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David “TRUGOY THE Dove” Jolicoeur, one-third of the iconic rap triumvirate De La Soul, has died. The news was first reported by AllHipHop. He was 54. The cause of death has not been disclosed. Trugoy, who had recently been going by the name Dave, and was also known as Plug Two, had been open about his bout with congestive heart failure in recent years. In De La Soul’s 208 “Royalty Capes” video, Trugoy candidly spoke about how his ailing health kept him from performing. “I’m ready just to get back to the stage,” he said. “I miss that. I love traveling. I love being…
Fans and colleagues from the business gathered in Durban on Sunday evening for a prayer service honouring AKA and Tebello Motsoane, his former manager. AKA, whose true name is Kiernan Forbes, and Motsoane were fatally murdered on Friday night in front of a Durban restaurant. According to Durban-based musician Ashleigh La Foy, AKA offered South Africa timeless music. La Foy thanked AKA and Tibz for their “timeless immortal commitment” on behalf of the Durban hip-hop and creative industries.
Only a few hours after he was shot and killed in Durban, rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes’ friends and family began showing up at his house in Bryanston, Johannesburg, on Saturday morning. The rapper was shot and killed on Friday night on the Florida Road strip in Durban where he was set to perform later the evening. His close friend and celebrity chef, Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, was the second victim, who was shot in the chest and later also died at the scene. In Johannesburg, cars lined the street outside AKA’s home, as friends made their way to his home to pay their…
Rapper Kiernan Forbes, known as AKA, has been shot and killed in Durban. The incident took place outside the restaurant Wish on Florida Road just after 10pm on Friday night. AKA and another person close to him had just finished having supper and were preparing to leave when unknown gunmen shot them. Both were killed in the drive-by shooting. The hip-hop star was due to perform at YūGō nightclub in Durban on Friday night. Without revealing their identities, police confirmed the incident. “What we can confirm for now is that a well-known musician, 35-year-old, and his bodyguard who is said…
Discovery said on Thursday morning that it will become the official wellness partner of the national netball team, the SPAR Proteas, reiterating its commitment to women’s sports in South Africa. The business and Netball South Africa have a three-year sponsorship deal under which Discovery will provide for the players’ physical, emotional, and financial welfare through their brands, including access to banking and medical help. Given the unfairness of sports sponsorship, this is a purposeful demonstration of our support for female athletes. According to Firoze Bhorat, chief marketing officer of Discovery, “We think that through playing the sport of netball, we…
Before going on stage, the EFF repeatedly objected to Ramaphosa’s appearance for 20 minutes, with leader Julius Malema leading the protest. Examining the video of the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) attempt to obstruct President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) and looking into the event are necessary. This was John Steenhuisen’s response to the incident that caused Sona proceedings to be delayed by about an hour on Thursday night. Steenhuisen drew attention to the fact that armed security personnel barged into the National Assembly’s chamber before speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula had even given a command. Additionally, the party claimed…
The struggling national electrical system will receive a “massive” boost in power over the course of the next 12 to 18 months. In his 2023 State of the Nation Address (Sona), President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that the grid’s diversification will enable the delivery of 2,800 megawatts of electricity through more than 100 independently created power production projects. New transmission lines and substations were also invested in, according to Ramaphosa, particularly in the Eastern, Northern, and Western Cape. According to the President, Eskom will secure emergency power that would be put into use within six months to close the grid’s gaping…
Existing social payments will be raised since more than 25 million South Africans rely on some type of financial support. President Cyril Ramaphosa stated during his State of the Nation Address (Sona) that due to the growing cost of living, the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) Grant will continue to be given out. Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana is expected to comment on this later in the year. 7.8 million people depend on SRD handouts, and the government spends 60% of its budget on “the social wage” in order to “fight poverty and hunger.” Ramaphosa said that efforts were being…
Before the State of the Nation Address, the House of Representatives ordered Vuyo Zumgula, the head of the African Transformation Movement, to leave. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) tenacity in its disruption strategy caused the State of the Nation Address (Sona), which was supposed to start at 7 p.m. last night but was stopped three times and only started at 7:54, to be delayed by over 45 minutes. Red Berets tried to stop the president from speaking, and Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula eventually requested security to step in. EFF members were expelled and a number of them quickly leaped onto the…
More than 20,000 people confirmed to have died in earthquake The death toll from the earthquake has now risen above 20,000, after Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency body published its latest update on the amount of people who have died. AFAD said the death toll in Turkey is now 17,134, Reuters reports. It would make an increase from the total announced by Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday afternoon, which stood at 16,546. State media in Syria said the death toll in government-held areas had risen to 1,347, up from 1,262. Earlier, the White Helmets civil defence group said 1,930 had…