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Tensions flared outside the Vrendenburg Magistrates Court on Tuesday, where the accused in the Joslin Smith disappearance case were appearing. The six-year-old's mother, her lover and two other co-accused made their second appearance facing charges of kidnapping and human trafficking. Charges against accused number four, Phumza Sigaqa, were withdrawn due to insufficient evidence. However, according to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), she could be charged in future should investigations find […]

Gauteng Police Commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, has expressed concern over the high number of murder cases in the province. Earlier today, the newly appointed Gauteng police boss revealed the province’s crime statistics for the 3rd Quarter of the 2023/24 financial year. He said the was a 3.8% increase to the murder rate after 1 787 people were killed in the province between October and December last year. The statistics show that […]

As anger continues to swell on social media over how insurance company, Old Mutual, has been treating its customers, a wealth and investment expert says people need to get advice on which policies to take out. The remark comes off the back of the recent fallout between a client and Old Mutual. In a series of posts, Sebabatso Molefi accused the insurance company of defying a court order and refusing to […]

The world woke up to sad news that the creator of one of the most loved Japanese comics of all time has died. Akira Toriyama (68) suffered an acute subdural hematoma, which is a type of bleeding near the brain. Toriyama's Dragon Ball comic series debuted in 1984 and has become hugely popular around the world and the comic series has also spawned cartoon and film versions. The original series […]

Director of the Pink Ladies Organisation for Missing Children, Jacqui Thomas, says communities need to go back to looking after each other's children. She was responding to the disappearance of Joslin Smith, who has been missing for about two weeks now. The six-year-old girl disappeared from her home in Saldanha Bay last month. Her mother and her lover, who are said to be Tik users, are among the four people […]

CEO of Inkunzi Wealth Group, Owen Nkomo, has advised young people to seek advice should they consider tapping into their retirement savings earlier. South Africans will, from the beginning of September, be able to get a portion of money from their savings due to the upcoming two-pot retirement system. The system seeks to assist workers who might be in need of urgent financial assistance,  among others. However, Nkomo, who is […]

  Students around Braamfontein, in Johannesburg, say they feel unsafe as crime is getting out of hand in the area. This afternoon, three people, including a student, were shot dead following an ambush at Jorissen Street. Taxi violence is suspected to be behind the attack. According to the police, unknown suspects opened fire on two men, who were sitting inside a parked BMW sedan. Two students were allegedly caught in […]

The families of the 21 teenagers who died at the Enyobeni Tavern during a ‘pens down’ party in June 2022, in Scenery Park, Eastern Cape, have described the sentence given to the owners of the drinking establishment as a slap on the wrist. Siyakhangela and Vuyokazi Ndevu, who appeared in the East London Regional Court on Friday, were sentenced to a R5 000 fine each or to spend 100 days […]

There is a mismatch in the demand of skills in the country and the specific careers that young people go for. That's according to chief partnerships officer at the Youth Employment Service, Tsholo Mogotsi, who spoke to YNews on the high unemployment rate in the country. Mogotsi was reacting to the latest joblessness figures, which revealed that 32.1% of South Africans were without jobs in the fourth quarter of 2023. […]