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Boks sweating over injuries ahead of international season

Stormers utility back, Damian Willemse, has joined Sharks centre, Lukhanyo Am, on the Springboks injury list ahead of the international season, which will see the Rugby World Cup champions take on the Six Nations champions Ireland in July. Willemse will have to undergo finger surgery that will leave his availability in the balance ahead of the much-anticipated rumble against the number two ranked nation in the world. Am has sustained […]

todayMay 22, 2024 140

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Senzo Meyiwa | Phone records place suspect at murder scene

Cellphone data records have placed at least one of the accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case at the scene of the footballer’s killing. According to cellphone analyst, Gideon Gouws, cellphone tower records show accused no 3, Mthobisi Mncube, was in Vooslorus on the night of Meyiwa’s murder. He was testifying in the high court in Pretoria where the trial into the footballer's killing continues. That fateful night, Mncube had […]

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Ex bodyguard rubbishes Diddy’s apology, brands him king manipulator

Anger swirls over hip-hop mogul, Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs, following a footage in which he violently assaults singer and former lover, Cassie Ventura. In the surveillance video, released by CNN, Diddy is seen kicking and dragging Cassie in a hotel hallway.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Toshamakia (@toshamakia) Diddy took to Instagram on Sunday in reaction to the viral footage, asking for forgiveness. This […]

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Netanyahu ‘disgusted’ by ICC’s bid to arrest him

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has hit back at the International Criminals Court prosecutors’ application for arrest warrants against him and his defense minister. The duo and three Hamas leaders are accused of war crimes against humanity in the Middle East. The ICC's, Karim Khan, says the charges against Hamas leaders, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif) and Ismail Haniyeh, emanate from Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel, which […]

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Apex Court’s Zuma ruling hailed

The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation has welcomed the Constitutional Court's decision, banning Jacob Zuma from contesting the upcoming national elections as a consequence of the former president’s bad behaviour. The ConCourt ruled that Zuma was not eligible to stand as a candidate for the National Assembly due to his contempt of court conviction in 2021. Handing down the unanimous judgment in Braamfontein, Justice Leona Theron detailed how Section 47(1)(e) of the […]

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Iran’s late president described as advocate for justice

Muslim political party, Al Jama-ah, has described Iran's late leader, Ebrahim Raisi, as someone who was committed to the plight of the oppressed and dispossessed, including the Palestinian people. The party yesterday joined other world leaders who've paid tribute to Raisi, his foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, and other senior officials who passed away on Sunday in a horrific helicopter crash in northern Iran. The country has since declared five days […]

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SA’s top court bars Zuma from returning to Parliament

Former president, Jacob Zuma, has been disqualified from running in next week's elections due to his 2021 contempt of court conviction.  The Constitutional Court overturned the Electoral Court ruling, which set aside the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC)'s decision to ban Zuma from contesting.  Justice Leona Theron found that Zuma is not eligible to be a member of or stand to be elected as a member of the National Assembly.  The […]

todayMay 20, 2024 148

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Analyst says ANC’s pro-Palestine stance could win voters

Some political analysts say that the Israel-Hamas conflict and the stance taken by political parties will play a vital role in the outcome of this year's provincial and national elections. South Africa’s ANC-led government took Israel to the International Court of Justice in December, accusing the Middle Eastern country of genocide. This amid escalating tensions in the region, following Israel’s retaliation to the October 7 Hamas attack, which claimed the […]

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Unemployed youth say they go hungry for internet access

Unemployed young people protesting for lower data costs say high data prices have forced them to choose between food and buying data. In the age of the internet, the young people say high data costs have made online job hunting an expensive exercise. The young people joined demonstrations by organisation, Friends for a Free Internet, outside the Icasa offices in Centurion, demanding an end to expensive data. A study by […]

todayMay 18, 2024 172

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“Tear down election posters and you’ll be thrown in jail,” warns SAPS

With a little more than a week to go before South Africans head to what has been dubbed as the country's 1994 elections, the SAPS have issued a stern warning to the public. The police say anyone caught removing and defacing posters published by a registered party will be arrested and criminally charged. Their warning is in accordance with the Electoral Act of 73 of 1998, which prohibits the unlawful […]

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