Author: Zama Nteyi

Frustrated artists not happy about funding body
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Sidelined artists unhappy as names of National Arts Festival adjudicators unveiled

The National Arts Council (NAC) has finally disclosed the names of the individuals who adjudicated applications for the prestigious National Arts Festival (NAF).... Read more.
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‘We awarded the tender to our former employee,’ – eThekwini municipality confesses

The eThekwini municipality has finally admitted after weeks of secrecy and what critics are calling a blatant cover-up that a controversial R3.6-million tender was... Read more.
Thousands expected to march against undocumented migrants
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Operation Dudula, March & March movement to shut down Durban on Friday

Thousands of frustrated South Africans, led by outspoken former radio star Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma and Operation Dudula’s Zandile Dabula, are planning to take to... Read more.
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Opposition refutes claim Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates screening tender was advertised

The eThekwini municipality is facing accusations of deliberately misleading the public over the R3.6-million tender. The alleged misleading statements were exposed... Read more.
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‘KZN municipality dished out lucrative soccer tender to ex-staff’

Zwakele Mncwango, ActionSA’s KwaZulu-Natal provincial chairperson, has formally requested that the head of the city integrity and investigations unit (CIIU), Jimmy... Read more.
Frustrated artists not happy about funding body
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Staff wants National Arts Council placed under administration due to ‘dirty deals’

Employees at the National Arts Council (NAC) have called on Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie to urgently place the institution under administration.... Read more.
Nomcebo Zikode court application bites the dust
Celebrity News

Nomcebo Zikode crushed again in court over hit song ‘Jerusalema’

Grammy Award-winning musician Nomcebo Zikode has once again faced defeat in her legal battle against Open Mic. Since 2022, the two parties have engaged in a legal... Read more.
Artists slam Gayton McKenzie for latest R100k funeral cover.
Entertainment

‘Gayton McKenzie’s department to fund deregistered, non-compliant firms’

The chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Sports, Arts, and Culture, Joe McGluwa, has lambasted the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) for allegedly... Read more.
Jacinta ventures into podcasting
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Vuma FM rubishes claims that it axed Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma

Vuma FM has officially denied firing popular presenter Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, saying her contract simply expired and was not renewed, a decision they insist was purely... Read more.
Mafokate's company receives funding from department
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Outrage as Arthur Mafokate’s company scores R1.8m state funding

King of kwaito Arthur Mafokate’s company, Roadshow Marketing, is once again in the spotlight after being approved to receive R1.8-million from the Department of... Read more.