Matjhabeng FM 90.9 Radio

31/08/2023

[On Air] - At least 20 people died and 43 others were injured when a fire broke out at a building in the Johannesburg CBD on Thursday morning.

Johannesburg Emergency Management Services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said the fire that gutted the building at the corner of Albert and Delvers streets started around 01.30.

He said firefighters had evacuated the building's occupants on arrival.
Those who were injured in the blaze were transported to hospital and officials from the City of Johannesburg Disaster Management have been activated to start facilitating relief efforts for the affected.

30/08/2023

[On Air] - 🎙Welcome to the Wednesday edition of with Hloni-FS & Bongzito from 06h00 till 09:00📻🎶

Sports: Shushabino Mthimkhulu🎾⚽️🏈
News: Nombulelo Gaju 📃📰
Traffic: Hloni-FS🚦🛑

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27/07/2023

It's talk time...📻

Good morning Thetha People and welcome to the Thursday edition of with Hloni-FS & Bongzito till 09:00

Sports: Shushabino Mthimkhulu🎾⚽️🏈
News: Nombulelo Gaju 📃📰
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19/07/2023

Check out Lehlohonolo Menyatso's video.

18/07/2023

Maemo a dibaka tsa bohlokoa tsa lekeishene la Kutlwanong hammoho le toropo ya Odendaalsrus diya difeela ka lebaka la dithetefatse batjha baqetile dibaka tse ngata Mme hadisana tshobotsi loveLife youth centre, Tennis court, Marobe centre le tse ding tse ngata.

Potso ya bohlokoa kore hobane ha setjhaba se phothile diatla se sare letho? Baetapele ba setjhaba, Baetapele ba dipolotiki bakae?

Ntwa kgahlanong le dithethefatsi reqala neng? Naebe hobaneng ho sena diprograma tsa batjha ho ntsha batjha tebetebeng ya dithetefatsi naebe retlo thola hofihlela neng setjhaba sa heso re inehetse hakalo?

09/07/2023

It’s 2:43 AM and someone just broke into your home. Which one will you choose?

04/10/2022

[MATJHABENG NEWS] The High Court in Bloemfontein has declared as unlawful the awarding of the event management contract for the Mangaung African Cultural Festival MACUFE.

04/10/2022

The impacts of the climate crisis are all around us, affecting:
👷jobs
🍅food
👩‍⚕️health
📉economy
⚡️energy
💰finance & more.

As the need for becomes more urgent

04/10/2022

[MATJHABENG NEWS] More than 250 delegates are expected to participate at National General Council starting today at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park

23/08/2022

Hosane truck ya lefapha la tsa matlo e tla be e le Kutlwanong, Matjhabeng Local Municipality. Batho ba ka gona ho lo sheba dikopo tsa bona tsa matlo le ho ingodisa dihloko tsa bona ho NHNR. Se ka fetwa, o lo inwesa ka nkgo!

16/08/2022

Today marks 10 years since South African Police brutally killed 34 miners in Marikana.

11/08/2022

The Constitutional Court has dismissed Ace Magashule's application to appeal his suspension as the ANC's secretary-general.

In a short judgment, the apex court said Magashule had no prospects of successfully appealing his suspension. This is yet another court bid he has lost on the matter.

Magashule is facing charges of fraud and corruption relating to a R255m asbestos roof auditing tender awarded during his tenure as Free State premier.

He approached the Constitutional Court after his failed bid at the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), which in January upheld the high court's decision.

He had sought to challenge his suspension on the basis that the step-aside rule was unconstitutional, but his applications have failed at the high court, SCA and now at the ConCourt.

25/07/2022

🟥Matjhabeng Municipality Offices Closed🟥 Contractors who were not paid for the last 8 months closed the payment offices of Matjhabeng on Monday 25 July 2022.

19/07/2022

Basotho gang known as ‘Marashea’ terrorise SA communities.

15/07/2022

🟥LATEST🟥 DESTEA MEC Makalo Mohale visited iTau Milling in Kwaggafontein Yesterday to discuss upcoming projects that are aimed at growing the economy of the by supporting key businesses that contribute to the province's . MEC says the partnership between the public and the private sector is crucial for as the private sector plays a vital role in driving economic growth, retaining and creating jobs, and paying taxes that finance services and investments in the province.

