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Interview: Up Close and Alone Podcast With Lindokuhle Modi

Interview: Up Close and Alone Podcast With Lindokuhle Modi The Up Close and Alone Podcast is a free audio podcast hosted by South African teen star, Lindokuhle Modi. It is one of South Africa’s rising podcasts, regularly receiving lots of views per episode, and includes a wide array of topics from Education about teen concerns to venting on experiences of the teenage life. We met and had a brief…

Teen Charged With Drunk Driving In KZN Crash

South Africa, DURBAN – A 19-year-old has been arrested by the police following a horror crash that claimed the lives of four people in Elandslaagte. Meanwhile, KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Captain Nqobile Gwala, said a 19-year-old driver was placed under arrest for driving under the influence of liquor. He will appear in the Ladysmith Magistrate’s Court today. According to reports, Gwala…

EFF Members Protest At US Embassy Against Lindani Myeni Murder

South Africa, Pretoria – EFF members kneel in protest at the US embassy against the killing of Lindani Myeni. According to reports, Tshwane regional secretary Nqobile Mhlongo led the fighters who held burning candles and kneeled in a straight line outside the entrance of the embassy while reading out the names of black men and women who were killed by the police in America in recent years. They…

Pretoria Varsity To Host First Nobel Prize Dialogue in Africa

South Africa, Pretoria: The University of Pretoria (UP) is set to host the first Nobel Prize Dialogue in Africa next month. The event is set to take place May 18, organised by the university and Nobel Prize Outreach. The university said the discuss will about what working life will be like in the future as the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic which has forced many people to work from…

3 Dead, 27 Injured In KZN N2 Fatal Crash

South Africa, DURBAN: THREE people were killed and at least 27 others injured in a crash on the N2 at Tugela Bridge on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast this morning. According to report, IPSS Medical Rescue spokesperson, Paul Herbst, said a light delivery vehicle was transporting employees when it collided with a heavy goods vehicle on the busy stretch of road. Meanwhile, Yesterday, four people were…

Mpumalanga Man Arrested After Been Connected To Homicide

South Africa, Pretoria: A 23-year-old young man handed himself over to police and confessed to killing the pair, Mpumalanga police spokesperson Colonel Donald Mdhluli said. He is due to appear in the Nkomazi Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga on Monday, in connection with a violent incident at KaMaqhekeza near Komatipoort in which two people were shot dead last week. According to reports, the…

Cops Commended After Guns, Ammo Seized From Thugs

South Africa, Cape Town – WC’s acting Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile has praised the police for their continuous efforts in confiscating illegal firearms and ammunition from criminals. According to a police statement at the weekend, officers confiscated five illegal firearms, ammunition and apprehended several suspects for the possession of the destructive weapons. Acording to reports,…

Cape Residents Stage Protest Against GBV Violence Outside Parliament

South Africa, Cape Town – About 100 people took part in an anti-gender-based violence protest in front of the paliament building, on Saturday. According to reports, protest organiser and anti-gender-based violence activist from Rondebosch Sascha Wharton-Hood said the protest was a precursor for the handing over of the anti-gender-based violence memorandum on Wednesday, in an effort to mobilise…

Slain Ex-rugby Player Lindani Myeni’s Body Arrives This Week In KZN

South Africa, Durban – Myeni’s family said that ex-rugby player Lindani Myeni‘s body would be arriving in the country on Friday, after the Consul-General in Miami indicated that the US government had released Myeni’s body. According to reports, the KZN-born former rugby player from Empangeni was shot dead by Honolulu police in the island state of Hawaii, in the US, two weeks ago. Myeni, his wife…

Absurd Low Pass Rate For SA Chartered Accountants Exam

South Africa, Johannesburg – 43% of the country’s latest aspiring chartered accountants have passed the SA Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica) examination which is a very low percentage. According to report, just 24% of the 1792 black candidates passed Saica’s Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) exam written in December. The pass rates among all other races were not something to…

SACP And DA Lock Horns Over Allegations Of Racism

South Africa, Cape Town – DA’s acting Western Cape (WC) leader, Albert Fritz, has bashed the SACP in the province for using racial words. Provincial secretary Benson Ngqentsu said the DA could not hide its “racist attitude” in handling internal contradictions. Meanwhile, Fritz, who has been acting leader since Madikizela’s suspension, said the SACP is one leg in a broken tripartite alliance,…

Langa Introduce New VUSA Mobile Library Launch

South Africa, Cape Town – VUSA Rugby Academy will make reading more accessible for children with the launch of a new mobile tuk-tuk library in Langa. Brendan Fogarty, the founder and director of the VUSA Academy, said these initiatives really made a difference for the children in the poverty-stricken communities in which VUSA often worked. Meanwhile, the driver of the mobile library, Lungile…

Interns At Military Hospital Stop Work Over Non-Payment Of Salary

South Africa, Cape Town – Medical interns at 2 Military Hospital in Wynberg have stopped working because they have not received salary for work done since January. According to reports, Two first-year interns have spoken out about their struggles, saying they started working at the hospital in the first week of January, but have not been paid. Meanwhile, on April 22, our first-year interns took a…

Illegal Dumping Of Drugs In Nellmapius Comminity Disturbing

South Africa, Pretoria – Nellmapius Community members were shocked and have called for immediate intervention, after children were found playing with drugs allegedly dumped in the area by an unknown bakkie. According to Resident eye report, Johanna Taylor said they found the street stuffed with crushed medicines which the children were playing with, and when they asked them where they found it,…

Embattled Limpopo DA leader Jacques Smalle Suspended

South Africa, Pretoria – Due to fraud and tax evasion allegations, embattled Limpopo DA leader, Jacques Smalle has been officially suspended. According to Pretoria News report, the party has since been put under administration following the sanctions. Meanwhile, A memo seen circulated among members, the party states that Smalle was suspended from Thursday last week. In terms of the suspension he…

Gauteng SAPS Search For 4 Suspects After Slovo Park Shooting Incidents

South Africa, JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng police have launched a search after four people were shot dead in two separate incidents in the Slovo Park Informal Settlement near Brixton. According to reports, Officials were tipped-off from a member of the public about a shooting incident in the area on Friday after he heard multiple gunshots and found two bodies near his shack. Meanwhile, A third wounded…

SAPS In Klerksdorp Seize R1.5 Worth Of Methcathinone

South Africa, JOHANNESBURG – Klerksdorp in the North West SAPS made a huge drug arrest over the weekend. According to reports, They seized the narcotic known as cat (Methcathinone), worth nearly R1.5 million. Two people are also behind bars following Sunday’s bust. Meanwhile, It’s understood that one of the suspects tried to bribe an officer. According to Hawks’ Katlego Mogale he said that one of…