{"id":104359,"date":"2015-11-09T11:07:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T09:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/104359\/gauteng-and-ekurhuleni-drum-up-support-for-idols-rhema\/"},"modified":"2015-11-09T14:28:49","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T12:28:49","slug":"gauteng-and-ekurhuleni-drum-up-support-for-idols-rhema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2015\/11\/09\/gauteng-and-ekurhuleni-drum-up-support-for-idols-rhema\/","title":{"rendered":"Gauteng and Ekurhuleni drum up support for Idols\u2019 Rhema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG &#8211; The City of Ekurhuleni Municipality, together with Gauteng Province, is adding its voice in support of 21-year-old Rhema Varrie, the only contestant from Ekurhuleni who has made it to the top three finalists of Idols SA.<\/p>\n<p>The MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Ms Molebatsi Bopape, has called on the people of Gauteng to vote in support of Idols hopeful Rhema, while the Financial Whip in Ekurhuleni, Clr Neil Diamond, also urged Ekurhuleni residents to vote for the Idols hopeful.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The 21 year old who hails from Alberton in Ekurhuleni, is the only surviving local contestant flying Gauteng\u2019s flag high among the last three finalists.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Watch: Interview with Rhema about being on Idols SA<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/oK3vykNFEbM' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that Rhema is talented and thus representing Gauteng very well. In appreciation, we have to support him by voting in our numbers. The makeup of the competition is such that talent has to be accompanied by votes, hence the call to keep him in the competition and he will do the rest,\u201d said MEC Bopape.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cGauteng is the \u2018Home of Champions\u2019 and a leading province, not only in sports but in all spheres. We have top teams, artists, and talent across the board with a massive support-base whose success can also be attributed to support from the public. Let\u2019s get behind our young future star and vote for Rhema,\u201d said MEC Bopape.<\/p>\n<p>In adding support to the young singer\u2019s cause, Diamond said, \u201cVarrie is a resident from Eden Park in Ekurhuleni, and as such, he is our home boy and local talent.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Read:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/86990\/rhema-teams-up-with-mmatema-on-idols\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rhema teams up with Mmatema on Idols<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe young Ekurhuleni Idols hopeful is receiving the full support of Ekurhuleni and all our residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRhema is the first Ekurhuleni resident to go so far in the competition and we know he can go all the way. Councillors, staff and residents have become loyal supporters and have voted every week to get #TeamRhema to the next round of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in the final stages and we urge residents to support Rhema Varrie to become the first Idols winner from Ekurhuleni,\u201d said Diamond.<\/p>\n<p>To vote for Rhema, just as Clr Diamond is doing, SMS 06 to 37400 or dial *120*33033# and follow the prompts. Voting is free on WeChat (simply add Idols SA), the Mnet App and on the <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000\" href=\"http:\/\/idolssa.dstv.com\/vote\" target=\"_blank\">Idols SA website<\/a><\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='f3806e5ff186dc9a67518a780ebff675'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhema gets great support from Ekurhuleni and Gauteng Province. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":104362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[1773,2367,2050,2501,1003,1648,5673,3213,2452,7901,8913,2362],"class_list":["post-104359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-alberton","tag-alberton-news","tag-alberton-record-3","tag-city-of-ekurhuleni","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gauteng","tag-idols-sa","tag-johannesburg","tag-johannesburg-south","tag-mnet","tag-rhema-varrie","tag-south-africa"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["alberton","alberton news","alberton record","city of ekurhuleni","Ekurhuleni","Gauteng","idols sa","Johannesburg","johannesburg south","mnet","Rhema Varrie","South Africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}