# Police have arrested television personality and rapper, Molemo ‘Jub Jub’ Maarohanye, in connection with an alleged kidnapping and shooting incident involving an e-hailing driver in Edenvale, Gauteng. He allegedly confronted the driver and accused him of being romantically involved with his girlfriend. Police say the suspect forced the driver into a vehicle and allegedly […]
# Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile says violence, vandalism, substance-related incidents and learner misconduct remain significant challenges that require continued collaboration between schools, parents, communities and law enforcement agencies. The department commissioned a comprehensive environmental analysis of crime and violence in schools, which identified 245 high-risk schools requiring targeted interventions and support. Maile says the study found […]
# Die EFF-leier, Julius Malema, sê buitelandse moondhede het die xenofobiese spanning in Suid-Afrika ignoreer omdat dit nie in hul belang is om in te gryp nie. Hy het op die begrafnisdiens van die MK-party se parlementêre adjunkhoofsweep, Muzi Ntshingila, in Johannesburg gesê Afrikane se aandag moet nie afgelei word deur interne konflikte soos xenofobie […]
# Adjunkpresident Paul Mashatile het Suid-Afrikaners versoek om sterker gemeenskappe te bou, kultuur-erfenis te bewaar, geleenthede vir jongmense te skep en te verseker dat toekomstige geslagte ‘n voorspoedige en verenigde samelewing erf. Hy het in Mpumalanga die lofrede gelewer tydens die spesiale amptelike begrafnisdiens van koning Makhosonke die Tweede van die amaNdebele-volk. Mashatile het tradisionele […]
# EFF leader Julius Malema says international foreign powers have ignored what he described as xenophobic tensions in South Africa because it is not in their interests to intervene. He was speaking at MK Party parliamentary deputy chief whip, Muzi Ntshingila’s funeral service in Johannesburg on Sunday. Malema stated that Africans must not be distracted […]
# Deputy president Paul Mashatile has called on South Africans to continue to build stronger communities, preserve cultural heritage, expand opportunities for youth, and ensure future generations inherit a more prosperous and united society. He delivered the eulogy at the Special Official Funeral service of the late His Majesty King Makhosonke The Second, King of the […]
# Social justice activist Mark Heywood says the sacrifices made 50-years-ago by the youth of June 16, 1976 laid the foundation for South Africa’s democracy, however many of the promises of freedom remain unfulfilled. In an opinion piece on the Daily Maverick, Heywood argues that the road to Freedom Day in 1994 began with the […]
# The DA is demanding answers on government’s plans to finalise the new Gqeberha Military Hospital in the Eastern Cape, while 1 Military Hospital in Thaba Tshwane military area, remains incomplete for more than two decades of refurbishment efforts. DA Defence spokesperson Chris Hattingh says over one-billion-rand in taxpayer funds has been spent over more […]
# Authorities at the Cape Town International Airport have intercepted 150 live scorpions allegedly being smuggled. Acting on intelligence, the South African Police Service discovered the animals hidden among a suspect’s clothing during a luggage search. The scorpions had been individually packaged in conditions described as harmful to their welfare. The suspect is expected to […]
