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Closing the ICT gender gap one girl coder at a time

For nearly two years Tiisetso Modubu has been writing code in the United Kingdom for American Express. The young Pretoria woman's success has its roots in the empowerment initiatives of Zandile Mkhwanazi who does not want to see history repeat itself when it comes to women being left behind in…

23 Apr 2021 7AM 7 min

'We are waiting to find out if it's safe to go home' - Vredehoek resident speaks about evacuation

As runaway fires continue to rip through Cape Town, precautionary evacuations have been carried out in the Vredehoek area. One evacuee is 18 year old Shannon McAuliffe, who left her home in the early hours of Monday morning. She and her family are currently seeking refuge at the Mount Nelson…

19 Apr 2021 9AM 5 min

LEAKED AUDIO | Mbalula warns taxi owner , 'you're inviting trouble', for supporting Magashule

“You’re inviting trouble for yourself” this was a veiled threat transport minister and ANC heavyweight Fikile Mbalula issued to a taxi owner for branding their taxis ‘hands of Ace Magashule and Danny Msiza’. In a leaked recording of a telephone call that emerged on Wednesday Mbalula, a fierce of ANC…

14 Apr 2021 12PM 5 min

LEAKED AUDIO: Reveals how Jessie Duarte advised Jacob Zuma not to appear before Zondo commission

ANC deputy Secretary General Jessie Duarte told the party’s national officials that she believes former President Jacob Zuma should not appear before deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. She told the officials, dubbed the top six, during their meeting with Zuma last month that “it’s not like we can’t see what’s…

13 Apr 2021 8AM 7 min

EXCLUSIVE: SA’s newly appointed director-general in the presidency sets out her agena

South Africa’s newly appointed director-general in the presidency and secretary of cabinet, Phindile Baleni, may be soft-spoken but when she speaks, she commands authority from her audience. This week the Sunday Times sat down with Baleni who talks tough on corruption, shares her hopes and fears for her new role…

10 Apr 2021 7AM 24 min

Sphamandla Khoza's family grieves

The man accused of murdering Durban call centre agent Sphamandla Khoza in a suspected homophobic attack will make a bid for bail on April 16. Thando Mgenge, 25, made a brief appearance in the Ntuzuma magistrate's court on Thursday, while Khoza's family, including his father Emmanuel Nkosinathi, waited outside the…

10 Apr 2021 4AM 8 min

'What affects Mozambique will affect neighboring countries' warns UN Refugee Agency

It's been two weeks since the city of Palma in Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique was attacked by heavily armed rebel forces on March 24. The attacks continued until April 2, leaving many people dead, displaced or injured. Those who managed to escape the violence arrived in surrounding areas like…

9 Apr 2021 6AM 11 min

PAC in KZN calls for Human Rights Commission to intervene in ‘experiment gone wrong’

The PAC in KwaZulu-Natal has come out in defense of One South Africa Movement Mmusi Maimane and are calling on the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to investigate former DA leader Tony Leon for his “experiment gone wrong’ statement. Mmusi Maimane, a former DA leader was called an experiment gone…

7 Apr 2021 5AM 3 min

What you can and can't do over Easter - Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma details revised Covid-19 regulations

No-one will be allowed to transport alcohol over the Easter weekend. It does not matter whether you bought it before the ban for off-site consumption or it is stock from your home. If you are found transporting liquor over the weekend, whether sober or intoxicated, you will be arrested. This…

1 Apr 2021 7AM 2 min

Witnesses to George Floyd's deadly arrest tell jury of their shock, horror​

Prosecution witnesses on Tuesday described in searing detail their horror in watching the final moments of George Floyd's life as they testified against Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis policeman charged with Floyd's murder.

31 Mar 2021 8AM 3 min

Technology betrays ANC heavyweights and they get thrown out of NEC meeting

Senior ANC leaders Enoch Godongwana and Tony Yengeni were thrown out the heated ANC national executive committee (NEC) meeting after they both forgot to mute their gadgets and were heard discussing the meeting on their phones on Sunday.

31 Mar 2021 3AM 3 min

FULL ADDRESS | SA remains on level 1, but no off-site booze sales for Easter weekend

Alcohol will not be allowed for off-site consumption over the Easter weekend, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday night. He also announced that the country would remain on level 1 lockdown, albeit with “a few adjustments”. He said the tightened restrictions on alcohol were necessitated by “the role of alcohol…

30 Mar 2021 2PM 27 min

One year on: Did SA enter lockdown at the right time? 

Midnight 26 March 2021 marks the one year anniversary of lockdown - as a result of Covid-19 - in South Africa. The initial lockdown was announced on March 23 2020. At the time, SA and President Cyril Ramaphosa were lauded for acting swiftly and decisively to slow the outbreak of Covid-19…

26 Mar 2021 9AM 11 min

'They have displaced me and my brothers,' says Ndaba Mandela

The degeneration of former president Nelson Mandela’s once stately Houghton Estate home into an “eyesore” and allegations of underhanded dealings around its apparent sale are fuelling a rift in the family.Mandela family member and once an occupant of the Houghton home Ndaba Mandela gives us an excusive interview on what…

19 Mar 2021 1PM 5 min

Principal faces attempted murder charge for lowering pupil into pit toilet

The school principal who tasked a pupil with extracting his smartphone from a pit toilet has been charged with attempted murder. The 49-year-old man is expected to appear in the Nqanqathu, formerly Maclear, magistrate’s court today, DispatchLIVE reports. Dispatch reported the 11-year-old grade 4 pupil was paid R50 to try…

16 Mar 2021 9AM 3 min

Disciplinary action to be taken on mismanagement at Robben Island Museum

Disciplinary action is to be taken against staff at Robben Island Museum after an investigation into allegations of mismanagement found there was a prima facie case for disciplinary steps.

10 Mar 2021 8AM 3 min

Man ‘shot dead’ during clashes between police and Wits students

A man died during violent clashes between the police and protesting Wits University students in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on Wednesday. Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said paramedics responded to a shooting just after 10am.

10 Mar 2021 6AM 1 min

Queen Elizabeth breaks her silence after Harry and Meghan interview​

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday issued a short response to the explosive interview her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle gave to Oprah Winfrey in which they accused a royal family member of racism.

10 Mar 2021 3AM 2 min

SA company accused of committing war crimes in Mozambique

“We could hear bombs. We could see the machine guns in the open doors of the helicopters. I know three people who died, two were shot ... all women. They couldn’t run because they were elders.” This is the harrowing account of a mother of five from the northern Mozambique…

6 Mar 2021 2AM 11 min

Dancing and beating away your pent up Covid-19 stress

Sledgehammers, baseball bats, headphones and dance shoes are proving to be just what the doctor ordered to help stressed South Africans blow off steam. With frustration levels pushed to the limit by the Covid-19 lockdown, a tanking economy, growing unemployment and personal battles, knocking the blues out of discarded electronic…

5 Mar 2021 7AM 10 min