Please Respect Big built Ladies- Woman desperate after taxi drivers charge her double because of her weight

41-year-old Lizeka Gongxeka of Jabavu Street, in Cape Town's Langa says she is desperate because her whole community laughs at her and taxi drivers charge her double because of her weight.

"I was born like this," said mother of four who weighs 250kg, "I'm not a big eater, but I'm always out of breath.

"I want to lose weight so that I look thin and have a well-proportioned body."

"My mother comforts me every day because it's nerve-wracking to be obese. I've been diagnosed with high blood pressure and recently visited a doctor as we're worried because my bones ache, especially when it's cold."

Lizeka said doctors get cross with her for missing appointments and insists that it's not her fault since taxi drivers want to charge her double for taking up two seats.

"I don't have enough money - just my child support grants," said Lizeka. 


Local taxi driver Morris Sandi said: "I force stout passengers to pay extra.

"Lizeka must understand she's got unusual weight and has to do something about it," said Morris. 

Lizeka said: "I go job hunting, but employers don't even look at me.

"They say no one will employ me because I am too big. It's frustrating. It's hard for me to clean the house or even take a bath as I have only a small basin."

Her friend, Nomonde Jack, said: "She's not lazy. Things are just tough for her.

"I keep suggesting that she sees a specialist so her fatty tissues can be removed. But the problem is money. It's so bad she has to call for help as she struggles to get through her own doorway!" 

YouTube Pays $1billion to the industry of music

Adverts on YouTube are still a driver of profit for the digital music industry. YouTube recently announced it had paid out over $1 billion to artists and labels in the past 12 months.

This, even though music subscription services like Spotify and Apple Music are growing rapidly.
Robert Kyncl, YouTube chief business officer, says this demonstrates how multiple experiences and models are succeeding alongside each other.

According to the report, global music revenue increased 3.2% as digital revenue overtook physical for the first time. Digital sales contributed 45% of industry revenue, and streaming revenue is up 45.2%."Last year was a bright one for music – after several tough years of declining revenue, the industry started growing again, spurred in large part by the growth of music streaming subscriptions," says Kyncl, citing the IFPI Global Music Report 2016.



However, to reach audiences that do not subscribe to one of these services, artists upload music to YouTube and earn money by allowing YouTube to play adverts before the video starts.
Kyncl says this is just the beginning: "As more advertising dollars shift from TV, radio and print to online services, the music industry will generate even more revenue from ads.
"In the future, the music business has an opportunity to look a lot like television, where subscriptions and advertising contribute roughly equal amounts of revenue, bolstered by digital and physical sales. To achieve this, there is a lot of work that must be done by YouTube and the industry as a whole, but we are excited to see the momentum."
Spotify leads the music streaming market, with approximately 40 million paid subscribers (however, it is not officially available in SA), followed by Apple Music, which recently reported 20 million subscribers. Other paid music services include Google Play Music, Deezer, Tidal and Pandora.