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Riveiro remains grounded despite flying start

Orlando Pirates head coach, Jose Riveiro, is not getting ahead of himself despite his side's impressive start to the 2024/25 season. The Buccaneers are currently on a nine-match unbeaten run, which has seen them conjure up seven wins and six clean sheets. That run has seen Pirates level at the top of the Betway Premiership standings alongside defending champion Mamelodi Sundowns, a place in next month's MTN8 final, and a spot in the CAF Champions' League group stages for the […]

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Bob Cuts Hair Salon still reeling from Covid-19: Owner

  Owner of the famous Bob Cuts Hair Salon, Geraldine Kganakga, says she's still reeling from the challenges presented by Covid-19. She was responding to the string of non-payment complaints levelled against her by some of her former employees. The entrepreneur is also accused of unfair labour practices. Kganakga says since 20202 - her business has not been able to function fully, leading to the closure of 20 out of the 22 salons she previously owned. She was speaking exclusively […]

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Ekhuruleni rapist pleads for death penalty

Convicted serial rapist, Nkosinathi Phakathi, has pleaded for the death penalty as his sentencing continues at the High Court sitting in Palm Ridge.  Phakati has been convicted of 148 charges, including kidnapping, robbery, and over 90 counts of rape, with most of his victims being innocent schoolgirls, with the youngest being just 12 years old.  His reign of terror lasted nine years, during which he posed as an electrician to target young victims at their homes while their parents were […]

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‘Broader thinking of Heritage Day needed,’ says expert

Renowned cultural expert, Professor Musa Xulu, says South Africans need to adopt a broader manner of thinking, in terms of celebrating Heritage Day. Professor Xulu says this day grants South Africans the opportunity to create good neighbourliness with other African countries, as they yearn to connect with locals. “There is a lot of our people who left when Shaka was king, and they are now found in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Malawi. They are aching to reconnect with us […]

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Boks keen to bounce back against Pumas

Springbok assistant coach, Daan Human, says the Boks owe it to the country and themselves to bounce back strongly when they face Argentina in Nelspruit on Saturday. The Test at the Mbombela Stadium will decide the winner of the 2024 Rugby Championship after the Boks’ 29-28 defeat in Stantiago del Estero last weekend, and Human said they had a lot to work on this week. The Springboks, who are currently on 19 log points – five ahead of Argentina – […]

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Tshwane residents demand action amid illegal land occupation

Tshwane homeowners say they are at their wit's end due to illegal land grabs and mushrooming informal settlements, which they believe pose a risk to residents' safety.  The recent devastating fire at Cemetery View informal settlement, which left one person dead and over 2 000, mostly undocumented migrants displaced, has sparked widespread concern. Residents of Moroleta Park, like homeowner Tshepo Monnamorea, believe the government's inaction has led to this crisis.  He says his years of hard work and sacrifice have […]

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Bob Cuts Hair Salon under fire

Bob Cuts Hair Salon has once again come under fire for alleged unfair labour practice. A former employee at the famous salon, Lungelo Khoza, recently took to X to share her experience at the establishment. She alleges that she had to work Monday to Monday with no leave and off days. Khoza details how they would often leave the salon in the Joburg CBD late in the evenings. While their employer would sometimes Uber them, at times they would be […]

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Labour department says it’s dealing with inspector’s controversial remarks

The Department of Employment and Labour says it's internally dealing with the controversial utterances of its chief inspector, Siphokazi Macozoma, which sparked public outrage. Macozoma raised the ire of some South Africans on social media after she revealed, during a television interview, that she had reached out to some of her Home Affairs colleagues to find out whether there was no way they could legalise the stay of some foreign workers who were nabbed during a recent raid at a […]

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Limpopo family seeks justice after teen takes his life

The family of a Limpopo high school learner is seeking justice after authorities failed to hold their son's alleged bullies to account Tshegofatso Ngoetjana, a grade 9 learner at Taxila High School in Polokwane, took his life in the beginning of this month after allegedly enduring a year-long bullying from his teachers. According to Lesetja Ngoetjana, his son struggled with depression developed after he was deliberately targeted by a schoolteacher, who had in the past repeatedly failed him of his […]

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