Dance Music Awards SA Winners

Thursday saw the winners of the first official Dance Music Awards South Africa being announced at a prestigious closed ceremony in Boksburg, Ekhuruleni. Winners were voted for online by the South African public over the past few weeks. These favourites were recognised at an honouree dinner in their name last night, and attended by winners, their industry peers and selected media….

Metro FM listenership drops by 2 million

A furious fallout is expected from some of the country’s favourite radio jocks, following a line-up reshuffle set to take place at all 18 SABC radio stations. City Press has learnt that some senior deejays at Metro FM were unhappy with the changes, and that threats of resignation were afoot. The senior deejays are now going…

Mo Flava, Lerato Khanyago to replace Tbo Touch

TMG Entertainment has learnt that radio hosts Mo Flava and Lerato Kganyago will be replacing Tbo Touch on Metro FM. Tbo Touch resigned from the station a month ago and a week later his resignation letter was leaked to TMG Entertainment. Several sources have now confirmed that morning jocks Mo Flava, real name Moeti Tsiki,…

Tbo Touch quits Metro FM

After 11 years of radio broadcasting, Tbo Touch has resigned from Metro FM. In his resignation letter, Touch thanks the national broadcaster for “the time and efforts in building my TV and radio “Please accept this letter as my formal resignation from Metro FM,” the letter reads. “After 11 years of professional radio and a…

Nicki Minaj SA tour announced

Metro FM’s First Avenue team, alongside 5FM’s DJ Fresh, have officially announced that Nicki Minaj will be performing live in South Africa in March. Nicki will be doing a three-leg tour in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. Tickets go on sale on Thursday morning at 9am. Here are the dates: 17 March: Johannesburg – Ticket Pro Dome 20…

Metro FM suspends Pearl Thusi and Phat Joe

SABC has suspended Pearl Thusi with her co-host Phat Joe, real name Mojota Khambule, after listerners complained to the SABC about the duo’s alleged daily bashing of Matheba and rapper AKA on their Metro FM radio show, The Real Phat Joe. SABC and Metro FM bosses reviewed the show’s tapes following the complaints and concluded…

Metro FM fires Mtirara

Metro FM Sunday midday host Paul Mtirara has been given the boot by SABC radio station. SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago confirmed the dismissal: “SABC can confirm that the employment contract of Mr Mtirara was terminated due to a serious contractual contravention on his part. The organisation will not want to comment further on this matter.”…

15th Metro FM Awards: R100 000 for each winner

Metro FM awards are back with exciting changes. The SABC radio station has announced that the 15th annual music awards will include an award of R 100 000, to recognise musicians’ a contribution towards the growth of the South African music industry. The announcement was made during the Metro FM awards launch hosted at the…

Bonang ‘too busy winning’

Her love life may be struggling to reach the winning formula, but radio and TV personality Bonang Matheba’s career keeps winning. Known as Queen B, Metro FM presenter has scored a nomination at the 2015 Abryanz Style and Fashion Awards to be held in Uganda in December, where she is nominated as one of the…