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Education expert, Professor Mary Metcalfe, says racism is structured in South Africa and for it to be dealt with - constant willingness to learn to live in an ethnically diverse society is needed. Metcalfe was reacting to the suspension of 12 learners from Pretoria High School For Girls over alleged racism. According to the Gauteng Education Department, the learners who are white, were part of a WhatsApp group - where […]
Facebook rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester, plans to challenge the jurisdiction of his trial and the unfair treatment he alleges to be subjected to at the Kgosi Mampuru Prison. The convicted murderer and rapist today introduced a new legal representative in the Free State High Court, where he briefly appeared with his co-accused. This is Bester's third legal team since his first appearance in April last year. Bester, his lover […]
Financial experts says even though the two-pot system could be beneficial, South Africans must be aware of the pros and cons of withdrawing early. President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday signed the Pension Fund Amendment Bill into law, which will come into effect on the 1st of September. The amended piece of legislation will allow workers to tap into their pension funds at least once a year, without having to […]
The President of the Icamagu Spirituality, Professor Nokuzola Mndende, has expressed concern over how criminal elements continue to try infiltrate the initiation of young men. She's responding to the controversy over young boys who sometimes are taken to bogus initiation schools without their parents' consent. May and July are South Africa’s peak circumcision season. According to the Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs' (CoGTA) Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committee […]
The family of slain scientist, Dorcas 'Didi' Lekganayane, say they hope that her alleged killer husband, Cecil Kekana, will admit his guilt so that the family can find closure. The 46-year-old abandoned his bail bid when he appeared in the Alexandra Magistrates' Court today. Kekana is accused of stabbing Lekganyane to death multiple times at their matrimonial home in Johannesburg, earlier this month. He was recently released from hospital after he tried to […]
Akani Simbine will probably go into the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as the most under pressure South African athlete. Simbine has been South Africa's premier sprinter for the last decade but has failed to produce a medal for the country at a global stage and with him being 30 years old, the Paris games might be his final opportunity to deliver on the potential he's promised for years. Former SA […]
COVID-19 crimes are haunting unscrupulous government officials and their associates. In a case proving how futile criminal activities are, 22 senior officials who work for the Mpumalanga Public Works Department and their co-accused have lost assets and properties valued at R52.6 million to the state. The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the National Prosecuting Authority, the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) seized the […]
Sport Minister, Gayton McKenzie, is optimistic that Team South Africa will bring back plenty of gold medals from the 2024 Paris Olympics. The first batch of Team SA athletes left the country yesterday, with others scheduled to leave over the next couple of days. At the 2020 Olympics, Team SA only managed to bring back three medals, with the only gold coming from superstar swimmer, Tatjana Schoenmacher. This time McKenzie […]
The state is opposing the application for separate trials made by two of the accused in the VBS looting scandal, Kabelo Matsepe and Danny Msiza, who are represented by disgraced former NPA boss, Sean Abrahams, who has returned to private law practice. The state argues that separating the cases would undermine their prosecution, as the evidence relies on the fact that all 13 accused in the matter acted together. State […]
International relations expert, Professor John Stremlau, says Kamala Harris is the perfect candidate to usher in a 'new' America. The US vice president has been earmarked as the new Democrats leader, after President Joe Biden announced that he has decided to pull out of the Presidential race for the November 5 elections - saying it is in the best interest of his country and party. The 81-year-old Democrat has now […]
