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“They Treat Us Like Dogs”: South African Employee Exposes Abuse by Foreign Bosses at Cake Zone Bakery. By Mamelodi News - December 9, 2025 A desperate South African worker at Cake Zone bakery, located in Pretoria West Carl has blown the lid off alleged workplace exploitation, claiming staff are overworked, underpaid, and subjected to racist abuse, sometimes forced to sleep in storerooms just to keep their jobs. In an anonymous post sent to Mamelodi News pleading “Pls hide my name 🙏🏾,” the employee detailed a toxic environment where  workers, are being mistreated by their bosses who are allegedly from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. “Rena le problem as ba bereki go company yengwa e bitswa gore ke Cake Zone,” the worker wrote in a Setswana. “Re bereka go feta tekano, reka fetsha 3 days rele mowe re bereka 😣 and re yeme ka maoto.” Translation: “We have a problem as the workers of CakeZone factory, We are working beyond expectations. We sometimes spend more than 3 days at work, standing...

🔥 SOUTH AFRICAN STAR ON THE RISE: ORAPETSE KHANGALE IS TAKING OVER THE WORLD! 🌍✨ Orapetse Khangale just made history! The South African beauty has been crowned OVERALL WINNER at the prestigious International ARTS Talent Showcase 2025, beating thousands of actors, models & dancers from across the globe! This isn’t just a win… it’s her official passport to the international stage! 🛫 Because of this victory, Orapetse received the golden ticket every model dreams of: ✈️ A personal invitation to Model Source New York. 📅 28 July 2025 – 31 July 2026 (full year of elite training!) She’ll be training, walking, shooting and networking in the fashion capital alongside top agencies, legendary runways and global casting directors. Manhattan, get ready, Mzansi’s queen is coming! 👑 Before the world domination, she’s been: 📺 Killing it in major TV commercials 👠 Owning runways at Montecasino international fashion shows 💼 Signed to the agency that’s taking her straight to the top Casting dir...

Spaza Shops Collapse Under Festive-Season Extortion Surge Khayelitsha, Cape Town - Dozens of spaza shops and small township businesses in Khayelitsha, Harare, Mfuleni and surrounding areas have shut their doors permanently in the past three weeks as extortion gangs dramatically hike their “protection” fees ahead of the Christmas trading season. Traders describe a well-organised racket in which multiple gangs, some linked to local street committees, others to numbered prison gangs, demand monthly payments throughout the year. With December here, these groups have now imposed one-off “Christmas bonuses” ranging from R2,000 to R10,000 per shop, on top of the regular R1,000–R3,000 monthly fees. “I am paying four different groups every month,” said a Site C spaza owner who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals. “One takes R1,000, another R1,500, the third R2,000 and the fourth R3,000 from the fourth. Now all four want a ‘festive bonus’ before the 15th of December. I told them I do...

Families Demand Justice for Lerato, Lebo, Tebogo, Mingeni, and Lucky Cullinan, Gauteng - Five ordinary men - Lerato Mabuza, Lebohang Mokoena, Tebogo Mahlangu, Mingeni Nkosi and Lucky Shabangu, were ambushed, beaten, tied up and burnt alive in their taxi on 11 September in Mamelodi East, simply because they were accused of driving on the “wrong” route. Three died inside the burning vehicle. Lerato and Lucky fought for weeks in hospital with 90% burns before they, too, lost their lives. Five days later, the two men accused of orchestrating the killings, Masipa Victor Maepa (38) and Job Matsobane Magongwa (43), walked free from the Cullinan Magistrate’s Court after being granted R2,000 bail each. As the magistrate announced the decision, the victims’ mothers and sisters collapsed, screaming the names of their loved ones. Outside court, families and neighbours held posters with the five men’s faces and shouted: “Our brothers were burnt alive for bread money! No bail for killers!” #mamelod...