The son of former SABC board member Hope Zinde was on the verge of being referred to a drug rehabilitation centre before he allegedly killed his mother, the Brits regional court heard on Friday. Mark Warona Zinde is facing charges of murder and illegal possession of drugs. Mark Zinde, the[…]
Yet another white woman has stirred a social media racial storm after she was captured on video hurling racial slurs at the police and calling black people k*****s. The woman motorist can be heard saying: “The calibre of blacks in this town (Joburg) varies from the calibre of blacks in[…]
Irate Hangberg residents, who have been trapped indoors due to flooding, have accused the city of failing to provide proper service delivery. Roscoe Jacobs of the Hout Bay Civic Association said the flooding affected more than 100 people. He said on Wednesday that the water was knee-deep and had seeped[…]
The South African National Roads Agency is not giving up on its plan to toll sections of the N1 and N2. A court date has now been set for its appeal against the 2015 ruling in the Western Cape High Court that put a stop to the Winelands tolling plan.[…]
Murder accused, Mark Warona Zinde, is expected to appear in the Brits Regional Court on Friday in connection with the murder of his mother, TV personality Hope Zinde. During his last appearance on Monday, the National Prosecuting Authority said he would now have a court application issued to assess his[…]
Springbok rugby legend Naas Botha’s estate has officially been sequestrated by the high court in Pretoria. Hendrik Egnatius Botha, popularly known as Naas, did not appear in court to oppose the sequestration. Neither did he submit an answering affidavit to the court detailing his defence against the sequestration. Springbok rugby[…]
President Jacob Zuma used Thursday’s June 16 commemorative event to appeal for an end to the spate of violence and protests, but hundreds of young people missed out on his message. As Zuma was delivering his keynote address at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, many partied outside the stadium, drinking alcohol[…]
More than 2600 Grade 12 pupils in the trouble-torn town of Vuwani in Limpopo might have to repeatmatric if they do not return to class soon, the Department of Basic Education has warned. Schools in the area have been closed for about two months following violent protests by the community[…]
We owe a great debt to the generation that rose up against apartheid writes Desmond Tutu To appreciate the contribution of the children of 1976 to achieving our democracy, it’s important to contextualise their actions in the horror of the time. In the ’70s, the South African government was busily[…]
A recent survey by global market research company Ipsos shows that 71% of South Africa’s youth intend to vote in the upcoming elections. With just seven weeks before the local government elections, Ipsos on Wednesday revealed it conducted 3 786 face-to-face interviews with randomly chosen respondents, representative of South Africans[…]
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