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ANC National chairperson and Member of Parliament, Gwede Mantshe, has defended the governing party's cadre deployment policy. He says while they will furnish the DA with the highly-anticipated cadre deployment documents, the governing party will continue deploying party members who are capable. Mantashe used Parliament's SONA debate to defend the controversial policy, which saw the ANC lose an appeal in the Constitutional Court yesterday. The governing party has until Monday […]

The Gauteng Health Department has cautioned members of the public against risky sexual behaviours amid the rising Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) cases in the province. In a statement marking February as the Sexual and Reproductive Health awareness month, the department says Sandton, Braamfontein, Germiston, Katlehong and Vosloorus are among areas that have seen a spike STIs. The Department's Motaletale Modiba says tertiary students and high-risk individuals, such as sex workers and […]

Political analyst, Professor Dirk Kotze, says the ANC might do everything in its power to avoid handing over its cadre deployment records to the Democratic Alliance (DA), despite a Constitutional Court order to that effect. However, he says, the party might hit a snag in that attempt as it does not have any other legal route available after having exhausted all its legal options. Yesterday, the Apex Court ruled that […]

The father of alleged sex-worker killer, Sifiso Mkhwanazi, has denied any knowledge of how the killings took place. Yesterday, Mark Khumalo took to the stand as a state witness in his son’s murder trial. He insists his son confessed to the killing of the six sex workers only after their decomposed bodies were discovered at his panel beating workshop in Johannesburg in 2022. However, Mkhwanazi’s legal team have questioned the […]

  Professor of International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, John Stremlau, says he doesn't believe that the proposed bill to review the bilateral relationship between the US and SA will pass. The remarks come after two US congressmen made the proposal before Senate, following the International Criminal Court's (ICJ) ruling, which ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip. The bill proposed bill […]

The Department of Correctional services says it's looking into a criminal syndicate that has allegedly been running at the Mangaung Correctional Centre, where Thabo Bester was serving a life sentence. The gang is said to have also possibly aided the convicted Facebook rapist and murderer's escape from the maximum facility in May 2022. He had faked his death and set his prison cell on fire. Bester was re-arrested alongside his […]

Bafana Bafana shot-stopper, Ronwen Williams, was voted the Best Goalkeeper of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations tournament for his heroics with the bronze medalists, which included a record four-penalty saves against Cape Verde in the quarter-finals and another two against DR Congo. In addition to finishing third in the competition, Bafana Bafana’s bronze medal is accompanied by the Fair Play Team Award. After a 2-0 defeat to Mali in […]

Sifiso Mkhwanazi’s father alleges that the 21-year-old killed six sex workers as an act of revenge. According to the dad, Mark Khumalo, Mkhwanazi confessed to the killings after spending 10 months behind bars for the alleged rape of another Zimbabwean sex worker, in a case that is also before the High Court sitting in Palm Ridge. Mkwanazi initially confessed to the crime, but later accused his father of having forced […]

Education lobby group, Equal Education, says while the President's story of Tintswalo is an inspiring one, it is not the reality of many South African scholars. During his State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa created a calligram of the first 30 years of democracy, through the life of a child called Tintswalo born in 1994. The President says she grew up in a society governed by a constitution […]

  Amnesty International Researcher, Nciko wa Nciko, says Madagascar's bid to have peadophiles surgically castrated is not a silver bullet for the under-reporting of such crimes in the country, where perpetrators often go free due to the victims' and their families' fear of retaliation, stigmatisation, and a lack of trust in the judicial system. The bill was passed in Parlaiment last week Friday and states that those found guilty of […]