{"id":44209,"date":"2025-12-06T09:41:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=44209"},"modified":"2025-12-06T09:41:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T09:41:46","slug":"watch-somizi-mhlongo-kidnaps-toddler-at-mall-to-give-distracted-mother-wake-up-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/06\/watch-somizi-mhlongo-kidnaps-toddler-at-mall-to-give-distracted-mother-wake-up-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Somizi Mhlongo gives a distracted mother a wake-up call"},"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>\n<p>Famous choreographer and <em>Idols <\/em>judge Somizi Mhlongo has posted a video, warning parents to be vigilant while shopping with their children, especially during the festive season.<\/p>\n<p>Mhlongo posted a video on TikTok, warning parents to not only keep an eye on their children at all times, but to be vigilant while out because kidnappings can happen in a blink of an eye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m doing this video just to warn parents, especially mothers. It\u2019s festive (season), but at any time, you must be vigilant\u2026 You need to be careful about your bags, about your belongings, about your phone. But more than anything, I don\u2019t care much about your bags and about your phones and your belongings. Children!\u201d said Mhlongo.<\/p>\n<p>The celebrity was at a mall this week when he spotted a mother with two children in a shopping trolley buying coffee at a \u2018to-go\u2019 kiosk. The woman had her back turned away from the trolley.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p>\u201cFor a good two minutes, she never turned to see the kids. I go\u2026 I lift the baby that can\u2019t talk\u2026 I walk away. The three-year-old is saying \u201cMama! mama!\u201d But the mother still says, \u201cWait a minute,\u201d and she buys coffee,\u201d Mhlongo continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI disappear and go to the corner and watch. She turned! I saw her heart moving from left to right\u2026 Now she\u2019s asking the three-year-old where the little baby is\u2026 and then I appear and say \u201cSisi, sisi, sisi!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took advantage because I knew she would know me, she would that I\u2019m joking. But I wanted her to feel and know the importance of never even for one second\u2026 losing sight of your child,\u201d said Mhlongo.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-somizi-mhlongo-s-good-deeds\">Somizi Mhlongo\u2019s good deeds<\/h2>\n<p>Mhlongo is well known for his good deeds and community-building projects. He was recently in Krugersdorp to inspire and mentor aspiring young choreographers, offering valuable insights and encouragement.<\/p>\n<\/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#Somizi #Mhlongo #distracted #mother #wakeup #call<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Famous choreographer and Idols judge Somizi Mhlongo has posted a video, warning parents to be vigilant while shopping with their&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44209","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\/44209","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=44209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44211,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44209\/revisions\/44211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}