The celebrity showdown that could have been
The otherwise-respectable celebrity, DJ Black Coffee, kicked off the week on a dramatic note when he made headlines for slapping SA Hip Hop star AKA’s manager last Saturday night.
Tshiamo Letshwene’s hat went flying backstage at the
DStv iRock Music Festival when Black Coffee
klapped him, allegedly as a result of confusion around time schedules. Sigh, if only we could
klap someone every time we were confused about something …
Rumours of a showdown resulted when AKA
tweeted, “Look .... This is a small world. I'm sure at some point I will run into coffee. I'd like to see him try and hit me. He's a coward.” Black Coffee responded by saying, “I'm a Coward.....I fear God....I'll be @KONG_urban tonight”.
Just as things looked like they were going to heat up, both stars made mature moves when Black Coffee
apologised for the incident and AKA said that he would just “have to let it fly”. We’re so proud of the two, who showed more maturity than some of the leaders in our parastatals.
Keeping up with Hlaudi
This tweet by the Hlaudi Motsoeneng
parody Twitter account sums up what the man has been up to; “My R11.4m bonus is only 2% of the reported R400m loss for the SABC this year. I could have taken much much more but I chose to be humble.”
It was reported early in the week that the ex-COO of the SABC received a R10-million bonus. The Sunday Times
wrote that the bonus was for brokering a deal with MultiChoice in 2013 and that it came to about R7-million after tax, according to one of its independent sources. Drinks on Hlaudi!
The alleged bonus comes at a time when the SABC reported a R411 million net loss after tax for the 2015/2016 financial year. Responding in true Hlaudi-style, Motsoeneng said the state broadcaster was not in the business of making a profit. Does that mean we don’t have to pay our TV licenses anymore?
And now we hear he is the SABC’s group executive of corporate affairs. What’s next: Hlaudi for President? If you believe Linda Ande Yende’s (
satirical)
list of facts about Motsoeneng, the notion is not that far-fetched. Linda – you made our Friday.
It’s not about the money, money, money – or is it?
The bill for damages incurred during the #FeesMustFall protest has arrived – and it’s a whopping R600-million (enough to renovate Nkandla almost two and a half times). Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande, put this price tag on the destruction of property caused by student protest action.
Not surprisingly, he again brought politics into the protest, as reported by
TMG Digital, saying “[this] is an anti-ANC government agenda by those who cannot win power through the ballot”. Yes, because everything must always be about the ANC, mustn’t it Blade.
In other really important political news, Zuma wished Winnie Madikizela-Mandela a happy 80
th birthday on Monday. In a statement he said: “We wish you a happy warm enjoyable birthday today. May you have many more and continue to serve as an inspiration to the whole nation, especially the youth.” Mr President, who needs inspiration from Winnie if you’re such a stellar example?
Oh, and news just in – Winnie’s birthday money was stolen.
Oops.
‘Hence why’ we love SA Twitter
According to Trendinalia South Africa, Winnie’s birthday ‘out-trended’ the likes of Pearl Thusi’s
big news and Minnie Dlamini’s
dress on Monday. All three hashtags, however, were overshadowed the next day by #ReasonsWhyWeBrokeUp, which delivered these gems:
@kyngkhokhas: #ReasonsWhyWeBrokeUp you said "baby pass me the yellow salt" referring to aromat
@MonsieurGomez97: #Reasonswhywebrokeup you came to ma house and finished the last ounce of OROS
@small_tash: He said he is allergic to deodorant, said his armpit skin reacts to roll on fam #ReasonsWhyWeBrokeUp
@JessicaKramerZA: You said "hence why". #reasonswhywebrokeup
And with that, we’re wrapping up this Friday, going home, and putting our feet up – may we all survive to experience another episode of The Adventures of Hlaudi. #biggestfansever.