Tsakane Informer

      [Image: Xabiso Pearl Kambi TikTok] Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Senior Reporter | 08 January 2026 On the 21st of November 2025, She spear-headed the National Gender-Based Violence Shutdown March in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni. She believed in the rights of women and in the social,political and economic equality of the sexes. Little did she know that on the last day of 2025, it would be her last day on earth. Xabiso Pearl Kambi(20), a young thespian and activist from Tsakane, was fatally shot on the 31st of December 2025 outside her family liquor store at Corner Mbulu and Maduna street in Maxhoseni section. Kambi was allegedly approached by 3 men who robbed her of her bag which had the cashing from that day. Kambi then ran after the men fighting for her bag, it was then that one of the assailants shot her leaving her heavily wounded. Kambi succumbed to her wounds and passed on at the scene and when emergency services arrived they declared her dead confirming that h...

                                                             (Image: AngelFishPR - Pamela Nomzaza) Pamela Nomzaza ,  Regent Business School | Academic |   3 December 2025   Quick fixes are failing. Businesses invest in short courses and certificates, expecting transformation, yet return to the same problems months later. Pamela Nomzaza, Academic at  Regent Business School , argues this cycle reveals a fundamental misunderstanding about what prepares leaders for complexity. In this piece, she makes the case that training teaches “how” whilst academic education asks “why and what next”; and explains why that distinction matters for organisations facing relentless disruption. The greatest threat to business during periods of disruption is relying on surface-level solutions when depth is requir...

[picture : vukuzenzele.org] Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Senior Reporter | 06 September 2025    A HUB OF CRIME AND SCANDALS - A Local township which used to be known for its unique culture and vibe has today turned into a hub-spot of crime and scandals that keep on dropping jaws. Tsakane, a local township in Brakpan, in Ekurhuleni, East Rand of Johannesburg. A Township where many creatives, academics, struggle icons and bright minds are born. Even with that record, Tsakane has not ceased in taking the cup with its numerous crimes and scandals lately.  Learners Commit Suicide  When 2025 begun, we had lost a learner from Tsakane Secondary School who committed suicide through high consumption of Xanax pills (a medication that treats anxiety). The young boy is said to have been apprehended by Amapanyaza (Crime Prevention Force) officers, carrying a bottle of pills in his possession during school hours and for him this meant trouble. Sources revealed that he took nearly ha...

   [picture; iamcaliva // instagram post]  Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso, Senior Reporter | Entertainment | 11 July 2025   Here we are introduced to a very established young man, Khotso Makoloane better known as Caliva. Caliva is a young man who is very popular on our social media platforms particularly on Facebook and TikTok. Though the introduction we were given of this young man is quite controversial, he has made it his task to re-introduce himself and give us Caliva Unfiltered.  Caliva was born and bred in the Eastern Cape in a town called Sterkspruit, even though he comes from a different province he was also raised in Gauteng, in the East Rand of Johannesburg in a township called, Kwa-Thema. Makoloane describes himself as a lover of people, reading and engaging in conversations. Being a motivational speaker as one of the many caps he wears, he is passionate about speaking and teaching on Personal Growth and Purpose, and he defines purpose as anything that brin...

  (picture: vuk'uzenzele.gov.za) Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso, Senior Reporter | CURRENT AFFAIRS | 28 May 2025  TSAKANE - Residents are fuming with anger and sadness as they express their sentiments and feelings on the poor service delivery that they are experiencing at Tsakane Magistrates' Court. They have expressed to Tsakane Informer that they have had enough of the court and the court's staff as they always have to beg and run behind the court staff's backs when they have to get service delivery. Among the complainants are elderly people who have filed for cases in the areas of Domestic Violence and in the Criminal department. Residents say that the court no longer serves them the justice that they deserve as cases are always being postponed and reminded for many dates with which when they return they are still getting no attention being given to them.  "The court must be closed because clearly there is no help that we are getting from it. The staff the...

BE YOUR OWN MIRROR!!! DEFINE WHO YOU ARE  I've once learned somewhere that life is an ebb and flow of releasing and receiving hellos and goodbyes, and that phrase has stayed with me for a very long time. I have since known this phrase from my late high school years and to this day this phrase continues to reside in the archives of my mind. This phrase simply means that we meet different people for different reasons and even though those reasons are different, us having experienced meeting those people leave us with either good or bad experiences which help us in this life thing. Now I know that a lot of you, young or old probably wonder why is it that it hurts so much when someone leaves in our lives and the answer is simple even though it might be hard to take it but it is quite simple, that person has served their God given purpose into your life and it is time for them and you to move on. Though that moving on leaves you with not just sadness and memories but lessons...

Image Supplied : IOL News Article screenshot, article by Sinenhlanhla Masilela (IOL Reporter) Lurnay Tshabalala-Mavuso | Senior Reporter | OPINIONS | 22 February 2025  OPINION | Musa Khawula In Custody for Attempted Murder & Reckless Driving   For a celebrated Celebrity Basher like him this is way too low but then what can you expect from someone who lacks journalistic ethics and let alone proper knowledge and qualification. Even as a gossip blogger or whatever he calls himself, there is an ethical way and route to take where you can get fact-proven information that is meant to be just gossip not image tarnishing or harmful.  Musa Khawula does not gossip but he writes things that seek to destroy people's lives and images they have worked so hard to build just so he can build an image for himself (which he did). Now he was found half naked in his lower body standing outside of his car while there was a man dressing up inside his car moving to the fron...