DJ Roxy keeps listeners updated about Covid-19

Rofhiwa Millicent Munyai, known as "Milly” or “DJ Roxy" to hundreds of thousands of Makhado FM listeners, is a voice that keeps listeners entertained, informed, and engaged in current affairs.

With the Covid-19 national lockdown in effect, she is part of the radio crew who are hosting special shows between 10:00 and 14:00 on Makhado FM.

“Our special shows comprise updates on Covid-19, current affairs and music to keep listeners active and entertained as they are at home and those who are at work, since we have essential workers,” she said. “We are really in a critical situation as a society because we have not had a pandemic of this nature before.”

DJ Roxy’s main and original show is Yowa, Afternoon Drive at 15:00-18:00. “When Pres Cyril Ramaphosa announced the national lockdown, people observed it strictly but as days went on, they started to move around everywhere and seemingly without any reasonable purpose,” she said. “The coronavirus is a real threat and it seems like some of our people are taking it lightly. We need to stand together and remain at our homes if we want to win.”

She said that people did not only have to remain in their homes when there were routine patrols by the law enforcers. “Be your own guard,” she said. “So, according me, I think it is not fair for doing things because you are being monitored, do it because you want to be safe. So, stay home and be safe, that's our priority now.”

“I started falling in love with radio at an early age, because back then there was no electricity to keep TVs on all the time around the village, and during the night and early in the morning we used to listen to radio before we went to school,” she said.

She said that she was a hard worker, and she believed in dedication and the drive of passion. “Without dedication and passion, one gets nowhere,” she said.

Tune into Makhado FM between 10:00 and 14:00 and listen to DJ Roxy’s sweet voice.

Entertainment - Date: 25 April 2020

Tshifhiwa Mukwevho

Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.

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