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Recovering drug users have called for an end to the shame and stigma, they say, has kept them from returning to their communities. The ex-addicts took to the stage at the National Summit of Substance Abuse on Tuesday. The three-day conference is bringing together government leaders, NGOs and reformed drug users to discuss tangible solutions to the country's scourge of drug abuse. Felicity Bason (28) says her drug addiction robbed […]

Queer activist, Yaya Mavundla, has lashed out at the police for their alleged lack of urgency in rescuing kidnap victim, Mohau Pholo. Pholo was kidnapped by seven suspects last week through the gay dating app, Grindr. Videos and pictures of the victim that were allegedly taken by his kidnappers have been widely shared on social media. The perpetrators allegedly demanded a R50 000 ransom from the victim's family. Pholo, who […]

Political analyst, Levy Ndou, says the axing of COPE councillor, Colleen Makhubele, signals the continuation of political instability in the City of Johannesburg. Ndou says the residents of the city will continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing mayhem. The economic powerhouse of South Africa has been in limbo over the past few months, with the chopping and changing of mayors and council speakers. Recently appointed city manager, Floyd […]

  Three men suspected to be child online sexual predators appeared at various courts in Gauteng on Monday, facing charges of possession, distribution, manufacturing, accessing and downloading child pornography. The South African Police Service (SAPS) Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations (SECI) unit nabbed them during a sting operation that was in collaboration with the USA Department of Homelands Security. One of the suspects, a 63-year-old male British citizen who was […]

Bafana Bafana head coach, Hugo Broos, is confident of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. South Africa will host Benin at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Saturday and then travel to East-Central Africa to face Rwanda on Tuesday. Bafana held their first training session yesterday afternoon in Pretoria, and as usual, Broos' preparations were disrupted by player withdrawals. Strasbourg striker, Lebo Mothiba, was ruled out of the […]

With just three days to go until their ICC Men's Cricket World Cup semi-final encounter against five-time champions, Australia, the Proteas have been handed a huge boost after captain Temba Bavuma batted in the nets on Monday without any noticeable discomfort. Bavuma strained his right hamstring while fielding in South Africa’s last World Cup round-robin match against Afghanistan on Friday. The 33-year-old then struggled to bat, fuelling speculation that he […]

Sergeant Vusimuzi Mogane’s GPS records will be allowed as evidence, as the trial-within a trial continues in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case. The records are expected to shed light on the police officer’s movements the day he allegedly transported and tortured Bongani Ntanzi into confessing his involvement in Meyiwa’s mysterious 2014 killing. Defence in the matter today brought an application for the evidence not to be heard, telling the court […]

The violent stabbing of a student from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) by her husband from a neighbouring university, has reignited the debate over the need for toxic masculinity to be addressed in society, including at institutions of higher learning. Non-profit Organisation, Women and Men Against Child Abuse, says it is concerning that those who are meant to protect the vulnerable, are the same people that usually carry […]

Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says the recently published White Paper On Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee protection sets out to overhaul the country's migration system. The white paper process was approved by Cabinet on the first of November and it seeks to provide a framework to guide the granting of residency and citizenship to foreign nationals, as well as the protection of refugees and asylum seekers. The drafting of […]

  As pressure mounts for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate cases of human rights violations in the Israeli-Palestine conflict, the war surges on after more than a month since the initial attack. In the recent attacks, hundreds of patients were left trapped and thousands of people seeking shelter around the Al-Shifa Hospital, which has become the latest focal point of the war. The conflict started on October 7  […]