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The Executive Director of the Teachers Union, Naptosa, has criticised the Gauteng Education Department's handling of escalating racial tensions at Pretoria Girls High School, saying that suspending learners and teachers won't solve the problem. Basil Manuel was responding to the suspension of yet another learner today after a video with suspected racial undertones surfaced. In the clip, a black matric pupil threatens to make fellow white pupils bow down. The […]

Diversity, Culture and Change Consultant, Bongani Tshabalala, says the law of the country should be the deciding factor on Miss SA contestant, Chidimma Adetshina's eligibility for the crown. Tshabalala is also urging the Department of Home Affairs to outline what the Constitution says on citizenship to help quell the uproar over whether the 23-year-old qualifies for the competition. The consultant has weighed in on the conversation amid a raging debate […]

Patriotic Alliance leader, Gayton McKenzie, bases his party position on Israel on a Jewish woman that goes without mention but took good care of him. On that count, Hamas is a terroristic organisation never mind what is happening to the Palestinians. I also have my benevolent episodes with a Jewish family that my mother worked for, the Werksmans, one of the top legal firms - albeit it did not appear […]

Proteas bowler, Kagiso Rabada, says he did not feel any pressure over being the only black player in the South African squad at the recently concluded T20 World Cup. Rob Walter's squad sparked widespread conversation when Rabada was named as the only black player in the team. It was the first time that a Proteas World Cup squad had only one black player since 2016. However, Rabada said that bearing […]

The escape trial of convicted rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester, and his co-accused has been set for the 10th of February 2025. Bester appeared in the Free State High Court alongside his lover Dr Nandipha Magudumana, her father and six former G4S employees. The long-awaited trial is in relation to Bester's escape from the Mangaung Maximum Prison in May 2022. Bester escaped in a staged fire incident at the facility, […]

The debate on social media on whether Miss SA finalist, Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina, should continue in the competition has boiled over, with some South Africans now calling for the 23-year-old to pull out of the competition and resolve the issue of her nationality. The Soweto born contestant has faced scrutiny and backlash after it was revealed that her father is Nigerian, while her mother is of Mozambican descent. The […]

SAFA president, Danny Jordaan, has given an update on the introduction of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the Premier Soccer League (PSL). Last week, PSL chairman, Irvin Khoza, revealed that the implementation of the technology system aimed at ending refereeing mistakes in local football is lying squarely at SAFA’s doorsteps. Consistent mistakes by match officials in the PSL have increased pressure from all quarters to install the system in South […]

Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, says heads must roll after a probe found that the principal of Daveyton Skills School be held liable for the death of two learners, Siphamandla Peterson and Sibusiso Sibiya, who drowned while on a discipline camp in April. Seanego Attorneys released its findings on the matter a little earlier. The camp was facilitated by a Non-Profit Organisation, Rising Stars Generation, at the Rock Falls Adventure Ranch […]

South African mountain biker, Alan Hatherly, clinched bronze in the men’s mountain biking cross-country race. Hatherly’s medal is South Africa’s second at the Paris Games, with the first – also bronze – secured by the Blitzboks in the Rugby men’s sevens. Hatherly also made history by becoming the first-ever South African and Southern Hemisphere rider to win an Olympic bronze medal in mountain biking. 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗡 𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 […]

                                Contemporary Visual Artist, Ntsikelelo Mzibomvu, says the uproar over the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics Games 2024 forces society to engage in uncomfortable conversations that are critical to foster social cohesion. Mzibomvu says such instances offer an opportunity for society to unpack the tension between modern inclusivity as well as traditional and religious […]