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It's official: 'KFC couple' getting married on New Year's Eve
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Shekhinah did THAT!
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Mkwanazi‚ 24‚ has been admitted to study for a doctorate in education at Oxford in the UK.
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Botshelong Hospital in Vosloorus has announced the successful birth of the Buthelezi quintuplets: Siyanda, Sibahle, Simesihle, Silindile and Sindisiwe.
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Mzansi woke up in celebration mode on Monday after our very own Sho Madjozi, walked away with the Best New International Act at the prestigious 2019 BET Awards in Los Angeles.
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Former president Jacob Zuma is against legalisation of same-sex relationships, calling it a disgrace, and said if people vote for the MK party the “laws people never supported” will be repealed. He said he wants “African law” instead of “Dutch law”.
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A 23-year-old man from Bushbuckridge is behind bars after his family called police when they found him with a 15-year-old girl.
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Naledi Aphiwe plans to buy a new phone and fix her mother's grave with her earnings from a Chris Brown sample.
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“I asked Mam’ Baleka (Mbete) and was like, ‘Mama, I need to go back to school. I’ve been accepted … I don’t know what I’m going to do, can I have funds? Please arrange something for me.’"
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The New York Times has questioned why Al Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane was left off the Fifa shortlist for its Coach of the Year award for 2021 having won three international trophies in the period.
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SA actor wins award for film opposite 'NCIS: New Orleans' star Jamie Bernadette
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Opera singing Uber driver Menzi Mngoma - who shot to fame after being recorded singing while driving his cab - is headed to Hollywood to showcase his talent.
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A South African-born teacher from KwaZulu-Natal who still holds his Zulu accent has been making strides in Asia's education system, and was recently appointed deputy principal of a private school in China.
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Kenya declares school year 'lost', classes back in 2021
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A high school dropout is facing criminal charges for consulting and treating patients after she convinced five KwaZulu-Natal hospitals and clinics she was a medical intern.
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Chef Zola Nene's second book, 'Simply Zola', was named the world's best English cookbook by a TV celebrity chef.
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The Japanese government has confirmed that it excluded South Africa from the G7 Summit because it believes that South Africa can no longer speak for the continent on international affairs.
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"Maphorisa's back must be so sore from carrying the whole music industry."
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A group of young women who have qualified as doctors from the University of the Free State, are ready to step up and bring about change.
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Limpopo health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba has lambasted the tendency of African political leaders to access healthcare internationally while they leave a collapsing system they could have fixed in their own countries.
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Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says it is not the responsibility of the South African government to provide housing for illegal immigrants living in hijacked buildings.
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Eastern Cape teen invents fire-proof shack
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"Thanks for always being there for me, believing in me and pushing me to be the best I can be."
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Nearly 6,000 people have petitioned the department of health to introduce a policy that forces doctors to report pregnancies in minors to the police to investigate statutory rape.
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Nasty C and Prince Kaybee nominated for MTV European Music Awards
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LEVELS! Culoe De Song scores his own residency in Ibiza
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"Xolani is in remission and is back at home recovering from his last operation."
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Former SABC veteran news anchor Noxolo Grootboom brightened the living rooms of many South African news lovers in the 1990s with her unique presenting style.
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#TylerPerryStudios "I clearly believe that I'm ignored in Hollywood, for sure. And that's fine. I get it. My audience and the stories that I tell are African-American, stories specific to a certain audience."
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Sho Madjozi's latest single John Cena is going viral across the world, getting shoutouts in 73 countries and counting.
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They are one of the biggest music groups in the world and if there is one thing that Mzansi fans want in 2019, it is to see K-pop superstars BTS on our shores.
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The driver of a Toyota Tazz is being hailed as a hero by social media users after she pursued a robber who stole her handbag and hit him with her car on a busy street in The Bluff in Durban south.
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In Leeds, footballer Lucas Radebe is so popular that even now, 14 years after he left the UK club, fans are still naming their children after him.
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The graduate worked as a domestic worker while her husband, now a qualified accountant, took on gardening jobs to obtain his accounting qualification.
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Lauryn Hill will perform in Johannesburg on February 2 and will feature legendary rapper NAS as her special guest.
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The four Moti brothers aged seven, 11, 13 and 15, kidnapped in Limpopo three weeks ago, have been reunited with their parents.
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Papa Penny explained that he buys 50 bags of mielie-meal, vegetables and chicken, which he donates to 50 people each month.
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While he spent most of his high school career studying by candlelight, Bonukwenza Mtshali finally saw light at the end of the tunnel when he was told he was one of the top achievers for the matric class of 2023.
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Some South Africans are calling for Britain to return the world's largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa, which is set in the royal sceptre that King Charles III will hold at his coronation on Saturday.
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Floyd Shivambu says EFF will oppose COP26 deal: ‘No American will build energy security in this country’
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BREAKING | Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died
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American wrestler John Cena has been praised for embracing SA rapper Sho Madjozi, after he apparently refused to sue the star for making a song named after him.
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A school in Lagos, Nigeria, is accepting empty plastic bottles from parents in exchange for their children's school fees, thanks to a recycling project.
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No charges have been brought against Sandy-Lee Ward, the driver of a Toyota Tazz who pursued a robber who stole her handbag and hit him with her car at the Bluff, south of Durban.
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Come all the way through boss lady! Enhle Mbali’s fashion range featured in Italian Vogue
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WATCH | Messi finally arrives in SA with his Barcelona colleagues #SundownsBar ça
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The Chinese government has donated R170m in emergency power equipment and made available an approximately R500m grant as development assistance to alleviate South Africa's energy crisis.
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SA has pleaded with President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare Monday a public holiday, as some parts of the world have done, to observe Queen Elizabeth's funeral.
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Rapper AKA has vented his frustration about the alleged crackdown on anti-corruption protests in Zimbabwe, adding that too many South Africans are worried about the Black Lives Matter movement overseas to notice the alleged injustice on their own doorstep.
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Hard work pays off: Twitter celebrate township graduates
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The South African Police Service has signed a memorandum of understanding with Virgin Active and Planet Fitness to keep their officers fit.
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Revealed: Cassper doesn't own the #FillUp trademark and can't take action.
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There are so many things wrong with the way Nkosikho Mbele’s good deed has been handled, but the biggest is the indication that Shell, the company for which he works, clearly has no idea of what his reality is as a black South African.
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WATCH | Sho Madjozi's reaction to meeting John Cena is priceless!
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UCT professor named one of 50 World’s Greatest Leaders for 2018
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Correctional services commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale says convicted murderer Thabo Bester wearing luxury items and sharing a “tender” moment with his incarcerated lover Nandipha Magudumana in court “undermines the criminal justice system”.
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Fans around the world have been freaking out at the news of a Coming to America sequel, with it being confirmed on Friday that South African beauty Nomzamo Mbatha has joined the cast.
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I'm going to walk in at Wits and register for my Masters‚ says Malema
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Pregnant at 40! Thembi Seete is going to be a mom
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