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The Diski99 Championship is coming back to Welkom after skipping last year, with sixteen schools ready to compete at Zuka Baloyi Stadium. Free State officials locked down a fresh partnership deal with Net Nine Nine to keep grassroots football and netball programs running for young athletes...

Police spent R368 million to deploy officers during the EFF's one-day national shutdown about load shedding and corruption. The finance boss at SAPS testified that they had to station cops across provinces even though the protest ended up being peaceful with no major violence. EFF leader Julius...

The agriculture department clapped back at farmer groups, saying the product registration system is totally broken. Officials pointed out they cleared about 90 percent of applications over five years and launched a digital platform that lets people submit stuff online instead of hauling...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile told parliament that water systems across the country are basically falling apart, with only two-thirds of them working properly and most having worse quality than before. The government guy blamed terrible municipal management, broken infrastructure nobody fixes...

Officials in KwaZulu-Natal are pushing municipalities to crack down harder on people who build houses close to rivers after flash flooding killed one person and left two others missing. Heavy rainfall hit New Hanover and turned the Njasuthi River into a monster that washed away homes in an...

The Political Killings Task Team burned through about R435 million of taxpayer cash since getting started back in 2018, according to the police finance chief who testified at a parliamentary hearing. Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane broke down the spending and said most went to overtime pay...

The ANC is pumping up Moody's decision to bump Eskom's credit rating as proof that their energy reforms are working. The power utility has been keeping the lights on without load shedding for months and got financial help from a massive government bailout that lets them fix their aging...

Pirates grinded out a win against Chippa at home after a pretty rough first half, where they couldn't break through. The Buccaneers finally cracked the defense when Evidence Makgopa scored off the bench, then Oswin Appollis sealed it late for a 2-0 result. The win puts them level with Sundowns...

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party wants to file criminal charges against two people who testified at Parliament. They claim violence monitor Mary de Haas lied about having a doctorate when she actually just has a master's degree. The university confirmed she holds an honorary research position and is...

Some dude got killed after getting into a gunfight with military soldiers who were trying to stop his vehicle at a farm up in Limpopo. The army spotted a Nissan Navara that a bank wanted back because someone had stopped making payments on it for months. When they tried to pull the truck over...

This Hawks boss from KwaZulu-Natal has to show up and answer questions about allegedly helping some businessman score a massive police contract worth hundreds of millions. The commission wants to know if Major General Lesetja Senona pulled strings to get Vusimusi Matlala that deal, which got...

The judge leading the commission wants the former Hawks head honcho to explain why he basically sounded the alarm about supposed fake cops during a raid on some accused killer's mansion in Johannesburg. The whole thing almost turned into cops shooting each other when different units showed up...

The Polokwane court pushed back Shebeshxt's bail hearing again after prosecutors dumped six old charges on him at the last second. His lawyer said they got ambushed and needed time to prep, which the judge agreed with. The rapper is stuck in jail facing 11 total charges that got bumped up to...

Businessman Vusimuzi Matlala is set to testify before a South African parliamentary committee despite his lawyers trying to get things postponed. The guy is locked up at Kgosi Mampuru prison on conspiracy to commit murder charges and other stuff related to alleged tender fraud. His legal team...

Atlanta is about to host what organizers claim will be the biggest HBCU fundraiser ever thrown. The event drops at State Farm Arena and brings together rappers, gospel legends, Broadway performers and sports figures to raise cash for Black students drowning in loan debt. Live Nation Urban...

The Philly rapper hopped on Twitter, asking his millions of followers if running a sister wife setup would cross any lines morally. Meek Mill doubled down later, saying he wants to test out the polyamorous lifestyle for the cold months ahead because he never tried it before. The posts blew up...

Two National Guard members were killed after someone walked up and started blasting near the White House on 17th and I Street NW. The shooter hit both soldiers while they were posted up during their shift before cops grabbed him and dragged him into custody. Streets around the executive mansion...

The City Girls rapper opened up about wanting to lock things down with Lil Uzi Vert eventually. JT told Dazed magazine she keeps manifesting marriage and hopes Uzi will be the one when that moment arrives. The two started linking back in 2019 after Uzi slid into her mentions and their vibe...

Scientists just connected junk food to colon problems in younger women after watching almost thirty thousand people for twenty years. Women downing around ten servings of processed garbage daily showed forty-five percent higher odds of getting polyps that can turn cancerous compared to people...

Smoothie King dropped two holiday drinks and slapped a discount on their largest size for shoppers hunting deals. The chain launched Holiday Pecan Delight with butter pecan ice cream mixed with almond butter and protein, plus Apple Cinnamon Cheer that uses oat milk and plant protein. Both packs...