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State Witness, Pieter Smuts, has detailed how the gun believed to have killed Senzo Meyiwa was stolen during a cash-in transit heist sometime in 2013 at the Rabie Ridge Shopping Centre. Smuts is an SBV employee, which is the cash-in transit carrier. Yesterday, he detailed to the high court in Pretoria how guards carry guns to protect themselves. During this specific robbery, the suspects had taken firearms from guards so […]

South Africans can expect warmer conditions over the country this week. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says the conditions will be hotter in certain parts of the country reaching a maximum of 40 degrees Celsius. Gauteng will be fine and warm and no precipitation is expected for the week. Weather forecaster, Lehlohonolo Thobane, says these warm conditions will carry on for the rest of the week leading to the […]

Political analyst, Professor Sam Koma, says the calls for the sacking of US Ambassador to South Africa , Reuben Brigety, are justified following the state-sanctioned report on his Russia weapons sale claims. Brigety came under fire after he took to social media, claiming that there were weapons loaded on board the Russian ship, Lady R, that docked Simons town in Cape Town last year. President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed a three-member […]

Anti-drug activist and Moja Love host of the popular TV show called, Sizok'thola, Xolani Khumalo, is calling on South Africans to take a stand against the drug pandemic later this month. Khumalo, who is popular for his bold stance against the illegal trade and impact of drugs in communities, says this scourge needs all hands on deck. The crime fighter along with the Put South Africa First Movement are planning […]

  Motorists will have to dig deeper into their pockets as fuel prices are set to go up this month. Fuel prices are set to increase from Wednesday, which Automobile Association (AA) says will be record hikes. According to the association, commenting on unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund, the price of petrol is expected to increase between R1.59 per litre for ULP93 and R1.65 per litre for ULP95. […]

The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) says the City of Joburg should take the tragedy that gutted a building in the Joburg CBD as a wake-up call to better take care of its buildings. This after a building, which had been turned into an informal settlement at Corner Alberts and Delvers streets, caught fire in the early hours of yesterday morning claiming the lives of 74 people, including  […]

Witnesses of the deadly Johannesburg Central blaze have described horrific scenes of mothers throwing their babies from a burning five-storey building, as they attempted to escape the fire. At least 74 people have died following the deadly fire, which occurred at a hijacked building near Usindiso Shelter. Forty more patients are currently recovering in hospital. Joburg Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda, says it's unclear at this stage what caused the tragedy. One […]

  The Head of the Archaeology and Geography at Wits University, Professor Gillian Drennan, says she doesn't believe that South Africans should be worried about a major earthquake occurring in Johannesburg. On Wednesday night, residents of the south and west of Joburg experienced a 2.7 magnitude tremor around 10 in the evening. Drennan has told YNews that the tremor could have been a result of the earth readjusting itself.   […]

As South Africa wraps up SA’s Women's Month - we need to reflect on the atrocities that black families experienced for the past 263 years (1760-2023) to bring it home what the month, Women's Day and International Women's Day (August 9 and March 8) means to the entire black experience in general and the black family in particular. The days are a reminder of the struggles of women as integral […]