Dear SABC Sport

August 30, 2010 by  

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Dear SABC Sport

I have noted the reports in the media about Carol Manana’s illness due to drinking tap water while on a trip to Italy. (Story HERE) I am relieved and thankful that she survived the ordeal and is well on her way to recovery, however I am a little concerned about her being back on air in her current state.

I know Carol to be a bubbly, energetic and very beautiful woman but the woman I saw on Saturday is not the same… She may be on her way to recovery but she is not fully recovered and that was not a good sight for us to see. It was really painful to see her in that condition and not everyone who watches SABC Sport read the paper to see why she is looking that way so there are lots of other people who are wondering what was going on. Please, without sounding insensitive, do not subject us to what we saw.

She sounded tired, looked darker, way skinnier than we know her & she is obviously sick. It was painful to watch, I couldn’t even hear what she was saying coz I was just too worried about her and how it seemed each word she uttered came out with so much difficult. Now please, I don’t know if she insisted on coming back to work or whether she was called back but please allow her to rest, nurse herself back to health in the privacy of her own home and then come back to work.

That’s all I ask.

Thank you.

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49 Comments on "Dear SABC Sport"

  1. bra bizza on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 1:08 am 

    problem is that SABC is run by a bunch of morons,not suprised that they would do something like that…she looks horrible in the pics you uploaded

  2. GA on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 1:37 am 

    Ah shame. I pray her a speedy recovery.
    I hope this doesnt affect the Fifa gig she spoke about on late night with kgomotso.

    PS: I used to looove her when she was still Carol Tshabalala (was it?). She was chubby and bubbly, she was just a cutey. Her slim self has always worried me although i know liked her that way?

  3. Kiki on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 2:25 am 

    OMG,why didn’t anyone call,bbm or sms me bandla? Yall know I am not much of a fan of local soccer so I hardly watch these Duuuuuuuuma wat wat programmes but I always just pip a bit to see wat the presenters are wearing. Shame sisono ngo Carol,these pics hayi no its sad.Hope she gets well soon. I guess Ms Mbau doesn’t touch tap water like us ordinary people,kaloku naye she was in Italy but she came back looking yummier…

  4. Lela on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 2:38 am 

    lol,hahi sorry i had to laugh but this is sad!

  5. Lue on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 4:13 am 

    Omg no! Is that carol manana? Heart broken tjeses she must get better soon…

  6. MsTeee on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 8:58 am 

    shame man, last pic u’d never say it’s her she looks like a sick child – hopes she gets better soon !!

  7. SilentBloggar on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 9:23 am 

    Hayi Kiki you really have a way of saying things lol at Duuuuumaa what what programmes and MS Khanyi not touching tap water like us ordinary peeps.
    Back to the topic at hand – hayi what I saw on Saturday was shocking, Carol Manana really looked like she was dragged from a hospital ward, she could hardly keep her eyes open, hayi that was sad. She must nurse herself back into health, eat right, take a lot of supplements, I’m sure there is a lot of doctors and nutritionists that can get our Carol back in the 2-3 months. Aowa SABC.

  8. Brown Shuga on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 9:51 am 

    Off topic: How could Carol not know that you dont drink tap water in foreign countries…

  9. SilentBloggar on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 10:12 am 

    @BrownShuga maybe she didn’t think a ‘first world’ country like Italy could have a water sanitation problem. You know when you travel to European or afflent countries you relax, then whe you travel in Africa you travel with a whole chemist and bring your own everything. She had her defences down due to genaral thinking that all that is ‘first world’ is good. But the story does not make ‘medical’ sense. I always thought waterborne diseases are acute, kill you now if this severe like cholera.

  10. Sobza on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 10:39 am 

    U are right BS…she looked frail and she wasn’t supposed to be on air. This reminded me of some old lady ku Khumbul’ekhaya who said “iyhu umntan’am sisithunzela”, Carol looked like a zombie or is it a mummy?

  11. phiwo on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 11:08 am 

    Nkosi yami I did know that drinking water can be so dangerous goodness me!ngathi uphethwe isifo esithile

  12. lwandie on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 11:22 am 

    Tjo this lady looks ill on many levels and should not have been allowed anywhere near work.Seems like she still has a lot of recovering to do and I sincerely hope SABC are responsible and compassionate enough to give her more time off.

