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[Kopano @AbutiKay1]

Hi My Name is Kopano, and I have started a Company. Melanin Chems @Formulae1632, we Based in Tembisa Gauteng......

[MilkyWay @Mikoko38]

🎥 Remember The Titans.

The greatest football movie of all time.

[Chaté 🧊🦉 @Chatnovski]

There’s a guy on IG who pours a whole pack of sugar on an ant hill to “give them sudden wealth, cause inflation and crash their economy” 😭😭😭

[Kopano @AbutiKay1]

@Lee_Raa_Tuu 😂😂 Congratulations, You starting the second phase of your Life

[MDN NEWS @MDNnewss]

'Ask Yourself Why There Aren't As Many Events Anymore', SA Promoter DJ Shimza Exposes The Toxic Gatekeeping and Sabotage Claims Killing Kasi Nightlife

The vibrant heartbeat of township nightlife is under threat, and it isn't just due to a shifting economy. It is being slowly suffocated by toxic narratives, internal gatekeeping, and a lack of institutional support.

Following recent challenges faced by prominent DJ and producer KayGee The Vibe, a well-known local events promoter has broken their silence on social media, sparking an urgent and painful conversation about why the entertainment scene ko kasi (in the townships) is rapidly declining.

For years, the narrative surrounding township entertainment has been plagued by rumours of sabotage and professional jealousy. When an event fails or an artist faces logistical hurdles, fingers are quickly pointed at peers and rival promoters.

Reflecting on their own painful fallout with former friends (majita), the promoter DJ Shimza Raphala revealed how these baseless accusations almost ruined their reputation.

"They would run into these kind of challenges then people would say it's me," the promoter shared. "They'd say I'm jealous of them and that I was sabotaging them, meanwhile I was also going through the same problems."

The revelation highlights a deeper, systemic issue within the community: a reflex to blame individual malice rather than acknowledging the shared structural roadblocks that everyone in the township event space faces.

While hosting events in suburban hubs or major city centres comes with standard corporate bureaucracy, the promoter points out that organising an event in the township feels like an entirely different, exhausting battleground.

"The amount of fighting we have to go through to host events is something I don't experience anywhere else in the country," they stated, contrasting the township experience with their seamless, successful events hosted outside the kasi.

From compliance red tape and local municipal pushbacks to a lack of proper venue infrastructure and security threats, township promoters are often left to fend for themselves without the institutional backing enjoyed by suburban festivals.

The ultimate tragedy of this toxic environment is the slow death of the township entertainment economy. Townships have historically been the birthplace of South Africa's most iconic musical movements, from Kwaito to Amapiano. Yet, the people keeping this culture alive are being pushed out by the very spaces they seek to uplift.

Shimza closed their emotional reflection with a haunting question that every township resident and music lover needs to consider:

If the toxic culture of blame doesn't change, and if the structural hurdles of hosting township events aren't addressed, the kasi risks losing its cultural pulse entirely, leaving its brightest stars to shine everywhere else except at home.

[Phumlani Lastborn ka Bhebhe @BabaKaMsolwa]

Dali🥺

[Duke of Africa @Allezamani]

Most Nigerians are daft people.

Each and every time a petrol tanker falls, you must see greedy idiots that want to go and steal fuel, not minding the repercussions.

Natural selection would always take its course.

[NDC War Room @NDCWarRoom]

I hope the good policeman warning those scooping fuel of the danger involved made it out alive?

[Kopano @AbutiKay1]

@penuelist_ Luck/God/Universe

[Orlando Pirates @orlandopirates]

Happy Birthday to Orlando Pirates Football Club legend and Kaizer Chiefs Chairman, Dr Kaizer “Chincha Guluva” Motaung.

