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Rights group slams pace of child rape case against police officer

Non-profit organisation, Women and Men Against Child Abuse, has slammed the snail's pace in which the case of a police officer who allegedly raped two children is moving. The implicated officer allegedly raped the learners, who were aged 7 and 8 years respectively at the time, while he was investigating the minors' rape by Johannes Molefe, a former general worker at AB Xuma Primary School in Soweto. The incidents allegedly […]

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OPINION | Zuma is more than a mere Zulu secessionist

Begging to differ with illustrious journo Hopewell Chin’ono on Jacob Zuma's motives. Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono’s prominent take on former president Jacob Zuma is both bravely inspiring and yet misses the boat by mile on his reading of the man behind the effervescent start of the MK party by suggesting his eyes are set on the trophy of becoming KZN Premier position. Of significance, Chin’ono entry into the fray is inspiring […]

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Kolisi elevates legendary status

Springbok captain and back-to-back Rugby World Cup winner, Siya Kolisi, has been named as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of 2024. In 2023, Kolisi led the Boks to a record fourth Rugby World Cup title, with the team becoming only the second one to retain the trophy after winning the title in 2019, following the All Blacks who won back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2015. The list […]

todayApril 18, 2024 131

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Blesser relationships ‘breeding traumatised generation’

Soul City Institute for Social Justice CEO, Phinah Kodisang, says South Africans need to tackle head on the blesser phenomenon, which became prominent in South Africa around 2016. Kodisang says such relationships, which sometimes occur between minors and older men, are breeding a generation of traumatised young people. "If we don't address these issues, we are failing the young people who are being taken advantage of by the predators. We […]

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More young people to join unemployment queue as Ster-Kinekor closes cinemas

One of South Africa's oldest and most loved movie exhibitor, Ster-Kinekor, is set to close nine of its cinemas in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Western Cape, in a move that will leave more than 200 of its employees without means to put bread on the table. The devastating news comes just two years after the Ster-Kinekor exited business rescue following the devastating 2021 COVID-19 pandemic, which crippled businesses, among others. […]

todayApril 17, 2024 358 1

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“Teachers must ensure learners’ safety,” laments activist following school drownings

Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, has called on government to strengthen its hand of support to schools and teachers amid concerns over deaths of learners during school trips and within the premises of the educational institutions. In the latest incident, two boys from Daveyton Skills School in Benoni drowned on Monday, while attending a school discipline camp in Tshwane. The boys, aged 13 and 16, were due to return home to […]

todayApril 16, 2024 116

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Half marathon scandal turned into political hot potato

Organisers of the Beijing half marathon are investigating allegations that three African athletes deliberately allowed China's star runner, He Jie, to win Sunday's race. Footage appeared to show Kenya's Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat and Ethiopia's Dejene Hailu pointing to the line and slowing down before waving past He. Mnangat has confessed to the race fixing. He says they were contracted to help He break the Chinese half-marathon record of […]

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Queer youth say political parties not speaking to their needs

As South Africans prepare to cast their ballots on the 29th of May, queer youth in Johannesburg say political parties are not doing enough to appeal to them. According to the Triangle Project, there are more than half a million LGBTQ+ people in South Africa, with most agreeing that more queer representation amongst political parties would increase LGBTQIA+ voter participation. Speaking with YNews, the queer youth say the LGBTQ community […]

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Sharks become first SA team to reach EPCR semis

The Sharks became the first South African club to reach an EPCR competition semi-final as they bested Edinburgh Rugby 36-30 in the quarter-final of the EPCR Challenge Cup at Hollywoodbets Kings Park this weekend. A second half try from hooker Bongi Mbonambi, coupled with 14 points from the boot of fly-half Siya Masuka, who totalled 18 points in the contest, helped overturn a 16-14 half time deficit. The first half […]

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