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Sinzo Yolwa TV presenter

Sinazo Yolwa is one of the most searched TV presenters on this blog

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Sinazo Yolwa was featured on FHM magazine, became a regular TV host on “The Link”, briefly on SABC3 Top Billing and most recently on The Real Goboza with South Africa’s black Howard Stern, Phat Joe.

Sinazo Yolwa is a South African television personality and actress. She first came to public attention through a Carol Bouwer produced entertainment variety show, The A List. Sinazo Yolwa has since emerged as a prominent South African celebrity having had a brief stint with Top Billing and went on to feature Lerato Kganyago hosted The Link as well as replacing Pearl Thusi on The Real Goboza alongside Phat Joe and Amanda du-Pont.

Sinazo was born in Umthatha, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. She was raised by a single mother and she is the only child.

She began her primary school education in the Eastern Cape and later went to high school in that province.

In 2004 Sinazo Yolwa relocated to Khayelitsha, a city of Cape Town township in the Western Cape, to finish high school at Sea Point High School. During that year she moved from Khayelitsha to Sea Point in the city of Cape Town to be closer to school.

In 2006 she matriculated with two distinctions in English and Afrikaans.

As a result she was awarded the Stephen Young Scholarship, the highest honour bestowed upon a student at Sea Point High. In 2007 Sinazo Yolwa enrolled at the University of Cape Town (UCT) to study Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) Accounting.

In 2009 she was awarded the University of Cape Town Association of Black Alumni bursary. In 2010 Sinazo Yolwa gradated from the University of Cape Town (UCT) with Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting.

Sinazo Yolwa Career

In 2010 Sinazo Yolwa hosted SABC 3’s then new entertainment variety show, The A List, produced by Carol Bouwer Productions. The show was short-lived and failed to get renewed by SABC 3, as a result, Yolwa’s rise in the South African entertainment industry was brought to an abrupt but very brief halt.

In 2011, after appearing on several television adverts, she made her way back to mainstream when she joined SABC 3’s lifestyle magazine show Top Billing on part time basis. She also presented Water is Life, Tshwane TV environmental show and played the part of Victoria on M-Net’s short lived sopie The Wild.

In 2012 Sinazo Yolwa joined Lerato Kganyago as entertainment correspondent on SABC 1’s new show The Link.

In 2013 she appeared as Sibahle on season 1 of SABC 1’s Single Guys. She also hosted the third season of So You Think You Can Dance SA and along with Amanda du-Pont, they joined Phat Joe on SABC 1’s The Real Goboza (RGB) as Pearl Thusi replacements.

 
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Jo-Ann Strauss' life threatened after Penny Sparrow debate

Former Miss South Africa, Jo-Ann Strauss has set the record straight after being trolled for her comments about the Penny Sparrow racist post.

 

People across the country have been left infuriated by a Facebook post by estate agent, Penny Sparrow, who referred to black people as “monkeys.” (Read more on that here)

The post, which went viral within minutes of it hitting the social media wires, has been a talking point across the country for the past few days.

Thousands of people, including high-profile celebrities and politicians have added their voice to the ongoing debate, which calls for an end to racism in the country.

Shortly after the post went viral, Jo-Ann was one of the celebrities who lent her voice to the debate.

Jo-Ann’s opinion was not welcomed by hundreds of Twitter users who dug into for the comment. The TV star faced severe backlash for the tweet with some users threatening her life and labelling her a ‘racist.’

On Wednesday morning, Jo-Ann returned to social media with a lengthy statement to explain the context of her tweet.Jo-Ann Strauss Miss South Africa Top Billing TV presenter

Here’s the full statement: 

“As a person of colour, I have faced racism during Apartheid, and unfortunately still do to this day. Each one of us experiences racism differently and deals with it in their own way. My way of processing racism has been to grow a thick skin against it, thus my response to the ?#‎PennySparrow? Facebook post.

I did not intend to trivialize the damage that the #PennySparrow Facebook post/s had caused, nor impose my approach on those who pursue a more active attitude and confront racism head on.

My tweet was not intended to condone the very hurtful and racist comments or belittle the response that followed, as I oppose any discrimination based on skin colour. I was, however, repulsed by the hatred of some people who responded to my tweet suggesting that I should be killed or should go somewhere and die.

Tweets ranged from “All you need is monkey to put a gun at the back of your ass lil madam (sic)” to “Ubhula umlilo ngo paraffin … hamba uyofa (sic”) to “SA has a place for racists, if that’s not the case then why are the likes of @chrishartZA @jo_annstrauss @pennysparrow still alive today.”

There were many tweets calling for me to be beaten up, mostly hit in the face and one which asked for me to be smeared with excrement. Those were the ones which disgusted me.

I am and always will be a proud African and South African and hold a bright candle of hope for the future of our country and have faith that we find ways to overcome our hurt and hatred.”

source: Channel24