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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 […]

The Sharks became the first South African club to reach an EPCR competition semi-final as they bested Edinburgh Rugby 36-30 in the quarter-final of the EPCR Challenge Cup at Hollywoodbets Kings Park this weekend. A second half try from hooker Bongi Mbonambi, coupled with 14 points from the boot of fly-half Siya Masuka, who totalled 18 points in the contest, helped overturn a 16-14 half time deficit. The first half […]

The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has opened applications for special votes from today until the 3rd of May. South Africans will be heading to the polls next month, in what has been dubbed the most hotly contested elections post-1994. The country's 7th democratic general elections will be momentous as independent candidates will be contesting for the first time in history. Special votes will take place on the 27th and 28th […]

Government is upping the ante in its battle to reduce the ever-increasing number of teenage pregnancies, unsafe abortions, and sexually transmitted diseases. According to the Health Department, over the past three years - more than 11 500 girls between the ages of 10 and 14 years delivered babies in public health facilities. While strides have been made in addressing the HIV scourge, the epidemic remains a headache, especially among young […]

Ekuruleni's newly sworn-in Mayor, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, is set to hit the ground running, assuring residents that addressing their needs will be a top priority. Xhakaza, who is an ANC councillor, was elected unopposed and sworn in on Thursday following a special sitting in council, breaking the weeks-long stalemate in the metro. The metro successfully voted on a new mayor weeks after the African Independent Congress (AIC) Sivuyile Ngodwana was voted […]

Frustrated students have given the Higher Education Department until Monday to tackle payment irregularities at NSFAS. The young people marched to the department’s head office in Pretoria yesterday, demanding an end to the eZaga payment system that they’ve blamed for their financial woes. Delayed payments and months of unpaid allowances are among the students' concerns. YNews spoke with 22-year-old TUT student and NSFAS beneficiary, Lothiwe Ntuli, who says delayed payments […]

Legal expert, Zola Majavu, says the May 29 election date will not change despite the ongoing legal battlefield that the IEC finds itself in. He says time is of the essence as South Africans prepare to head to one of the most hotly contested polls in a few weeks. The IEC has lodged an urgent and direct appeal to the Constitutional Court seeking clarity on the interpretation of the ruling […]

The Fleurs family says they have forgiven the people responsible for the murder of Kaizer Chiefs defender, Luke Fleurs. Six suspects believed to be involved in the 24-year-old's brutal murder appeared before the Roodepoort Magistrates Court earlier today. The suspect's ages range from 21 to 36. Ndumiso Mswane, Fernando Sive, Nhlakanipho Dlamini, Franky Xaba, Maredi Mphahlele, and Thembinkosi Hlomikhawu face five charges, namely murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, possession of […]

The Witwatersrand Taxi Association (Wata) says they are willing to meet with rival association Nancefield Dube West Association (Nanduwe) to find a solution to their ongoing conflict over routes. The associations have been at loggerheads for years now over the Soweto to Johannesburg CBD route, which has led to violence. More than 100 taxi operators have reportedly died over the past eight years due to the conflict. Wata spokesperson, Hamilton […]

Student leaders in Pretoria say government will pay the price at the polls if it continues to ignore the plight of their struggling counterparts. This as students at institutions including UJ, TUT and the University of Limpopo, say they go hungry or are kicked out of residences due to months of non-payment from financial aid scheme, NSFAS. Students have bemoaned the controversial eZaga payment system, which they say has caused […]