{"id":242522,"date":"2022-11-10T10:48:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T08:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/government-saddened-shocked-by-passing-of-pearl-shongwe\/"},"modified":"2022-11-10T10:48:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T08:48:57","slug":"government-saddened-shocked-by-passing-of-pearl-shongwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/government-saddened-shocked-by-passing-of-pearl-shongwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Government saddened, shocked by passing of Pearl Shongwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202211\/pearlshongwe.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Government has expressed sadness and shock at the death of TV and radio personality Pearl Shongwe who passed away in her sleep on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, government sent its condolences to Shongwe\u2019s family, friends and colleagues in the media industry.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of her passing, Shongwe was a newsreader on Metro FM and presenter on SABC1\u2019s talk show Daily Thetha.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old media personality was born in Soweto and started her radio career with YFM in 2010. She was known as a dynamic force in the media industry, a seasoned presenter and a passionate and career-driven person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPearl was a news reader and presenter who captured the hearts of South Africans, which resulted in many citizens tuning into her shows. She had a distinct ability to ask the most interesting and uniquely framed questions so that the conversation with guests were comprehensive and enriching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe took the audience along with her through her interesting and focussed interviews. Her untimely passing has indeed robbed the media industry of a talented, knowledgeable and versatile anchor,\u201d GCIS Director General, Phumla Williams said.<\/p>\n<p>While the country mourns her loss, Williams pleaded with the public to afford her family space and privacy to mourn her death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer family and friends are in our thoughts and prayers. She will be sorely missed,\u201d Williams said. \u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government has expressed sadness and shock at the death of TV and radio personality Pearl Shongwe who passed away in her sleep on Tuesday. In a statement, government sent its condolences to Shongwe\u2019s family, friends and colleagues in the media industry. At the time of her passing, Shongwe was a newsreader on Metro FM and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-242522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/government-saddened-shocked-by-passing-of-pearl-shongwe.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}