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Youth-led rights group, Equal Education, has cautiously welcomed the Department of Basic Education's commitment to submit a detailed report with timelines on when it plans to rid Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Limpopo schools of pit latrines. The department says this will be done within the 60 days' timeline given by Members of Parliament following a portfolio committee meeting last week on basic education in Parliament. The unhygienic and dangerous open […]

Young, unemployed doctors say funding in the healthcare system must be prioritised for meaningful job creation in the sector. They were speaking in Pretoria yesterday, at the back of a picket demanding the immediate employment of hundreds of jobless healthcare professionals. The healthcare workers say they cannot remain jobless, while public healthcare workers buckle under pressure due to a shortage of staff at the country's hospitals and clinics. They’ve bemoaned […]

Tributes are pouring in on social media for 25-year-old US Air Force member, Aaron Bushnell, who lost his life after setting himself on fire in protest against Israel's occupation of Gaza. The bold young man self-immolated outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC, saying he could no longer be complicit in genocide. In his last words, Bushnell called for a Free Palestine and said his pain could never compare to what […]

Kaizer Chiefs Head Coach, Cavin Johnson, has apologised to AmaKhosi supporters after they were dumped out of the 2024 Nedbank Cup at the first hurdle by Motsepe Foundation Championship stragglers, Milford FC, at the FNB Stadium on Sunday night. Milford beat Chiefs 5-4 on penalties after holding the Soweto giants to a goalless stalemate after 120 minutes. Johnson's charges had squandered multiple goal scoring opportunities in regulation time as well […]

The official firearm destruction process in Boipatong, Vanderbijlpark, has been hailed as a significant step in the police’s efforts to rid the streets of illegal firearms and make communities safer. Last week, Sedibeng District Police Commissioner, Major General, Nkhensani Lemba, presided over the destruction of over 18 000 guns, firearm parts, and ammunition that had been forfeited to the state or voluntarily handed in by owners across the district. General […]

Parents at Olympia Primary School in Bloemfontein have accused the school of mismanaging tens of thousands of rands of the school's budget. They’ve raised the alarm over clogged toilets and urine logged floors, which, they say, has created an unsafe situation for learners at the school. YNews has seen screenshots of an account allegedly belonging to the school, showing that officials had spent school money on Chicken Licken and at […]

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 […]

Former DA leaders have come out to slam the official opposition over its 'hypocrisy' on cadre deployment. The DA has been locked in a legal battle with the ANC in a bid to declare the governing party's cadre deployment policy unconstitutional and invalid. Former DA leader, Bongani Baloyi, however says the official opposition can't be against a policy it pratices. He has called on the party to release its FEDEX […]

Student representatives at the University of the Free State have accused the institution of deliberately trying to exclude NSFAS students with its registration process. They say the university opened its registration, despite their concerns that NSFAS students would not yet be able to pay the registration fee. The allegations come as NSFAS scrambles to complete its direct payment to students from various higher learning institutions across the country, with some […]

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. […]