“You Just Need to Be Kind”: SA Reacts As Anele Mdoda Attends the Oscars and Comes Back Empty Handed

• South African media personality Anele Mdoda attended the Oscars on Monday, 3 March 2025
• The 947 radio host was nominated for the short film she co-produced, The Last Ranger, which she came back empty-handed
• Many netizens flooded the comment section congratulating her and others said otherwise regarding her attendance at the Oscars

South African media personality Anele Mdoda has been a busy bee this past few years, making sure that she plastered her name at the top globally as she was recently internationally recognised.

Anele Mdoda nominated at the Oscars

Once again the fearless South African media personality Anele Mdoda was recently nominated for the Oscars 2025 for a short film she co-produced titled The Last Ranger.

The 947 radio host was seen attending the Oscars on Monday, 3 March 2025, where she came back empty-handed as she didn't win the award she was nominated for.

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Mdoda posted several photos of herself and other people at the international award ceremony's red carpet on her Twitter (X) page and captioned them:

"I can’t believe we are at the Oscars!!!! Nominated. A little girl from Tsolo!!! A whole Executive Producer."

See the post below:

Fans react to Anele attending the Oscars

After sharing the post on social media, many netizens flooded the comment section congratulating her and others said otherwise regarding her attendance at the Oscars. See some of their reactions below:

@Nomagugu_xo said:

"Look at that, dreams do come true. Congratulations mama."

@Nkulerrrh wrote:

"You just need to be kind and stop faking ubuntu and come down to earth ngoba uphakeme."

@MbaliMthimunye8 responded:

"From presenting at the Oscars to now being nominated well done Anele!"

Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie commented:

"Well done @Anele, this is super inspirational. You and your whole team made South Africa proud by having the vision and seeing this great documentary through to the end, and look at where we are now. In our eyes you were already a winner before you got there."

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@nirvananokwe replied:

"What’s crazy beautiful is that you were hosting the Oscars Celebration dinner last year with #1942DonJulio 🥹🤍 Many deserved congratulations to you!"

Anele Mdoda exposes Uber driver who threatened her in Cape Town

Just before Anele Mdoda flew out to attend the Oscars, she previously exposed an Uber driver who had allegedly threatened her while she was in Cape Town a week ago.

In a now-deleted post, she said the yet-to-be-identified driver was upset that she selected the 'Don’t talk to me' option when she had requested an Uber. To prevent the matter from escalating, Anele Mdoda revealed that she pretended to be on Instagram Live.

“My Uber driver tonight was upset that I had picked the don’t talk to me option ... I had to fake being on Instagram Live to get home safe,” she shared on X.

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Anele Mdoda reacts to Trevor Noah's Grammys gig

In an earlier report, Briefly News shared Anele Mdoda's reaction to her friend, Trevor Noah, hosting the Grammy Awards again.

This would be his fifth consecutive gig leading the prestigious ceremony, and Anele couldn't be more prouder.

Source: Briefly News