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- Viewers of SABC 1 are eager to see veteran Noxolo Grootboom’s broadcast for the last time at 7:00 PM on Tuesday.
- Grootboom is retiring after working at SABC for 37 years.
- The line everyone is eagerly waiting to hear from her one last time is: “Ndinithanda nonke emakhaya.”
South Africa’s SABC 1 viewers are eagerly awaiting to see 60-year veteran news anchor Noxolo Grootboom one last time as an era ends on television screens.
Grootboom will read his latest television newsletter on isiXhosa at SABC Iindaba after having done so for over three decades.
And viewers are waiting to hear Grootboom’s legendary closing: “Ndinithanda nonke emakhaya,” which loosely translates to “I love you all at home.”
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On Tuesday afternoon, those counting down to his swan song expressed disappointment when it was announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa would address the nation at the same time as his newsletter at 7:00 p.m.
They begged the president to give the announcer a moment to shine one last time.
Dear Mr. President, we had a previous appointment with Mam #NoxoloGrootboom tonight. May we consider moving our meeting forward an hour? Sincerely, Compariots
– Beloved (@BridgetMasinga) March 30, 2021
President @CyrilRamaphosa please move your address to the Nation at 20:00. Tonight it’s about mom #NoxoloGrootboom Please sir. SA will be watching you for the last time delivering the news at 19:00 on SABC 1. Please sir @AthiGeleba
– #TheLordOfTheMedia (@samkelemaseko) March 30, 2021
Ramaphosa was expected to update the nation on developments in the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic before Easter weekend.
And, to everyone’s delight, the Presidency later sent out an updated announcement saying it would move the president’s speech by 30 minutes to allow Grootboom final approval.
“The time for the address has been moved from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to allow SABC viewers to see the final bulletin of veteran newsreader Noxolo Grootboom as she retires after 37 years.”
The announcement left the veteran speechless and teary-eyed.
A video posted on Twitter by the journalist, Yolisa Njamela, showed an emotional Grootboom, covering her mouth, as if she couldn’t believe the news.
Imagine one day telling your children, “A long time ago, the president at the time wanted to talk to Mzansi, but then he changed his schedule so that his gogo, the queen of television news, could first read his newsletter from television a last time in the public station “.#NoxoloGrootboom pic.twitter.com/j0yGFi8UFj
– TVwithThinus (@TVwithThinus) March 30, 2021
Njamela had previously posted another video, showing a nice gesture from a woman, named Nombuyiselo Zinco, who traveled by bus from Gqeberha to Johannesburg on Monday night to deliver an outfit for the announcer to wear when she retires.
The woman had asked if she could make the outfit for her, Njamela said in her tweet.
UMam Nombuyiselo Zinco took a bus from Gqeberha to Jozi last night. It came this morning. She came to deliver this outfit (see video). She had reached out to mom #NoxoloGrootboom and asked if he could make her an outfit for her latest newsletter. That’s the outfit for tonight! pic.twitter.com/9k6fM8MuYD
– Yolisa Njamela (@yolisanjamela) March 30, 2021
Channel24 previously reported that Grootboom grew up in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape and began her career at SABC as a typist before going on the air.
He also anchored funeral services for the deceased fighting stalwarts Nelson Mandela in 2013 and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in 2018.
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