After an incredible year at Birkbeck, University of London. I have passed my MA in Investigative Reporting with distinction. Grateful for the new knowledge but also for the network of new friends I have made. Good to be back home to reconnect with friends and colleagues.
BREAKING: 67 suspects have been arrested for the rape of 8 women in
#krugersdorp
. Two others were shot and killed in a shoot out with police
@Newzroom405
Its been over two weeks since I graduated at
@BirkbeckUoL
with an MA in Investigative Reporting. I have n't had an opportunity to sit and reflect on the moment due to work commitments. I am truly grateful for the new knowledge and connections. Thanks to
@CheveningFCDO
PERSONAL NEWS:
Today is my last day at
@Newzroom405
after 3 yrs & 3 months. It's been an incredible journey that has been character-building for me. Grateful to my colleagues who made my stay a memorable one. But also thankful to those of you who engaged with my work. Be Blessed
#OperationDudula
currently underway down town Joburg. They are targeting Bree Taxi rank, Supabet, they are now going to hotel which they say employs 100 percent migrants
@Newzroom405
ANC is holding a meeting with Dimbaza residents who say they wont vote today, the ANC says as journalists we can't attend the meeting. Residents say if we are not part of the meeting, they are leaving too
Goodbye KwaZulu Natal and to everyone who I met here during my short visit, thank you for taking time to interact with me from Umzimkhulu,Xopo, Estcourt, Bulwer to DoonyBrook, Ballito to Durban.🙏🙏💥👌👌
More church leaders are coming to the police to see what case can be opened against Pastor Lakau.Pastor
#Mboro
is still inside the police station. On the Video is DR Bishop Shole
The reality is that most of us who have to report on
#CoronaVirus
& its impact, will be infected. We have to interact with communities daily because that's where the story is. At times I get anxious for holding a mic for my live crossings. Its really hard.
My
@AbsaSouthAfrica
account got cleaned out today, literally cleaned. How the fraudsters got access to my bank profile is something I am hoping
@AbsaSouthAfrica
will also explain to me, but first I just want all my money back.
Today is a exactly a month since someone very special to me died in a car accident in KZN.The past few weeks have been very difficult, still feels unreal. Everyday I go through our old WhatsApp chats & I would smile, but they also remind me of my loss😥
BREAKING the ANC in Gauteng has asked Merafong Municipality Mayor Mapheto Letsie as well as former West Rand District Municipality mayor Boysie Maneli now MP to step down from their roles over the council's investment on VBS.
@Newzroom405
I'm a happy to say
@AbsaSouthAfrica
has made sure that I got all the money that was fraudulently taken from my account by a woman who called her self Portia Gumede. Thanks to Treasure for ensuring that this happens
#DuduzaneZuma
there was some commotion between AfriForum's Kallie Kriel and BLF's Lindsay Maasdorp. I heard Maasdorp telling to Kriel we are not working in your farm.
Memorial service of Nosicelo Mtebeni, a fourth year law student at Fort Hare University set to take place in East London this morning. Im on air at 8 and 9 am on
@Newzroom405
BREAKING: Sello Maponya has been sentenced to 5 life terms and 1088 years in prison for the rape and robbery of women in the Tshwane area.
@Newzroom405
Today I had to address court on why journalists should be allowed to report on the court proceedings involving Ike Kumalo, he is one of the people accused of inciting the recent violence in KZN and GP. My heart was beating fast cause this was unexpected
This is where Mamelodi Sundown player
#MotjekaMadisha
and another person died in the early hours of this morning near Kempton Park. I will be live on
@Newzroom405
at 11
So grateful to SA High Commission in Gaborone
@DIRCO_ZA
@ClaysonMonyela
who issued me with emergency passort in less than 24 hours so I could travel home when we had our vehicle broken in to on Wednesday and had our belongings taken.
A lady in Mdantsane:
You look like Malungelo Booi..
Me: I give her a smile
Lady: unguye? You even have a gap in your front teeth, just like him
ME: Ewe mama ndim
LADY: ndiyavuya ukubona 🙏🙌💥
@malungelob
You were FANTASTIC in Senekal today. Really great reportage..Your whole channel was on top of its game, but you were peerless today. Well done
ALERT: Today is the premiere of
#TheReport
1pm on
@Newzroom405
. My colleagues &l will take you behind major stories we covered in 2021. You will hear how it was like reporting on these. Today we bring you the story murdered law student
#NosiceloMtebeni
.
DEVELOPING
#JoburgCouncil
two nominations for the Mayor of Joburg. ANC Mpho Moerane and DA's Mpho Phalatse. Mashaba is not standing for the mayor position
@Newzroom405
BREAKING police confirming to me that a body of a woman was also found along the Golden Highway near
#OrangeFarm
yesterday afternoon. In the morning a body of a 3 year old girl was also found.
A former deputy mayor at Nelson Mandela Bay is among the 9 suspects who handed themselves over to the
#Hawks
in Port Elizabeth. A tenth suspect whose indentity is known to us has since died
@Newzroom405
Everyday members of CPF in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape confiscate these from amaphara. But they now say they are being targeted by the cops. My report on
@Newzroom405
tonight
A group of graduates in three provinces are today at major intersections in Pretoria, Polokwane and in Porch, they collecting money to help students to register at University in 2019
#ThusaNgwaneGeno
This is Duduzile Dlamini, 26, she was murdered over the weekend in
#OrangeFarm
in front of her 5 year old child. Police have launch a search for her boyfriend who is suspect.
@Newzroom405
#StopGBV
Gentleman to me at NANDOS in East London, hayi Malungelo nguwe lo I can see you even under the mask.
Me: yes sir
Gentleman: what story are you doing?
Me: i can't tell you but you must watch 405 tomorrow.
Gentleman; i will definitely do that🤭
The family of Shonisani Lethole who died few days after tweeting Minister Zweli Mkhize about not being given food for 2 days at Thembisa Hospital says it wants answers from officials. Details on
@Newzroom405
on
#Newz
@Prime
with
@CathyMohlahlana
#Lawley
residents have now blocked the road. They say government is to blame for them not adhering to the
#LockdownSA
regulations as their homes have been demolished
@Newzroom405
#DuduzaneZuma
the state is withdrawing the second count of culpable homicide saying the deceased hada pre existing condition. That means he now faces 1 count of culpable homicide