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WATCH: Beyoncé and Jay-Z are here for #GlobalCitizenFestivalSA

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z have finally arrived in South Africa for the highly-anticipated Global Citizen Festival SA. Jay Z, his wife Beyonce and their three children were spotted at Lanseria airport on Thursday, November 29.

ALSO READ: Media Personality Anele Mdoda Added To List Of Global Citizen Festival Hosts

Several Twitter accounts have shared videos of Queen Bey arriving at Lanseria Airport. In a video, Jay-Z is seen in a black hoodie trying to hide one of the twins, while Bey was trying to hide away in an umbrella.

After a mob of fans spotted them, they screamed their lungs out for them. The Carters were protected by bodyguards and over a dozen South African police officers.

Beyoncé & Jay-Z, Black Coffee, Cassper Nyovest, D’banj, Ed Sheeran, Eddie Vedder, Femi Kuti, Kasey Musgraves, Pharrell Williams & Chris Martin, Sho Madjozi, Tiwa Savage, Usher, and Wizkid will headline the first Global Citizen Festival to be held at FNB Stadium on Sunday, December 2.

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Anele Mdoda launches new production company

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Radio and TV personality Anele Mdoda has started a new production company with her fellow 947 colleagues Frankie du Toit, and Paul Buys. 

ALSO READ: Anele Mdoda To Host New Season Of The Voice SA

Her new company Rose and Oaks, is a content production company which aims to create original concepts for television productions from series to advertising.

“You know how shows make it around the world, so there’s a flagship one and then franchises in other countries, like Survivor. Those are called original concepts and that’s what we’re coming up with. They are started in South Africa and then can be sold around the world,” she explained.

Speaking to The Media Online, Anele said we are not bleeding listeners, much like other territories around the world…”Ukhozi is out here being the third most listened to radio station in the world. If we can fly that flag, then leave us alone,” – she said.

When asked about SA celebrities getting presenting gigs on radio, she said doesn’t mind celebrities on air, but believes they shouldn’t be the main anchor. “They should be partnered with a stalwart, someone who just gets the basics of radio,” she said.

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