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Zinhle Priscilla Sibiya | Columnist | Columns & Opinions | 28 June 2024 A day in the journey of life As much as it is important to have a healthy lifestyle it is also important to pay attention to mental health. You may be wondering why your daily productivity has been slow or unfulfilling. Focusing more on the things that happened in the past will definitely make you stuck at one place and be a slave of your past . Live in the present , so that you can have a better tomorrow. We learn everyday and we improve . A day in the journey of life is a huge blessings on it's own , so let's make the best out of it . The challenges we face everyday give us new lessons to tackle the difficulties in a different manner on a different day. It is important for us to learn from our failures so we do not make it a habit to do the same thing that does not benefit us in a good way all the time. zinhlesibiya@tsakaneinformer 

  Picture : (IMDb) Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Editor-In-Chief | ENTERTAINMENT | 28 June 2024  Wondering what to watch while you chilling at home during your spare time. Then worry not my friend, I have just the perfect companion for you. One that will keep you glued to the screen and give your social media platforms some rest. Allow me to introduce to you a Dan Levy and Eugene Levy production - SCHITT'S CREEK , a sitcom which will not only blow your lungs out in laughter but one that will transform your mindset and also educate you on livelihoods, human-behaviour, humor, humility, socio-economic issues and acknowledgement and respect of other people.  SCHITT'S CREEK is a phenomenal production that stars, Dan levy, Eugene Levy, Annie Murphy, the legendary Catherine O'Hara, Sarah Levy and Emily Hampshire to mention a few. The first airing of this show was on CBC Television from 2015 to 2020. Now I know this may sound too little outdate for some of you but trust m

Zinhle Priscilla Sibiya | Columnist | Columns & Opinions | 25 June 2024  Get ready for your blessings Tough people are tested through difficult times . As a matter of fact , those tough times will not even matter when the storm is over . They are just there to prepare you for the worst and make you stronger . Remember , some lessons are a must to be learnt . Never compare your past with your present , just keep on working on being a better person . Right now you are probably unemployed and you think that it is the end of the world . Get rid of those negative thoughts because the universe is listening . You may be attracting bad luck . Start preparing for your blessings .  It is only a matter of time where things will be working out for you . Do not worry yourself about time , things are not falling apart. They are definitely falling in place . Each and every situation that you came across or currently experiencing definitely comes with a lesson . Worry not and take no

Zinhle Priscilla Sibiya | Columnist | 24 June 2024 Hold on to your dreams In isizulu we say , "Ayafezeka amaphupho ". Which means that dreams do come true. No matter how long it takes , you will get there eventually. It is all about perseverance. If you managed to have the inspiration to dream big it means you have the power to walk through your journey to becoming what you could have been .There is nothing that beats having hope because it gives you the strength to pull through and over the challenges you face.  Always make it a habit to overcome self doubt .It gives you nothing but set backs. You just sit around and wonder if you will be able to achieve something at a certain period of time and end up not doing it because you have fear of the unknown results. Confidence is key in every situation. Overcome the fear of thinking good things are not meant for you so that when you achieve your dreams you will know that you are a deserving person and you have worked h

  TOP STORY NEWS | 21 JUNE 2024 | Tsakane Informer  Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Reporter & Editor-In-Chief (mytsakaneinformer@gmail.com)  ELECTRICITY | City Power says it will appeal a court order compelling it to pay over R1 billion debt to Eskom. The court ruled that the utility should pay Eskom the money, plus interest on its outstanding electricity account by Friday.   TSAKANE MALL | There's a new crime of money scamming. People use fake money to lure people in and then steal their phones and other possessions. This is confirmed by a young lady who got scammed and had her phone stolen. Residents are urged to be on the lookout and stay safe.  WATER CRISIS IN SA | Gauteng could go without water for quite sometime. Water expert, Anthony Turton gives a warning to Gauteng residents via eNCA that, if Gauteng citizens do not cut back on their consumption and municipalities fail to fix leaking infrastructure, then the province could end up facing a day zero in the future.  TSAKANE E

  Picture : (Briefly News)  Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Political Reporter | 21 June 2024  THE DA (Democratic Alliance) has suspended their new member of parliament Renaldo Gouws with immediate effect as videos of him uttering racist and homophobic remarks 15 years ago were raised by many people include political analysts like Jamie Mighti from Africa Research Desk. This has been a long controversial train on the news and on social media especially on X, where Gouws' answer to all this is that he is being hated for nothing.  These videos are surfacing now as he has been sworn in as the member of the parliament of the Republic of South Africa under the National Assembly's 7th administration. On the video that has been circulating on social media, Gouws repeatedly used the K word and the N words, which are humiliating terms used during the apartheid era to discriminate and humiliate black people.  In the video, Gouws says : "Alright so there's a couple of th

