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Political analyst, Professor Sam Koma, says it will be interesting to see how the Electoral Court will rule on the ANC's case to have the Umkhonto Wesizwe party deregistered. Yesterday, the governing party said the MK trademark belongs to the ANC and the newly formed party is trying to use its proud history of armed struggle against the apartheid regime to lend credibility to what is a blatantly counter-revolutionary agenda. […]

Psychologist, Professor Saths Cooper, is urging South Africans to change the language they use when addressing teenage pregnancy. He says how these conversations are framed is problematic as usually vilify young girls, who sometimes had been taken advantage of by older men due to their economic circumstances. "We (are) almost victimising our children who are impregnated by older adults," he warns. The Professor's remarks come after the Minister of Basic […]

The 29-year-old man accused of setting the Usindiso building in Marshalltown, in the Johannesburg CBD, on fire has confessed, once again, to a magistrate that he did indeed commit the crime. Earlier this week, the man admitted, before the Usindiso Commission of Inquiry, to having started the blaze that resulted in the deaths of 76 innocent people. Sithembiso Mdlalose said he had been trying to conceal a murder, which had […]

Legal analyst, Mpumelelo Zikalala, says the police and the NPA have their work cut out in building a strong case against the man who has confessed to have torched the Marshalltown building, in which more than 70 people perished last year. On Tuesday, an unnamed 29-year-old man was arrested after he confessed to the Commission of Inquiry that probing the cause of the inferno at the hijacked and rundown Usindiso […]

As South Africans remain perplexed and shocked over why renowned economist, Thabi Leoka, would have misrepresented her qualifications, one brand expert believes she should just come clean if she doesn't have the contentious PhD. Thebe Ikalafeng has, however, praised the embattled economist for resigning from the MTN and Anglo-American Platinum boards, respectively, saying this will shift negative attention from both firms to Leoka. Leoka stepped down from the boards amid […]

The son of Ntshingo Matabane, who was one of the four anti-apartheid activists known as the COSAS 4, Tshepo Mokgatle, says while the prosecution of a former apartheid security branch member and a former askari, who brutally murdered his father, is a welcome relief - the case is also overwhelming. He was reacting to yet another postponement of the historic case against former explosive expert of the apartheid security branch, […]

Veteran activist and violence monitor, Professor Mary de Haas, has raised concern over the spike in the killing of suspected criminals in KwaZulu-Natal. More than 15 suspects were fatally shot during shootouts with the police in the province over the past three months. De Haas says with the high number of corrupt police officers in South Africa - it is possible that some of those killed in the raids knew […]

  As the class of 2023 celebrates its exam performance, the South African Depression and Anxiety Group, is urging parents to monitor their children after receiving their results. Last night, Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, released the country's overall matric pass rate in Johannesburg. The class of 2023 made history - with a pass rate of 82.9%, the highest since the dawn of democracy. IEB learners achieved a 98.46% pass […]

Action Society's Ian Cameron says the commanding officers from all the police stations where guns have gone missing must be charged with attempted murder. This, he believes, is the necessary sanction as "the SAPS end up arming criminals through their negligence." Cameron says it's scandalous that the SAPS always blame private gun owners for the rise in gun violence in the country, yet they remain the biggest firearm suppliers to […]