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Twenty-three members of two rival groups of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church arrested for various charges including public violence and assault will appear in the Mokerong Magistrate's Court in Limpopo today. They were arrested in Danisani village in Mapela at the weekend after a fight broke out between the two rival groups during a church service. Police officers confiscated more tha...

Four men are expected to appear in the Tembisa Magistrates Court in Ekurhuleni today, for their alleged involvement in a jobs scam. They allegedly posed as metro police officials and sold jobs to over one hundred people for fifteen thousand rand each. The suspects were arrested in Tembisa on Friday during a sting by the Joburg Metro Police Department. The students who paid to get jobs are from dif...

Several learners from the Stilfontein Hoërskool outside Klersdorp in the North west stayed at home today after Friday's protests at the school over alleged racism against black learners. Some black learners accuse management of only progressing white learners to the next grades despite both groups performing relatively poor last year. However, for those that reported for school, learning is contin...

The battle between Nkosana Makate who has sued network provider Vodacom over his "please call me" idea continues. Makate has denied the company's claim this past weekend, that the two parties have reached an agreement on the settlement amount, saying they are only waiting for his banking details. Makate says he has not agreed to what he says is a shocking and insulting offer. Vodacom claims that t...

The ANC top leadership is wrapping up its interaction with various communities in KwaZulu-Natal ahead of the party's election manifesto launch in Durban tomorrow. Meanwhile, The ANC Moses Mabhida Region has taken the mother body to court. They are demanding the disbandment of the Regional Task Team. It was formed after the dissolution of the Regional Executive Committee in 2018.

The Enlightened Christian Gathering church of Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has just briefed the media about the unfortunate incident that claimed three lives during a stampede in December. The church also highlighted internal investigations and mechanisms put in place to avoid a repeat of a similar incident in the future. This here is the update from the church's spokesperson Manyard manyowa.....

The Women in Ministry Consultation of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa says it can no longer be business as usual in the church with men continuing to practice patriarchy. The women have addressed the media in Bruma in the East rand. They marched to the Methodist Connexional Office this morning saying women are still treated as lesser beings by men in the church and that this is reflected i...

A learner has committed suicide due to alleged bullying by a teacher at Vorentoe high school . Nicole Mnguni took her life Tuesday after returning from school to fetch her report which the school refused to give her. Mnguni is said to have been a victim of harassment and bullying by her Mathematics teacher the school is aware of the case but had not taken any action to address. It has also emerged...

Parents of learners at the Schweizer Reneke Laer Skool in the North West have fetched their children from the school in panic following allegations of racism against it. Education MEC Sello Lehare visited the school to investigate the allegations. Aaron Motswana, the mayor of the Mamusa Local Municipality in which the school is situated says people must not rush to conclusion after seeing the phot...

The leader of the Engagement for Citizenship and Development party Martin Fayulu, has questioned the legitimacy of the results of the November 30 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Election authorities in that country announced Felix Tshisekedi, who is a veteran politician and has been Joseph Kabila's rival for years, as the provisional winner. The Constitutional Court is yet to endors...

The Independent Electoral Commission says it has obtained residential addresses of over 21-million voters. CEO Sy Mamabolo says 83 per cent of the names on the voters' roll have full address details. The issue has been before the Constitutional Court which recently extended the deadline to update the address details of voters. Mamabolo says they have until November to collect this information and...

There has been several interesting developments in both Africa and the world, from the DRC elections, to the attempted coup in Gabon and developments in America and the UN. The SABC's UN Correspondent Sherwin Bryce-Pease and SABC Foreign Desk Editor Sophie Mokoena tell us more

Civic organisation SANCO will meet with the City of Tshwane to discuss the future of prophet Shepherd Bushiri's Enlightened Christian Gathering Ministry in Pretoria. SANCO Tshwane regional chairperson, Abraham Mashishi, says they will also ask the Hawks, the City of Tshwane and chapter nine institutions to investigate the finances and legality of the church. Members of SANCO have been protesting o...

Learning and teaching has been disrupted by parents at Tikhontele Secondary School in Matsulu east of Mbombela in Mpumalanga. The parents are demanding that the school curriculum be changed. The Maths and Science school obtained 45% matric pass rate last year. An urgent meeting with the parents and the Department of Education was called to resolve the impulse.

The re-opening of schools for Grade 12 learners at Letshega-Molokwane High School at Ga-Matlala in Limpopo has started on a low note. The school obtained a zero percent pass rate after the twelve learners, who sat for final matric exams, failed. Low learner enrollment is said to have been the biggest contributor to the dismal performance.

The Eastern Cape Health Department has received a boost for health care delivery. This follows the appointment of 1 240 newly qualified health professionals from the national department. These include 179 medical interns; 130 Community Service Doctors and 654 Community Service Nurses. This comes at a time when the province battles with major staff shortages in the public health service. The provin...

The funeral service of the four children who were allegedly killed by their mother in Klarinet at Emalahleni, Mpumalanga on boxing day, took place this morning at Pretoria Memorial Park graveyard in Emalahleni. The children aged between 11 months and 8 years were found wrapped in blankets inside her house. The Maditla family says it has forgiven the mother 24-year old Zintle Maditla who appeared i...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged church leaders to help the ANC and show it the way when it stumbles. He was addressing the candle-light ceremony to mark the ANC's 107th birthday at the Central Methodist Church in the Durban CBD earlier this morning. In his address, the president said the ANC belongs to the church and it must humble itself at all times.

Officials from the Department of Higher Education are expected to meet with the leadership of the South African Union of Student to discuss among other issues, threats by the student body, of disruptions. SAUS says there will be chaos should the National Student Financial Aid Scheme not extend the deadline for applications. So far it has received over 400 000 applications. Krivani Pillay spoke to...

Metrorail has confirmed that three people have died following a train accident in Mountain View, Pretoria. More than three hundred others have been injured. A train is said to have collided into the back of another. Charles Mabaso from the Emergency Services gave update on the accident.

A Mpumalanga woman who has been charged with murdering her four children in Klarinet in Emalahleni, Mpumalamga has appeared briefly in court in Witbank. She handed herself over to the police after allegedly killing the children aged between 11 months and 8 years old last month. 24-year-old Zintle Maditla will be back in court next week. Our reporter Eric Lubisi was in court.

The University of South Africa UNISA, has blamed a computer systems error for offering course which are not accredited by the South African Qualifications Authority. Students who had registered for certain programmes gathered outside the institution's Pretoria offices earlier today to get clarity about this. The institution says it working on the problem. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to UNISA's Martin Ra...

Trade union NUM says the people who have been tasked with handling the process of putting the Gupta-owned Optimum Coal Mine have been ignoring their attempts to engage and understand where the process is currently. Affected workers and union leaders met in Middleburg, Mpumalanga today after they did not receive their salaries again at the end of last month. They staged a protest in November as the...

The IEC has started counting votes following a list conference of ANC members in the North West. There has been delays after violence broke out on Saturday. More than 400 delegates from four regions voted. Our reporter Bafedile Moerane is there and she spoke to Sakina Kamwendo.

In what is considered uncommon in South African courts, an 8-year old girl is asking to address the Durban High Court in a custody battle between her parents. Currently her father has full custody, but she does not want to live with him anymore. A video filmed at the Durban High Court in which she demands to live with her mother, has received a great deal of attention on social media. Prabashini M...