Wed Jun 19 08:36:31 SAST 2013

DJ fired for saying 'sies'

May 4, 2012 | Alex Matlala, Limpopo reporter | 83 comments

DITABA Malapane, a DJ at the Phalaborwa community radio station in Limpopo, has been dismissed from work for allegedly speaking Afrikaans on the air.

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May 4, 2012

MorenaWaPolelo

Mapedi ha a kwishishi maan SIES is not valgur!!! bathong if this guy goes to the CCMA julle gaan kaak en betaal ..now that is valgur
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May 4, 2012

Menina11

Limpopo people should now start to learn other S.A official languages...I mean its embarrassing now
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May 4, 2012

Shirmy

I Always knew that white people are not the only racists in our country, we are too. The reason we suffered is that they beat us to it.

*Ashamed of My Pedi Peeps*

MorenaWaPolelo is On Point "Eddie Crook" Must take this 'Fools' to CCMA.
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May 4, 2012

Iwe

Sies
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May 4, 2012

mambaaai

Sies! what happened to the freedom of speech....using any one of the official languages....we are the rainbow nation and our languages reflect that...
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May 4, 2012

golezwa

are you sure you only said sies????? i mean every South African knows whats the meaning of sies aowa, you must have said something more than that
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May 4, 2012

SeshegoGuY

agg man Sies!!!!
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May 4, 2012

Maths2

Bomkhaya sies twice, u r making fools out of urselves. If u wanna fire the guy just do it.
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May 4, 2012

MGEEZ

Ok; i thought Afrikaans was one of the official languages in this country!!! When did that change???
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May 4, 2012

Hlogs

Chief, Go & Join Yfm or Metro
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May 4, 2012

MommaC

haai sies man. That is very not ayoba
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May 4, 2012

MGEEZ

golezwa
are you sure you only said sies????? i mean every South African knows whats the meaning of sies aowa, you must have said something more than that
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Hey i am wonderiong the same here!!!! because something just does not add up!!!!
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May 4, 2012

candilious

SIES
There is more to this story then meets the eye true.Thats no reason to dismiss an employee.........
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May 4, 2012

mhangani

Good , this Riddance guy is an embarrassment to our community, he is so spoiled , he wants attention that he doesnt deserve , he insults people on air , he plays and Watches porn during work, a serial womaniser , a drug addict , we have been complaining about him , congradualtions Management
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May 4, 2012

MGEEZ

candilious
SIES
There is more to this story then meets the eye true.Thats no reason to dismiss an employee.........
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Good morning Candy; how are you doing today? You know I am dumbfounded by this article and i came to a conclusion that it is one of those stories that were not well reaserched by sowetan or there is more to the story than the newspaper was told!!
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May 4, 2012

MGEEZ

@mhangani
Good , this Riddance guy is an embarrassment to our community, he is so spoiled , he wants attention that he doesnt deserve , he insults people on air , he plays and Watches porn during work, a serial womaniser , a drug addict , we have been complaining about him , congradualtions Management
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I take it that you work with the guy????
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May 4, 2012

candilious

@MGEEZ-Morning Maybe both your theories its possible happens all the time
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May 4, 2012

tumzangwana

he was fired for saying sies on air? but sies is not even vulgar moes. shame SIES tog.
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May 4, 2012

maezizsto68

Lepetsana le le maaka man a go na motho o sa itseng gore sies a se tlhapa.
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May 4, 2012

Ann

theres definately more to this u cab suspended just by saying sies!
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May 4, 2012

sabza007

Really now, this is laughable. There is more that is hidden than being fired for using the sies word ...I have heard many actors and actresses using this sies word on television.The issue of ''degrading'' other presenters, what actually happened. We need to know.
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May 4, 2012

golezwa

mhangani
Good , this Riddance guy is an embarrassment to our community, he is so spoiled , he wants attention that he doesnt deserve , he insults people on air , he plays and Watches porn during work, a serial womaniser , a drug addict , we have been complaining about him , congradualtions Management
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there's a reason for his dismissal, listeners complaining of his behaviour not because of saying "sies".... Mhangani, how do you know that he watches porn during office hours????
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May 4, 2012

MORNACHIESS

We don't want funny language in our community station,our elders depend on this
stations for survival .....good call from the management !
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May 4, 2012

ksetuke

SIES

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May 4, 2012

Phatlakgomo

@Shirmy CCMA lawyers ba swere ke tlala. They can be bought to loose the case. How many cases had been reported to CCMA and the complainant won the case? He better go straight to labour court and find himself a lawyer. The poor guy eventually felt in their trap. Aaagh sies to them!!!
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May 4, 2012

ksetuke

Even SOWETAN does not censor the word. SIES!!! SIES...SIES...SIES...!
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May 4, 2012

mhangani

@golezwa
there's a reason for his dismissal, listeners complaining of his behaviour not because of saying "sies".... Mhangani, how do you know that he watches porn during office hours????
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It was reported in this news paper by the same reporter few months ago
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May 4, 2012

CATY86

hahahahahahahahaha 'sies' bayakujwayela
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May 4, 2012

