Star 2022-01-05

Lutho Pasiya lutho.pasiya@inl.co.za Ukhozi FM’s annual New Year’s Eve countdown has, over the decades, become the most important signifier of the biggest hit of the year. Artists clamour to be included in the radio station’s Top 10 list. And with nearly 8 million listeners, featuring on the station’s Record of the Year list means you have a bona fide hit song. So imagine South Africa’s surprise when a song that many had not heard before was voted the Record of the Year by Ukhozi FM listeners. As people captured the moment we crossed over to 2022, videos showed their faces going from excitement to confusion as Isibani, by DJ Hlo, blared from their speakers. Conversation soon started, with many asking about the song and who the artist was, and how…

Alyssia Birjalal alyssia.birjalal@inl.co.za Unemployed South Africans have a chance at finding employment through a new reality show titled The Chair. Produced by Mountain Top Productions and hosted by TV personality Mpho Monareng, the first of its kind TV show sees four candidates go at it for one job. MD of HR company Solutions, Madelein Hendricks, sits in as the show’s resident HR Specialist and judge and will provide hopeful employees with some of the tools they need to secure much-needed employment. “Job seekers genuinely do not know where to apply for work, how to structure their CVs for the best results and even what it takes to nail an interview,” said Hendricks. Unemployment is a frightening reality that many South Africans must deal and the show hopes to make a…

Kedibone Modise kedibone.modise@inl.co.za Many people can attest to this. You hear a song, it hits the right spot and before long, you start singing along. Years on, you realise that you’ve been singing the lyrics wrong all along. Feeling embarrassed? Don’t. We are all guilty of mishearing the lyrics and creating our own. During the recent throwback episodes of The Daily Show, actor and comedian Trevor Noah shared the South African version of Michael Jackson’s popular classic Don’t stop ‘til you get enough, which includes some parts of the song been sung in Setswana. “In South Africa, we didn’t know what he was saying … so we thought he was signing in Setswana,” says Trevor. “So when we get to that part (chorus) we will go … ke bao, ka…

Bang Showbiz Tristan Thompson has apologised to his ex, Khloé Kardashian, after a paternity test revealed he fathered a child with Maralee Nichols. The 30-year-old pro basketball player admitted Khloé – with whom he shares daughter True, 3 – doesn’t deserve the “heartache and humiliation” he has caused her, after it was confirmed he has a son with personal trainer Maralee. He wrote on his Instagram Stories: “Today, paternity test results reveal that I fathered a child with Maralee Nichols. I take full responsibility for my actions. Now that paternity has been established I look forward to amicably raising our son. “I sincerely apologise to everyone I’ve hurt or disappointed throughout this ordeal both publicly and privately. “Khloé, you don’t deserve this. You don’t deserve the heartache and humiliation I…

Zelda Venter zelda.venter@inl.co.za THE MPUMALANGA mother of a girl who suffered oxygen deprivation during birth more than nine years ago, and as a result has cerebral palsy, got the green light from the court to sue the health authorities for damages. The mother, who was not identified in the court judgment to safeguard the child’s identity, struggled for about three years to obtain her hospital records in a bid for her lawyers to institute a claim on her behalf. The Mpumalanga Health Department, when it eventually received the summons from the mother’s lawyers, asked for the matter to be dismissed on the grounds that the mother was too late with her claim. In terms of the law, legal proceedings against an organ of state to recover a debt must be…

Bongani Nkosi bongani.nkosi@inl.co.za THE long-drawn battle over racially skewed allocation of police officers in the Western Cape looks set to be settled in the Constitutional Court. Organisations that proved at the Equality Court three years ago that the government unfairly discriminated against black communities by allocating them fewer police officers than their predominantly white and rich counterparts have approached the apex court. The NGOs Social Justice Coalition, Equal Education and Nyanga Community Policing Forum, as well as the Women’s Legal Centre (WLC), sought to convince the Johannesburg-based court to determine the appropriate remedy in the matter. Their victory at the Equality Court, sitting at the Western Cape High Court, remained hollow because the determination of the appropriate remedy was postponed and had still not happened, the groups submitted in court…