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Cassper Nyovest has dismissed claims that he doesn’t own the alcohol brand Billiato. This was on the back of a rumour going viral on Twitter. The rumour is said to have been started by entertainment blogger Musa Khawula, who has developed a reputation for not being the most trustworthy source of information. In his post, he says David de Mardt is in fact the brand’s owner and director. “Meet the owner and director of Billiato, David de Mardt. Billiato is an alcoholic brand paraded by Cassper Nyovest as his own. David de Mardt is a CEO of Cruz and other alcoholic brands said to be owned by South African celebrities,” he tweeted. Nyovest responded to the tweet, saying, “The funniest thing about this post is that this isn’t even David…
It’s been seven years since rapper Flabba, real name Nkululeko Hanedi, was murdered by his girlfriend, Sindi- siwe Precious Manqele. At the time, Manqele alleged she acted in self-defence after he pinned her on his bed and attacked her. On Monday, it was announced that The Department of Correctional Services would be placing Manqele on parole after having assessed her profile as submitted by the Case Management Committee, along with other material presented for parole consideration. @karynmaughan tweeted: “Just in: Sindisiwe Precious Manqele, who was convicted of the murder of her rapper boyfriend Nkululeko ‘Flabba’ Habedi and sentenced to 12 years in jail, has been released on parole.” “In arriving at its decision, the CSPB (correctional supervision and parole board) further took into consideration that Ms Manqele has a positive…
In a damning YouTube video made by Ben Crossman in April, rap-rave duo Die Antwoord were accused of abusing and grooming their adopted son, Gabriel “Tokkie” du Preez and biological daughter, Sixteen “Meisie” Jones. Crossman, an ex-cameraman of the band, spoke to Tokkie, who claimed that his adoptive parents, Yolandi Visser (Anri du Toit) and Ninja (Waddy Jones), used him as a slave, abused him, made him play with a sex doll, groomed him to think he was the devil, as well as cut off his allowance. He also alleged that his sister, Meisie, was in great danger and needed to get out of his parents’ custody. The band has now taken to social media to respond to the allegations made by Crossman and Tokkie. In their statement, they acknowledge…
THE Kazakhstan mining giant, ERG, formerly ENRC, under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the UK for more than a decade for alleged corruption in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has scored a landmark victory against the SFO and law firm Dechert in the Commercial Court in London. In a 400-page judgment handed down by Justice David Waksman on May 16, Waksman made unprecedented findings of “extraordinary and almost unimaginable misconduct” by ENRC’s former solicitor and Dechert partner at the time, Neil Gerrard, and “bad faith opportunism” by three former SFO officers, including then director Richard Alderman. ENRC brought proceedings against Dechert, Gerrard, and the SFO and alleged that Gerrard worked with the SFO and had a series of secret and clandestine meetings and communications…
Federation split over suspension of four THE future of the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) hangs in the balance as the second elective congress of the federation presents a possible split. The federation’s largest union, the National Union of Metal Workers SA (Numsa), threatened to leave the congress yesterday after tensions over the suspension of four national office bearers that Numsa claimed had been unfair. The federation is in a constitutional crisis with no clear indication of how to deal with the matter of the four suspended officials. Numsa’s general secretary Irvin Jim has also threatened to take the federation to court if the suspension of the four is not lifted. The union had made several attempts to try to ensure that the four leaders were recognised by the…
THE board of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) says it has been subjected to “public vilification, intense emotional blackmail and veiled intimidation” after cancelling R17 billion-worth of tenders due to irregularities. Without mentioning individuals, the board, chaired by Themba Mhambi, said its detractors name-dropped President Cyril Ramaphosa by accusing it of having cancelled “presidential projects”. In a statement released on Monday, the agency’s board said it was told that the projects should have been referred to the National Treasury and its political head, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, after it found matters of concern with procurement processes. At the centre of the saga is infrastructure company Raubex Group Ltd, one of the bidders which allegedly stood to benefit from the irregular contracts. The company has threatened to take…
