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# 🏚️ **The Big Lie: How Government is the Biggest Landlord of Johannesburg’s Rotting Buildings** **By Noko Mabofa Maleka | Insight Jozi News** They call them *indawo emnyama* — “dark places” in isiZulu. These buildings, scattered across Johannesburg's inner city like open wounds, are rotten, stripped of dignity, cloaked in darkness, and crawling with the ghosts of the government's neglect. They are not “hijacked buildings,” as the popular narrative would have you believe. No, the truth is more uncomfortable: an estimated **92%** of these so-called hijacked buildings **still legally belong to the government** — national, provincial, or municipal. But the state has effectively abandoned them, leaving them to rot into terrifying monuments of crime, poverty, and despair. Welcome to Johannesburg’s biggest open secret: **the government is the slumlord-in-chief.** --- ## 💡 **The Myth of 'Hijacked Buildings'** The term “hijacked building” conjures images of private prop...

 Floyd Shivambu's New Political Formation Featuring None other than the infamous Pastor Zondo. Is he forming his own cult? By Noko Mabofa Maleka 📍 Insight Jozi News | insightjozinews.blogspot.com "When a politician and a pastor with matching egos and scandals join forces, you don’t get a movement—you get a reality show." South Africa, brace yourself. As if the political circus wasn't already overbooked with clowns and preachers, Floyd Shivambu has decided to step into his destiny—not as a politician of the people, but perhaps as a high priest of his very own politico-religious cult . Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you read right. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) co-founder has allegedly broken away to form his very own political party, and guess who’s rumoured to be in his front row? The infamous Pastor Zondo of Rivers of Living Waters Ministries —a man known less for baptisms and more for scandals dripping in holy oil and teenage trauma . 🔮 Politics, ...

“Drugs, Cults and Betrayals” — Floyd Shivambu Drops Bombshells About the EFF and MK Party By Noko Mabofa Maleka | Insight Jozi News In an explosive interview aired on e.tv , former Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) deputy president Floyd Shivambu broke his silence on the toxic inner workings of the EFF, denouncing it as a “cult,” while also hurling shocking allegations at Nhlamulo Nhleko — the MK Party spokesperson and daughter of former President Jacob Zuma. 🎤 Shivambu Labels the EFF a Cult Speaking with striking candour, Shivambu refused to retract his previous claims that the EFF is operating like a “cult.” “I won’t take that back,” he insisted. “It is what it is — a political cult masquerading as a revolutionary movement.” This marks one of the most public and direct repudiations of the party’s internal culture by one of its founding leaders. Shivambu, once the party’s ideological bulldog and feared debater, has seemingly turned against the very machinery he helped build. ...

BREAKING: Is Floyd Shivambu an EFF Spy in MK Party? 🔍 Sangoma and Fikile Mbalula Agree By Noko Maleka – Insight Jozi News | Adapted for Opera News A storm is brewing in South African politics as both a controversial sangoma and the Secretary-General of the ANC have raised eyebrows over the role of Floyd Shivambu within the uMkhonto weSizwe ( MK ) Party. Dr Khehlelezi , real name Bhongolethu Mzozo , went viral on 18 June 2025 after claiming that Shivambu is a “double agent” sent by EFF leader Julius Malema to infiltrate and destabilize the MK Party after the EFF’s poor showing in the 2024 elections. “Floyd and Julius Malema are still close. Before MK arrived, the EFF was the main opposition. Now Floyd is pretending to be with MK, but he’s laying the groundwork for a new party with Malema,” said Dr Khehlelezi. 🔗 Fikile Mbalula Shares the Same Concern In a recent YouTube interview , ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula claimed that Shivambu and Malema are working to...

When Jozi Is Overrun by Rats… Maybe It’s Time to Braai Them When Jozi Is Overrun by Rats… Maybe It’s Time to Braai Them By Noko Maleka | Insight Jozi News | 2025 Johannesburg — The City of Gold is under siege—not by potholes or load‑shedding, but by rats . According to the South African Pest Control Association, the rodent population here has exploded by 450% in recent years. [1][2] Hillbrow to Braamfontein: the rats are winning, and the city’s response? Silence. No sanitation blitz. No fumigation plan. Not even a half-hearted public statement. So if the city won’t act—maybe we cook . Yes, you heard right. It’s 2025, and Johannesburg might just eat its way out of the rat crisis . Don’t dismiss it as madness. In parts of Vietnam, India, Malawi—even Thailand—rat is already a delicacy. 🍽️ The Jozi Rat‑Tasting Menu Alex Fried Rat Bites – Deep-fried, peri‑peri, lemon & garlic, served with pap & chakalaka. Hillbrow Rat Curry – Spicy tomat...

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...