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South Africa's official unemployment rate has decreased by 0.3% to 32.6% in the second quarter of 2023, a seventh consecutive increase in employment since the fourth quarter of 2021. Statistician-General of South Africa, Risenga Maluleke, made the announcement on Tuesday. According to Statistics SA, the number of employed persons increased by 154 000 to 16.3 million between April and June this year. This is while the number of unemployed persons […]

Gauteng born 26-year-old, Natasha Joubert, has been crowned Miss South Africa 2023. Joubert takes over the reins from Limpopo's finest, Ndavi Nokeri. Joubert was crowned at the prestigious event held at the Sun International SunBet Arena at Time Square in Pretoria on Sunday. She becomes the first to wear the glittering new Mowana “Tree of Life” crown from Nungu Diamonds. This year's pageant was judged by an incredible panel, including […]

Political analyst, Professor Dirk Kotze, says NGOs might be most upset by government's decision to release former president Jacob Zuma from prison and chances of them winning a legal challenge over it are slim. Earlier on Friday, National Correctional Services Commissioner, Makgothi Thobakgale, announced that the former president handed himself over to the Escourt prison officials where he was processed and later released. Thobakgale says he had taken a decision […]

Slain Bokgabo Poo's mother, Tsholofelo, says she hopes that things will be done right this time around as the police have committed to prioritising investigations into her daughter's brutal killing. Gauteng Police Commissioner, Elias Mawela, says they will go back to the drawing board and relook the case. His remarks come amid a public outcry hot over the acquittal of 28-year-old Ntokozo Zikhali, who had been charged with the four-year-old's […]

Facebook rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester, claims that his luxury items taken when he was arrested in Tanzania are missing. Among the items worth thousands of rand is an iPhone 14 Pro Max, a marriage ring, a Rolex watch and cash in several currencies. Bester, dubbed South Africa's Houdini, finally joined his 11 co-accused for the first time since his arrest in the Bloemfontein Magistrate Court on Tuesday. Subtle jeers […]

National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) Board Chairperson, Ernest Khoza, says the new eZaga payment system will allow students to hold the institution accountable. Khoza was giving an update on NSFAS' current state of affairs following widespread student protests against the new payment system in recent weeks, with some calling on the Higher Education Minister to abolish it. NSFAS recently introduced the new direct payment system for student allowances, through […]

Police Minister, Bheki Cele, has conceded that more work needs to be done in shutting down illegal mine dumps. The minister conducted a walk-about at the Zamimpilo Informal Settlement in Riverlea, where five bodies of suspected illegal miners were discovered on Sunday. Cele has also revealed that the zama zama's reopened the underground tunnels that they attempted to close in Riverlea. "We have seen those places that have been temporarily […]

As anger continues to simmer over EFF leader Julius Malema's 'kill the boer' chant, the DA's John Steenhuisen has penned a long letter to the president. Steenhuisen says President Cyril Ramaphosa's silence over Malema is deafening. Malema has once again come under fire for chanting 'kill the boer' during his celebratory speech at the EFF's 10th birthday on Saturday. This is despite the ruling by the Equality Court that the […]

The eight police officers attached to Deputy President Paul Mashatile's protection detail have been granted R10 000 bail each. The VIP protectors, who were caught on camera assaulting civilians on the N1 last month, appeared in the Randburg Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. The matter has been postponed to the 27th of September for further investigations. The officers have since been suspended. Handing down the ruling, Magistrate Hlengiwe Mkhabisi said the […]