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    The Limpopo Department of Education has confirmed to YNews that an internal investigation is underway over allegations that some officials bullied a 17-year-old learner, who later took his life due to the severity of the situation he was faced with at school. Tshegofatso Ngoetjana, a Grade 9 learner at Taxila High School, in Polokwane, left a suicide note, expressing his distress over the alleged prolonged bullying. The school's […]

The family of the victim who lost her life during the Broadwalk Urban Village residential complex fire, in Midrand, has refuted rumours, circulated by some neighbours, that she was a casualty of Gender-Based Violence. YNews managed to have a conversation with Matlhogonolo Tsae, who is the family’s spokesperson and sister to the deceased. “I know she is a woman and a mother who the media painted as if she was […]

White residents of Hartebeespoort in the North West have denied allegations of racial tensions in the community.  This comes as black workers and business owners took to the streets on Friday to protest alleged racial discrimination and business sabotage at the hands of white people. YNews spoke with black business owner, Eunice Matakhula, who runs a guesthouse along Hartebeespoort's affluent dam.  She detailed the intimidation she allegedly faced from a […]

British actress, Dame Maggie Smith, has passed at the age of 89. The family of the 'Harry Potter' and 'Downtown Abby' star announced that she spent her last day at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, in the United Kingdom. Her two sons, Tobey Stephans and Chris Larkin, say Smith’s soul departed peacefully, surrounded by her family and friends. “An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the […]

  Thai authorities have arrested a 36-year-old man for performing penis augmentation surgeries for 20 years without professional training or qualifications. Kittikorn Songsri says he taught himself how to do the procedure when he was 14. Songsri is understood to have only achieved a Grade 9 level of education. Reports suggest that the 36-year-old man would advertise his services online and charged about 5 000 baht (R2 500) and 20 […]

Springbok captain, Siya Kolisi, says they will play for Eben Etzebeth, who will become the most capped Springbok of all time with 128 Tests. He's also promised that they will make the entire country proud when they line up against Argentina in Nelspruit on Saturday. The Boks hope to clinch the Rugby Championship title, which will see Kolisi lift the trophy for the first time since 2019. Kolisi said the […]

British supermodel, Naomi Campbell, has rejected claims that she misused charity funds to sponsor her lavish lifestyle. Campbell has been banned from being a charity trustee, alongside two other trustees, for the next five years after a charity commission inquiry found that only a small fraction of the millions raised in Campbell's poverty relief charity, Fashion for Relief, was spent on charity. The inquiry says only 8.5% of the charity's […]

The University of the Western Cape men's football team have followed in the boots of their female counterparts to be crowned Varsity Football 2024 champions. The Cape side scored a late equaliser in the final minutes and claimed the title after a tense 8-7 win on penalties against the North West University in a match that ended 1-1 after regulation time. NWU started well, dominating the first 10 minutes with […]

YNews had an exclusive conversation with the Competition Commission’s Acting Deputy Commissioner and Chief Economist, James Hodge, who emphasised the need for small business to approach them with cases of unfair business practices they may find themselves subjected to. This falls on the backdrop of a recent report that Keyalena (Uranium) Pharmacy has been given 45 days to get out of Fourways Gardens Centre, allegedly before its lease expires at […]