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  The International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, former Minister of Defence, Yoav Gallant, and the late Hamas leader, Mohammed Deif, has been met with mixed views globally. The historic decision has ended months of suspense as the word has been waiting to see whether the court would approve the prosecutors' request to charge the trio for the 13-month-old war that […]

TV and radio personality, Afrika Mdutyulwa aka Smash Afrika, has advised Yires wishing to enter the entertainment space to always remain true to themselves and be easy to work with. The entertainer began his presenting career as a Y DJ in 2012. Mdutyulwa, who has worked on various shows at the station for five years, was recently named as the new host for Big Brother Mzansi. The 36-year-old will take […]

Frustration amongst South Africans continues to simmer as they rush to recode their electricity meters ahead of Sunday's deadline. At least 6.9 million meters have already been successfully re-coded - with over 2 million that still need to be migrated. Scores of Eskom customers have flocked to the power utility's offices across the country. Eskom has warned that customers will lose power, and their meters will not operate if not […]

COGTA Minister Velenkosini Thlabisa has defended government’s controversial 21 day window for spaza shops to register.  His remarks come at the back of sentiments from some spaza shop owners,  that 21 days is not enough  and community efforts to block foreign spaza shop operators.  Hlabisa, alongside several other ministers, was in Pretoria on Thursday outlining plans to deal with food borne illnesses.  Since September, nearly 900 cases of food borne […]

Magesi coach, Clinton Larsen, has likened facing Mamelodi Sundowns in the Carling Knockout final to facing Bafana Bafana. Magesi and Sundowns will face off in the Carling Knockout final at Free State Stadium on Saturday evening. Six Sundowns players, Ronwen Williams, Khuliso Mudau, Teboho Mokoena, Bathusi Aubass, Thapelo Morena and Iqraam Rayners were in the starting 11 when Bafana thumped South Sudan 3-0 in a dead rubber Afcon qualifier at […]

Rescue operations are still underway in Stilfontein, North West, where illegal miners continue to refuse to come back to the surface at an abandoned mineshaft. A number of illegal miners remain underground, with some said to be sick. The miners, who have underground for months now are believed to be trying to evade arrest. It is understood that the rescue experts are planning to build a cage or elevator to […]

Yires, who suspect they might have completed the recalled batch of Yaz Plus birth control pills, are encouraged to visit their doctor or pharmacy urgently, as they might be at risk of falling pregnant. Yesterday, the pharmaceutical company, along with the South African Health Products Authority (SAHPA) announced a recall of some of its batches. The error is recorded only on batch WEW96J, which expires in March 2026. The recall […]

Distraught father, Samuel Mnisi, says it's concerning to see that the deadly food poisoning incidents that have besieged the country seem only to affect children. His son, 5-year-old Siyabonga, tragically lost his life last night after allegedly consuming snacks that were bought at a local spaza shop owned by foreign nationals. Three of his friends were also hospitalised, while one of them remains in a critical condition. Mnisi says there's […]

Springbok coach, Rassie Erasmus, has decided to rest prop Ox Nche for Saturday’s Test against Wales in Cardiff, which will see a front-row reshuffle with Wilco Louw returning to the starting team at tighthead prop, while Thomas du Toit will move to loosehead. Nche started last week’s Test against England in London and the match against Scotland in Edinburgh, but Erasmus and the coaching team decided that it would be […]

Some Thokoza residents have given foreign-owned spaza shops 72 hours to vacate or face a forced community shutdown.  The aggrieved residents marched to their local police station, demanding the closure of foreign-owned spaza shops which they’ve accused of selling expired goods.  As pressure across Gauteng mounts on migrants to close shop, concerns remain over the vacuum that their closure may create in the township economy.  However, young community activist, Siyabonga […]