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Sport Minister, Zizi Kodwa, has welcomed the Pretoria High Court's ruling, which dismissed - with costs - the National Professional Boxing Promoter's Association's (NPBPA) application for the court to declare the appointment of the Boxing SA Accounting Authority as irregular and invalid. The Minister’s spokesperson, Litha Mpondwana, says the next step is a move to restore stability and ethical governance at Boxing SA. “The judgment marks a salutary corrective measure […]

  Gauteng Education MEC has revealed that school excursion that saw the drowning of two Daveyton boys was not authorised by the department. Chiloane spoke at a briefing at the Benoni school earlier today. He says the school did not inform the district or the department about the trip. Two learners have been identified as Siphamandla Peterson (15) and Sibusiso Sibiya (17). They tragically lost their lives during a discipline […]

Civil Rights Movement, Put South Africa First, has slammed government's silence and failure to eradicate drug trafficking in the country. The movement says government's inaction leaves one to wonder whether high-ranking officials are not involved with drug lords who run the streets in local communities. Put South Africa First's remarks come as yet another host of the drug-busting show, 'Sizok'thola' on Moja Love, Xolani Maphanga has found himself on the […]

Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, has called on government to strengthen its hand of support to schools and teachers amid concerns over deaths of learners during school trips and within the premises of the educational institutions. In the latest incident, two boys from Daveyton Skills School in Benoni drowned on Monday, while attending a school discipline camp in Tshwane. The boys, aged 13 and 16, were due to return home to […]

Organisers of the Beijing half marathon are investigating allegations that three African athletes deliberately allowed China's star runner, He Jie, to win Sunday's race. Footage appeared to show Kenya's Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat and Ethiopia's Dejene Hailu pointing to the line and slowing down before waving past He. Mnangat has confessed to the race fixing. He says they were contracted to help He break the Chinese half-marathon record of […]

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has confirmed that former President Jacob Zuma's face will appear on the ballot papers in the upcoming polls as the leader of the MK Party. Today, the IEC announced that it will now go ahead with the printing of ballot papers for the elections, despite its latest appeal to the Constitutional Court seeking clarity on the Electoral Court's decision to set aside Zuma's disqualification. The […]

Four of South Africa's sporting stars have been inducted into the Forbes Africa's 30 under 30 list. Two-time Rugby World Cup winner, Damian Willemse, 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations winner Hilda Magaia, sprinter Shaun Maswanganyi, and Springbok women player Nadine Roos all cracked the nod and made it to the 2024 list for their achievements in their respective sporting codes. The Forbes 30 under 30 list celebrates innovators, creatives, […]

As South Africans prepare to cast their ballots on the 29th of May, queer youth in Johannesburg say political parties are not doing enough to appeal to them. According to the Triangle Project, there are more than half a million LGBTQ+ people in South Africa, with most agreeing that more queer representation amongst political parties would increase LGBTQIA+ voter participation. Speaking with YNews, the queer youth say the LGBTQ community […]

Amid growing safety concerns in the country due to the high rate of kidnappings and rapes, e-hailing company, Uber, has introduced Uber Teen for parents and guardians on the go. Just last month a driver from Uber's competitor, Bolt, Emmanuel Mudua, was sentenced to two life imprisonment terms, plus an additional 60 years behind bars, for various charges including rape, kidnapping, and assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm […]

South Africans have taken to social media to congratulate a local group, The Joy, for their performance with Grammy award-winning superstar, Doja Cat, at Coachella. Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, popularly known as "Doja Cat", and who father is a South African actor and dancer, was the headline act for the final night of the first weekend of the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Coachella has become quite the […]