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CPUT stabbing incident reignites debate on toxic masculinity

The violent stabbing of a student from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) by her husband from a neighbouring university, has reignited the debate over the need for toxic masculinity to be addressed in society, including at institutions of higher learning. Non-profit Organisation, Women and Men Against Child Abuse, says it is concerning that those who are meant to protect the vulnerable, are the same people that usually carry out brutal violence against them. The remarks come amid a […]

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Motsoaledi pushes for a revamp of the country’s immigration system

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says the recently published White Paper On Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee protection sets out to overhaul the country's migration system. The white paper process was approved by Cabinet on the first of November and it seeks to provide a framework to guide the granting of residency and citizenship to foreign nationals, as well as the protection of refugees and asylum seekers. The drafting of the white paper, which Motsoaledi has dubbed a 'painstaking exercise', […]

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Calls mount for the ICC to probe international law breaches in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  As pressure mounts for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate cases of human rights violations in the Israeli-Palestine conflict, the war surges on after more than a month since the initial attack. In the recent attacks, hundreds of patients were left trapped and thousands of people seeking shelter around the Al-Shifa Hospital, which has become the latest focal point of the war. The conflict started on October 7  after Hamas launched attacks on Israel that killed 1 200 […]

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Sundowns crowned inaugural AFL champs

South African league champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, became the first side to win the African Football League (AFL) title after beating Wydad Casablanca 2-0 in Pretoria on Sunday. The South African side won the second-leg of the final match and won the game 3-2 on aggregate after losing the first-leg of the game in Casablanca seven days ago. Sundowns went into the home leg trailing 2-1, but turned the tie around- thanks to goals from Peter Shalulile and Aubrey Modiba at […]

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Pirates edge Chiefs in Soweto Derby

Orlando Pirates grabbed the Soweto Derby bragging rights when they secured a 1-0 victory over their arch rivals, Kaizer Chiefs, at the FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The hard-fought victory saw the Buccaneers climb up to the seventh spot on the league standings. They are set to travel to KwaZulu-Natal to face Richards Bay on November 25. Chiefs, on the other hand, slipped down to the eighth spot on the standings and they will be desperate for a victory when […]

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Ramaphosa unlikely to testify in Phala Phala farm theft case

It’s unlikely President Cyril Ramaphosa will be called to testify in the case against the three people accused of stealing millions of dollars from his Phala Phala farm, in Limpopo. Imanuwela David (39) Froliana Joseph (31) and her brother, Ndilinasho Joseph (27), appeared before the Bela Bela Magistrate Court on Friday. During their formal bail application, the Joseph siblings pleaded not guilty to stealing roughly $580 000 in cash from the President’s farm. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s financial interests came under […]

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Dirco defends Pandor following backlash over call with Hamas leader

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) could not be drawn into whether or not it will respond to the South African Jewish Board of Deputies' (SAJBD) application for a Promotion of Access to Information Act order against Minister Naledi Pandor. On Thursday, SAJBD revealed to YNews that it planned to apply for a PAIA to ascertain what exactly was said by Pandor and the leader of Hamas during their phone conversation last month. After the news of the […]

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Senior politicians embroiled in Mdwaba bribery scandal deny any wrongdoing

Cabinet Ministers, Blade Nzimande, Thulas Nxesi and ANC Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, have rejected the bribery claims levelled against them by Professor Mthunzi Mdwaba as defamatory. The controversial businessman and scholar is accusing government officials of trying to solicit a R500 million bribe from a R5 billion UIF deal to create jobs. Mdwaba claims he was approached by three high-ranking government officials who solicited the bribe, claiming they were sent by the implicated ministers. Where there is smoke, there is […]

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‘SA has developed into a thugocratic state,’ laments human rights activist

  Human rights activist and social worker, John Clarke, says South Africa has developed into what he terms, a thugrocacy and a thugocratic machine. Clarke alleges that a number of people have infiltrated government in various sectors, including the police. "We've got people that are basically criminal networks that have infiltrated in all sorts and of course - they will try and infiltrate police and they will try and infiltrate the prosecution authority." The activist was commenting on the fatal […]

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