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Chidimma Adentshina has withdrawn from the Miss South Africa pageant. Her move comes hours after the Home Affairs Department found prima facie evidence of possible fraud and identity theft committed by the 23-year-old's mother. According to the department Adetshina could not have participated in the alleged unlawful act given that she was an infant at the time, leaving her mother at the heart of her identity woes. Home Affairs Minister, Leon Schreiber, […]

Tributes continue to pour in for veteran actress, Connie Chiume. The multi-award-winning actress passed away at Garden City Hospital at the age of 72 yesterday. Mme Connie or mam'Connie, as she was affectionately known, had a career spanning close to five decades. The icon made an indelible mark in the creative industry, gracing the screens from the early 90s. She will be remembered for her prominent roles on soapies such […]

Controversial Pastor Mboro's Incredible Happenings Church has been reduced to ashes in Katlehong, in Ekurhuleni. Aggrieved community members, led by school children, torched the church, expressing their frustration over the lack of urgency from the police. Mboro, whose real name is Paseka Motsoeneng, came under fire yesterday after he stormed Matshidiso Primary School in what is believed to have been a custody dispute between his family and that of his […]

The standoff over the racism claims at Pretoria High School for Girls continues on social media with some South Africans accusing the Gauteng Education Department of blowing the situation at school out of proportion. The backlash comes after the department expressed disappointment over the handling of the case against 12 white learners who were allegedly part of a whites' only WhatsApp group where disparaging remarks against their black peers were […]

Independent Political Analyst, Goodenough Mashego, says Helen Zille's goal is to weaken the 'ANC of Ramaphosa'. He says Zille is doing what she's always wanted to do and that's to become a kingmaker. In a public engagement, Zille alleges that President Cyril Ramaphosa deceived his comrades, selling it as GNU while he knew that it was just a coalition between the two South African major parties. Zille says a GNU […]

The bus driver of the horrific crash that claimed the lives of six learners has been arrested. This was after allegations that he had fled the scene. He is currently under police guard in a hospital as families try to comb through the scene and collect whatever was left from the tragedy. Another traumatic scene of schoolbooks, shoes, stationery and bags scattered around a veld befell the Mpumalanga province. The bus […]

The escape trial of convicted rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester, and his co-accused has been set for the 10th of February 2025. Bester appeared in the Free State High Court alongside his lover Dr Nandipha Magudumana, her father and six former G4S employees. The long-awaited trial is in relation to Bester's escape from the Mangaung Maximum Prison in May 2022. Bester escaped in a staged fire incident at the facility, […]

Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, says heads must roll after a probe found that the principal of Daveyton Skills School be held liable for the death of two learners, Siphamandla Peterson and Sibusiso Sibiya, who drowned while on a discipline camp in April. Seanego Attorneys released its findings on the matter a little earlier. The camp was facilitated by a Non-Profit Organisation, Rising Stars Generation, at the Rock Falls Adventure Ranch […]

  ANC veteran, Snuki Zikalala, says former president Jacob Zuma's expulsion from the ANC was long overdue. He says the former president's conduct is a bitter lesson for the ANC. Zuma, who has been in the ANC for just over six decades, has become the first former president to be expelled from the party. He contravened party rules when he formed the MK Party, while still a card-carrying member of the liberation […]