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South Africa's deputy minister for women and youth told everyone to stop messing around with performative activism when it comes to violence against women and girls. She went hard at a campaign launch in Midrand, saying the media and entertainment industry needs to actually shift culture instead...

The Hawks just opened an investigation after 17 South African guys allegedly got tricked into fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war. Some MK Party MP named Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and two other people are being accused of luring these dudes with fake job offers for security training or VIP...

South Sudan's information ministry sent a team to check out how South Africa handles government communication stuff. The visitors from Juba got to meet with Kenny Morolong, who runs communications for the presidency, and he walked them through how the whole system got built after 1994. The South...

Khoisan leader Crawford Fraser died at 51 after years of fighting for indigenous recognition and land rights across South Africa. The paramount chief of the Korana House spent decades pushing government bodies to acknowledge First Nations communities and helped organize protests against...

Deputy President Paul Mashatile called out broken local government systems for wrecking water infrastructure across the country while addressing parliament. The guy said two-thirds of municipal water setups are barely functioning and most systems are delivering worse quality than before because...

Police across South Africa grabbed over 16,000 suspects during their festive season crackdown with nearly 2,000 wanted criminals getting caught for heavy stuff like murder and carjacking. The operation pulled in people facing charges from drug dealing to drunk driving while cops confiscated 150...

South African women's soccer team Banyana Banyana got back together for camp ahead of their friendly against Morocco after already locking down qualification for the next Africa Cup tournament. Coach Desiree Ellis assembled a 26-player mix of local and overseas talent but had to send defender...

South African police are sending their deputy minister and a bunch of senior cops to the big Interpol meeting happening in Morocco this week. Cassel Mathale is leading the crew that wants to talk about how transnational crime keeps messing up the country through dodgy border activity and...

The women's minister told media companies and the entertainment industries that they need to use their influence to stop normalizing violence against women. Sindisiwe Chikunga spoke at the kickoff for a campaign against gender violence and said storytellers have more power than policymakers when...

The government disaster committee wants everyone to pitch in to tackle gender violence after the president officially classified it as a national emergency. Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa held a meeting where officials said society needs to stop relying solely on bureaucrats to fix the problem and...

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...