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Safety and Security Professor at Tshwane University of Technology, Jacob Mofokeng, has expressed frustration over the growing trend of 'township enterprise extortion economy.' He says this phenomenon makes one question whether community policing forums and other members of the public are actually playing their role in curbing crime as it's not just the police's during to ensure law and order. Professor Mofokeng spoke to YNews following the recent brutal murders […]

With a few days to go before the much-anticipated first official sitting of Parliament, issues plaguing the MK Party (MKP) have reached boiling a point as current and expelled party members approach the courts for two different reasons. Expelled MK Party leader, Jabulani Khumalo, who is fighting to have his name retained in the party’s list of candidates, has now approached the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town. He […]

The horrific accident in Limpopo that nearly claimed the life popular rapper Lehlogonolo Chauke, known as Shebeshxt, has reignited talks on safe driving. The 27-year-old musician, who is known for living on the fast lane, tragically lost his 9-year-old daughter, and his foot, after the car he was driving collided with a truck and overturned at the weekend. It is believed that Chauke, his girlfriend, and daughter were on the […]

                    Independent statutory body, the Commission for Gender Equality, has raised concern over the decrease in female representation in Parliament, saying it marks a step backwards. Acting Head of Research and Policy, Naledi Selebano, says back in 2019 female representation had reached 46%, which bought the country closer to achieving gender parity in the upper house of parliament. Selebano was reacting […]

Political Analyst, Goodenough Mashego, has tried to quell concerns on the ANC going into bed with the DA. The ANC has come under fire from various quarters, including its alliance partners, following its revelation that it was in talks with various parties, including the DA, in a bid to formulate the 7th administration. The country will for the first time be administered by a coalition government after the ANC received an underwhelming 40% […]

Non-profit Child Protection Organisation, Women and Men Against Child Abuse, says children are usually robbed of their right to justice due to the lack of victim-friendly rooms and intermediaries in most courts in the country. The organisation says this then causes delays and poses a great problem for child victims, as the right to testify in a separate room via an intermediary gets overlooked or the case gets postponed. Yesterday, […]

Anti-crime activist, Yusuf Abramjee, is calling on the police to beef up their visibility to prevent the rise in vehicle car-spiking incidents. His remarks follow spiking incidents on the 14; N4 in the North West and near Fountains in Pretoria, where such crimes are most prominent during the night or the early hours of the morning. Criminals place spike strips or other objects that penetrate the tires of the car, […]

Political analyst, Matlala Setlhalogile, has accused the MK Party of attempting to hold the country at ransom with their veiled threats. MK, which became the largest party in KwaZulu-Natal following the general elections, lodged objections with the IEC over alleged vote rigging after the party failed to secure an outright majority. The party, which is less than a year old, secured 37 of the 80 seats in the provincial legislature, […]

The IEC has refuted claims that the organisation's results dashboard crashed this morning. The system went offline at 8.12am, causing panic among South Africans. The page, which had previously been showing results from more than 50% of polling stations, showed the vote count as 0% complete. Apologising for this, IEC CEO, Sy Mamabolo, told journalists that the interruption was just a technical glitch that didn't compromise any data nor interrupt […]