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We’ve heard of cops making criminals sing, but the police doing the actual singing is something new. On Sunday night, Thapelo Molomo, a police warrant officer, showed how this is done by winning talent show Idols SA, with renditions of Zulu/Xhosa gospel song Ndikuthandile, Luther Vandross’s So Amazing and Boyz II Men’s End of the Road. Molomo won R1m and a record deal. But there was a downside: police minister Bheki Cele just had to muscle in on stage, steal the singer’s limelight and even grill the poor man.
A bad week for Tshepo Mahanuke
Tshepo Mahanukeis in charge of Joburg’s roads. It’s an especially scary thought for those who heard him being interrogated by Bongani Bingwa this week on 702. The CEO of the Joburg Roads Agency was asked about the poor state ofcity streets and gave meaningless and vague answers. The real bluster, however, came when Bingwa confronted him about his unconvincing qualifications for the job, anda fake doctorate. Mahanuke then sounded like someone trying to repair a pothole withpapier-mâché.
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A bad week for Joburg Roads Agency CEO
A good week for Thapelo Molomo
We’ve heard of cops making criminals sing, but the police doing the actual singing is something new. On Sunday night, Thapelo Molomo, a police warrant officer, showed how this is done by winning talent show Idols SA, with renditions of Zulu/Xhosa gospel song Ndikuthandile, Luther Vandross’s So Amazing and Boyz II Men’s End of the Road. Molomo won R1m and a record deal. But there was a downside: police minister Bheki Cele just had to muscle in on stage, steal the singer’s limelight and even grill the poor man.
A bad week for Tshepo Mahanuke
Tshepo Mahanuke is in charge of Joburg’s roads. It’s an especially scary thought for those who heard him being interrogated by Bongani Bingwa this week on 702. The CEO of the Joburg Roads Agency was asked about the poor state of city streets and gave meaningless and vague answers. The real bluster, however, came when Bingwa confronted him about his unconvincing qualifications for the job, and a fake doctorate. Mahanuke then sounded like someone trying to repair a pothole with papier-mâché.
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