5FM SUSPENDS SOL PHENDUKA AFTER ON-AIR REMARKS
Sol Phenduka features on the Fresh or Vrot segment of the
show, where he highlights news that was either “fresh” or “vrot” during the
week. In this morning’s show, Sol talked about the murders of the van Breda
family who were hacked to death in Stellenbosch. The only survivor was 16 year
old daughter Marli van Breda. Sol referred to her survival as “fresh” because she
was the only person who can identify her killer.
His comments, which included him saying she was “ gorgeous”
and that he would “like to axe her out,” but that he “wouldn’t X her”, have been seen as insensitive, with
social media accusing him of making jokes far too soon after such a tragic
event.
Despite’s Sol’s apology on Twitter, 5FM management has
decided to suspend both Sol as well as the show’s producer for three days. The
station has also decided to pull the Fresh and Vrot feature completely from the
show, effective immediately.
5FM would like to apologise to those offended by the
comments of traffic reporter and contributor Sol Phenduka on air this morning.
“5FM Management
considers this morning’s Fresh and Vrot Feature on Fresh@5 to be in utterly
poor taste and would like to apologise unreservedly for these comments. The station has suspended two members of the
team and has decided that this morning’s broadcast of the Fresh and Vrot
feature will be the team’s last.”
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