Sthembiso Sithole

Soulfull Productions record label owner, house dj and musician Steven “Mario” Zwane had an exclusive interview with SITHOLE EXPRESS on Thursday, 25 August.



Mario and Sandile Mdluli.



A TUT student is yet to release a new album and some of his songs are already hitting the radio waves.

Steven “Mario” Zwane started doing house music in 2009 after he realised that he has potential to produce.

The third year Information Technology student describes his 13 track album as an adventure.



 He said has worked with different creative people such as DJ Locker, M-Chase, Johny J, Lerato, Aborica, DJ Pat and vocal artist and poet, Sandile Mdluli.

On July this year, in block H, Soulfull Productions hosted an event where they were looking for a girl that would be in the cover of the album.

Like any artist; Mario experienced challenges before he made it into the music business.



 “I started with one computer without proper equipment but today I am happy that things are going my way.”



Mario’s close friend, Sandile Mdluli, is also featured in the upcoming album titled “DJ S.Mario House Evolution”.

  Mario says he has uploaded 400 page reviews, music downloads and tracks from his upcoming album.”

To listen to DJ S.Mario House Evolution, visit www.soundclick.com /djs.mario or join him on Facebook, Dj S.Mario.

Photos Send A Message

Sthembiso Sithole

Photographers are there to do what they do best and they are not there to be part of a story or to change the meaning of the photo. 

A photo of a ten day dead baby in a bin

South Africans have expressed their views and feelings about the fact that Daily Dispatch newspaper has placed the photo of a dead baby in the front page. In most papers the headlines were; Horror of the recent Daily Dispatch front page of a dead baby; what do you think of the front page of today’s Daily Dispatch?


Well in respond to those headlines and to the question whether the Daily Dispatch was right or wrong in printing the photo. This is what I think. Photos are what keeps the town talking and photos in a newspaper are aimed to send a message and to alert the community of what is happening around them.


The photo adds significance in the story and this story was best told with this photo. The public can’t ignore the fact that there are many mothers who put their ten day children in danger.  For the fact that it got people talking, I believe it raised awareness about what is happening and the impact of children being raised by mothers who take drugs.

The thing about this photo, most readers have viewed it in a negative way only forgetting the message behind it. I think they should take time and review the photo in another angle.

Reference: http://mishsolomon.com/daily-dispatch/,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-132763/Ten-day-old-baby-dies-going-entire-spin-cycle-wasthing-machine.htm#ixzzW1ZwnW4F,

http://www.news24.com/

http://www.twitpic.com/

 www.newseum.org/

Community Believes Butchery Sells Human Body Parts

Sthembiso Sithole

The Winterveld Community believes this
butchery sold a child a human penis.



“I am scared to sleep at night, I am no longer free. I regret why I gave community members that difficult meat to chew.”

This is a reaction of Paulina Mahlangu who was sold mixed livers that allegedly had human parts in Winterveld in the local Butchery.

This comes after her grandchild, Lindeni, was sent by her mother who refused to be mentioned to buy mixed livers for supper as usual.

Mahlangu says she didn’t check the pots when her grandchild was cooking but later told her she was hungry. “I was eating with my grandchildren when I tried to bite the meat that was difficult for me to chew. I called my child to explain why this piece was hard to chew, I then asked my self what kind of meat is this?”

Paulina Mahlangu is conviced she ate
a partof a human penis.

Mahlangu says she thought it was a turkey’s heart, but her daughter and some community members disagreed saying they were male sex organ.

“My grandchild was doing her washing when her cousin came and asked where I placed the meat. I told them that I threw it in the bin. With their curiosity they searched for it, discussed it and later told other people,” she explains.

After some community members saw the meat they agreed it was a penis and later called the police. Thereafter there were suggestions the butchery from which the meat had been bought should be burnt down.

The police first went to the butchery, but couldn’t find the owner. They later took Mahlangu’s daughter and grandchild to make a statement at the station.

Loate Police say the meat has been taken to forensic testing and results should be released in three weeks.

Buthery owner, Joshua Khoza, says he is being falsely accused . “I don’t sell human body parts, I sell fresh meat for my community and I am a Christian,” he says.

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