Phindile Gwala threw her daughter, Thato, a traditional Zulu ceremony called Umhlonyane, and the actress went full emotional mom mode, posting clips from the whole thing. The media personality said watching her kid handle the cultural celebration with respect while staying tight to her faith hit different, and she kept gushing about how proud motherhood makes her feel.
Gwala dropped multiple posts talking about how her daughter turned out exactly like she hoped, plus she got all sentimental remembering when Thato was born 18 years back. The ceremony brought the family together to honor their heritage, and Phindile stayed right beside her daughter through the entire event.
Bongani Gumede is suing Pick n Pay for a million rand after allegedly eating it on an unmarked trolley at their Steeledale location. The Scandal actor claims the fall messed him up bad enough that he cannot hit auditions anymore, and he wants cash for pain, emotional damage, medical bills, and lost gigs. The whole thing supposedly went down at the grocery chain, and his injuries have been hitting his wallet hard since he cannot work properly.
South Africans are split online about whether the retailer should actually pay up for this. Gumede recently bounced from Isibaya to join the Scandal cast after wrapping up his degree at Wits University.
Kasmuel McOure sat down with UDA Youth Congress rep Brian Kipkorir to hash out plans for getting young voters organized under one umbrella group that can actually pressure the government on their issues. The activist said they are building out the Broad-Based Youth Front by making sure participating groups are tight internally before trying to expand the thing nationwide.
McOure posted about the meetup at Hustler Plaza and said the whole point is getting structure and clarity locked down before reaching out to bring more people in. He mentioned seeing a bunch of young professionals working legit jobs at the plaza, which he thinks proves youth involvement can be real if people get serious about organizing properly.
The front plans to...
Kenya's exam council had to come out and explain their new grading system after schools started spreading fake analysis sheets that made it look way more complicated than it actually is. The Kenya National Examinations Council said the junior school assessment under the competency-based curriculum does not use aggregate scores or mean grades like the old 8-4-4 system did, and they told institutions to stop confusing parents with outdated metrics that don't apply anymore.
The new setup grades each subject separately using four performance levels that break down into eight total rankings, ranging from exceeding expectations down to below expectations. The council said this prevents kids from getting dragged down by one weak subject when...
Kenya just set up a whole bureau to handle big international conferences and events after getting picked to host a massive three-bloc African summit in 2026. President Ruto's cabinet greenlit the Kenya National Convention Bureau to lock down the country as a top spot for business meetings and exhibitions while prepping for the COMESA-EAC-SADC gathering.
The tripartite summit brings together 29 African countries with over 700 million people and a combined GDP past 1.4 trillion dollars. Officials think the move will pull in foreign investment, create jobs, and boost tourism revenue by making Kenya the go-to destination for high-value regional events.
A multi-agency organizing committee has already been launched to handle logistics and...
Kenya just greenlighted a new way to fund its Naivasha to Kisumu rail extension and a bunch of other big transport stuff by bringing in private money instead of relying on government cash. The Cabinet signed off on a financing plan that covers the second phase of the standard gauge railway, a potential link into Uganda, a central rail station in Nairobi, and city transit projects like bus rapid transit lines and bike infrastructure.
The government says this private sector approach will speed things up and spread out the financial risk while keeping massive projects moving forward without blowing up the budget. They expect better trade routes and smoother movement of goods to boost the economy.
The same meeting approved fresh energy...
Ray J is going full nuclear on Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner by claiming they ran an illegal conspiracy scheme that makes Diddy's legal problems look tame. The singer filed court papers saying the mother-daughter team violated federal racketeering laws by working with Vivid Entertainment to fake a defamation case against him, and he wants the whole thing tossed out.
He says they also hit him with credit card fraud that racked up an 850k bill on his family. The beef started when Kim and Kris sued him for defamation after he said he was helping the feds build a RICO case against them, and then he fired back by saying they orchestrated the leaking of their tape from way back. Ray J claims everyone agreed to drop the tape back then, but...
Carl Carlton passed away at 72 after spending decades as one of the smoothest voices in R&B and soul. His kid broke the news on social media, saying the Detroit singer had been fighting through some rough times before he died. Carlton apparently had a stroke six years back, but nobody has said what actually ended up taking him out.
The dude started performing when he was still basically a kid in the 1960s and dropped his first singles before most people hit high school. He blew up nationally with Everlasting Love in the mid-1970s, and then She's a Bad Mama Jama became his signature track in the early 1980s. That song got him a Grammy nomination and ended up getting sampled by a bunch of hip-hop artists later on.
Carlton's music stayed...
Derrick Groves got hit with double life sentences after getting caught hiding under a house in Atlanta following his jailbreak from New Orleans. The 28-year-old was convicted of murdering two people at a Mardi Gras party back when he was younger, and he copped to manslaughter charges for two more killings on top of that. He busted out with nine other inmates by crawling through a hole behind a toilet, and they left graffiti saying it was easy.
The judge went off about how Groves showed zero remorse and kept smirking at the victims' families during the hearing. One sister talked about finding her brother dying in a car after Groves shot him with an AK-style rifle, and she said her life has felt broken ever since. The judge mentioned how...
