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Magudumana loses another bid to challenge her arrest in Tanzania

Dr Nandipha Magudumana has been dealt another blow after the High Court in Bloemfontein dismissed her application for leave to appeal, with costs. The disgraced doctor approached the courts in a bid to challenge her April arrest in Tanzania. She claims she was brought back to South Africa unlawfully and her deportation was tantamount to kidnapping. Magudumana was arrested alongside her lover Thabo Bester in Arusha. Last month, the High Court in Bloemfontein dismissed her application to have her arrest […]

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Lions do their bit to honour Madiba

The Wanderers Stadium was a hive of activity on Tuesday as scores of good Samaritans and players from the Lions Cricket franchise flocked to the stadium in Illovo, Johannesburg, to do their bit for Mandela Day. The Lions partnered with The Angel Network, Fingertips of Africa and Ashraful Aid to pack over 3 00o food parcels for the needy across the country. Lions Chief Executive Officer, Jono Leaf-Wright, says: “The Lions family believes in One Team, One Stadium, One City […]

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Mayweather gives back to “Motherland”

American boxing great, Floyd 'Money' Mayweather Jnr, says the aim of his visit to South Africa is to inspire aspiring boxers in the country. Mayweather landed at the Lanseria Airport on Friday to much media frenzy and fan fare as part of his Motherland Tour, which saw him also visit Zimbabwe. Upon his arrival, Mayweather told the media that he wants people on the African continent to know that they can also be as successful as he is. "I always […]

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Electricity minister apologises for stage 6 load shedding

Electricity Minister, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says stage 6 load shedding cannot be a norm. The Minister used his Monday media briefing to apologise to citizens for stage 6 load shedding, which had South Africans fuming last week. The embattled power utility, Eskom, plunged the country into more than 10 hours of load shedding daily due increased demand and the depletion of emergency reserves. Ramokgopa apologised to the public for the intensive power cuts in what seemed to be the coldest […]

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Store’s exclusion of gay people slammed as queer apartheid

A business owner in the Eastern Cape has been receiving flak over a sign outside his shop that has social media users up in arms. The spices and dairy shop, called La Gardi in Gqeberha raised the ire of some South Africans after a sign which says, “LGBTQ not welcome at La Gardi. Save our children!!! Right of admission reserved!!" - went viral on social media. An rights organisation that represents the queer community has laid a complaint with the […]

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OPINION | Rebuilding a credible and professional intelligence service urgent

When you replace ‘why is this happening to me’ with ‘what is this trying to teach me’, everything shifts! At a time when South Africa marked the second anniversary of ‘the two weeks in July 2021’, in just one day, at least eleven trucks were set alight in two incidents on our major road networks, the N3 and N4. In the first, traffic was brought to a standstill on the N3 highway, linking Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, near Van Reenen, following […]

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Alleged Soweto killer gran suspected in other family deaths

The family members of slain Soweto toddler, Tshiamo Rabanye, say they suspect that his alleged killer and grandmother, Nqobile Ndlovu (50), may have murdered other relatives before. Ndlovu alongside her lover and co-accused, Mthunzi Zulu (39), made a brief appearance in the Protea Magistrate’s Court today. They’ve been charged with murder and the mutilation of 6-year-old Rabanye and his cousin, 5-year-old Nqobizitha Zulu, whose bodies were found dumped and mutilated in Soweto earlier this year. Relatives of the two boys […]

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Bafana World Cup route outlined

Bafana Bafana now know who they will face in the 2026 FIFA World Cup CAF Qualifiers after the draw was conducted on Thursday. South Africa have been drawn in Group C alongside fierce rivals Nigeria, neighbours Lesetho and Zambia, Rwanda, and Benin. President of the South African Football Association (SAFA)  Dr Danny Jordaan, Vice-President Bennett Bailey and CEO Lydia Monyepao were in attendance as Bafana’s opponents were unveiled. The three leaders are in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, for the 45th CAF […]

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Zuma must surrender himself to police: Steenhuisen

Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA), John Steenhuisen, has called on Former President, Jacob Zuma, to surrender himself to police yet again. Yesterday, the Constitutional Court dismissed the Department of Correctional Services' bid to challenge a high court ruling, which had declared Zuma's release on medical parole invalid. The Apex Court found that the application had no reasonable prospects of success. Zuma was released on medical parole in September 2021 after serving less than two months of his contempt of […]

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