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  Two suspects accused of selling drugged edibles to minors are appearing before the Soshanguve Magistrate Court today. They were arrested after at least 90 Pulamadibongo Primary School pupils were hospitalised on Wednesday. They fell ill after consuming the “space cookies” the children allegedly bought from the two men. The affected children were between grades R and 7, with some as young as 6 years old. Parents met with officials […]

Banyana Banyana suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat at the hands of the United States of America in an international friendly match played at the TQL Stadium in Cincinati, Ohio, on Friday morning. Coach Desiree Ellis’ charges started well and looked lively in the opening 30 minutes of the match, but it was after Lynn Williams’ opening goal for the former world champions in the 32nd minute that saw Banyana's confidence levels drop. There was […]

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Mondli Gungubele, says they have started preparing for October grant payments to avoid the chaos beneficiaries endured this month. He was giving an update on the payments, alongside his Social Development counterpart, Lindiwe Zulu, on Thursday. September has been a terrible month for grant beneficiaries as challenges the government has blamed on a technical glitch, forced thousands of Postbank Gold Card SASSA holders to […]

  As preparations continue for the 2024 Olympics, SA’s teen swimming sensation and Olympian, Pieter Coetzé, says his preparations have been going well and he is ready to bring home more medals. Speaking in Tshwane at the launch of Swimming South Africa’s High-Performance Academy, Coetzé said he wants to inspire more young people to get into the sport. The 19-year-old was named the ambassador for the academy. “It means the […]

Specialist investigator, Mike Bolhuis, has warned young people to stay away from dating sites, saying they've become a haven for criminals. He says they've received an overwhelming number of cases of young people who are lured and extorted on the sites. "We have found that also on these dating sites, the false identities and information theft is enormous. The social media world out there is a dangerous world." His remarks […]

Proteas fast bowlers, Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala, have been ruled out of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India. Nortje has a suspected low back (lumbar) stress fracture and will be under the care of a specialist team on the next steps in his recovery, said Cricket South Africa (CSA) in a statement. The 29-year-old seamer experienced lower back spasms during the second One-Day International against Australia […]

  As part of the Heritage Month celebrations in South Africa, which among others honours the memory of some of the country’s struggle icons, Professor of African politics at UNISA, Kealeboga Maphunye, is urging young people to familiarise themselves with what the Black Consciousness Movement leader, Steve Biko, stood for. Lamenting the muted celebration of the anti-apartheid activist’s legacy, Professor Maphunye says Biko's principles live on and are needed to […]

Veteran Economist, Dawie Roodt, says the latest Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) figures suggest that the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) will likely keep interest rates unchanged when its Monitoring Policy Committee meets today. Statistics SA has announced that CPI increased from 4.7% in July to 4.8% in August. This is after four consecutive months of decline. The data agency says the monthly change in CPI was 0.3% in August, down […]

That there are two sides to a story is one thing, but assertions that there are two sides to truth do not follow to be convincing. And whether headlines to a story are good or bad is an area sub-editors are gifted with to enjoy the right of way to pass. Headlines may be unhelpful, but indicative of license the media world has gifted sub-editors with to wield. Truth though […]

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has been vindicated after a court ruled in his favour over untested rape allegations. The EFF MP had taken the Daily Sun newspaper to court over its 2021 report that alleged he had raped someone. The publication has been ordered to apologies and remove the statements from all its platforms within seven days. It was established in court that the Daily […]