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Non-profit organisation, Love Life, is calling on government and the justice cluster to support programmes that capacitate young people to deter them from drugs and alcohol. The call by the organisation's National Manager for Health and lifestyle, Thabiso Mokwena, follows a recent study by the South African National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence (Sanca), which revealed that 26% of teens who develop a problem with alcohol are given their first […]

  South Africans on social media have lambasted government over its latest statement on the recent spate of alleged food poisonings, saying it's a little too late for a response. The country has been dealing with cases of learners either getting sick or dying after allegedly ingesting snacks from spaza shops owned by foreign nationals. Six learners from Naledi, in Soweto, are the latest victims of the scourge that has […]

South Africa skipper, Laura Wolvaardt, feels that her team played their best game one match too early, as they failed to win the title at the T20 World Cup in Dubai on Sunday. The Proteas lost the final to New Zealand by 32 runs, it was the Proteas second consecutive final after they lost to Australia on home soil last year. RESULTS 🏏🇿🇦 New Zealand wins the #T20WorldCup final by […]

Some matric pupils say they are confident and remain optimistic that they will do well in their final exams. Today marked the first sitting of the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations. According to the Department of Basic Education (DBE), 727 000 full time and 155 215 part time learners have been registered for the 2024 finals. The exams started with the English and Afrikaans paper 3. They will run until […]

If history teaches us anything, it is that those who forget are doomed to repeat it. Repetition occurs because oppressors cannot imagine living in a society where there is no one to oppress, dehumanise, or treat as inferior. The dreams of the oppressed (to be free) are a nightmare for the oppressors. Every liberation effort is met with brute force, resulting in massacres. The Sharpeville Massacre of March 21, 1960, […]

A video of a grown woman French kissing a child, which has gone viral on social media, has sparked the ire of many South Africans who are calling for more to be done to protect children. Child Rights groups say the video, which first surfaced on digital platforms in 2020, is a clear indication of sexual grooming, which should not be normalised. The Sexual Offences and Related Matters Act outlaws […]

Social media users have commended American rapper, Joseph Cartagena popularly known as Fat Joe, for not abandoning his child when he needed him most. The rapper in a recent interview with Shannon Sharpe on his podcast, Club Shay Shay, detailed how he stepped up and made the decision to keep his son, Joey, who was born with Down Syndrome and Autism. The hip hop star was 19 at the time. […]

The family of Patrick Kekana is desperately seeking answers after he went missing following an alleged racially motivated attack.  Kekana and two of his friends were collecting scraps from a dumping site near farmer Dirk Kotze's property when they were shot at.  Kotze, the accused farmer, made his first appearance in the Brits Magistrates Court on Friday, where the state temporarily opposed bail due to safety concerns for both him […]

SuperSport head coach, Gavin Hunt, says teenager Neo Rapoo is the best left-back in the country. The South Africa youth international seems to have cemented his spot in the United first team now after being in and out of the team for the past three seasons in the club's youth development ranks. Unfortunately, last season which was touted as his breakthrough campaign, was marred by a serious injury and ruled […]

Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, says the "sex for marks" scandal that has rocked the Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) is symptomatic of a broader societal issue and the pervasive culture of sexual harassment. An engineering lecturer at the university has been suspended over allegations of trading marks for sexual favours and money. It is alleged that the lecturer would charge between R4 000 and R5 000 per subject or pay by […]