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Political analyst, Professor Sam Koma, says it will be interesting to see how the Electoral Court will rule on the ANC's case to have the Umkhonto Wesizwe party deregistered. Yesterday, the governing party said the MK trademark belongs to the ANC and the newly formed party is trying to use its proud history of armed struggle against the apartheid regime to lend credibility to what is a blatantly counter-revolutionary agenda. […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has nothing to hide in the burglary and robbery case of his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo. Ramaphosa maintains that the thousands of US dollars stolen from the farm in 2020 were proceeds from the sale of buffalos to Sudanese businessman, Hazim Musatafa. The President has been dominating the headlines after former spy boss, Arthur Fraser accused, him of using state resources to conceal the multi-million dollar theft. […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says Bafana Bafana are going to win in their African Cup of Nations (Afcon) crucial match against Morocco, urging them to play their hearts out. Hugo Broos' side are set to face the Atlas Lions tonight, looking to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the tournament that has produced some shocks.   Video: Sports Ministry Although Morocco are the favourites to win, this year's tournament has […]

The Gauteng Education Department says it’s in no rush to stop learner excursions following the drowning of grade 7 learner from Laerskool Queenswood, Latoya Temilton, at a school excursion just over a week ago. The 12-year-old drowned while attending a school leadership camp at Wag ‘n Bietjie resort in Olifantsfontein. It’s alleged the pool where she was swimming had poor visibility. Her lifeless body was allegedly retrieved by two boy […]

Psychologist, Professor Saths Cooper, is urging South Africans to change the language they use when addressing teenage pregnancy. He says how these conversations are framed is problematic as usually vilify young girls, who sometimes had been taken advantage of by older men due to their economic circumstances. "We (are) almost victimising our children who are impregnated by older adults," he warns. The Professor's remarks come after the Minister of Basic […]

  Professor of International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, John Stremlau, has described the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) ruling in South Africa's case against Israel as a huge moral and diplomatic victory for the country. On Friday, the court ordered Israel to take all measures within its power to prevent acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip after South Africa petitioned it for an immediate […]

DA leader, John Steenhuisen, has come under fire over his utterances degrading the Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens. In a swipe at Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, Steenhuisen over the weekend the wardens, established to fight crime in Gauteng, as Panyaza's untrained vigilantes. "What kind of person pulls a drunkard out of a shebeen, gives him a uniform and a weapon, and then unleashes them onto a community?” He alleges that Lesufi […]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to take all measures within its power to prevent acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip. The court delivered the historic ruling in a case that had been lodged by South Africa on Friday afternoon. Pretoria had asked for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, arguing that Israel was violating the UN Convention on Genocide with its continuous bombardment of […]

Canadian Rapper, Drake, lost a whopping $700 000 (R13.3 million) after placing his bet on defending UFC champion, Sean Strickland, to win the coveted UFC middleweight title. The American MMA champion faced a fall from grace on Sunday after Dricus Du Plessis made history as the first South African to win the championship.Ahead of the fight, Drake took to Instagram, showing off his bet ticket. The "God's Plan" hitmaker was […]

The 29-year-old man accused of setting the Usindiso building in Marshalltown, in the Johannesburg CBD, on fire has confessed, once again, to a magistrate that he did indeed commit the crime. Earlier this week, the man admitted, before the Usindiso Commission of Inquiry, to having started the blaze that resulted in the deaths of 76 innocent people. Sithembiso Mdlalose said he had been trying to conceal a murder, which had […]