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‘Please Call Me’ inventor, Nkosana Makate, says his protracted fight with Vodacom is a message to young people to keep fighting for what they believe in. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Appeal ordered that the telecoms giant make a new offer to Makate within 30 days, therefore invalidating its initial R47 million offer. The court said Vodacom must take into account the time value of money given that Makate […]

The Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Zizi Kodwa, has encouraged South Africans to rally behind Bafana Bafana. The country's national team will cross swords with Nigeria in the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-finals on Wednesday (7 February) in Cote d'Ivoire. Bafana earned their spot in the last four in the early hours of Sunday morning after beating Cape Verde 2-1 on penalties. This is the first time […]

South African Born songstress, Tyla Laura Seethal, bagged her first Grammy Award for the for the Best African Music Performance for her song 'Water'. The 66th Grammy Awards ceremony hosted South Africa's very own, Trevor Noah, were held at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, United States, yesterday. Tyla was nominated amongst other South African artists including Noah, Musa Keys and Just 6. The 22-year-old trailblazer is the first artist […]

Sifiso Mkhwanazi (21) has admitted to the murder of six women in Johannesburg. Mkhwanazi appeared in the high court sitting in Palm Ridge on Friday. He was arrested in October 2022 after the body of a woman was discovered at a panel-beating building belonging to his father, in the Johannesburg CBD. Upon further investigations, five more decomposed bodies were discovered at the same building. It has been revealed that all the […]

South Africans have been urged to come out in their numbers to register to vote this weekend. "Participation by all adult citizens in elections is a key cornerstone of our democracy.  It is important for all adult South Africans visit their voting station to register if they have not yet done so, to re-register if they have moved homes since their last registration and to ensure their names reflect on […]

Six Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MPs, including party leader, Julius Malema, Floyd Shivambu, Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi, Sinawo Thambo and Vuyani Pambo have been suspended from Parliament.  The suspension will come into effect tomorrow and will last until the 29th of February. This means the EFF leaders will not be present at President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address (SONA) next week Thursday.  They have been found guilty of being […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has nothing to hide in the burglary and robbery case of his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo. Ramaphosa maintains that the thousands of US dollars stolen from the farm in 2020 were proceeds from the sale of buffalos to Sudanese businessman, Hazim Musatafa. The President has been dominating the headlines after former spy boss, Arthur Fraser accused, him of using state resources to conceal the multi-million dollar theft. […]

DA leader, John Steenhuisen, has come under fire over his utterances degrading the Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens. In a swipe at Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, Steenhuisen over the weekend the wardens, established to fight crime in Gauteng, as Panyaza's untrained vigilantes. "What kind of person pulls a drunkard out of a shebeen, gives him a uniform and a weapon, and then unleashes them onto a community?” He alleges that Lesufi […]

Chairperson of the Child Welfare Gauteng, Angelique McAdam, is calling for the investigation of all adoption agencies and related laws to be reviewed. McAdam says child traffickers get away with their crimes due to lax laws. "Where money is involved there’s always an opportunity for criminal activity," she adds. McAdam, who has adoptive children, says there needs to be stricter processes put in place. She says it took her years […]