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EFF leader Julius Malema says the 2025/26 fiscal framework presented by the Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana doesn't speak to real issues that South Africans face. Godongwana on Wednesday, finally tabled this years budget after two failed attempts, both derailed by objections to the proposed staggered 1% Value Added Tax (VAT) hike which has since been rescinded. Malema says the budget shows that government has no plans to grow the economy […]

Teddy Bear Foundation clinical director Shaheda Omar says the economic climate in the country leaves some parents without many options when it comes to enrolling their children in daycare centres/schools. Omar was reacting to the news that the four children who died in Mayfair, Johannesburg, were left unattended at an unregistered daycare centre. The children below the age of 2 lost their lives due to smoke inhalation when the house […]

As the cold snap takes shape in the country, tragedy has struck in Gauteng, where four children lost their lives after their home caught fire in Mayfair, Johannesburg. The City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) responded to a house on fire near 8th Avenue and West Street  earlier today. The children, aged two years and younger, may have suffered smoke inhalation during the fire incident. Preliminary investigations have revealed […]

Community members in Mamelodi are upset, saying they are being forced to live with an alleged sexual predator who targets children in the township. YNews learnt from the community that a man in their area was arrested earlier this month in connection with an alleged sexual violation of youngsters in the township, with the assistance of a female cohort who hunts his victims down. The pair was taken in to […]

Political analyst, Bongani Mahlangu says the uproar around the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETA) board appointments, shows that the country is becoming more vigilant about what is happening in the political sphere. His remarks come as concerns were raised this week, over some of the board appointments in the state institution including Gwede Mantashe's son, Buyambo and former KZN premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube. Political parties such as the Democratic Alliance […]

Political analyst Professor Sam Koma says the meeting between Presidents, Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump will be key in quelling the tensions between the South Africa and the United States. Ramaphosa is set to embark on a visit to Washington next week, in efforts to address the growing diplomatic challenges between the two countries. SA and the US have been at loggerheads for months now, over a number of issues […]

Students at Tshwane South TVET college, are calling for the arrest of National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) officials who are responsible for the current financial crisis affecting college students in the country. EFF Youth Command sub-region convenor and student at Tshwane South TVET college, Itumeleng More, says it is disheartening that students at the college are struggling with something as basic […]

Some disabled artists and creatives across the Gauteng province believe Minister Gayton McKenzie's leadership within the Sports Arts and Culture Department, lacks to withhold its advocacy for true inclusivity as it claims to often do. Lelethu Mahambehlala, a performance poet who also lives with a disability, says the department does not cater for differently abled individuals like her. Mahambehlala is a blind poet who also manages the organisation for which […]

Labor studies expert Professor Lucian van der Walt, believes the country's high youth unemployment rate reflects the existing economy's inability to invest in providing possibilities. He observes that, while the country's economy is designed to have its residents labor for salaries in employment produced by employers, this is not happening. The professor claims that not enough employers are investing in generating jobs for young people. “There are many reasons and […]