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This year's recipient of the Standard Bank Top Women Young Achiever Award, Matshidiso Gama, is encouraging young aspiring entrepreneurs to be deliberate about their growth and development. The 35-year-old from Kwa-Thema near Springs, in Ekurhuleni, was recognised for showing a promising potential, excellent business acumen at the Sandton Convention Centre. Gama is celebrated for the passion she's shown in building her company, creating employment opportunities, as well as contributing positively […]

Matriculants have been urged to apply for National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for the 2025 academic year as applications are set to close soon. The Higher Education Department says the 15th of this month is the last day for online applications. The application process has been opened since September. This year, the scheme supported about 1.2 million students, with the number anticipated to grow next year.   NSFAS has […]

The Teddy Bear Clinic for Abused Children has highlighted the need for conversations about sexual abuse to be had more openly in order to empower victims to speak out, especially when the abuser is in a powerful position. The NPO's Director, Dr Shaheda Omar, says while such conversations are not easy, they are necessary to help victims understand that it's never their fault to fall prey to abusers. Dr Omar […]

Hundreds of travellers have been left stranded at OR Tambo International Airport, in Ekurhuleni, due to a wage strike. Pilots, working for the South African Airways (SAA), are demanding a 15.7% wage hike and improved working conditions. Long queues of traveler’s formed at SAA's help desk, with many having missed their flights and others still awaiting communication from the company.  The queues were filled with young couples, businesspeople traveling for […]

The state says it will exercise its prerogative on who it will call as a witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. It was responding to defence counsel for accused number four, advocate Zithulele Nxumalo, who quizzed the prosecuting team on whether or not they will call Kelly Khumalo to take the stand. Advocate Nxumalo told the court that he had questions lined up for the songstress, who was in […]

South African Football Association President, Dr Danny Jordaan, and CFO, Gronie Hluyo, want their fraud case struck off the roll. Jordaan, Hluyo and businessman, Trevor Neethling, made their second appearance at Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court today where their legal representative, advocate Norman Arendse, informed the court about the application to have the matter removed from the roll. The duo's challenge of their arrests' constitutionality is cited as one of the […]

As the festive season commences, many working-class individuals eagerly anticipate their salary bonuses and early paydays, a tradition that enables them to prepare for holiday celebrations with their loved ones. Ironically, it is often the same working-class people who employ domestic workers yet deny them the same courtesy, neglecting to provide end-of-year bonuses, early paydays, and even annual leaves. Despite South Africa’s comprehensive labour laws, many employers disregard these rights, […]

Proteas white-ball head coach, Rob Walter, has named a 15-man squad for this month's three-match home T20I series against Pakistan. Heinrich Klaasen will captain South Africa in the absence of regular skipper Aiden Markram, who is currently involved in the Test series against Sri Lanka. The Proteas will face Pakistan in T20 clashes in Durban (10 December), Centurion, (13 December) and Johannesburg (14 December). Markram, along with all-format regulars Marco […]

The City of Cape Town's recent electricity tariff hikes have ignited a fierce debate, with opposition parties warning that it will exacerbate the city's existing inequality.  The matter was contested in the North Gauteng High Court yesterday, with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) arguing that the hike is unlawful. At the heart of the dispute is the city's decision to implement tariff increases that exceed those approved […]

Some South Africans say they will have to cut their spending this festive season to accommodate the increase in the fuel prices as they get ready to travel. The price of both grades of petrol increased by 17 cents per litre, while diesel went up by between 55 and 56 cents a litre this morning. The Department of Mineral Resources says that even though international oil prices dropped over the […]