Nota Baloyi Allegedly Offered Radio Job Amid Sol Phenduka Suspension, Peeps React

• On Wednesday, 20 August 2025, Kaya FM suspended Sol Phenduka pending the outcome of an internal process
• Hours after the announcement, Nota Baloyi went on X (Twitter) and claimed a radio station had called, looking to hire him as a presenter
• Nota Baloyi also set the record straight after being asked if he had been offered Sol Phenduka's role

Controversial podcast host Nota Baloyi sparked social media chatter after claiming that he had been offered a radio presenting gig. Baloyi's claim came hours after Kaya FM announced that Sol Phenduka had been suspended.

On Wednesday, 20 August 2025, Kaya FM announced that Sol Phenduka had been suspended pending the outcome of an internal process. As netizens speculated why Sol was suspended, Nota Baloyi alleged that he had been offered a gig as a radio presenter.

Nota Baloyi claims he was offered radio gig amid Sol Phenduka suspension

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Taking to his X account hours after Kaya FM’s surprise announcement, Nota claimed that an unnamed radio station had approached him with a job offer. He claimed to have turned down the job offer because he was interested in owning a stake in the station.

The podcaster, who was previously in trouble with the SAHRC over his comments, said he would ask his parents for advice. The post was captioned:

“Got offered a radio gig today. I don’t want it, though; I just want the equity. Need to ask my mother what she advises so I can do the opposite after running past my dad!”

Social media user @AsanteGraceX asked if he’d been offered Sol Phenduka’s position at Kaya FM:

“Sol’s position 😂”

Nota Baloyi responded with an emphatic, “No”.

Netizens react after Nota Baloyi claims he was offered radio gig

In the comment section, a netizen suggested Nota Baloyi had been offered a job by a radio station that was recently launched by two broadcasting veterans. Nota Baloyi neither confirmed nor denied the speculation. Others accused Nota Baloyi of lying, claiming that no radio station could employ him because of his controversial nature.

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Here are some of the reactions:

@vote_checker suggested:

“Fresh radio station.”

@KeighPie said:

“Lmao, lying unprovoked. Not even podcasts want you.”

@Minni_Darque replied:

“Even if you do decide to do the gig, I know eventually you’ll leave, that’s if they don’t fire you first, you’re rogue, you march to the sound of your own drum and stand solidly on your views, and mostly you are not politically correct 😂🔥”

@Crillin27 asked:

“Which radio station so that I won't listen to it?”

@O_J_Kent advised:

“Don’t take it. They’ll try to censor you.”

@Ditiro_n laughed:

“Community radio gig 😄”

Station managers allegedly offer Sol Phenduka radio gigs

It turns out that Nota Baloyi isn't the only one allegedly getting job offers.

Briefly News reported that Sol Phenduka claimed that some station managers had reached out to him after news of his suspension.

Taking to X (Twitter) on Wednesday, 20 August 2025, Sol Phenduka revealed that certain station managers have been calling him, but the ink is not even dry yet.

Source: Briefly News