid for, so I went out there and did my best at every single festival. I just had my mouth and my R500. I didn’t have much money, but I had a winning mindset.

What is your favourite city in SA? Why?

Johannesburg because I love money. It’s a city that doesn’t sleep, you either go big or go home. There’s also no ocean, so if you want to swim then you have to create your own waves.

What’s your favourite international city? Why?

I love Barcelona because of the crowd. My first time performing there — without anybody understanding any of my lyrics — highlighted the fact that music is a universal language
What do you hate about travelling or holidays?

I don’t like the part where you have to fill in forms at the airport upon landing in a foreign country. After sitting in a plane for hours, standing in a long queue can be quite annoying.

What is your best piece of travel advice?

Every time you land after a long flight, you can just jog on the spot for a minimum of 20 minutes to get rid of jet lag. I’ve done this and gone straight on stage very soon after landing. Always works.

Are you an adventurous eater when you travel? What’s the weirdest thing you’ve tried?

In a way, yes. I’ve tried different soups in different countries and ordering soup is not something I’d ordinarily do if I’m not travelling. To my surprise, even the soups that looked like water were actually very tasty.

Also, it feels very good to have vodka in “vodka countries”. I enjoyed vodka in Russia and I don’t even drink vodka when in SA.

What’s your go-to plane outfit?

I always have a Puma tracksuit on. Always. Easy on, easy off.

Must-have plane items?

My make-up. When I land, it has to look like I woke up like this.

Name one place you really want to go, now or at least some day.

I really want to go to Korea, because all the Korean record label owners I have encountered at music festivals usually say I’d blow up there. Apparently they don’t have anything like me.