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The NGO dedicated to address apartheid crimes, Khulumani Support Group, is urging young people to acquaint themselves about the brutality of the apartheid regime to ensure that such crimes never happen again. The NGO's Dr Marjorie Johnson is also advocating for those behind the crimes to be held accountable, instead of authorities going around in circles. Khulumani Support Group's remarks come as the Pietermaritzburg High Court is this week hearing […]

The National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, has come out guns blazing in defense of the SAPS, saying officers will continue to fight fire with fire, whenever necessary. Raising concern over the silence of many when police officers are killed in the line of duty, General Masemola questioned statements "issued in defense of criminals". “For as long as criminals attack police officers, the police will respond decisively as empowered by […]

With the chilly winter season fast approaching and the growing homelessness scourge in Gauteng, an NGO that works with these vulnerable members of society has highlighted the need for greater joint efforts to assist these individuals. A young activist from the Unit for Street Homelessness, which is a research and advocacy unit at the University of Pretoria (UP), Remembrance Mokwena-Ngulele, says more needs to be done to address this issue. "Homelessness cannot […]

Media Monitoring Africa's Head of Programmes, Thandi Smith, is encouraging those who want to build credibility in their brand and create podcasts to subscribe to the Press Code. Smith says that's a sign of commitment to ethical journalism, which offers listeners and viewers a mechanism for accountability. The watchdog for ethical and fair journalism's remarks come at the back of a debate on the regulation and standards of podcasts. Rapper […]

  The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust's Early Childhood Development and Youth Fund manager, Nomsa Muthaphuli, says they hope that through the strengthening of quality of learning for children below the age of five they will be better prepared for their schooling careers. She says by achieving this, children will be better set up to thrive at school, which will lead to a drop in the number of children who drop out […]

Brand experts have urged Yires to always be cautious when spending their money on high-end brands and to verify things by checking those brands' official pages to avoid falling for scams. Their appeal comes as hundreds of unsuspecting young people were scammed over the weekend and sold counterfeit goods at a "Rhode Skin pop-up store" at the Mall of Africa in Midrand. The unsuspecting consumers only realised hours later that […]

Controversial media personality and podcaster, Nhlamulo Baloyi, popularly known as Nota, has filed a scathing letter to South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in response to the Chapter 9 institution's letter of demand it recently sent him. The SAHRC in Gauteng wrote to Baloyi on Wednesday, demanding that he makes a public apology and pay damages, among others, for the eyebrow raising comments he recently made on The Hustlers' Corner […]

Cultural expert, Dr Gugu Mazibuko, says steep lobola prices; young women prioritising education and climbing the corporate ladder are some of the contributing factors to the decline in marriage within the black community. According to a recent Stats SA report, the number of South Africans getting legally married has plummeted from 35.6% in 1996 to 23.8% in 2022. The white community is leading the pack of those who still believe […]

Eastern Cape rural residents seem to have begun feeling the impact of the Trump administration's decision to withdraw funding of HIV/Aids and TB programmes across the globe. The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) project funded at 17% of Pretoria's programmes aimed at reducing HIV transmission and ensuring that people living with the virus enjoy long and healthy lives. USAID funded 44 health projects in South Africa. Some communities […]