12/07/2022

🟥News Coming In🟥 [Johannesburg] - Police minister Bheki Cele strikes once again.

He says people with tattoos cannot serve in the police force as they are likely to be gangsters.

12/07/2022

🟥Breaking News🟥 Advocate Teffo Malesela has withdrawn from the SenzoMeyiwa trial. He will no longer represent accused 1-4.

12/07/2022

Proposed changes to fix South Africa’s ‘dysfunctional’ schools

The Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) says school governing bodies should have the power to hold underperforming schools accountable.

South African schools, particularly in rural areas, are entrenched in dysfunction with little to no resource allocation and are ill-supported to provide children with opportunities to excel academically, said the EELC.

Earlier this year, Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga announced the matric pass rate for 2021 to be 76.4%; however it has been speculated to be far lower as the official results do not consider the high dropout rate.

The EELC reported that in contemporary South Africa, approximately 80% of high schools are ‘dysfunctional‘. These schools predominantly serve black and coloured pupils, it said.

To address dysfunction across schools, the group recommended that parents and school governing bodies be empowered to hold underperforming schools to account.

The EELC said that:

The Department of Basic Education must, in an annual report in terms of section 8 of the National Education Policy Act, reveal the steps it has taken to support underperforming schools.

Governing bodies should be trained and capacitated to provide effective school oversight.

Regulations be adjusted to enable local level oversight as the South African Schools Act, and the National Education Policy Act only offer mechanisms for oversight at a ministerial level.
Parents be supplied with information to allow them to hold the school to account in the form of expanded reports detailing the functioning of the school;

Parents must have access to information regarding enrolment numbers and teacher turnover, both in absolute terms and in comparison with other schools in the district.

Legislation must set minimum requirements for school reports to parents and ensure that they are set out in recommended norms and standards.

To achieve a more competent education system, the EELC called for the broadening and clarification of legislation in the form of new sections to the Schools Act (58B and 16A) as well as the setting out of norms and standards that give detail on the identification of schools in need of support and appropriate remedial interventions.

When addressing a school’s functionality, the EELC said that it is necessary to take into account more than just a school’s academic performance.

There is an over-reliance on academic results as a means of determining the fitness of a school, sidelining other issues such as the shortage of teaching materials, lack of learner transport, socio-economic difficulties faced by learners and parents, as well as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, it said.

More power to HODs

The EELC argues that the current regulatory framework for underperforming schools fails to give heads of departments (HOD) enough power to make necessary changes.

Current legislation requires a HOD to identify underperforming schools and take all reasonable steps to assist in the problem.

Annual reports on the academic performance and use of resources at the school are also legally required to be drafted by the school principal and given to the HOD, added the EELC.

Schools can further produce internal School Improvement Plans (SIP) that the HODs are then required to review and make recommendations.

According to the EELC, the regulatory framework surrounding schools fails to recognise that the school principal and leadership team are often part of the problem.

The EELC added that provincial education departments have found that, in practice, support from the HOD in developing a SIP is often very limited.

The law centre argues that the HOD should be more closely involved from the outset in developing plans to better or analyse schools’ performance.

07/07/2022

Today marks a year since former President Jacob Zuma was arrested and jailed, sparking widespread violence and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng.
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Today marks a year since former President Jacob Zuma was arrested and jailed, sparking widespread violence and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng.

28/06/2022

🟥SA moving towards a total blackout, says energy analyst🟥

[JOHANNESBURG] - Energy analyst Sampson Mamphweli warns that South Africa is heading towards a total blackout.

Earlier, Eskom warned of the possibility of Stage 6 power cuts. In a briefing earlier, the power utility explained it had suffered significant losses overnight.

It adds the current strike by employees also poses a serious challenge.

"The strike itself came at the wrong time because it came at a time when the system is heavily constrained with more than 40 megawatts that's not available due to a number of factors like breakdowns," Mamphweli said.

