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Deadly Braam shooting deepens students’ safety concerns

  Students around Braamfontein, in Johannesburg, say they feel unsafe as crime is getting out of hand in the area. This afternoon, three people, including a student, were shot dead following an ambush at Jorissen Street. Taxi violence is suspected to be behind the attack. According to the police, unknown suspects opened fire on two men, who were sitting inside a parked BMW sedan. Two students were allegedly caught in the cross fire as they passed by the vicinity of […]

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Writers ask Parliament to reject Copyright Amendment Bill

South African authors, readers, and stakeholders in the book industry have written to the National Assembly imploring them to protect the creatives by rejecting the Copyright Amendment Bill should it be put to vote today. Concurrence on the bill by the country’s lawmakers is scheduled for this afternoon. The authors say the bill’s proposed hybrid model of copyright exceptions goes too far and threatens to weaken copyright protection. They say the bill fails to strike a balance that’s needed in […]

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AKA’s alleged killers due in court, call for justice intensifies

Five of the seven people arrested for the murder of one of Mzansi's beloved Hip-Hop rapper, Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes, and his friend, chef and entrepreneur, Tebello 'Tibz' Motsoane, will appear before the Durban Magistrate’s Court today. Six of the suspects were arrested over a six-month period while the seventh accused was nabbed yesterday. Two of them are yet to be extradited from eSwatini, where had been hiding at the time of their arrest. [AKA AND TEBELLO MURDER CASE] SAPS has […]

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Young S. Korean women putting themselves first

Young women in South Korea are putting themselves first and say they can rather delay having children or not have them at all because they want to further their careers. The country's fertility rate, which is already the world's lowest, continued its dramatic decline in December 2023. Cultural factors such as the difficulty working mothers have juggling their jobs, with the expectation that they are mainly responsible for household chores and childcare, has also been cited as a major reason […]

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Judgment in sex workers’ murder trial set down for March

A decision in the rape and murder case against Sifiso Mkhwanazi has been set down for the 13th of next month. The 21-year-old is accused of raping and killing six sex workers whose decomposing bodies were found at his father's panel beating shop in Johannesburg in 2022. Closing arguments in the trial wrapped up yesterday. The defense questioned the motive behind Mkhwanazi's father's decision to testify against his son. It also told the court that the 21-year-old killed the sex […]

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Maya’s nomination lauded as a turning point for SA judiciary

Political analyst, Professor Sam Koma, says the nomination of Justice Mandisa Maya as the next Chief Justice marks a turning point for the country's judiciary. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the nomination yesterday. The Deputy Chief Justice will become the first female to occupy the top judicial position not just in South Africa, but the entire continent. Maya will assume office on the 1st of September after Chief Justice Raymond Zondo's term comes to an end. Judge Maya previously held the […]

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Banyana a step closer to Paris

Banyana Banyana are now two matches away from qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after beating Tanzania 1-0 in their second leg Third Round CAF Women’s Olympic qualifier at the Mbombela stadium in Mpumalanga on Tuesday night. South Africa went into the tie with a strong aggregate score after beating the Tanzanians 3-0 away from home in the first leg in Dar es Salaam on Friday. However, coach Desiree Ellis' charges were well aware that the job was not […]

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Tuks workers vow to intensify wage protest

Striking University of Pretoria workers have vowed to return to the institution this morning, as a wage dispute presses on at the institution. The aggrieved workers are demanding a 7% wage hike, while the university is offering them a 4% increase. The striking workers are accusing their employer of failing to reach a fair compromise, adding that they want to return to the bargaining table. The university is, however, digging in its heels - saying the 4% on offer is […]

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NGOs raise concern over rife fake missing children’s cases

NGO for Missing Children, the Pink Ladies Organisation, says it is important for parents to approach the necessary structure like the Family and Child Courts if one of them wants to claim custody of their child to avoid situations like that of 7-year-old, Noxolo Ntuli. The NGO's remarks following the bizarre ending in the search for the child, who was initially thought to have been kidnapped and things turned out to be the opposite, with her mother posting a video […]

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