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The Citizen
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Citizen
Premier Ramathuba fast-tracks prosthetic legs for gospel artist
POLOKWANE – In the spirit of International Mandela Day, Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba, joined by the MEC for Health Dieketseng Mashego, handed over prosthetic legs to gospel artist Malefetsane 'Hennie' Mbuli at the Pietersburg Provincial Hospital. Hennie, who was born with a clubfoot condition, received the life-changing gift with song and tears of joy. The premier first encountered Hennie in May during the Cosatu May Day celebrations at the Peter Mokaba Stadium. Despite having no prosthetic legs, he delivered a powerful performance. Afterwards, he approached the premier with a heartfelt request. 'He told me he didn't want a grant, he just wanted limbs so he could perform better. That courage moved us. We knew we had to prioritise him,' Ramathuba recalled. Ordinarily, the waiting period for prosthetics ranges from three to 12 months. Under Ramathuba's intervention, the process was however fast-tracked and completed in just over a month. At an estimated cost of R200 000 for both legs, provided through a private institution, Hennie's dream was realised far sooner than expected. The handover ceremony was quite emotional. Hennie walked on his new legs for the first time and burst into song: 'Ke tsamaya bjale ka bohle, ke thabile ke fodile, ke bona ka mahlo,' meaning 'I now walk like everyone, I am happy and healed, I see it with my own eyes'. He expressed deep gratitude. 'This gift will help me care for my siblings and child. I also hope to be booked for performances.' Mashego praised the premier's leadership. 'We're led by a powerful woman. We're honoured to witness your dream come true.' Ramathuba thanked the hospital team and CEO Phillip Kruger, calling on government departments to support Hennie by inviting him to perform. 'He doesn't want handouts. He wants to work. Let's support that.' She added that while there is a backlog for prosthetic limbs in the province, efforts are underway to improve capacity through the rollout of Medical Orthotics and Prosthetics units and necessary equipment. 'We're working on speeding things up. We ask the public to be patient.'
The Irish Sun
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
The 1% Club wipes out 14 players with tricky age riddle – would you have got it right?
THE 1% Club wiped out 14 people with a challenging age riddle - but would you have got it right? Hosted by Advertisement 4 The 1% Club tests players' logic and common sense Credit: ITV 4 14 players were stumped on this tricky age riddle Credit: ITV 4 Contestants hope to reach the final and play for up to £100,000 Contestants An episode of the ITV show saw a whopping 14 people eliminated after not knowing the answer to a tricky riddle. The question read: "Richard is older than Clare. Jojo is older than Hennie. Hennie is older than Richard. Who is the oldest?" Naturally, the available options were A) Richard, B) Clare, C) Jojo or D) Hennie. Advertisement Read more on The 1% Club This question was 60%, meaning just over half of the public would be expected to get it right. The correct answer, once you've read through the sentence, turned out to be Jojo. It's not the first time viewers have seen large numbers of players stumped on a question. In a different instalment, an "easy" question knocked out a Advertisement Most read in News TV Exclusive The question posed: "Which of the following words contain the most vowels?" The answers to choose from were: vowel, consonant and letter. The 1% Club wipes out 10 players with tricky flowers question - but could you get the right answer in 30 seconds? As this was the 90% question - the first to be asked - it seemed deceptively simple only to catch many out. The correct answer was revealed to be Consonant. Advertisement Elsewhere, another episode saw ten players eliminated after struggling with a tricky flowers question. This 60% puzzle showed four images of flowers, followed by a question mark. Lee then said to the ITV show's players: "Which flower would logically come next in this sequence?" The players were then presented with four more options of flowers and were told to select one. Advertisement Labelled from A to D, they had 30 seconds to figure it all out. When the time was up, it was revealed that 10 players had been axed and as such had added a whopping £10,000 to the prize pot. The 1% Club's Most Difficult Questions The 1% Club sees 100 contestants try and make it to the 1% question and be in with a chance to win a share of the jackpot. Here are just some of the show's most difficult teasers. Players had to compare and contrast three images of butterflies then explain which of the butterflies were exactly the same on both sides. Players were shown groups of six symbols then asked which were in the same order whether you read them from left to right or right to left. Players were asked how many different combinations were there of displaying four digits on one hand. Peter had recently found his old diary that he'd written in secret code but he couldn't remember how to decipher what he wrote. Players were asked to crack the code and find out what the bold word was. WH89 I GR1W UP I WA92 21 B8 A 5L1RI72. Players were tasked with working out how many eyes they could see in an image, which was made up of letters, symbols and emojis. A 1% question was based on a grid of numbers going in ascending order from 1 to 49. Starting on 25, the middle square, SEEN took you to square 27. From there, NEW took you to 20. From there, which square would SEWN take you to? And finally, an easy one - What common food in bold has had its letters rearranged into alphabetical order? ABDER Lee told the contestants that the correct answer would be the flower in option D. This was because the flower contained seven petals. Advertisement Meanwhile, popular host Lee previously The 1% Club airs on ITV1 and ITVX. 4 Did you get it right? Credit: ITV
