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                        The family of the late, Dorcas 'Didi' Lekganyane, has expressed her disappointment in the SAPS' alleged lack of efficient communication with them, saying the only update they have received with regards to Didi's case has only been through external people. The 32-year-old trailblazer was stabbed to death multiple times at her matrimonial home in Kew, Johannesburg, last week […]

Political commentator, Brooks Spector, says there is only two people that could probably get the Joe Biden to step down from office. Speaking to YNews, Spector says Jill Biden and Nancy Pelosi, a good friend of Biden, could be the people that can convince him to make that tough decision. This comes amid mounting calls for the US President to consider leaving the baton to someone else due to growing […]

Dr Patricia Moloi-Motsepe says for youth unemployment to be addressed; young people must prepare themselves for the jobs of the future. She was speaking at the Motsepe Foundation’s Youth-Tech Expo in Johannesburg, where more than 1000 unemployed graduates gathered. It was an exciting mix of young and experienced professionals who gathered to network and address the country’s unemployment crisis. The young people say they can no longer be comfortable being excluded from the economy. Lesego Themba, […]

Shack dwellers' movement, Abahlali BaseMjondolo, say they feel vindicated by Wednesday's Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling on the city of Cape Town's land invasion case, which has upheld the right to dignity for the poor and marginalised who have long been subjected to unlawful evictions. The movement, which is among the seven responders in the matter, was weighing in on the ruling, which upheld a high court decision that […]

Convicted former VBS chairperson, Tshifhiwa Matodzi, has implicated EFF leaders Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu in the damning looting scandal. In his tell-all affidavit, the former official details his first meeting with Malema, Shivambu and the party's secretary general Marshall Dlamini at the EFF's penthouse in Sandton in 2017. The meeting culminated in a R16 million gratuitous donation made to the leaders by VBS Mutual Bank. According to the close […]

  The family of the four of the 11 children who died in the horrific scholar transport accident in Merafong, near Carletonville, say the loss is imaginable. Authorities revised the learners' death toll from 12 to 11 today. The children were travelling to school in the minibus when they were bumped into in the back between Kokosi and Wedela near Fochville. It is understood that a bakkie rear-ended the minibus […]

          Christine Nxumalo, whose sister was among those who died in the Life Esidimeni tragedy, says while they feel vindicated by yesterday's inquest judgment, which found Qedani Mahlangu and Dr. Makgabo Manamela liable for the deaths of some former Esidimeni Life patients, they want the former Gauteng Health MEC, and the former provincial head of mental health charged with murder. Yesterday, judge at the Gauteng high […]

  MMC for Finance in Johannesburg, Dada Morero, says they've decided to review the R200 electricity surcharge, which has sparked public outcry. Residents have taken to social media over the past few weeks, lamenting their already dire economic conditions after City Power introduced the fee for prepaid customers. Authorities say the R200 charge is meant for services and network capacity. Registered indigent customers have already been exempted from the surcharge. […]

                  After eight years of waiting, the families of the 141 Life Esidimeni patients who died and the 44 who remain missing have finally come a step closer to getting justice for their loved ones. Earlier today, former Gauteng Health MEC, Qedani Mahlangu and the former Head of the Mental Health Directorate, Dr Makgabo Manamela, were deemed responsible for the deaths of […]