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Babel owners deny exploiting young job seekers

Babel Restaurant owners in Pretoria have denied exploiting South Africa's unemployment crisis by taking advantage of young job seekers.  This follows allegations of employee exploitation, including claims of forcing staff to work without contracts. A weekend sting operation by police, Home Affairs, and the Department of Labour at the Menlyn restaurant resulted in the arrest of three people, including the owner and two undocumented staff members.  The raid followed Mihlali Nobavu's viral TikTok video exposing alleged unfair labour practices. Nobavu […]

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South Africans encouraged to learn sign language

Neema Foundation for the Deaf's Executive Director, Fatima Cele, says more needs to be done to bridge the gap between the deaf community and the hearing. The remarks come after award-winning musician, Ndivhudzannyi Ralivhona, popularly known as Makhadzi, was seen in an online video making "inaccurate and inappropriate" sign language gestures. It was a snippet from her music video for the song, "Jealous Down". In it, she appears to be playfully translating the words of a person in the video […]

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Cultural expert quells concerns of Zulu culture being diluted

Cultural expert, Professor Musa Xulu, has moved to quell critics' concerns over the Zulu monarch’s call on his people to embrace other cultures who want to be Zulu, saying by doing so, the Zulu nation would grow. King Misuzulu kaZwelithini, was speaking at the opening of the two-day annual reed dance, known as Umkhosi woMhlanga in KwaNongoma, on Saturday. This raised eyebrows of some from the Zulu kingdom, with critics slamming King Misuzulu kaZwelithini over this, saying he was seeking […]

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A joyful wedding for SA’s megafan

South Africa's super fan, Joy Chauke who is affectionately known as Mama Joy, is officially off the market after tying the knot with her French lover, Nicolas “Papa Joy” Pitaud. The country's most colourful and loved megafan said 'yes' to the love of her life at her home province of Limpopo at the weekend. The two love birds met last year during the Rugby World Cup in France. Mama Joy took to X to share the precious moments of her celebration, […]

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Ngidi takes aim at Afghans

Proteas seamer, Lungi Ngidi, has highlighted the importance of their upcoming three-match One-Day International series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates, stressing that they won't be taking their opponents lightly. The two nations will face each other in a series for the first time, having previously only locked horns in World Cups, including the recent T20 World Cup semi-finals earlier in the year. Speaking to the media today, Ngidi was well aware of the threat that the Afghans pose, […]

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Concern over companies not contributing to workers’ pension

Financial advisor from Inkunzi Wealth Group, Thobile Ndlovu, says its concerning that some companies haven't been contributing towards the pension funds of their employees. This comes as many South Africans have been taking advantage of the two-pot retirement system, which kicked off at the beginning of this month. According to the Pension Fund Adjudicator and the Financial Sector Conduct Authority, some firms have not been contributing towards their employees’ pension funds as far back as 20 years ago. Speaking to […]

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Friends and family defend Gordhan’s legacy

Former Finance Minister, Trevor Manuel, has come out in defense of Pravin Gordan following the EFF’s scathing remarks about the late former statesman.This as Gordon’s friends and family gathered at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, just hours after the news of his passing broke. The EFF, which seems to not have been moved by the former minister’s passing, says he embodied greed, corruption and elitism.The party has labelled his tenure as Minister of Public Enterprises as a period of […]

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This is a different Pirates from last season: Mabasa

Orlando Pirates striker, Tshegofatso Mabasa, is not worried about going up against his former coach, Morena Ramoreboli, when the Buccaneers take on Jwaneng Galaxy in their CAF Champions League second preliminary round clash in Gaborone on Saturday. Ramoreboli coached Mabasa at Bloemfontein Celtic and at Bafana Bafana (in Cosafa) and has also mentioned his familiarity with other players such as Kabelo Dlamini, Sipho Chaine, and Monnapule Saleng. Ramoreboli is the same coach, who led the Botswana champions to dump Pirates […]

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Zozibini to adjudicate Miss Universe Vietnam

Social media have been abuzz following the news that former Miss South Africa, Zozibini Tunzi, will be one of the judges at the prestigious Miss Universe Vietnam pageant. Tunzi, who many in Mzansi regard as the longest serving Miss Universe, will be at the 7th edition of the competition, which is set to take place tomorrow. The announcement of her joining the competition, was shared on a post on Instagram. The former Miss SA has been described as: "A black […]

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