Kaya FM Spices Up Line-Up, Radio Station Confirms Skhumba Hlophe and Thomas Msengana Are Not Leaving

Kaya FM Spices Up Line-Up, Radio Station Confirms Skhumba Hlophe and Thomas Msengana Are Not Leaving

  • Skhumba Hlophe and Thomas Msengana are not leaving Kaya FM following reports that they've been shown the door by the station management
  • The former breakfast show hosts have been moved to a weekday night slot, confirmed the station via a statement
  • Former Metro FM presenter Dineo Ranaka and Sol Phenduka will take over the breakfast show from Friday, 1 July

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It has been confirmed that Skhumba Hlophe and Thomas Msengana are not leaving Kaya FM. The former breakfast show hosts have been given another slot.

Skhumba Hlophe, Thomas Msengana, Kaya FM, not leaving
Kaya FM has confirmed that Skhumba Hlophe and Thomas Msengana are not leaving. Image: @skhumba_official, @thomasmsengana
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It was previously reported that the pair have been shown the door but that is definitely not the case. The radio station assured fans via a statement that Skhumba and Thomas are moving to a night slot.

TshisaLIVE reports that the media personalities will now host a show called Last Call from Monday to Thursday, from 10pm to midnight, and on Fridays from 9pm to midnight.

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Former Metro FM star, Dineo Ranaka, and Podcast and Chill co-host, Sol Phenduka, will replace Thomas and Skhumba as the breakfast show hosts. Their show 959 Breakfast stars on Friday, 1 July from 6am to 9am.

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"These adjustments to the line-up are proof that 25 years since its founding, Kaya 959 is still alive to market demands to consistently provide quality programming," the station management said in a statement.

Nota Baloyi fuming after Sol Phenduka accepts Kaya FM gig

In other entertainment news, Briefly News reported that Nota Baloyi slammed Sol Phenduka after he accepted the Kaya FM gig. The controversial music exec took to social media and dragged Sol for being "a sell-out".

Nota is not happy that Sol took to the gig because he's part of the Podcast and Chill with MacG. He feels that the star allegedly sold MacG out because he knows about his co-host's beef with the mainstream media.

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Taking to Twitter, Nota threw shade at Sol after he made a "stupid choice" because he's now going to work for the same corporations that want to "kill the podcast platform". According to ZAlebs, Nota went on to claim that Sol is "foolish" for choosing a salary over owning his time.

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Mxolisi Mngadi (Editor) Mxolisi Mngadi is an entertainment reporter. He graduated in 2002 from Damelin with a Diploma in Journalism, majoring in African and International Studies, Journalism and Electronic Media. He then started his journalism career at the Daily Sun newspaper, went on to The Citizen, and worked as a senior reporter at News24. He has been a writer for more than 15 years.

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