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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
673 Episodes
520 – 540

Help! My son has half naked posters of women in his room. #BadMomsClub

A mum from Newcastle contacts Bad Moms Club today to ask for help with her 15-year-old son who has half-naked posters of women spread across his room walls. These make me uncomfortable but I am not sure if this is normal 15-year-old behaviour or should I address it with him.
6 May 2021 8 min

Trending with Tinashe: #BenniMccarthy, #Mihlali and #NSFAS

The hunt for a new Bafana Bafana coach went on. and on. and on. And we finally have a new name to step into the hot seat: Benedict Saul Mccarthy... It was a heated weekend on Twitter and Mihlali was caught in the crossfire after a former Miss Teen South…
3 May 2021 6 min

Trending with Tinashe: #RIPQueenMantfombi, #RHOD Reunion Episode and #DJKhaled

#RIPQueenMantfombi – It's a difficult time for the Zulu nation after we learned that the queen Mantfombi Dlamini-Zulu has passed away...#RHOD Reunion Episode – Imagine my disappointment last week when there wasn't an episode of RHOD. The season came to a dramatic end 2 weeks ago but the story continues!…
30 Apr 2021 5 min

Trending with Tinashe: #ThusoMbedu, #SAFTAS & Joe Biden speech...

A massive win for Thuso Mbedu after it was announced that she will be starring alongside Viola Davis in The Woman King. Halala Thuso, we are proud of you! SAFTAs – What a beautiful week it has been for South African film and TV and it's only right to celebrate…
29 Apr 2021 4 min

Trending with Tinashe: #StateCaptureInquiry | #Khloé Kardashian and #Tristan...

The state capture commission continues with the President in the hot seat! Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson are trending - any guesses as to why? Tristan is being accused of cheating again and Khloé is being slammed for continuously forgiving him regardless of the stacks of evidence against him. Today's…
28 Apr 2021 2 min

Trending with Tinashe: #UncleVinny, #NormaMngoma and #Oscars2021

Uncle Vinny - The most talked about human being this weekend was definitely Uncle Vinny, who celebrated his birthday with a massive street bash in Joburg and all the kids in the city turned up. Norma Mngoma – The twists and turns! Norma Mngoma will be testifying at the State…
26 Apr 2021 5 min

Carol Ofori's son meets the tooth fairy

Carol shares a pivotal moment in a parent's existence - her 5-year old baby boy lost his first tooth and met the tooth fairy. He shares with us what the tooth fairy looks like and she asks #ECR listeners how much the tooth fairy leaves their kids.
22 Apr 2021 8 min

Trending with Tinashe: #EarthDay, #RIPGrantShakoane and Ward Selections

It is the 51st #EarthDay and we are encouraged to take care of our precious earth to conserve what beauty we are surrounded by. A pioneer in #SouthAfrican radio has passed on after some complications in hospital and the nation mourns the talented Grant Shakoane. #Elections have revealed that both…
22 Apr 2021 3 min

#AfricaBuzz: Ghanaian women shaking things up with solar powered taxi

Big win for Africa with the Ghanaian women, who are qualified engineers, shaking up the taxi industry and creating a solar-powered taxi. Cuban engineers are being recruited by South Africa to come through and help with issues we are facing in terms of infrastructure, but where does that leave our…
21 Apr 2021 3 min

"I was falsely accused of stealing the prizes." - Carol Ofori

When Carol was much younger she worked at a radio station in Gauteng where one of her duties was to deliver prizes to prize-winners. There were three of them in the team. Prizes started to go missing. Carol was called into the manager's office one day and accused of stealing…
13 Apr 2021 4 min

Side Hustle: Deon's Snow White Release Pigeons

Deon has an interesting side hustle which has proven to be popular during the pandemic. He releases white pigeons at ceremonies and events. Carol spoke to Deon to get all the details on how to book him.
13 Apr 2021 5 min

88-year-old KZN woman forced at gunpoint to cook meal for intruder

An 88-year-old KZN woman survived a terrifying ordeal in her home in Port Shepstone on Good Friday. She was forced at gunpoint to cook a meal for an intruder before he sat on her couch and watched TV for almost three hours. Carol spoke to her son, Roy, who was…
13 Apr 2021 8 min

Pilot makes emergency landing on N2 along South Coast

The N2 on the South Coast found itself becoming a runway for a light aircraft pilot who made an emergency landing on Saturday. One motorist, Kevin Krummeck, was traveling from the South Coast to Howick, and couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the plane land on the freeway. So,…
12 Apr 2021 6 min
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