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South African show runner, screenwriter, film producer, director and script editor Thandi Brewer is dead. Thandi Brewer often called the “Shonda Rhimes of South Africa” has died after losing her third battle against cancer. The highly respected writer and producer had a storied career in South...

Residents living in and around Phalaborwa have been warned to be very careful after 14 lions escaped from Kruger National Park in South Africa. The lions reportedly escaped from the Kruger National Park on Thursday June 6th, Limpopo-based radio stations Capricorn FM and 1NationFM reported on...

Devastating floods in South Africa have left 51 dead and forced more than a thousand people from their homes, according to an updated toll issued Wednesday as President Cyril Ramaphosa flew to the deluged region. People walk through the flooded waters AFP PHOTO Heavy rains have lashed the …...

A major retail store manager who had been preparing for the day’s business was shot and killed on Sunday after apparently refusing to hand over the shop’s keys to suspected robbers. Police spokesperson Noloyiso Rwexana said the 55-year-old woman, … Read more via IOL section Feed for News –...

Cape Town – An 18-year-old man will appear in the Stellenbosch Magistrate’s Court on June 13 after he was filmed allegedly masturbating at Virgin Active in Stellenbosch by a fellow gym-goer. Police spokesperson Noloyiso Rwexana said a sexual assault case was opened on May 20 … Read more via...

The Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement is expected to be launched on Wednesday. The agreement, which has been signed by 52 countries, is aimed at increasing tariff-free trade activity within the continent and boosting job-creating industries..... Read more via eNCA –...

In remembering ANC stalwart Walter Sisulu, the party’s current Secretary General Ace Magashule has told supports the struggle cannot be betrayed for the crumbs that come from the well laden table of White Monopoly Capital. Magashule was delivering the keynote address for the Sisulu memorial...

“I’m alive… again!” This was Renthia van Rensburg’s response after a nearly two-year battle to be declared “alive” after Home Affairs had her on record as being dead. For the 49-year old from Onderstepoort near Pretoria, the nightmare began in December 2017 when she discovered that she was …...

South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) has been returned to office after winning parliamentary election, but with a reduced majority. The ANC secured 58% of the vote, ahead of the … Read more via BBC News – https://bbc.in/2DSh06b Get more World News

The ANC no longer owns a hegemony over what voters think and want. The DA and EFF have both successfully managed to speak to a new generation of voters who are not steeped in the ANC's struggle history and lexicon, writes Adriaan Basson.... Read more via News24 Top Stories –...

Athletics South Africa (ASA) says it is “reeling in shock” after Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya lost a landmark case against athletics’ governing body. The South African, 28, challenged new IAAF rules which attempt to restrict testosterone levels in female runners. Athletes with...

South African Olympic champion and intersex athlete, Caster Semenya, lost her landmark case against rules regulating testosterone in female athletes READ more

This young man whose house was flooded in a recent disaster that hit South Africa is making a joke out of his painful predicament.... Read more via Tori News – http://bit.ly/2DA6AYH Get More Nigeria Metro News

Durban floods: Heavy rainfall in the eastern part of South Africa, especially Durban, has led to the death of more than 30 people on Tuesday.Durban was one of the hardest-hit areas with more than.... Read more via Laila’s Blog – http://bit.ly/2PpKwEN Get more World News

No fewer than 21 people had been killed as heavy storms swept parts of South Africa over night, Authorities said on Tuesday.... Read more via P.M. News – http://bit.ly/2Zv2gU3 Get more World News

A KwaZulu-Natal school teacher was suspended for allegedly locking a Grade 3 pupil in a Donnybrook school classroom overnight for not doing homework, according to KwaZulu-Natal education department spokesperson Muzi Mahlambi. “We were shocked as the department to learn of such insensitive and...

Arguments that decriminalising sex work will be to the benefit of those engaged in the trade are spurious and will only increase their misery. It will work in favour of human traffickers, ‘blessers’ and criminal syndicates. For the past 17 years, I have had an insider’s perspective on … Read...

According to a study by The Guardian, more than half of the countries in the world have more private security workers than police officers. This applies to people hired to escort cash in transit, patrol certain areas, conduct screening at airports and protecting VIPs.… Read more via Pulse...

The Nigerian Union in South Africa (NUSA) on Saturday commended South Africa’s Gauteng Province for initiating a Social Cohesion Programme to end discrimination and xenophobia in the province.... Read more via Leadership Newspaper – http://bit.ly/2P8clkY Get more World News

A Cape Town survivor of abuse in the sex trade, Mickey Meji, is letting the world know she will not stand by as prostitution is decriminalised..... Read more via Timeslive News – https://ift.tt/2CWpUiD Get more World News