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The Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) at Wits and the Commission for Gender Equality have welcomed a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling, which confirmed that foreplay doesn't constitute sexual consent. The organisation says this will be a relief for gender-based violence survivors who, over the years, have had to contend with the lack of awareness, and discriminatory attitudes held by police officers and prosecutors, resulting in their cases rarely […]

Mamelodi Sundowns’ second semi-final leg against Tunis Esperance will draw focus not only on the game itself, but how it is officiated. We go again tomorrow We are Mamelodi Sundowns 💙💛 pic.twitter.com/r4jbYEYo3m — K A B E L O M O L E K W A (@kabelomolekwa6) April 25, 2024 Sundowns need to overcome Esperance to not only make it to the final, where a R76 705 200.00 ($4m) prize […]

The ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in Limpopo is accused of failing to settle a bill the organisation accumulated during one of its mother body's election campaigns in Malamulele. The ANC's youth structure held its Collins Chabane Memorial festival at the Saselamani Stadium in March and is allegedly yet to honour its agreement to pay service providers for their work. A fuming service provider, Phindhani Mashele, has told YNews that they […]

Pretoria-based artist and Tik-Tok Influencer, known as Jelly Babie, has apologised to South African Supermarket, Big Save, following a brief, yet cringe-worthy incident, in which she was involved in with one of the company's employees. In a video that blew up on social media, one of the supermarket's cashiers is seen arguing with the Tik-Tok Influencer, whose real name is Karabo Khakhu. In it, Jelly Babie can be distinctly heard hurling […]

Joburg City Manager, Floyd Brink, has narrowly escaped arrest. Brink is in hot water over the city's failure to honour a court order, directing it not to cut off water supply to a resident. "This legal dispute emanates from a dispute on the rates owed to the City by the said resident and the corrective steps undertaken to rectify same," says Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda in a statement. The City of […]

The Constitutional Court has agreed to hear the IEC's urgent appeal against Jacob Zuma's MK Party. The Electoral Commission approached the Apex Court for clarity over an Electoral Court ruling, which gave the former president the greenlight to possibly return to the National Assembly after the May 29 elections. Zuma's MK Party has until tomorrow to file its arguments in court, in a matter some believe might be heard before […]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) confirmed that it will examine the appeal of double Olympic champion Caster Semenya against regulations requiring female athletes with high testosterone levels to take medication on the 15th of next month. The 33-year-old South African athlete won a long legal battle last July against Switzerland at the ECHR, which ruled that she was the victim of discrimination from the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration […]

What was supposed to be a kind gesture by the Sport, Arts, and Culture Minister, Zizi Kodwa, has taken a different turn, sparking debate over the government's perceived lack of support for artists. Kodwa drew flak from some social media users on X, after wishing a South African Opera singer, based in Britain, well for his outstanding performance on the Britain’s Got Talent television show. South African creatives continue to […]

A survivor of a police shooting in Mpumalanga is demanding justice, almost four years after the incident that changed his life forever. Thabo Mbonani from Leandra says he was shot by the police, without a warning, in a case of mistaken identity in 2020. “I am a law-abiding citizen who was on my way to work when the police just shot at me,” he adds. Mbonani says while the police […]

Young business owners in Gauteng have slammed the government for failing to invest in young people at grassroots level. As South Africans prepare to cast their ballot on the 29th of May, the young people say a lack of government funding and investment has left many of them struggling to keep their businesses afloat. Speaking with YNews, fashion designer, Zintle Mbobo, has accused the government of failing to recognise and […]