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Student leader, Keamogetswe Masike, has vowed to fight for the students stranded due to NSFAS' non-payment of their rent for months.  According to Masike, about 2 000 students have contacted him to report that they have been evicted. The students are from various institutions, including the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). Speaking to YNews, the current president of the National Students Forum shared some […]

Clinical psychologist, Anele Siswana, says porn addiction can alter a person's brain, leading to desensitisation and potentially aggressive behaviour. He was reacting to the news about Zimbabweans, allegedly, watching too much porn. According to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), statistics show that some of the top 10 visited sites in that country - are adult entertainment and betting sites. The regulator's Evidence Mazhindu, who was speaking on the […]

The Investigating Officer in the case against the murder-accused couple, Sibusiso and Lerato Mahlangu, has described how Lerato was crying and unable to speak after allegedly murdering the father of her child.  Officer Michael Nchaupe Meselane took to the stand as the next witness in the couple's fraud and murder trial. The Mahlangus are accused of murdering Lerato’s ex-lover and father of her child, Sibusiso Sithebe, and using his body as a […]

South Africans wait with bated breath for President Cyril Ramaphosa's "all-inclusive cabinet". Various quarters of society have, for years now, been calling for the President to downsize his executive. It remains to be seen whether he will heed the call, in the wake of a Government of National Unity (GNU) that is taking shape. Ramaphosa's cabinet in the sixth administration was made up of 30 ministers and 35 deputies. Portfolios […]

In an interview on the Government of National Unity (GNU), Dr Ntando Sindane, expressed sadness at the developments on Sizwe Walshe Mpofu's YouTube podcast. Dr Sindane exclaimed how disappointing it was to see that the ANC has decided to enter into shared governance, particularly with a right-wing Democratic Alliance (DA) for the 7th administration of South Africa's 30-year-old democracy. Analysing the DA's tone-deafness towards race as an antagonistic aspect in […]

Springbok player, Faf de Klerk, has launched his own swimwear line cheekily named 'Faffies'. De Klerk endeared himself to South Africans in 2019 when he was spotted wearing briefs with the colours of the national flag during the celebrations of Boks' World Cup triumph. While the official website is yet to launch, social media posts have shown four designs, which include that of the South African flag. The slogan “size […]

The National Arts Festival is in full swing in Makhanda, in the Eastern Cape. A diversity of work across culture and genre are on offer at the annual event, which is in its 50th year. It kicked off today and will run until the last day of this month. The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has injected R14 million into the country's longest running and most diverse arts festival. […]

The Patriotic Alliance (PA) says when Gayton Mckenzie the Minister of Home Affairs, he will use the Constitution with no fear, unlike outgoing Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. The party says it is incomprehensible how Motsoaledi has been unable to ensure that illegal foreign nationals are deported effectively. PA Deputy President Kenny Kunene's remarks come as concerns about whether Mckenzie could face the roadblocks Motsoaledi has had to contend with should […]

Following allegations by some US women that they face discrimination on the dating app Hinge, technology expert Arthur Goldstuck agrees that dating apps can be racist. In a series of TikTok videos, the women accused the app's algorithm of intentionally relegating them to the bottom of the dating pool, resulting in a limited selection of potential matches. Despite a Pew Research study showing that Black and Hispanic women use dating […]

Political analyst, Vusi Gumbi, says it is commendable that the Democratic Alliance (DA) decided to take action against its MP, Renaldo Gouws, for his actions. Gouws is in the eye of a media storm after videos of him making racial slurs resurfaced on social media. Not long after the initial video, social media users found another one in which he repeatedly says: "Kill all the k****rs." He is also repeatedly […]