Ingxabano

Good people, I will always keep on saying "People from Limpopo have some strange ways of thinking"
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May 4, 2012

GODESS

lol sies ba go tlwaela atchaar maan...take them to CCMA, hai mara le wena okare o le twins la controvesy, a ke o i thsware from now on.
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May 4, 2012

Phatlakgomo

@Mhangani were you with him watching that pornography at his work? Tells us what happened after all. Did u take some dope before watching porn as you claim he's a drug addict or what?
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May 4, 2012

Shredder

SIes does not sound Afrikaans anymore. It is adopted in all the S.A language. It is an expression of disgust. Unless if this guy said something else also.
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May 4, 2012

poloyatonki

i think sowetan has facts on one side of the story the didnt bother to get all facts from managemnet also, i personally knows this boy,he is ful of sh******T, he's so disrepecting as if he grow in the fmaily that thought disrepect as way of life, he has done alot of flops on air,i was wondering why the waited for this long to kikc him out,@phatlakomo yes he was once fond wacthing porn in the studio by one of he collegues and his gals once fiht in the studio, this is a lot of bad things he has done and he damage the repuation of the comminuty station so badly.
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May 4, 2012

Wozanami

what bulsh1t.
He was as much fired for "speaking afrikaans" as ancyl people were fired for "thinking".
the headline is just twisted to fool people.
what bullsh1t.
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May 4, 2012

Papage

Come to Jozi Broer
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May 4, 2012

TKay

There is more to the story vele - I hear this word almost daily on our radio stations. With regards to his suspension in 2010, why didnt the suspend or dismiss the girlfriends who broke the "expensive equipments" - mxm stupid radio station
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May 4, 2012

Pelezizu

From the topic he was discussing, its clear to see he came up with the topic to attack his colleagues on air. That's stooping too low for any professional...
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May 4, 2012

Mbeva

He was firing for causing intigating havoc
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May 4, 2012

Dzel

Sies, a vulgar word?

Iyo, I'd like to hear these geniuses put together a coherent argument on exactly why they dismissed the DJ.

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May 4, 2012

Dzel

Sies, a vulgar word?

Iyo, I'd like to hear these geniu.ses put together a coherent argument on exactly why they dismissed the DJ.

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May 4, 2012

Bumboklaat

@MorenaWaPolelo
Mapedi ha a kwishishi maan SIES is not valgur!!! bathong if this guy goes to the CCMA julle gaan kaak en betaal ..now that is valgur
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kikikikiki! Hai morena ke duma ge balaodi ba kgasho baka go kwa, ke gona batla kwishisha g0re maroga ke eng.
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May 4, 2012

Msola321

This guy was fired because of wrong plantform for raising his work issue on air. I dont believe its because of Sies word. Something is missing in here
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May 4, 2012

oldlady2

Is sies even an Afrikaans word originally? We've adopted many words from the Khoisan when Afrikaans was developed in South Africa, and I'm sure from other African languages too. My new favourite "Afrikaans" word is EISH. I've heard black people use the word "marra" which to me means "maar". Whose word is that originally? No, there has to be other hidden agendas here.
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May 4, 2012

cornelius

Hahaha, the idiocy never ends.
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May 4, 2012

Bumboklaat

examples of mathlapa: m0s0no, nywamma0, marte a k0koao, sebete sa nnyanamma0!

they should h!re me to be a m0derator ne?
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May 4, 2012

Nkwesheng1

Ag man sies.Kgale bago beile bambara
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May 4, 2012

SteveBiko

sies
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May 4, 2012

Sesana

Menina11
Limpopo people should now start to learn other S.A official languages...I mean its embarrassing now
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what has this got do wif Limpopo people and learning other Languages..
SIES MAAAAAN,dont coment if u didnt read da story or dnt ve any coment relating da story

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May 4, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

Sies is an expression of disgust. The definition of sies is shame or pity. I did not see anything wrong with using the word because I was expressing my disgust at people who back-stab their colleagues in an effort to curry favour with their bosses."
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Maybe the bosses thought you will take it further and also do a show about "carpet interviews" so they had to stop you.

In dont understand what the heck is wrong with the station's mangement.... *SMH*
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May 4, 2012

Firefly

Sies Phalabhora Community Radio station Sies!!
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May 4, 2012

Mphokolodi02

Bra he was on the line already they were trapping u !
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May 4, 2012

momopat

community Radios dia tshwana esp when it comes to management, they think they own the place and the community owes them something! most of them dipresenter di isa management ko CCMA bcos the poor presenters are not even registered with Labour dept, despite the fact that they get paid
If management doesnt like you standing for yourself they will plot against u until they find a single lousy mistake and that is their chance to fire you

ive been there and its not nice luckily for me i resigned instead of gibving them time to plot against me,
now i hear that shem poor presenters are fired left right and centre, suspensions are flying from a community Radio ko Temba
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May 4, 2012

