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TikToker, Jools Lebron, says she started doing videos using the catch phrase ‘demure, very mindful’ as a joke. Demure has now been named as the word of the year by Dictionary.com. According to the digital dictionary, the word saw an increase of almost 1 200% in digital web usage alone between January and the end of August. The centuries’ old word took on a new meaning in August after Lebron […]

Social media has been abuzz with concern and rumours after Texas megachurch pastor, TD Jakes, almost collapsed on stage. The disgraced founding pastor of the Potter’s House Church had just finished preaching when he lowered his mic and looked like he was about to fall off the chair. A crowd of people quickly rushed over and surrounded him on stage.   The 67-year-old pastor and author is said to be […]

  The International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, former Minister of Defence, Yoav Gallant, and the late Hamas leader, Mohammed Deif, has been met with mixed views globally. The historic decision has ended months of suspense as the word has been waiting to see whether the court would approve the prosecutors' request to charge the trio for the 13-month-old war that […]

Rescue operations are still underway in Stilfontein, North West, where illegal miners continue to refuse to come back to the surface at an abandoned mineshaft. A number of illegal miners remain underground, with some said to be sick. The miners, who have underground for months now are believed to be trying to evade arrest. It is understood that the rescue experts are planning to build a cage or elevator to […]

South Africans have banded together on social media to look for Ruja Ignatova, who is alleged to have scammed people of more than $4 billion in Bulgaria and across Europe. Ignatova, who is originally from Bulgaria and has been missing since 2017, is currently on the FBI's list of most wanted fugitives. She is believed to be hiding in Cape Town. The United States has now offered a $5 million […]

Emotions ran high in Soweto today, where residents returned to the Jabulani Civic Centre in a bid to stop foreign spaza shop owners from registering their businesses as per President Cyril Ramaphosa's 21-day ultimatum for them to register or face closure. Amid claims that some South Africans were at the centre to register businesses on behalf of the foreign shop owners, angry community members chased the police and the Crime […]

  Some South Africans have reacted nonchalantly to Chidimma Adetshina getting the first runner up prize at the Miss Universe pageant. Since the announcement on Sunday, social media users have been going back and forth on the matter, with some congratulating her and others pointing out that she didn’t win the most coveted title. The 23-year-old lost out to Denmark’s Victoria Kjær Theilvig, who became the first Dane to clinch […]

The case of the siblings accused of insurance fraud for allegedly taking out funeral policies for Noem My Skollie actor, David Manuel, has sent shockwaves across the country. Wanda and Sindiswa Mbele were arrested on Tuesday and charged with fraud and money laundering. They are accused of taking out funeral policies in Manuel's name. The brother and sister appeared in the Athlone Magistrates Court on Thursday after allegedly claiming that […]

Governance expert, Professor Sam Koma, says no country that would allow criminality and defiance to continue to rear its head without consequences. Koma's remarks come amid mixed reactions to Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni's utterances on illegal miners who have been refusing to come to the surface in Stilfontein, in the North West, fearing arrest. The miners have reportedly run out of basic necessities and are said to have […]