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Carol Ofori

She is an award-winning host with a golden heart and a resounding voice, she is Carol Ofori! Stirring up your weekday teatime, Carol will bring you all the feels on current affairs, topics that people are too afraid to talk about and of course all her travels and celebrity hot gos!
Weekly English South Africa Entertainment News
646 Episodes
440 – 460

Rishi Rajkumar talks about watching his family shop burn down

Up until the 13th of July 2021, Rajkumar's shop still served the rural communities in Tongaat. On Monday evening when KwaZulu-Natal was plunged into the worst civil unrest in its tumultuous history, the shop that stood for over 50 years was looted. Everything was taken. After the looting, protestors threatened…
20 Jul 2021 11 min

Panjivans Stores looted & burnt down: 100 years of history destroyed

As we try to wrap our heads around the violence and destruction that took all of us by surprise last week. Many small businesses have suffered tremendous damage and have literally lost a piece of their legacies. One of the members from the Panjivan Liquor Wholesaler stores shares his heartache…
20 Jul 2021 1 min

Tony Carnie, Environmentalist Journo: "The fish life has been wiped out!"

Due to the looting and burning from last week's shutdown and unrest, Carol Ofori chats to an Environmental Journalist, Tony Carnie about the pollution in our oceans due to the burning of the fairly new chemical warehouse. Chemicals are still being dispersed into the air and have also affected ocean…
19 Jul 2021 10 min

Carol speaks to Layton Beard from AA about fuel shortages

Layton Beard, the spokesperson for the Automobile Association chatted to Carol Ofori about the fuel situation in KZN at the moment. He advised that people make sure that they don't fuel up how much they want but how much they need. To be considerate of essential workers.
15 Jul 2021 7 min

Local Heroes stand together during KZN Shutdown

As our province experiences extreme violence and fear, communities around KZN have proven their kindness and care by standing in solidarity. They have come to protect, secure, and share their resources with one another.
13 Jul 2021 8 min

"Everything is going to be okay!" says Toti artist, Christine Andrews

Christine Andrews is an artist that has found her way to mural art recently. She has always aimed at bringing plain spaces to life, and it was no different with her most recent project for the Sapphire Coast Tourism. She painted some old and raggedy walls and literally transformed them…
9 Jul 2021 23 min

#BadMomsClub | "My friends say I’m too friendly with my kids!"

Hi #BadMomsClub, I’m a single mom to two teenagers and my friends say I’m too familiar with my kids and warn me I’m heading for disaster. I have a 17-year-old son and a 16-year-old daughter and we’re basically like friends. I treat my kids like adults and so far it’s…
8 Jul 2021 7 min

DJ Nivaadh Singh puts NRB on the map

Carol Ofori hosts the #ClaimToFame segment on a monthly basis to highlight towns in KZN that can feature what's good in their hometown. This week it was the town of Richards Bay and you won't believe the love for Deejay Nivaadh Singh from the folks in the bays. Carol chatted…
2 Jul 2021 9 min

Bad Moms Club | "With money, you've got to punish them to learn!"

Hey Bad Moms Club, I have three kids all in their teens and they’re all very different to each other! My 16-year-old son is terrible with money and with looking after things in general. His pocket money is wasted on rubbish as soon as he gets it and then he…
1 Jul 2021 7 min

The Coolest OG: Rani Ma chats to us

12 of the coolest elderly contestants gather on this show and go through different challenges, that are both fun and unusual. Each episode shows them taking on their challenges and one is voted out by the judges, who are 20-somethings. All in the hopes to become the Coolest OG and…
30 Jun 2021 1 min

Carol Ofori's Personal Trainer speaks out about Lockdown

Carol Ofori shares that personal trainer, Jules is finding it hard to run her business considering the lockdown restrictions that have been imposed with Level 4. We touched base with Jules and she shared her feelings about the whole pandemic and left us with some inspiring words.
29 Jun 2021 2 min

Carol Ofori finds feathers in her garden...What does it all mean?

Carol Ofori shares something that happened over the weekend with us. She came home to find white feathers in her garden. She shares messages from her sister and mother about what they think happened and also poses the question to KZN. The responses are wild…
29 Jun 2021 8 min

Carol Ofori finds a cockroach at her favourite brekkie spot

Carol Ofori shares a story from the weekend, she has a spot that she goes to and loves the coffee, the breakfast, and the banana bread and even goes there to get some work done. And then boom, this weekend she gets an uninvited guest that ran across her table...a…
28 Jun 2021 7 min

Mr. Ofori asks Carol: Will you marry me?

Carol Ofori chats about that time Mr. Ofori asked her hand in marriage. It is a beautiful story about that special moment when two people decide to mark their love into permanency and take the plunge into marriage.
28 Jun 2021 3 min

What in the oil? The oil prices leave us in shock...

Carol Ofori chats about the exorbitant oil prices and asks KZN how they are coping with the increase. The COVID-19 pandemic has left many people in difficult circumstances, both financially and emotionally. The difference is that the financial burden places a strain so hard on us as families but we…
22 Jun 2021 5 min

Carol shares how she told Mr. Ofori she was pregnant

In the spirit of Father's Day yesterday and Nick Cannon sharing his baby news, Carol Ofori was inspired to ask KZN listeners how they found out they were pregnant, the first time... She also shares how she told her husband that he was going to be a daddy…
21 Jun 2021 4 min
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