{"id":16032,"date":"2024-01-08T17:25:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/sabc\/?p=16032"},"modified":"2024-01-08T17:25:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:25:39","slug":"media-statement-phalaphala-fm-saddened-by-passing-of-rofhiwa-rampfumedzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/media-statement-phalaphala-fm-saddened-by-passing-of-rofhiwa-rampfumedzi\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA STATEMENT |  PHALAPHALA FM SADDENED BY PASSING OF ROFHIWA RAMPFUMEDZI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Polokwane \u2013 Monday 8 January 2024 &#8211;<\/strong> The South African Broadcasting Corporation\u2019s Limpopo based radio station Phalaphala FM, has learnt with heavy hearts the passing of its presenter Rofhiwa Rampfumedzi who passed away on Sunday 7 January 2024, after a short illness.<\/p>\n<p>Rofhiwa joined Phalaphala FM as a Music Compiler\u00a0 and then\u00a0 presented Zwa Mitambo, a sport show that broadcasts on\u00a0 Mondays to Fridays from\u00a0 19h00 \u2013 20h00 until his untimely passing.<\/p>\n<p>His presence on-air and at the station will be sorely missed. Limpopo Combo Business Manager Madikana Matjila said, \u201cWe all are hurt by Rofhiwa\u2019s passing and wish to send our heartfelt condolences to the family and all the Phalaphala FM listeners. To our sports lovers Rofhiwa delivered with passion sports show.\u00a0 Lastly, we wish to thank all our listeners for sending us their messages of support during this challenging time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The SABC extends its condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ENDS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Issued By: Group Communications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Enquiries: Mmoni Seapolelo (Acting Group Executive: Corporate Affairs &amp; Marketing)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:Seapolelomv@sabc.co.za\">Seapolelomv@sabc.co.za<\/a> | T. 011 714 3057 | C. 073 688 1590<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polokwane \u2013 Monday 8 January 2024 &#8211; The South African Broadcasting Corporation\u2019s Limpopo based radio station Phalaphala FM, has learnt with heavy hearts the passing of its presenter Rofhiwa Rampfumedzi who passed away on Sunday 7 January 2024, after a short illness. Rofhiwa joined Phalaphala FM as a Music Compiler\u00a0 and then\u00a0 presented Zwa Mitambo, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16034,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16032\/revisions\/16034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}