{"id":51091,"date":"2026-02-27T21:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=51091"},"modified":"2026-02-27T21:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:36:03","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsol-phenduka-addresses-hate-claims-after-tense-on-air-moments-with-nota-baloyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/27\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsol-phenduka-addresses-hate-claims-after-tense-on-air-moments-with-nota-baloyi\/","title":{"rendered":"Sol Phenduka addresses \u2018hate\u2019 claims after tense on-air moments with Nota Baloyi"},"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_186339\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186339\" class=\"wp-image-186339 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sol-Phenduka-addresses-%E2%80%98hate-claims-after-tense-on-air-moments-with.jpg?resize=600%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Sol-Phenduka-addresses-\u2018hate-claims-after-tense-on-air-moments-with.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nota-Sol-Phenduka-1-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-186339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sol Phenduka clears the air on relationship with Nota<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Radio personality and podcaster Sol Phenduka has dismissed claims that he harbours hatred toward controversial music executive Nota Baloyi, following renewed speculation about their strained dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation gained momentum after the <em>Podcast and Chill<\/em> Network\u2019s Reshuffle Round Table aired on 27 February 2026, unveiling a \u201cnew era\u201d line-up that includes Nota.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers quickly picked up what they described as tension between the two men, prompting debate across social media.<\/p>\n<p>One X user, SIYA_VS, directly confronted Sol, writing: \u201c@Solphendukaa, you hate Nota, neh? Like, everything you said, even after the \u2018We cool\u2019 chat, just showed that you despise the guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sol was quick to shut down the suggestion. \u201cNo man, I don\u2019t hate Nota,\u201d he replied plainly.<\/p>\n<p>During the roundtable discussion, part of the friction appeared to centre around their respective relationships with veteran broadcaster Sizwe Dhlomo.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange turned competitive as both men laid claim to a closer bond with Dhlomo.<\/p>\n<p>Sol offered to call Sizwe to clarify certain claims about Kaya 959 and casually referred to him as \u201chis boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nota fired back: \u201cHe\u2019s not \u2018your boy,\u2019 he\u2019s my boy,\u201d arguing that his history with Dhlomo dates back to high school and runs deeper than a professional connection.<\/p>\n<p>Sol countered by questioning the depth of that friendship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you been to Sizwe\u2019s house? No one just goes to Sizwe\u2019s house. Only people like Trevor Noah go to his house, not just any random person,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is so funny\ud83e\udd23,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SizweDhlomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@SizweDhlomo<\/a> is really him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/podcastandchill?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#podcastandchill<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CPzeKRwpwq\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/CPzeKRwpwq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mwelase (@Nqabeni1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nqabeni1\/status\/2027039421556470091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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 async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><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 #addresses #hate #claims #tense #onair #moments #Nota #Baloyi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Sol Phenduka clears the air on relationship with Nota Radio personality and podcaster Sol Phenduka has dismissed claims that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51091","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\/51091","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=51091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51093,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51091\/revisions\/51093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}