Lucky Blom | Columnist | Youth & Lifestyle | 20 June 2024  The Youth: I SPEAK FOR ALL OF YOU!!  To all the young peeps out there.  The word of the day is "FUTURE" . Our parents depend on us in changing our home situations. They depend on us in changing the world, making it a better place to live in. It is therefore our duty to work hard to make that a success.  We all have different goals that we want to achieve. Let us work hard towards our goals. A word of advice to those who are in matric and those gunning towards matric, never ever take a gap year, time waits for no one and it moves fast. Go to varsity, college or consider online courses.  You want to achieve your goals right? Then don't just relax at home because those goals will never bring themselves to you if you did nothing to achieve them.  To those who have lost hope or losing hope on education, NEVER GIVE UP!!The opportunity is there, waiting for you to grab it with both hands. Stand up and go

      picture source :// News24 Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Editor-In-Chief | NEWS | 19 JUNE 2024  ATM BOMBINGS have become more popular and common particularly in Tsakane and other surrounding areas in around Ekurhuleni. Today early in the AMs, the Shell Garage in Geluksdal road was attacked by unidentifiable and un-numbered robbers. This has been an on-going conversation later in the day on social media and around the community of Tsakane. Residents have been shaken by the gunshots they have heard and they have a lot to say and luckily for us as Tsakane Informer we've got a reliable source who shared their experience on the incident that happened.  Here's what they had to say, "It was in the early hours of 02:38, I was turning at the robots next to the garage, as I was working a night-shift doing emergency deliveries, I did not see the robbers though the guy who was firing shots at my car was just next to the robots, I guess he was scouting and when he say my

Lucky Blom - Columnist | Columns & Opinions | 19 June 2024  Let's talk...  Why do we judge each other? Why do we criticize each other? Why do we look down on other people?  I mean we all come from different families and different backgrounds. You having money doesn't make you better than anyone(My opinion). Yes I know some people were born into rich families, big houses, big cars, fancy schools and all the luxury, does that give you the right to mock others because of where they come from?... No. One thing I've learnt in this thing called life is it humbles you to the ground and it hits you so hard that you forget you even had the luxury in your life, karma also plays a role in that.Yes you worked hard,you went to school, varsity and secured a seriously good paying job and got yourself into luxury. But remember in all that,you must never forget to respect other people and never judge their backgrounds. Otherwise regret will follow you. Let me speak for every

                                                     PICTURE SOURCE// Nehanda Radio  Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Editor-In-Chief | POLITICS | LAW | 18 June 2024 ADVOCATE DALI MPOFU is one of the celebrated and highly respected legal minds in South Africa. One that I as a fellow learned jurist, respect and celebrate too, however seeing his post on X today 2 hours ago made me wonder. Do not get me wrong I understand the dynamics of South African politics and I really understand his capacity too as not just a legal professional but a politician who serves under the EFF(Economic Freedom Fighters), a political party led by none other than the celebrated politician and king of controversy - Julius Malema a Commander In Chief.  Now about the post. Advocate Mpofu called President Cyril Ramaphosa a criminal and by my own analysis I marry that with the EFF's new obsession called PHALA-PHALA. You can find the post on this link   https://x.com/AdvDali_Mpofu/status/1802952968062255349 In my own

  PICTURE SOURCE : IMDb //  Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso - Political Reporter | POLITICS | 15 JUNE 2024  VICTORY is sang as Cyril Ramaphosa won last night's parliamentary elections in the 7th Seating of the Parliament. Ramaphosa won the race at 283 against EFF's CIC Julius Malema who had 44 votes. This gave the honourable house quite a happy stir as votes flooded in favour of Ramaphosa, a leader that other parties deem and see fit to continue to lead the country and take it to greater heights.  Though unimpressed Malema, has shared with the parliament that he does not recognise the Government of National Unity that is the coalition between the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the African National Congress (ANC). Malema says, this is ultimate betrayal and not a coalition. He further continued to utter that he sees this coalition as a marriage between the DA and ANC, where the ANC is the bride and the DA the groom. Meaning the DA is the one that is in power not the ANC. He made it clear