In a strategic move set to redefine football retail across the continent, Premier League giants Liverpool Football Club have announced a groundbreaking, long-term retail partnership with leading South African lifestyle brand Old School. The deal marks one of the most significant commercial forays by a top European club directly into the African market, aiming to cater to the…
In an unprecedented legal maneuver that has intensified scrutiny of South Africa’s ongoing reckoning with its apartheid past, former Presidents Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki have filed separate, high-profile applications seeking the recusal of Constitutional Court Justice Sisi Khampepe from the newly established Commission of Inquiry into TRC-era Prosecutions. The applications, submitted just days before the commission’s inaugural proceedings, cite alleged…
South African music superstar Makhadzi, the powerhouse vocalist and electrifying performer known for hits like “Ghanama” and “Kokovha,” is now recovering at home after being discharged from hospital following a horrific car accident on New Year’s Eve. The incident has left the artist shaken and facing an enforced break from the stage of at least 10…
In a decisive legal turn that could reshape the judicial understanding of customary unions in South Africa, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has granted internationally acclaimed DJ and producer Black Coffee leave to appeal significant aspects of his ongoing divorce proceedings with actress and fashion designer Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa. This development ensures that one…
South Africa’s Department of Basic Education (DBE) has ignited a pivotal national conversation on the academic future of struggling learners, with a newly released discussion paper urging a meticulous, evidence-based review of the country’s policy on automatic grade promotion. The document, circulated among education experts and stakeholders, calls for a careful study of international models and…
In a fiery declaration that underscores a deepening geopolitical rift, African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has launched a vehement condemnation of the United States and President Donald Trump, labeling the military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores a “grave crime against international law” and an act of “imperialist aggression.” Speaking at a…
A profound public health and service delivery crisis has gripped the township of Seshego, prompting Polokwane Municipality Executive Mayor John Mpe to schedule an emergency oversight visit to the troubled Zone 4 water plant today. This urgent intervention follows weeks of escalating complaints from residents about foul-smelling, discolored tap water, which local clinics now directly…
Rand Water has commenced the third and final phase of its planned maintenance programme, bringing a 54-hour water shutdown to several parts of Johannesburg. The interruption, which began this week, is expected to affect areas including Roodepoort, Fleurhof, Doornkop, Meadowlands and Braamfischerville. Johannesburg Water has cautioned residents that while the shutdown is scheduled to last…
In a scene of extraordinary political and legal theater, former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stood before a packed Manhattan federal courtroom on Monday, transforming his arraignment into a defiant political platform. The deposed leader, facing a sweeping indictment for narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and weapons offenses, entered a resounding plea of not guilty while rejecting the…
The courtroom in the Limpopo Division of the High Court is braced for a moment of tense reckoning today as it prepares to deliver its sentence in the fraud case against Livhuwani Madadzhe, the comedian and social media influencer better known to his hundreds of thousands of followers as “SABC Livhu.” The judgment marks the culmination…
