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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has expressed concern over infamous celebrity blogger Musa Khawula's apparent pattern of evading arrest. It says it will oppose bail when he returns to court next week due to his pending murder case and an outstanding warrant for reckless driving. “The decision lies with the court. It will make a determination on whether or not he’s a suitable candidate to be released on bail,” says […]

SuperSport United head coach, Gavin Hunt, has confirmed Tashreeq Morris’ move to Kaizer Chiefs, while Christian Saile will move the other way and join Matsatsantsa a Pitori. Morris only joined SuperSport in October and had scored two goals in nine appearances for the club – including a 1-0 winner over Chiefs. However, he is now on his way Naturena, with Hunt confirming he couldn’t stand in the player’s way. “I […]

Gogo Maweni, a well-known traditional healer and sangoma, today appeared before the Protea Magistrates Court on assault charges dating back to 2019.  The case was postponed to next Monday for a formal bail application. #YNews: Johannesburg police say allegations linking well-known sangoma #GogoMaweni to murder cases cannot be confirmed, pending further investigations. Maweni appeared in the Protea Magistrates Court today on assault charges dating back to 2019. pic.twitter.com/udeYwkkHwX — Y […]

Feminist leader and Executive Director of Oxfam, Lebo Ramafoko, says flirting is very difficult to define in the workspace because what someone might think is appropriate the person receiving it might regard it as harassment. She says it becomes even more difficult to define the concept when power dynamics are involved, as one might say they responded to the flirting because they feared losing their job. “Flirting is a slippery […]

Social media users say the short lived TikTok ban was just a ploy for President Donald Trump to get the glory for getting it back online. The app went dark on Saturday evening as the deadline for its Chinese owners, ByteDance, to sell or face the ban loom edged closer, barring millions of dismayed American TikTok users from the app, which was also removed from their app stores. However, services […]

Mamelodi Sundowns head coach, Miguel Cardoso, is adamant that the club's new signing Jayden Adams will have to prove that he deserves to play in the star-studded team, saying he won't hand out gifts to anyone. The Bafana Bafana international joined Masandawana from Stellenbosch FC on a three-and-a-half-year deal, which was confirmed on Saturday. While he is expected to find his feet quickly at Chloorkop, Cardoso said the midfielder won't […]

The Deputy President of the Patriotic Alliance Kenny Kunene's remarks that illegal miners deserved to die like rats underground and a post on X, suggesting that zama zamas would be hanged under a PA administration have been slammed as hypocritical. Kunene's comments were in reaction to the end of the standoff between the police and illegal miners at a Stilfontein mine, in the North West, last week - which saw […]

  The anguishing wait continues for the relatives of some of the men who are believed to have been part of the group of illegal miners who were hauled out this week from the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, near Stilfontein, in the North West. Rescue workers called off their operation on Thursday after rescuing 246 zama zamas and retrieving 78 bodies. According to the police, 1 576 miners voluntarily returned to […]

The SPAR Proteas will begin a busy two months with a three-match Margaret Beckford Sunshine Test series against number three world ranked, Jamaica, in Kingston tomorrow. After the series with the Jamaican Sunshine Girls, the Proteas will travel to the UK to play in the Vitality Netball Nations Cup against England, Uganda and Malawi next month. As they prepare for the first Test on Sunday morning, coach Jenny van Dyk […]

The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (Denosa) says while it's still investigating the circumstances surrounding the viral video of a nurse arguing with a patient, it believes the incident highlights the growing tensions at healthcare facilities. In the video that's on X, which is captioned, South African nurse vs Zimbabwean patient in Midrand, a woman's request for help from a nurse goes south and they end up arguing, with […]