Thursday, January 23, 2025

Friday Morning Spice

Santaco suspends Western Cape taxi strike, US approves blood cancer therapy, Zoom ends No-Meeting Wednesdays, and Davis Cup is off to a great start in South Africa.

M-Net Responds To MasterChef SA Fake Prize Allegations

Last week we reported that the winner of MasterChef SA, Deena Naidoo, was upset with M-Net for apparently lying about his prizes. He claimed that while it was promoted that the eventual winner would win a restaurant, it turned out that he only gets to “manage” the place. In a press release received by 2oceansVibe from M-Net late on Friday afternoon, the broadcaster has responded to these allegations.

MasterChef SA Winner Claims M-Net Lied About His Prizes

Throughout the entire series of Masterchef SA it was promoted that the eventual winner would walk away with prizes “worth R8 million, including their very own restaurant”. However, according to winner Deena Naidoo, the value of all his prizes only totals about R1 million. Plus, the whole “your very own restaurant” part also turned out not to be the case.

The ANCYL Wants Gareth Cliff Axed From Idols

The ANC Youth League is not very happy with Idols judge Gareth Cliff. In fact, they have called for him to be axed from the show. The reason: he said that the youth of Polokwane have no talent.