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#OrlandoPirates
#OnceAlways

[visionaryvoid @Visionaryvoid]

Jennifer Aniston kissed 19-year-old Will Poulter in a scene from the 2013 comedy, 'We're the Millers,' and shared what she 'looked way into' before filming.
Jennifer Aniston’s no stranger to kissing co-stars. She’s done it many times throughout her career, locking lips with her friend and co-star Adam Sandler three times alone. In what just might be one of her most memorable on-screen smooches, she kissed then-teenager Will Poulter in a scene from 2013’s We’re the Millers. How Aniston felt about kissing her young co-star. Plus, why Poulter later admitted to being “very sorry” about the whole thing.
Aniston taught her movie son how to kiss in ‘We’re the Millers’
So how did Poulter’s character, Kenny, find himself kissing his fake mom in We’re the Millers? It all started with his pretend sister, Casey, played by Emma Roberts, and a conversation about kissing.
In their “family” RV, while Rose (Aniston) and her “husband” David (Jason Sudeikis) were elsewhere, Kenny admitted to never having kissed a girl. Soon, the two were locking lips, with Casey giving Kenny pointers.
When their “parents” learned what was going on — teaching “how to kiss out of pity” — Rose gave Kenny a kissing lesson of her own.
Jennifer Aniston researched whether or not kissing teenage Will was legal before filming
Will Poulter, Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, and Jason Sudeikis | Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Discussing the We’re the Millers kissing scene on a 2013 talk show appearance, Aniston shared with Conan O’Brien what she did before filming. Not pop a breath mint or have a conversation with her co-stars.
Although those two things may have happened, the Morning Show star revealed she researched what it would mean legally. “It was just a kiss. That’s not illegal,” Aniston said before saying she “looked way into it,” (via UsWeekly).
Apparently, Aniston felt comfortable enough with the kissing scene because, per director Rawson Thurber, it was her idea for Kenny (Poulter) to kiss Casey (Roberts) and Rose (Aniston).
“I think it was Jen who thought it would be funny if Rose joined in, which made all the difference in the sequence,” Thurber told Collider in 2013.
Will later revealed Aniston had been ‘very supportive’ during their ‘very awkward’ kissing scene
Through the years, Poulter’s discussed kissing Aniston — and Roberts — in We’re the Millers. While promoting the comedy in 2013, the actor, who most recently appeared in The Bear Season 3, opened up about what it had been like to film the kiss.
“It was kind of a bizarre scene to film, we kind of just laughed our way through it,” he told Collider. “It was a very awkward day for all involved,” he added, providing a description Aniston took one step further, calling it “extremely awkward.”
When asked by Roberts if the scene was “that bad,” Poulter replied: “No. Obviously, it’s like boohoo, tiny violin, because obviously, it was the greatest experience of that young boy’s life, which he will remember forever.”
In 2022, Poulter reflected on the kissing scene once more, telling The Independent he felt “very sorry ” for his Roberts and Aniston before praising the latter for being there for him.
“She was very supportive and took care of me and was aware that, being a 19-year-old kid in that scenario, I was very nervous,” Poulter said. “This was before intimacy coordinators, which I really would have appreciated.”

[Awelewa 😍🥰❤️ @a4lasade]

I had my doubts about this, but when they put everything together, I was like, “Okay, I might actually try making this when I travel to their country next week.” 😉

[𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖞❤️‍🔥 @Charlygotyou]

Sometimes when you fck around you just might find out.👽

[Lethabo Setati @Lethabo_Setati]

@abdashsoul Mind you, I'm the man of the house😂😂 Someone is in a serious relationship with me, and I stood in the rain for 5 hours to scream back at an artist.😂😂

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A little dog is teaching a life lesson that many needed to see today.

The key is sometimes simple: don't give up.

[Sunflower @Sunflowerreal]

South Africa is alive with possibilities.

[B N S L @_BNSL]

Not surprised that he gets along with Bayede Dawg 🙏🏽

[Kopano @AbutiKay1]

@SA_Shinobi818 The Third Girl is Definitely a Richarlison Bro 😂

[Sandz. @uMaster_Sandz]

MacG is unhinged 😭🤣 Don Billiato catching smoke. 😭😭😭😭😭