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Young dads in Johannesburg have hailed the OKY app as a vital resource, helping them better understand their daughters' menstrual health. The fathers were speaking at the launch of South Africa’s newest period tracking app, Oky South Africa, aimed at empowering young girls with period health information. The app was created through a unique partnership between UNICEF and loveLife, with the added support of the Department of Basic Education. Silas […]

Young Africans attacking midfielder, Mahlatsi Makudubela, says the club has done its “homework” on their CAF Champions League opponents, South African champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, as the two sides prepare to clash in the second leg of the Quarter-Finals tonight at Loftus Versveld in Pretoria. Muda wa maandalizi yetu ya mwisho kuelekea mchezo wetu wa robo fainali #CAFCL dhidi ya Mamelodi Sundowns FC kesho🔋💪🏽#TimuYaWananchi #DaimaMbeleNyumaMwiko pic.twitter.com/JMnwHsycfJ — Young Africans SC (@YoungAfricansSC) […]

Brand reputation expert, Solly Moeng, says the country needs to build a society that challenges racial stereotypes. Moeng's comments come after a Curro career day picture showing a black child posed as a cashier, while white children were vets, among other occupations, went viral on social media platforms - in yet another racial scandal to rock the country's biggest private school operator. A black English and history teacher at a […]

Political analyst, Goodenough Mashego, says Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's resignation was well-calculated and cynical. He says the former National Assembly Speaker was not going to return to Parliament either way and wanted to secure her pension. The embattled former Defence Minister announced her resignation on Wednesday, a day after the High Court in Pretoria dismissed her urgent bid to block her arrest. The politician handed herself over to the authorities yesterday and […]

Independent law firm, Nchupetsang Attorneys, has found possible negligence on the part of Laerskool Queenswood principal and the school's educators. The firm revealed its findings in Johannesburg, three months after it was tasked by the Gauteng Education Department to investigate the circumstances of the drowning of 12-year-old Latoya Temilton. It has recommended that the principal and educators be charged for contravening Section 32(1)(a) of the Children’s Act, which placed a […]

The state has confirmed that a second accused will be added in the bribery case against former National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. The embattled former Parliament Speaker was granted R50 000 bail in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court today after handing herself over at the Lyttelton Police Station. Her husband, who is also a former Defence Minister, Charles Nqakula, and the country's former Deputy President, Baleka Mbete, were among some of […]

Tributes are flooding in for Kaizer Chiefs player, Luke Fleurs, who tragically lost his life in a hijacking last night. According to the police, Fleurs (24) was shot and killed before his car was hijacked in Honeydew, Johannesburg. It is with a great deal of sadness that we announce that Kaizer Chiefs player, Luke Fleurs tragically lost his life last night during a hijacking incident in Johannesburg. Our thoughts and […]

Former National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s friends and relatives have arrived at the Pretoria Magistrate's Court in a show of support - ahead of her bail application. Her husband, Charles Nqakula, seemed calm and collected as he arrived at court. His embattled wife faces one corruption count and 12 corruption charges involving over R4 million in bribes allegedly solicited from a contractor between 2017 and 2019 while she was Defence […]

Criminologist, Guy Lamb, says the fatal shooting of suspects by police, instead of taking them to a court of law to answer for their crime, undermines justice. Lamb was reacting to the recent spate of killings of suspected criminals by KZN police. In the latest incident, police shot dead nine suspects during a shootout in Marianhill. The suspects, who were wanted for various crimes in the province, are also linked […]