Soshanguve hostel residents call for upgrades after fire
The fire broke out on Friday evening around 10pm, with one fatality
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Boy, 2, seriously hurt as car crashes into playground
A 63-year-old woman is arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Man arrested for allegedly pushing woman in front of bus in 2017
A 44-year-old man is in custody over the incident where a woman appeared to be shoved into the path of a bus.
YOUTH DAY | 50 years on, and the struggle continues
Young people of today are not only fighting for a more equitable society and against racism, but also against things such as gender-based violence
Historic Kyiv monastery damaged, 10 people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine
A 1,000-year-old monastery that symbolises Ukraine’s spiritual and cultural heritage was badly damaged in the heaviest Russian aerial attack on Kyiv in two weeks, authorities said on Monday, and 10 people were killed nationwide in the overnight strikes.
Two men found guilty over Starmer-linked arson attacks
Property and a car linked to the prime minister were targeted in arson attacks last year.
Jaecoo expands J5 range in South Africa with hybrid and electric models
New J5 SHS hybrid and J5 electric will join the existing petrol-powered line-up
Comrades Marathon: here are some prominent personalities who reached the finish line
Several high-profile personalities took on the world’s oldest and largest ultramarathon
Gauteng schools recorded 4,600 violent incidents in five years
More than 4,600 incidents of violence have been reported in Gauteng schools over the past five years, painting a troubling picture of the safety challenges facing pupils and teachers in the province
16 JUNE 50 YEARS LATER: What the youth are marching for in our 32-year-old democracy
The class of 1976 had made it very clear what motivated their protest and what they were fighting for. On the 50th anniversary of the uprising, young people in a very different country still want their voices to be heard. Times have changed, but the issues are no less urgent.
Taking a leaf from Arsenal’s playbook – Tuchel’s set-piece plan
Arsenal are set-piece masters, with prominent figures in England’s World Cup squad, so it is understandable that Thomas Tuchel will look to play to the Premier League champions’ strengths.
Britain wins appeal that Palestine Action ban was unlawful
The British government’s decision to ban on the pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is lawful, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Monday.
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50 YEARS AFTER THE SOWETO UPRISING: The doctors and nurses on the front line of the Soweto uprising
Fifty years later, 16 June 1976 is seen as a hinge moment in SA’s history. We delve into that day as news reached Baragwanath Hospital and staff began to grasp what was unfolding outside.
Palestine Action ban is lawful, Court of Appeal rules
The Home Office had challenged a High Court ruling that the group’s proscription should be quashed.
16 JUNE 50 YEARS LATER: ‘What we fought for in 1976 is at risk of vanishing’ – Khusta Jack
The veteran student activist warns that those in power today are steadily dismantling the achievements of the liberation struggle.
50 YEARS AFTER THE SOWETO UPRISING: Half a century after 1976, the new youth struggle is economic
After decades of feeble growth, SA needs radical reform to create jobs for young people.
Czechia’s key players: what Bafana are up against in Atlanta on Thursday
Coach Miroslav Koubek’s players work for each other and the physical Czechs are difficult to stop at set pieces
UN human rights chief welcomes US-Iran peace deal
The UN human rights chief Volker Turk has welcomed the US-Iran ceasefire deal
French wine exporters say Trump’s latest tariff threat is bad news
French wine and spirits exporters said on Monday U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of 100% tariffs on French wine and champagne was bad news for an export-dependent industry caught in a dispute beyond its control.
News24 | US-Iran peace deal met with hope, scepticism in Middle East
The deal between the United States and Iran to end their war, negotiated in secret and still not revealed in detail, was greeted with scepticism but a measure of relief among ordinary people across the Middle East.