    I could be wrong,but from the article it sounds like this water poisoning thing is actually her own speculation and not necessarily the medical diagnosis she was given.From my experience if a water source in a country should not be drunk,the warnings will literally be EVERYWHERE,especially so in a 1st world country because people can easily sue against stuff like that.More than likely she proly picked up a travel bug-just my speculation too I guess.

    Whatever it is,here’s wishing her a speedy recovery,I really enjoyed her W.C coverage

  13. TL on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 11:32 am 

    Sobza kwakwakwakwa

  14. mama ka Gundi on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 12:32 pm 

    Lazy 2read but unguliswe ngama manzi empopi ?? Eish this water talk reminds me of the desert walker & her drinking tendecies hawu Carol choose the wrong water then im sure she saw the shiny tap & thought im thirsty n this tap water will quench my thirst no advice & do it all on my own …….GET WELL GAl & PLS Change ur Hairdo when u better !

  15. Fezzy on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 12:44 pm 

    @mama ka Gundi…Uyilethile uBS i hamper yakho?

  16. Uthando on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 1:24 pm 

    hhhhhayyyyyi bo BS uyagula ngempela lomuntu

    At first i thought maybe she’s loosing wait on purpose since ejola nalengane ajola nayo so uzama to be the young girl

    then on Suturday ayi man ngabona ukuthi khona into e wrong la!!!!! ugula ngempela y is she at work ngempela

  17. NthabiVDK on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 1:36 pm 

    kwa @mamakaG…thinking what I’m thinking..yes she drank the wrong water ka desert water qha..hehe…get well soon babes.

  18. after on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 1:43 pm 

    shame, i missed that but looks terrible. Please get well Carol, we love you *hugs*

  19. Lady gaga on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 1:49 pm 

    tjo,i was shocked to see her in that way……..i asked myself a lot of questions like what’s wrong with her or is it my imagination she always looked like this,until i read her story on sunday.then i was like that explains everything…shame!!

  20. Jikka on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 1:56 pm 

    Tjo,,,these pics are soo wrong. All do to Unsafe water??? Carol,,take a couple of weeks off and recover please…

  21. peri peri on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 2:01 pm 

    during the WC, someone posted on their FB wall about Carol being very frail and not so healthy, me guess water is just a cover up for a long standing underlying illness, we are too afraid to say but we all know what is happening here.

  22. phiwo on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 2:08 pm 

    She must get embiza kaGambu in DBN cos she looks like she is gonna die

  23. TL on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 2:15 pm 

    Aphuze uGambu Phiwe? Ngiyakuzwa mina kwaaaaaaaaaaaa

  24. De GPCity Saint on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 2:23 pm 

    My sista is a Traditional Healer she can drop by any time an I’m a profet too.. Akeze simbekhe izandla!

  25. LusakaImi on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 3:53 pm 

    lolest @ gpcity saint… tltltl… hope she gets better soon maan. that so doesnt look like her

  26. NQOBILENNN on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 5:40 pm 

    TJO! I know i shouldnt b laughing but the 2nd pic is so wrong shem.

  27. bootylicious on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 8:16 pm 

    At Peri Peri I agree with you, I have actually noticed tha Carol has been losing weight tremendously for the past two or three months, when did this water thing happen?

  28. sanas on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 8:40 pm 

    Yoh hai sana kubi apha shem, aberyt maan

  29. mzo on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 8:52 pm 

    Carol is probably stressed

  30. FunkyFK on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 8:56 pm 

    Shem – Ugola strong uCarol.

    Please dont kill me but these pics – especially the first one reminded me of Nkosi Johnson (May his soul rest in peace)

  31. Mntungwa on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 8:59 pm 

    Omg!!! *sobs uncontrollably* my poor baby. Yho shame.

