MKP collapses provincial structures; No World Cup treat for Mama Joy: Today’s top 7 stories

MKP collapses provincial structures; No World Cup treat for Mama Joy: Today’s top 7 stories

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Mama Joy vs Gayton McKenzie: Superfan responds to R700k claim and Papa Joy disrespect

What started with one comment rapidly escalated. Gayton McKenzie and Joy Chauke, known as Mama Joy, are now at the centre of a heated online clash in Mzansi. The drama kicked off when Mama Joy complained that the Department of Sport would not sponsor superfans’ trips to the Fifa World Cup later this year. McKenzie then suggested that Mama Joy ask her husband to fund her trip. The remark landed badly and, within minutes, the timeline lit up. Mama…

From superfan to state debate: how Mama Joy became SA’s most-talked about supporter

"A superfan?": Mama Joy under fire after she can't answer basic questions about games she attended

A video of Mama Joy struggling to answer basic questions about the 2010 FIFA World Cup has gone viral at the worst possible time, right in the middle of her clash.