"So, it is quite difficult. The coal fleet isn't performing. They gave details in terms of the backlog and the maintenance.

"We are moving towards a blackout. Stage 6 is one stage away from total blackout.

"Once we get to that level it's going to be very difficult for us to reawaken the entire system we are sitting in a difficult situation as things stand."

28/06/2022

Wearing headphones will make you a better presenter.

Headphones are important when you’re presenting a radio show or podcast because it gives you a huge amount of control when it comes to adjusting your voice and presentation style.

As you talk into the microphone your brain processes what it’s hearing through the headphones and gives you the chance to self-review and make minor tweaks.

27/06/2022

On Air| Police have opened an investigation following the tragic deaths of 21 teenagers at a local tavern in Scenery Park, East London.

14/06/2022

❄❄It's 𝗦𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗚!! ❄❄

Snowing nicely at the Rogge Cloof Reserve in Sutherland yesterday morning (14/06/2022)

❄𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 and 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗥 snow expected throughout Tuesday into Wednesday over the mountainous areas of the Eastern Cape, Lesotho & Drakensberg❄

13/06/2022

Weather Warning: Disruptive rain, strong winds predicted for parts of SA

According to SA Weather Service (SAWS), a level 4 warning for disruptive rain and a level 3 warning for strong winds has been issued for several areas in Western Cape.

The wind is expected to pick up on Sunday midday and continue until Tuesday.

The rain is expected to start on Monday and continue until Tuesday.

13/06/2022

INTERNATIONAL ALBINISM AWARENESS DAY

Persons with albinism are people too. They are mother's, fathers, sisters, brothers co-workers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters too. Protect them, include them and instead of staring, ask questions. Education is how we erase the stigma!

ALBINISM is JUST a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes!!!

07/06/2022

Breaking News

02/06/2022

News| Adv Malesela Teffo, has claimed that an eyewitness will testify Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead by mistake by his girlfriend, singer Kelly Khumalo.

24/05/2022

🟥BREAKING NEWS 🟥Former Rhythm City and Isidingo actor Jamie Bartlett has passed away aged 55. He was known for his role as David Genaro on Rhythm City.

24/05/2022

Banks send price hike warning to South Africa

After two years of lockdown restrictions, the war in Ukraine, and the return of a higher inflation environment, it seems the chickens have come home to roost, say analysts at Absa.

Citing consumer spending data, the bank noted that economic pressure on consumers appears to be mounting.

“Further pressure in terms of the fuel price hikes and the cost pressure building in the supply chains as a result, certainly paints a bleak picture on consumer health and economic outlook for South Africa,” the bank said.

Absa said that South Africa’s recovery from the impact of lockdowns looks like it might be a difficult one for the majority of consumers, especially because of the compounding effect of the interest rate hikes as well as the increasing fuel and energy prices.

This was echoed by economists at FNB who noted that South Africa’s inflation rate is set to breach the 6% level in May. Furthermore, inflation should continue rising in June, as new housing inflation data comes through, and food and petrol prices continue to climb, it said.

CPI data published by Stats SA on Wednesday (18 May) recorded the figure unchanged at 5.9%. However, this is still at the upper limit of the range set by the Reserve Bank, with the central bank itself expecting it to hit 6.2% in May.

“As it stands, the blow-out in the rand has driven the month-to-date under-recovery in the petrol price to over R2 per litre, and this would add to the lapse of the R1.50 general fuel levy relief. Oil prices could also gain support from an improved demand outlook, as China eases lockdown restrictions.

“The government could provide further support to cushion consumers from escalating petrol prices, but for now, headline inflation is likely to average 6.4% in the second quarter,” Absa said.

The bank noted rising food and fuel prices should have a spill-over effect on wage and social demands as households seek to be compensated for the rise in the cost of living.

Mineral resources and energy Gwede Mantashe has already indicated that government is unlikely to give further relief to motorists in June.

In April, Mantashe and finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced a temporary reduction in the general fuel levy by R1.50 per litre for April and May.

A decision not to extend the relief would mean that motorists face a scenario of paying up to R3.70 per litre more in June, with the most recent under-recovery in petrol prices recorded at around R2.25 per litre.