  32. Nonny on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 9:18 pm 

    I always notice these things before other people and people either laugh at me thinking I’m crazy or they ignore me like my little brother. I told him 4 months ago that Carol is sick and losing hair and weight tremendously. He thought I was mad, but now look at her “blah blah water stories” common guys, we silently know what’s happening here. Shame, I really wish her a speedy recovery. Uzobaright, I have seen worse and once she gets thje right mbiza she will be fine and back to “healthy kinda skinny self”

  33. Bren on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 9:27 pm 

    Guys,Carol sbeen sick for months,the Italy tin is a cover up.

  34. Cherries88 on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 9:30 pm 

    Tjo Nonny, u putting ideas in my head right now… What if it really is not the water?? but whatever it is, wishing her a speedy recovery, love the girl and her voice- who’s voice would your girl B* be imitating nje if it wasnt for shweety Carol!!!

  35. Makgotso on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 9:31 pm 

    Wishing her a speedy recovery

  36. Lela on Tue, 31st Aug 2010 12:04 am 

    Lol @Funnnky and Nonny. Hayi i wish she gets a good mbiza aphole maan,this is sad. Nkosi usiphephise kulamanzi siwathandayo ayasibulala oh yhini Bawo!

  37. Nonny on Tue, 31st Aug 2010 11:34 am 

    Guys,Carol sbeen sick for months,the Italy tin is a cover up.>>>> Come to think of it, way before the world cup she was already sick. My guess is, the whole italy water story was plannned beacause she left sick and came back sicker…so it was the perfect cover up. That aside, shame bandla i wish i could just courier her this mbiza called’Ubhejane” it has helped a lot of people in KZN.

  38. TL on Tue, 31st Aug 2010 11:43 am 

    Ubani onenumber ka 3cent ohlangene ancede bo!

  39. mama ka Gundi on Tue, 31st Aug 2010 11:50 am 

    Oh Nonny kanti she was loosing hair mina i thought its Hairstyle ag shames kodwa unyanisile kudala ezigulela bantu unoMcarozana her skin suddenly had huge pimples & weight loose hai abadlali eHenly Studios….

    kodwa guys stop with the Mbiza! ngathi nimbona ukuthi anything that has 2do with liquid & drinking iyamgulisa manje nina nibusy ngama Mbiza Prescriptions ,guess its time 2go back Home Caroltjie IGoli likwehlule

  40. QueenX on Tue, 31st Aug 2010 12:02 pm 

    @ Nonny, the same rumor is going around the office.I dont know how true this is but check out this link.
    issuu.com/thought24/docs/true_love_march

  41. BMS on Tue, 31st Aug 2010 12:05 pm 

    *shocked face* No comment

  42. Zah000 on Tue, 31st Aug 2010 12:06 pm 

    I’m sorry but i just had to laugh!! kwa kwa kwaaaaaa @ Nonny & TL *dead* Or hook her up nge Module8

  43. Kiki on Tue, 31st Aug 2010 12:09 pm 

    BMS,hayi suka since wena ungenanto yokuthetha?? heheh…..I Repeat: uTHIXO UMKHULU SHEM. To be honest I like the person that you are now my friend….LOVE YOU!!!

  44. QueenX on Tue, 31st Aug 2010 12:17 pm 

    Love you too Kiki *** Not hiding***

  45. Kiki on Tue, 31st Aug 2010 12:19 pm 

    Molo Queen….mehlo madala. Where have you been kanti?

  46. QueenX on Tue, 31st Aug 2010 12:23 pm 

    Hi* Hi*
    I have been warned not to misuse the internet; I’m keeping a low profile until further notice.

  47. BMS on Tue, 31st Aug 2010 12:26 pm 

    Ncaaah wena Kikza bathongi!!! LURVE you too. I went for counselling and nje got over my Aurelia and Bonang issues ngoba nje haaibo bezingi stressa! Newho, I’m good so hey, lets get popping bitches! I’m moving to Jozi next month!!!

  48. Kiki on Wed, 1st Sep 2010 11:06 am 

    Wow,BMS….you are moving to Jozi??? Ayeye. Perfect timing right before the JC birthday party that we are demanding. *side eyes Boss Lady*

  49. kakapana on Fri, 3rd Sep 2010 11:23 am 

    masithandaze

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