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Numsa President, Andrew Chirwa, has vowed that workers will not return to their jobs until Ford SA agrees to negotiate. The union is demanding that workers receive bonuses and benefit from company profits. Addressing a mass picket, Chirwa deemed it unthinkable that workers at a multinational company like Ford are earning "peanuts". Over 3 000 Ford workers are protesting for a second day today after downing tools, demanding that the […]

Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, says institutions of higher learning need to implement mechanisms that will help detect the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the assignments submitted by students - just as there are mechanisms used to detect plagiarism. Makaneta was weighing in on the rapid increase of the use of AI among university students, which compromises the quality of work submitted. Many Unisa students have landed in trouble due […]

Content creator, actress, TV presenter and preacher's wife, Innocent Sadiki, has sparked a debate on how far is too far with content creation. Sadiki came under fire after posting a video of her house burning and her husband comforting her on X. From what we called our Home, we now have NOTHING! Our House burnt down today. Lord you are still our God. We are shuttered 😢😭 We thank God […]

The short and shaky marriage between the DA and the ANC, among others, in Gauteng has ended. The DA has decided to withdraw from the Government of Provincial Unity (GPU) in the province after failed negotiations with the ANC over co-governance. The DA made announced its decision not long after the leadership of the ANC in Gauteng, led by the party's Secretary- General, Fikile Mbalula, articulated the organisation's stance in the […]

Students with disabilities at PCD College in Pretoria have filed a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), alleging racism and discrimination. Deaf and hard-of-hearing electrical engineering students claim they're treated differently from their white and able-bodied peers. They say they are forced to do unrelated tasks like farm work and picking up papers. The students claim that this work was not part of their initial learnership agreements […]

Some Johannesburg residents are complaining that they haven't seen water tankers in their communities, despite relying on them as a last resort during Rand Water's planned water cuts. The utility's infrastructure maintenance project, which entered its second week today, has left some parts of Johannesburg without water, with Tshwane and Ekurhuleni next in line to be affected. Providing an update at a media briefing, Rand Water CEO Sipho Mosai explained […]

Kenyan President, William Ruto, has withdrawn the controversial Finance Bill, which sparked violent protests across the country, resulting in over 20 deaths. The bill aimed to raise taxes to pay off government debt, but demonstrators feared it would exacerbate economic hardships. Protests escalated on Tuesday when police fired tear gas and live ammunition at demonstrators attempting to storm Parliament. Addressing the nation in Nairobi yesterday, Ruto changed tune and admitted […]

The family of Busisiwa Nxumalo, a domestic worker who was tragically murdered, says they’re distraught and frustrated that her body was returned to them without any clothing. Nxumalo was allegedly killed by her employer, nurse Sithembile Xulu, in a murder plot aimed at collecting a hefty R6 million insurance payout. It’s alleged Xulu took out three separate life insurance policies on her young domestic workers life. She and her gardener, […]

As talks between the ANC and DA have reportedly soured over key roles in the President's Cabinet, young people have shared their thoughts on their preferred candidates to form part of the Executive of the Government of National Unity (GNU). While some support DA leader John Steenhuisen's bid for Deputy President, others believe EFF leader Julius Malema could bring the necessary opposition to the arrangement. One young person praised the […]