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From Backyard to Breakthrough: How Noko Moholane's Farm Dreams Are Blossoming Despite Government Neglect By Noko Mabofa Maleka | Insight Jozi News In the heart of Moletjie, Limpopo, where the sun scorches dry soil and hope often battles hardship, a young man named Noko Moholane is quietly rewriting the story of rural agriculture in South Africa. Armed with a Bachelor of Agriculture degree from the University of Limpopo , Noko was filled with dreams of cultivating the land, feeding communities, and becoming a contributor to South Africa’s food security. But what he wasn’t prepared for was the silent war he would face after graduation — a war against a lack of support, a shortage of land, and the deafening silence of a government that claims to champion agricultural development. “After finishing my degree, I applied for land, I knocked on every door — but nothing. Not even a response,” says Moholane. “Eventually I realized I had to start where I was, with what I had — my ya...

R. Kelly Rushed to Hospital After Alleged Overdose in Prison Date Published: June 17, 2025 By: Insight Jozi News Team In a shocking development, incarcerated R&B singer R. Kelly reportedly suffered a serious medical emergency after an alleged overdose at the Federal Correctional Institution in Butner, North Carolina. According to his legal team, Kelly was administered a dangerously high dose of medication while in solitary confinement, prompting a rushed hospitalization over the weekend. His lawyer, Beau Brindley, filed a third supplement to a pending emergency motion, stating that Bureau of Prisons staff gave Kelly medication that exceeded safe levels. The supplement further claims Kelly collapsed after waking up dizzy and disoriented on June 13. He allegedly crawled to the door of his cell before losing consciousness. Brindley is now pushing for a temporary release under house arrest, citing not only the overdose but also previous threats against Kelly’s life in prison...

Opinion | Women Are 95% Responsible for Gender-Based Violence – Men Are Just the Final Blow By Noko Mabofa Maleka Opera News Contributor | Insight Jozi News "We can’t fix gender-based violence unless we fix the whole society that breeds it — and that includes the silent roles women play in keeping the violence alive." Why Society – and Especially Women – Must Take Accountability For too long, the narrative around gender-based violence (GBV) has been simplified: men abuse, and women are victims. But what if the truth is more complex, more uncomfortable? What if 95% of what leads to GBV is rooted in how society — and particularly women — enable, teach, and perpetuate toxic systems? I say this not to excuse abusers, but to diagnose the disease properly . If women raise boys to believe that crying is weakness, that being dominant is masculinity, and that emotional vulnerability is shameful — how do we expect those boys to grow into men who can express themselves w...

By Noko Mabofa Maleka – Talk Show Host | Journalist | Digital Activist “ The baton of freedom has not been passed to you; it has been hidden, broken, and kept under lock and key. Your task is not just to run the race — it is to reclaim it. ” As we mark yet another Youth Month , celebrating the unshakable courage of the 1976 generation, I write this letter not as an elder, not as a politician, and not as a preacher — but as one among you who refuses to accept the slow death of a nation by political betrayal and economic sedation. We are a people who were sold out — and unless we, the youth, wake up to that fact, we will remain loyal to a system that was never designed to see us win. A Legacy of Betrayal, Not Victory In a groundbreaking interview I recently hosted with Carl Niehaus on 1 Africa Radio TV , the former ANC spokesperson unapologetically named the moment of betrayal: 1992, Davos, Switzerland . There, at the World Economic Forum, Nelson Mandela — under pressu...

Who is Noko Maleka? | Insight Jozi News Who is Noko Maleka? Noko Mabofa Maleka (born June 23, 1986 in Polokwane, Limpopo) is a South African reality TV star, radio presenter, journalist, podcaster, and digital marketer . He is best known for his role in the Moja Love Channel 157 show Sugar Mama's Johannesburg , where he stars alongside his wife, Princess Cookie Tjeo Kgaphola-Maleka of Sekhukhuni Royalty. Maleka is the founder of Insight Jozi News , a blog and street-level media platform covering Johannesburg life. He also hosts shows on 1 Africa Radio TV and previously worked at Mzansi Joburg City FM, Jozi FM, Classic FM, and Otee FM (as station manager). Background & Education High School: Sir Harry Oppenheimer High School Electrical Engineering: Tshwane North College Diploma in Public Relations: UNISA (University of South Africa) Media and Communications: Boston College Career Journey ...

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