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Life Esidimeni family members' representative, Christine Nxumalo, says they cannot wait for another eight years to pass before they get the necessary action from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). She was speaking at the back of a protest to the NPA headquarters by the families of the 144 patients who either lost their lives or suffered server health conditions after they were moved to ill-equipped facilities to vent their frustration. […]

South African Medical Association chairperson, Dr Angelique Coetzee, says the rate at which vaping has become popular among adolescents and young adults is concerning. Dr Coetzee is urging young people to stay away from "trendy" vapes as they are only meant to serve as a tool to help wean cigarette smokers off nicotine. The chairperson of Sama blames advertisers for making vapes appealing to the young market. She believes that […]

From going in and out of rehab, former Yizo Yizo actor, Innocent Masuku, is now using his dark past to motivate young people. Masuku recently visited a local school in Gauteng and urged learners to never waste opportunities they're given in life. The 33-year-old expressed gratitude over the chance he was given as a child after a director encouraged him to stop being a petty thief. Years later, he joined […]

Political analyst, Goodenough Mashego, says various factors, including the weakening of the ANC over the years, has translated into the dissatisfaction many Gauteng residents feel with the government. Mashego was reacting to the outcomes of the seventh Quality of Life Survey https://www.gcro.ac.za/, which was released by the Gauteng City-Regional Observatory yesterday. All in all, 13 795 people across Gauteng were interviewed on various issues, including safety, socio-economic status, and government satisfaction. […]

The mother of 6-year-old Eva Tembo, who was kidnapped by her employer for close to four months, says she trusted Carlos Rebelo and never thought he would ever do something like that. Speaking to YNews, Lola Khana could not stop expressing her gratitude that her daughter was finally back in her arms. She says she had been worried sick, not knowing whether Eva was safe. The little girl was returned […]

Non-profit organisation, Love Life, is calling on government and the justice cluster to support programmes that capacitate young people to deter them from drugs and alcohol. The call by the organisation's National Manager for Health and lifestyle, Thabiso Mokwena, follows a recent study by the South African National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence (Sanca), which revealed that 26% of teens who develop a problem with alcohol are given their first […]

A video of a grown woman French kissing a child, which has gone viral on social media, has sparked the ire of many South Africans who are calling for more to be done to protect children. Child Rights groups say the video, which first surfaced on digital platforms in 2020, is a clear indication of sexual grooming, which should not be normalised. The Sexual Offences and Related Matters Act outlaws […]

Community activist, Lesego Mahlangu, says community programmes need to play a role in ensuring that black women who are most affected by the high levels of gender-based violence (GBV) are economically emancipated. Mahlangu cites economic factors as leading contributors to women staying in relationships that are violent, as they're usually unemployed. Her remarks were in reaction to the latest report by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), which has […]

Prisoners' rights activist, Miles Bhudu, says it's time for South African lawmakers to go back to the drawing board when it comes to the implementation of rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for former inmates. Bhudu says Mzansi has it to the T only in theory as the country has failed, since the dawn of democracy, to ensure that ex-offenders don't fall back to their old ways. According to him, rehabilitation starts […]