Bizzo

Guys, please don't be fooled by Ditaba Malapane, this guy is a publicity monger and he is friends to the Reporter who wrote this story rena Ba-Phalaborwa, we know him very well, if you follow Sowetan very well, you will remember that he was suspended many times for watchin pornography while at work, he attacked Mocah the R&B artist for taking his white girlfriend, after she dumped him, he's aliar, let him tell the real story and stop lying to fellow South Africans making people think Phalaborwa FM is a racist station. He's a wanna be popular DJ who wants fame in the wrong direction, Alex Matlala should know that by now. Sies Ditaba owa swabisha.
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May 4, 2012

TDK

That's so bloody ridiculous. Any word with same meaning in Sepedi?
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May 4, 2012

Joe*star

Aowa Bathong, U people of Limpopo A ga sies maan
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May 4, 2012

mhangani

@Phatlakgomo

This is the guy who did not go to school very well , he aspires to be a DJ , he belives media will promote him , in any way which Radio station would like to be associated with this rubish. HE IS ALWAYS SEEKING FAME BY INSULTING PEOPLE. I think he should know that by disrespecting and cheating people you will get to know where in life. Matabane by being in the air he thought it was a ticket for undermining the community and teaching youth Bamboklaat.
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May 4, 2012

Nkwe-Tiger

Mo go nkga legotlo mo... mothaka yo o na le maaka maan. Taba taba e gona mo, ga se sies yeo ba mo kobelang yona... monna yo ga a na maitshwaro, ebile le babereki mmogo le yena ba kile ba mo lwela ba ba ba thuba equipment... lethaka le ga ke le tshepe, ke ra yena "Eddie Crook".
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May 4, 2012

itsme4sure

just another stoepkakkertjie......!
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May 4, 2012

Mygirl

SeshegoGuY
agg man Sies!!!!
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You will get into trouble Khosi..
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May 4, 2012

RobinH

Strikes me as very petty.
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May 4, 2012

spatch

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Then hamper ya R60 alcohol

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May 4, 2012

Msevido

Is this guy dismissed just to say sies................aowa. Easi Moagi must be jealousy of Eddie Crook. Or maybe this two girls that fought over him were on target list of Easi. Common Easi no wonder they said o Easi.
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May 4, 2012

zaco'z

@Hlogs...

howzit fellow..u remind me of someone special....
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May 4, 2012

Mapipana

Damn right. Your problem was to be against people drawing two salaries. Sies to your employers.
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May 4, 2012

swona

sies, I know this guy!
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May 4, 2012

Marcha

Hehehe Sies a se le hlapa maan....
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May 4, 2012

madamx

Aowa bathong!
Ke kgale ba batla go go koba.
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May 4, 2012

Mabongy

SIES!!! nah that's not the reason.
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May 4, 2012

sweet-t

Tjo. Mehlolo e tsamaya ka di size. im telling you
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May 4, 2012

manyobaa

malema style!
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May 4, 2012

GODESS

Marcha
Hehehe Sies a se le hlapa maan....
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hahahaha! sies wa mpolaya, wena ohlapile?
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May 4, 2012

Budapat

on a local community radio station wena o tla ka AFRIKAANSnyana ya hao ya ho bola, Namakgale nogal. JY HET NOU JOU GAT GESIEN MY MAAT, kwikwikwikwikwikwi - liar, that's not the only word you said hence you don't even mention BCCSA or CCMA to safe your ASS
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May 4, 2012

LBS

>>The real issue is that I was at the forefront of DJs who were against people drawing two salaries as teachers or school principals and also as part of the station's management," he said.<<

SIES on the greed of some taking two jobs instead of one.
No wonder unemployment is so high!
SIES!!
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May 4, 2012

Bara_product

Sies man!!!
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May 4, 2012

LERONEI

lolol sies ...actualy i dnt understant ...wht is the meaning of freedom of expresion ..nd the right to with any language u like
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May 5, 2012

LimpopoKEGAESO

ke kgale bao beile bhambhara buti
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May 7, 2012

LedyCee

Sies vele, They dismissed u because they r also backstabbers.. u have hit a never. Go and look for greener pastures broer!!!!
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May 7, 2012

SKIZOBANTWANA

MorenaWaPolelo
Mapedi ha a kwishishi maan SIES is not valgur!!! bathong if this guy goes to the CCMA julle gaan kaak en betaal ..now that is valgur
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HHa hha hha hha hha hha hha hha ha hha hha hha ha ha ha ha ha ha hha ha ha ha ha ha hhan
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May 7, 2012

Neete

Call CCMA. They shud have stated with Julias! Ha Ha Ha Ha They always wanted to fire him it took sies to expose their pending plan
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May 7, 2012

Neete

Some people run their business like squatter camps..... Gooi alles to build this thing.....then it takes a north wind like sies to remove the roof.

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May 8, 2012

Revulshionary

What happened to the concept of "Loan Words".


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May 8, 2012

stheralicious

LIMPOMPO PPL ARE SO STERIOTYPE, ARROGANT AND STUPID, COME TO GAUTENG THEN U WILL C THINGS...
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Jul 26, 2012

kosabo7

sies is very far from profanity
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