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Some political analysts say that the Israel-Hamas conflict and the stance taken by political parties will play a vital role in the outcome of this year's provincial and national elections. South Africa’s ANC-led government took Israel to the International Court of Justice in December, accusing the Middle Eastern country of genocide. This amid escalating tensions in the region, following Israel’s retaliation to the October 7 Hamas attack, which claimed the […]

Unemployed young people protesting for lower data costs say high data prices have forced them to choose between food and buying data. In the age of the internet, the young people say high data costs have made online job hunting an expensive exercise. The young people joined demonstrations by organisation, Friends for a Free Internet, outside the Icasa offices in Centurion, demanding an end to expensive data. A study by […]

Mental wellness activist, Mpadi Makgalo, attributes the spike in suicide cases among young people, in most instances, to a feeling of not being connected to family, community or society at large. The founder of Heal SA, an NGO that offers mental health services, and her team have been assisting learners and teachers at Eqinisweni Secondary School in Ivory Park, where four teenagers took their own lives within a space of […]

The Department of Land Reform and Rural Development says its hands are tight and can't assist protesting agriculture graduates. The young people have been camping outside the offices of the department as well as the National Treasury for days now. They are demanding to be re-employed by the land reform department after their contracts were prematurely terminated. They have vowed to continue sleeping out in the cold until government listens […]

Agricultural studies graduates have been camping outside the National Treasury and the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development offices in Pretoria. They are demanding the reinstatement of funding for Assistant Agricultural Practitioners. They say their Assistant Agricultural Practitioners' contracts were prematurely terminated nine months ago. Apparently, 5 000 young graduates were affected by the move. The young people are now demanding their jobs back and the reinstatement of the […]

With the May 29 elections around corner, the ANC in Limpopo has suffered a blow after reality TV star, Papa Penny, ditched the party and joined former president, Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party). Papa Penny’s move could see the governing party lose its support base of voters in the Mopani Region due to his cult following of music listeners in the area. Papa Penny has previously served as […]

"Young people do not have close political ties to parties and none of them has so far been able to capture them," says political analyst, Dr Collette Schulz-Herzenberg, amid the quest to get more young people to participate in the upcoming elections. Dr. Schulz-Herzenberg believes that the country has failed to mobilise the youth and entice them to vote. She says political parties are struggling to reach the young people […]

Economist, Duma Gqubule, says the joblessness crisis in the country can be solved in a month if the government began investing in the country's infrastructure and people. This as the latest unemployment statistics show that the youth remain vulnerable in the country's job market, with the number of unemployed young people having increased to nearly 5 million in the first quarter of the year. Gqubule says the economy will start […]

Literacy activist and author, Sam Mathe, says it's concerning that black children continue to struggle to access quality learning material, 30 years into democracy. His cries come as Johannesburg inner-city residents say they remain in the dark, about when their prized library will re-open. Members of the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation will take to the streets on Saturday, demanding the re-opening of the Joburg City Library, which was closed four years […]