Xoli Mngambi and Jane Dutton back on air after cigarette ban comments saga

Jane Dutton and Xoli Mngambi, co-anchors of ‘The South African Morning’ show on eNCA, will be back on air on May 11, the news channel said on Saturday. The two have not been on air since they suggested on Monday that the government’s reversal on an earlier announcement that the sale of cigarettes would be allowed under level 4 lockdown pointed to a deep malaise within the ANC, with ministers seeking to weaken President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Dutton said the president had been “emasculated” and the public “duped”, after Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma contradicted his public commitment to allowing a resumption of cigarette sales under Level 4 of a lockdown regime aimed at containing Covid-19.

Mngambi said it was clear ANC factional politics had played a role and that Ramaphosa would need to regain control of the reins, then asked: “But is he up to it?”

Speculation was rife that the pair had been suspended when they were taken off air after their comments but management at the news channel and the two anchors have denied this.

In other news – Uzalo actress Mangcobo shaves off Hair – Picture

She puts all the blame on the lockdown because there is no way she would go to get her hair done since salons are all closed and it has been for weeks now, and she just thought of an easier way to deal with it, shaving it.

Actress Dawn Thandeka-King has shaved off her hair. With the lockdown’s strict regulations, it means salons remain closed, which then means there will be no changing of hairstyles. Read more

Source: 247news