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Education expert, Professor Mary Metcalfe, says racism is structured in South Africa and for it to be dealt with - constant willingness to learn to live in an ethnically diverse society is needed. Metcalfe was reacting to the suspension of 12 learners from Pretoria High School For Girls over alleged racism. According to the Gauteng Education Department, the learners who are white, were part of a WhatsApp group - where […]

  Financial experts says even though the two-pot system could be beneficial, South Africans must be aware of the pros and cons of withdrawing early. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday signed the Pension Fund Amendment Bill into law, which will come into effect on the 1st of September. The amended piece of legislation will allow workers to tap into their pension funds at least once a year, without having to […]

International relations expert, Professor John Stremlau, says Kamala Harris is the perfect candidate to usher in a 'new' America. The US vice president has been earmarked as the new Democrats leader, after President Joe Biden announced that he has decided to pull out of the Presidential race for the November 5 elections - saying it is in the best interest of his country and party. The 81-year-old Democrat has now […]

  A mass IT outage caused chaos around the world to major companies, including banks, media (TV and radio stations), airports and airlines. According to reports, an update to an antivirus programme from a cybersecurity company affected Microsoft's cloud services updates, causing the system to crash. This is said to be one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years. Social media went on a frenzy with people from around […]

  South Africans have expressed mixed reactions to the latest repo rate announcement by the country's Reserve Bank. The Reserve Bank's Monetary Commitee has decided to leave the repo rate unchanged at a 14-year high of 8.25%, The MPC decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 8.25%. Four members preferred an unchanged stance, and two preferred a reduction of 25 basis points. pic.twitter.com/JddmlKxg0t — SA Reserve Bank (@SAReserveBank) July […]

Football fans around the world are at loggerheads about what should happen to Chelsea and Argentina midfielder, Enzo Fernandez. This is after a video of him chanting a derogatory song about the France team was circulated on social media. He was with some of his Argentina team mates during the controversial moment which occurred after they beat Colombia in the Copa America final on Sunday. The controversy has caused a […]

Families, friends and community members gathered at the Grace Bible church in Carltonville, in Gauteng, to pay their respects to the learners who died in the horrific scholar transport accident. The pictures of the learners were displayed during the memorial service, which evoked emotions from grieving families. It was sad scenes as scores of people gathered to support the families who are dealing with the losses of 11 young children. […]

Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, says scholar transport driver discovered drinking alcohol with learners failed to be a responsible adult. Makaneta was reacting to the video, which has been widely shared on social media showing learners from Dawnview, in Germiston, being ushered out of a Quantum, in which alcohol was also discovered. Speaking to YNews, Makaneta says such social ills need communities to work together.   Makaneta has also called on […]

Political commentator, Brooks Spector, says there is only two people that could probably get the Joe Biden to step down from office. Speaking to YNews, Spector says Jill Biden and Nancy Pelosi, a good friend of Biden, could be the people that can convince him to make that tough decision. This comes amid mounting calls for the US President to consider leaving the baton to someone else due to growing […]