{"id":42171,"date":"2025-11-18T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42171"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:02:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:02:01","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsol-phenduka-earns-telkom-radio-awards-nomination-months-after-kaya-959-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/18\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsol-phenduka-earns-telkom-radio-awards-nomination-months-after-kaya-959-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Sol Phenduka earns Telkom Radio Awards nomination months after Kaya 959 exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_178719\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178719\" class=\"wp-image-178719 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sol-Phenduka-earns-Telkom-Radio-Awards-nomination-months-after-Kaya.jpg?resize=600%2C447&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sol-Phenduka-earns-Telkom-Radio-Awards-nomination-months-after-Kaya.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sol-Phenduka-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-178719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sol Phenduka<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Radio presenter Sol Phenduka has been nominated for the 2025 Telkom Radio Awards, just months after being let go by Kaya 959.<\/p>\n<p>The<em> Podcast and Chill<\/em> co-host scored a nod in the Best Traffic Presenter category for his work on Siz the World, one of nine nominations for the station this year.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were quick to react to the announcement on social media, expressing both amusement and surprise at the unexpected turn of events.<\/p>\n<p>While Sol celebrated the nomination, he did not comment directly on the situation\u2019s ironic twist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook who\u2019s nominated for best traffic presenter at the radio awards,\u201d he remarked, keeping the tone light.<\/p>\n<p>Sol\u2019s show, co-hosted alongside Mpho Maboi and Mfundo Mabalane with Sizwe Dhlomo as the main presenter, had quickly gained popularity thanks to his witty and informative take on current affairs.<\/p>\n<p>His distinctive style and engaging delivery had made him a fan favourite, which only amplified the reaction when news of his termination broke.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Sol was suspended amid a high-profile defamation case involving Minnie Dlamini and his Podcast and Chill co-host MacGyver \u201cMac G\u201d Mukwevho.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit centred on remarks MacG had made about Dlamini\u2019s personal life. Less than a month later, Sol\u2019s contract with Kaya 959 was terminated, sparking outrage among his listeners.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Sol #Phenduka #earns #Telkom #Radio #Awards #nomination #months #Kaya #exit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Sol Phenduka Radio presenter Sol Phenduka has been nominated for the 2025 Telkom Radio Awards, just months after being&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42173,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42171\/revisions\/42173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}