The show is over for Kaya FM's controversial shock jock, Phat Joe, writes Candice Bailey in the Saturday Star.
The motormouth breakfast show host, whose real name is Mojota Khambule, was fired on Thursday after his three-week suspension for insensitive comments about gold medallist Caster Semenya.
It started out as a single question, during his show, whether Semenya had ever had her period. Khambule then referred to Semenya as having "internal testicles", based on an article on leaked sex test results in an Australian newspaper.
When callers got uptight, Khambule retorted: "What is the difference between testes and testicles? Let's say she has testes… Does it mean she is a man or a woman? She is either a natural phenomenon, or something is wrong and something should be fixed."
Kaya FM said it had received "an overwhelming number" of calls, e-mails, SMSes and Facebook messages, as well as complaints to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa.
The station said Khambule's statements threatened its relationship with listeners and advertisers.
Click here to read the full report, posted on iol.co.za.
