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Hlengiwe Mhlaba at home recovering after serious crash – manager confirms

Hlengiwe Mhlaba. (Photo: Getty Images/Gallo Images

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Cape Town – Gospel powerhouse Hlengiwe Mhlaba has been discharged from hospital and is back at home focusing on her recovery after she was involved in a serious car crash on Saturday afternoon.

The crash happened in the town of Melmoth, Northern KwaZulu-Natal.

The singer was travelling to Mpumalanga with her keyboard player for a series of gigs, Hlengiwe’s manager Thobile Mchunu tells DRUM.

headed to the first festival. She was discharged from hospital yesterday and is back at home resting now,” Thobile says.

The singer is taking a break from phone calls and has halted upcoming performances.

Hlengiwe allegedly lost control of her car which resulted in it rolling when she was trying to avoid another vehicle that was driving in her direction. Her spokesperson, Nkululeko  Khanye, told SowetanLive,

“On Saturday it was very wet when the accident happened. Hlengiwe saw a car that was driving straight towards her and tried to avoid it but lost control and the car rolled.”

Thobile confirmed that although the crash was serious, both Hlengiwe and her keyboard player are doing just fine.

“They are both doing really well even though the accident was serious,” she said.

Hlengiwe’s passenger sustained minor injuries and only went to the hospital for a checkup before he was discharged on the same day.

Hlengiwe Mhlaba Hospitalised After Serious Road Crash

Gospel star Hlengiwe Mhlaba was involved in a serious car accident on Saturday afternoon.

The accident happened in Melmoth, northern Zululand. The singer, who is known for her powerful voice was travelling to Mpumalanga where she was booked to perform.

According to her spokesperson Nkululeko Khanye, the singer’s car rolled when she tried avoiding an oncoming car that was driving towards her.

Mhlaba sustained serious internal injuries and was admitted at a hospital in Empangeni, Kwa-Zulu-Natal, where she is under doctors supervision.

“On Saturday it was very wet when the incident happened. Hlengiwe saw a car that was driving straight towards her and tried to avoid it but lost control and the car rolled.”

“We ask the nation to continue to pray for her speedy recovery as well ,” Khanye said.

Mhlaba has released albums such as Laphalala Igazi, Dwala Lami, Blessings, and Esandleni Somusa.

Foreigners lose everything in the blink of an eye

A Mozambican woman sits forlorn in the DH Willliam Hall in Katlehong in Ekurhuleni. The municipality has turned at least two halls into refugee shelters for displaced foreign nationals following violence and looting in the township.

A Mozambican woman sits forlorn in the DH Willliam Hall in Katlehong in Ekurhuleni. The municipality has turned at least two halls into refugee shelters for displaced foreign nationals following violence and looting in the township. 
Image: Alon Skuy

In a blink of an eye, Vincent Bwoni from Zimbabwe lost everything he worked three years to build.

On Tuesday afternoon, Bwoni stood in the DH William Hall in Katlehong where hundreds of displaced people from Mozambique and Zimbabwe were being sheltered.

Blankets, bags with clothes, and bicycles lined the walls.

The immigrants had just finished their lunch of pap, beef stew and cabbage in polystyrene containers.

Some listen to music and play cards while others sit in groups on plastic chairs.

At the back of the hall a father is giving flu medicine to his baby.

The mood in the hall is sombre. Those who once slept in comfortable beds with warm bedding now have to find a spot on the floor.

Ntladi said arrangements were made with authorities for some Mozambicans to return home on Tuesday evening.

Transport would be discussed with the relevant embassies

Those who also wanted to return to their homes in Gauteng to fetch their documents would be taken there with a police escort.

Ntladi described the mood at the hall as “very emotional”.

“You will find a five-year-old boy asking his daddy why they were here and why he is not going to school or where his toys were. One has to share the tears, because it is not an easy thing that has happened to this community.”

A displaced foreigner passes time with a solitary game of soccer outside a community hall in Katlehong.

Dros rapist’ Ninow planned to harm his victim, says NPA after seven-year-old testifies

Nicholas Ninow at the Pretoria High Court, September 10 2019, a day after admitting he raped a child aged seven, a year ago at a Dros restaurant.

The seven-year-old girl Nicholas Ninow admitted to raping at a Dros restaurant in Pretoria last year contradicted his version that she walked into the bathroom cubicle while he was in it.

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane provided the media with an overview of the child’s testimony on Wednesday. This after the young victim testified in-camera in the Pretoria high court on Wednesday. No one was allowed in the courtroom when she testified.

Mjonondwane said the child was called to disprove Ninow’s version of events.

“The accused in his version said the child found him in the bathroom, so it was important for the state to then call the child to come and testify about the sequence of events – that in fact the accused person followed the child to the bathroom,” said Mjonondwane.

“By doing that, we wanted to prove to the court that by following the child he had intention to harm the child.”