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Political Analyst Sam Koma says newly appointed Public Protector, Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka will need to develop thick skin, now that she will have to account to the committee that her predecessor,  Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been deployed to in Parliament. Gcaleka, who is the youngest Public Protector in the country's history was officially appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday. Her non-renewable term of seven years as the head of […]

Human rights organisation, Black Sash, has slammed government's alleged pretense that any extension or increase to the Social Relief Distress (SRD) grant must come at the cost of other budget concerns. Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, will table his 2023 Mid-term Budget Policy Statement in the National Assembly today. The 2023 mid-term budget will set out the policy framework for the 2024 national budget and indicate any adjustments that may be […]

Disgraced TikTok influencer, Matthew Lani, says he’ll not be held hostage by the court of public opinion. He made the remarks after his brief appearance before the Johannesburg Magistrate Court today, following the NPA’s decision to withdraw its charges against him. The now notorious 27-year-old landed himself in hot water with, among others, the Wits Medical School and the Health Professions Council after claiming to be a medical doctor. The […]

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has accused the President of being deceitful, for what the party says, is not keeping his word to give South Africans a public holiday if the Springboks won the Rugby World Cup. On Monday, thousands of South Africans waited with bated breath on President Cyril Ramaphosa to finally announce which day will be a holiday. Some were disappointed when he declared the 15th of December […]

  As South Africa concludes Mental Health Awareness Month, dietician Omy Naidoo says diet can play a huge role on mental health and is advising people to consider a plant-based, healthy diet. Naidoo says the relationship between a healthy diet and mental well-being is very important. "The food we consume not only shapes our physical health, but also profoundly influences our mental and emotional states. There's definitely a big link […]

A state witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has denied that police were heavily armed when two of the five men accused of involved in the footballer’s killing gave their alleged confessions. This as metro cop, Wendell Jonathan, returned to the witness stand yesterday. The high court in Pretoria is trying to determine the admissibility of accused number one, Muzi Sibiya and two, Bongani Ntanzi’s alleged confession statements, which […]

  The 2023 Rugby World Cup winning Springbok squad are due to arrive back in South Africa from France today at the OR Tambo International Airport in Ekurhuleni. The team will then embark on a trophy tour 48 hours later, which will start in Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Soweto on Thursday. On Friday, the team will be in Cape Town, while Durban will have its turn on Saturday before the tour […]

Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, has encouraged learners from the matric class of 2023 to fight just as hard as the Springboks did in order to get the desired results. The Minister's message comes just days after the Boks made history by becoming the first men's side to lift the Webb Ellis Cup four times and the second nation to have back-to-back victories at the World Cup. More than 800 […]

"It's a beautiful day indeed," are the words of Bonolo Seleke, who blew the whistle on bogus doctor, Matthew Lani in 2021. Seleke, who was a patient tracer at the time, lifted the lid on Lani's alleged suspicious practice, parading as a medical doctor at Christiana Hospital in the North West. She then quit her job after the Department of Health refused to deal with the matter. In a post […]

More incidents of suspected food poisoning have come up in the country, this time in the Eastern Cape. The Eastern Cape Department of Health has reported that the number of learners that have been hospitalised has now increased to 143. A further 23 learners from a third school in Mlungisi township in Komani were rushed to Frontier Hospital on Friday morning. The department says the learners suffered from abdominal pain, […]