{"id":55285,"date":"2026-04-07T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=55285"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:37:17","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnota-baloyi-defends-scooby-nero-vouches-for-his-character-and-legality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/07\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnota-baloyi-defends-scooby-nero-vouches-for-his-character-and-legality\/","title":{"rendered":"Nota Baloyi defends Scooby Nero, vouches for his character and legality"},"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_190275\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190275\" class=\"wp-image-190275 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Nota-Baloyi-defends-Scooby-Nero-vouches-for-his-character-and.jpg?resize=600%2C476&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Nota-Baloyi-defends-Scooby-Nero-vouches-for-his-character-and.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Nota-Scooby-Nero-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-190275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nota Baloyi stands by Scooby Nero amid housing claims<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Controversial South African music executive and podcast host Nota Baloyi has come under fire on X after commenting on the ongoing Scooby Nero saga, drawing criticism from users who accused him of defending a foreigner.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy began when Scooby Nero faced widespread backlash for claiming he owned 80% of South Africa\u2019s RDP houses, a statement he later retracted and apologised for.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Nota Baloyi tweeted that Nero was \u201ctrolling obviously\u201d but said he planned to meet him to \u201cclear things up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I know he\u2019s been married to a South African for more than a decade &amp; in the 15 years that I\u2019ve known him, we\u2019ve only discussed music &amp; content. No funny business. Let him land!\u201d Nota wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The comments, however, sparked immediate backlash from X users.<\/p>\n<p>One questioned, \u201cSo he is legal because you know him?\u201d to which Nota replied, \u201cNo, I know he\u2019s legal &amp; I want him to prove it to me because I know him\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other users criticised him for seeming to shield Nero, saying things like, \u201cWe are not interested in that explanation, just because he is your friend doesn\u2019t exclude him from being investigated for what he said and if he is illegal in this country you can follow him back to Abuja,\u201d and, \u201cHe must go back home to Nigeria. Enough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-190276\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775565436_486_Nota-Baloyi-defends-Scooby-Nero-vouches-for-his-character-and.jpg?resize=501%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775565436_486_Nota-Baloyi-defends-Scooby-Nero-vouches-for-his-character-and.jpg 501w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/No-1-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\"\/><\/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#Nota #Baloyi #defends #Scooby #Nero #vouches #character #legality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Nota Baloyi stands by Scooby Nero amid housing claims Controversial South African music executive and podcast host Nota Baloyi&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55285","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\/55285","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=55285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55287,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55285\/revisions\/55287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}