Simphiwe Dana gets backlash for berating South African men
Simphiwe Dana has doubled down on her claims about South African men.
Local
Health for Dummies
Coronavirus tips: What you need before going on a store run
Person-to-person COVID-19 transmission is growing in SA. Use these tips to avoid getting infected when you’re out on store or errand runs.
Local
Relive Cassper Nyovest paying homage to the late HHP [video]
Cassper Nyovest gave HHP the tribute he truly deserved for all he’s done for South African Hip-Hop.
Local
Emtee ruffles feathers, demands his awards from Ambitiouz
Emtee wants his awards back from controversial record label, Ambitiouz Entertainment, and his fans are right there with him.
Viral
Ceega Wa Meropa: Local DJ gets backlash for ‘playing poor’
Ceega Wa Meropa went from zero to hero to zero in a week. First it was Shimza, Julius Malema and now it’s #CeegaMustFall.
Events
Watch live: Castle Lite Unlocks in Bed with Sway Halloway [video]
Castle Lite and Sway got the answers tonight with live performances from Nasty C, Moozlie and The Kiffness.
Viral
Julius Malema draws ire from Mzansi with message to DJ Shimza haters
Julius Malema ended up on the receiving end of backlash for defending DJ Shimza #JuliusMustFall
Local
Watch: Somizi issues an apology to Minister Mbalula [video]
Somizi has apologised to Fikile Mbalula. The minister, however, is still moving forward with pressing charges for ‘spreading fake news’.
Local
RIP Charles Maja: Skeem Saam’s ‘Big Boy’ confirmed dead
Charles Maja will always be remembered as a humble soul who stayed true to his royal Pedi roots despite the fame that came with his role on Skeem Saam.
Health for Dummies
Minnie Dlamini-Jones gives away hand sanitizers to the underprivileged
Minnie Dlamini-Jones’ hand sanitiser is not for sale as yet. Her foundation is giving it away to the underprivileged, assisting the government’s fight to stop the spread of COVID-19. What a queen!
Local
Trevor Noah lays into News24 for falsely reporting on Bill Gates interview
The fake news published by News24 threatened the life of comedic rockstar and Daily Show host, Trevor Noah.
Events
Watch live: Live stream every online party taking place tonight [video]
We have every online party going down tonight right here. Step inside Club Quarantine.
Travel
South Africa opens ports for air freight, cargo shipping of essential services
“All cargo have now been allowed into the country and to be offloaded from ships.” – DTI Minister Patel.
Local
Scoop Makhathini: ‘I’m left with a distasteful AKA in my mouth’ [video]
Scoop Makhathini finally broke his silence about AKA’s recent bizarre behaviour.
News
Nadia Nakai hosted a quarantine concert for her fans [video]
Nadia Nakai is the first SA rapper to host an online concert for her fans. We stan a forward-thinking queen.
SA Lockdown
Watch: ‘Day Three’ recap of South Africa lockdown [video]
The South African police and army have had to deal with a few lawbreakers during this #lockdown. Take a look at some of the vids we collected.
Events
Watch live: DJ Tira is tearing the house down in lockdown [video]
DJ Tira is killing it right now. Tune into MTV Base Africa’s ‘Alone Together’ online party. DJ Speedsta is up next.
SA Lockdown
COVID-19 in South Africa: NICD confirms latest infection toll
The NICD confirmed that South Africa has 112 new cases of COVID-19.
Local
PH and Shimza take the lockdown house party to Channel O [video]
PH and Shimza have partnered with Hunters to bring the lockdown house party to Channel O. So, life in quarantine shouldn’t be all that boring after all.
Soapies
Watch: 7de Laan latest episode for Wednesday 25 March 2020 [video]
Tonight on 7de Laan, Thomas’ remarks catch Rickus off-guard.
Gossip
Trouble at the Joneses? Minnie Dlamini wants to spend SA lockdown alone
Minnie Dlamini says she wants to spend #SALockdown alone.
Soapies
7de Laan shuts down production, here are the details
It’s not all doom and gloom for the Hillsiders. 7de Laan still has enough episodes in the roll to keep you entertained during #SALockdown.
News
Somizi and others clear street vendor stock ahead of SA lockdown [video]
Somgaga walked the talk and helped out a street vendor ahead of #SALockdown.
Local
Watch: AKA gets booed up with college bae ahead of SA lockdown [video]
AKA is not sweating the upcoming #SALockdown, he’s got his college boo by his side.
Viral
Global lockdown: Coronavirus turns the world into a ghost town [video]
South Africa will join many other countries in lockdown from Thursday. Take a look at how coronavirus has turned the world into a colossal ghost town.
Viral
Mzansi celebs react to coronavirus national lockdown
From rare praises for the Ruperts and Oppenheimers to applause for Ramaphosa, this is how Mzansi’s celebrities reacted to the nationwide lockdown.
Health for Dummies
Ramaphosa places South Africa on lockdown, here are the details
Our sources were spot on. Ramaphosa has implemented an urgent nationwide lockdown. This is what happens now.
Local
Sho Madjozi calls out ‘irresponsible’ quarantine online party hosts
‘The #QuarantineOnlineParty was an actual party with many people exchanging the same equipment,’ says Sho Madjozi.
Local
New SA music: Costa Titch, Boity dominate this week’s releases
Boity showed up and showed out on Costa Titch’s new single #SAmusic.
News
Breaking: Castle Lite Unlocks pulls the plug on Cardi B-headlined concert
The inevitable has been confirmed. Castle Lite Unlocks has been postponed. Here’s some important info for ticketholders.