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Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter, Ndileka, has urged South Africans to rise and rescue the country from the chains of corruption. According to a 2021 Afroborometer survey, South Africans see corruption as worsening under President Cyril Ramaphosa's administration. While government has put various measures in place to fight the scourge, many South Africans remain concerned that graft is deeply embedded in the country with some political leaders and business players prepared to […]

The Department of Transport in Gauteng has confirmed that the payment owed to the bus company, Putco will reflect in their account on Monday. Putco put brakes on 1 400 buses across the country indefinitely due to diesel shortage as a result of unpaid March subsidy claims by the transport department. Putco's spokesperson Lindokuhle Xulu says underfunding of the bus public transport industry, as well as the excessive fuel increases […]

  Actress Simphiwe Ngema has sent social media abuzz after admitting to having done business and visited Thabo Bester while he was behind bars. In a statement, Ngema says she visited the Facebook rapist and murderer in April 2018 to demand money that Bester allegedly owed her. The actress says she met Bester, who was working in the entertainment industry, and he introduced himself as TK Motsepe. She did not […]

Residents in the City of Johannesburg will have to wait until Friday for the election of a new mayor. This after councillors failed to reach a consensus on the mayorship at a council sitting yesterday afternoon. The city has been without a mayor following the resignation of Al Jama-ah's Thapelo Amad last week. Divisions and horse trading for positions continue to derail the Joburg City Council's vote for Amad's successor. […]

Miss SA organisers say they are looking forward to this year’s competition where mothers and married women will be among those contesting for the coveted crown for the first time since the pageant was established. Trans women are also allowed to enter the competition. While the historic move has raised eyebrows in various quarters, organisers say it is part of efforts to disrupt patriarchal rules, which have long governed the beauty contest. […]

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has adjourned for the day and will resume tomorrow in the high court in Pretoria. After a lengthy delay, the case kicked off with a new witness on the stand, Mthokozisi Twala. Twala is one of Meyiwa's friends who were present in the Khumalo home when the football star was shot and killed in October 2014. Four accused in the matter have changed their legal […]

Government is severing ties with Bloemfontein Correctional Contracts, the consortium that's contracted G4S to run the Mangaung Correctional Centre, where Thabo Bester escaped. The Department of Correctional Services has issued the company with a 90-day contract termination notice. The department has been seeking a legal opinion on the matter and says it believes the company is not suitable to continue with the contract. “DCS will immediately resume internal exercise for […]

Twenty three-time grand slam winner, Serena Williams, is expecting her second child with husband, Alexis Ohanian. She made the announcement on Monday night at the star-studded Met Gala in New York. Williams also took to Instagram to share the news in a post captioned: “Was so excited when Anna Wintour invited the three of us to the Met Gala." The 41-year-old gave birth to her first child Olympia in 2017. […]