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12/06/2026

The Afrikan Origin Of Sw****kas: A Symbol Of Life, Heritage, And Resilience

For millennia, the Afrikan origin of Sw****kas has woven itself into the cultural, spiritual, and artistic fabric of Afrika. This occurred long before its tragic distortion in modern history. From the Volta River’s golden s...

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The Afrikan Origin Of Sw****kas: A Symbol Of Life, Heritage, And Resilience For millennia, the Afrikan origin of Sw****kas has woven itself into the cultural, spiritual, and artistic fabric of Afrika. This occurred long before its tragic distortion in modern history. From the Volta River’s golden ...

12/06/2026

How to Work with International Clients as a Designer

Expanding your design business to work with international clients is a game-changer. Not only does it open up new opportunities, but it also allows you to gain valuable experience by working across different cultures and industries. However, deal...

How to Work with International Clients as a Designer Expanding your design business to work with international clients is a game-changer. Not only does it open up new opportunities, but it also allows you to gain valuable experience by working across different cultures and industries. However, deali...

12/06/2026

In Johannesburg, parliament’s public accounts committee grilled Mayor Dada Morero this week over why bosses at the city’s municipal companies pull in bigger paycheques than President Cyril Ramaphosa. The president earns R3.5 million a year, but reports show several CEOs at entities like Pikitup, City Power and Johannesburg Water take home packages pushing close to R5 million each. One MP pointed out the person running Pikitup the outfit supposed to collect rubbish across the city gets more than the head of state, even as residents deal with piles of uncollected waste and broken services.

Morero said his team would send a full report later with details on how they set those salaries. The city manager argued the jobs are complex and need special benchmarking, but admitted the pay levels worry them and should not land on ratepayers. He also flagged doubts about whether the city gets real value from the money. The committee wants more answers, including on board pay at these struggling entities.

12/06/2026

South Africa’s Department of Higher Education and Training is phasing out old pre-2009 qualifications to bring in new occupational ones that match today’s workplace needs. Around 1,475 legacy programmes have reached their end dates, with some already replaced and others getting no more new students. Minister Buti Manamela said the shift focuses on practical training and real job skills instead of mostly classroom work, and a government gazette due out on Monday will spell out the exact changes and extensions.

Existing qualifications already earned stay fully valid and recognised. Students in N4 to N6 NATED programmes can keep going without worry, and the department is sorting out workplace placements for those who need them. Some qualifications will get targeted extensions of six to 24 months based on how many learners are affected and how ready the replacements are. The move aims to modernise training but leaves many current students and graduates in the middle of big uncertainty.

12/06/2026

A church leader’s death has sparked a painful family fight in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal. Dr TE Nkonyane, president of the Enyonini Mission Church, died on 31 May. His funeral on 6 June got stopped by a court order from his wife. Now his sister Sibongile claims the family opened the coffin at the mortuary and found four grey building bricks instead of his body two at the feet and two at the head. She says the real burial service felt fake, with people coming from far to mourn what wasn’t there. The family has opened a police case and is waiting for a court order to dig up what they believe is his actual grave on church grounds.

The funeral parlour, Icebolethu Group, strongly denies any wrongdoing. They say they delivered the body to the family home as requested, followed all proper steps, and carried out a dignified burial. No bricks were in the coffin, they insist the claims are false and damaging to the late leader’s legacy. They want the public to let the courts sort it out. The family remains divided, with more questions than answers hanging over what really happened to Dr Nkonyane.

12/06/2026

South Africa’s old mining areas sit on a dangerous edge right now. Experts say thousands of abandoned shafts around 6,100 in total are filling with rainwater that turns acidic underground. That acid eats away at support pillars left from past operations, raising the real risk of sinkholes, ground collapses, tremors, and even small earthquakes. Illegal miners blasting in those same spots make things worse by shaking loose faults and pulling out more rock. Places from the West Rand like Merafong and Khutsong, through Springs and Benoni, all the way toward Nigel and Orkney feel the pressure most.

Communities living near these sites face polluted water and unstable ground every day while government rehabilitation moves slowly. Geoscience officials know the risks and talk about long-term plans for water management and stability checks, but experts warn that delays keep stacking up trouble. The old mines stand as a reminder of unfinished business from the country’s mining past action now could limit the damage before something gives way.

12/06/2026

Many are quick to say the South African Communist Party is finished and won’t matter in the November local elections. Analysts keep repeating that the SACP is fading fast, with little chance of making real gains. But the party, now running independently after years inside the ANC alliance, knows the ruling party from the inside out. It helped shape policy for decades, and its leaders like Solly Mapaila are pushing harder to speak for workers and the poor left behind by broken promises on jobs, housing, and corruption.

The SACP admits it won’t take control of municipalities, but it could pull votes from angry ANC supporters who won’t switch to other parties and often just stay home. That shift might not win big, yet it can shake up the old alliance and force change inside the broader movement. Skeptics point to the party’s own past role in government failures, and trust will be hard to rebuild. Still, with the Conference of the Left behind it, the SACP is trying to carve out space as a real voice for the left.

12/06/2026

Rosie O’Donnell just owned up to getting a facelift, and she’s not calling it vanity. The 64-year-old comedian dropped over 50 pounds on Mounjaro while dealing with diabetes, but the fast weight loss left her face with loose, sagging skin that made her look permanently sad or “melting with intention,” as she put it. She used to slam plastic surgery as a betrayal of feminism and real aging, but after staring at that extra skin in the mirror, she went under the knife in January for a lower face and neck lift. No one even clocked it until she dropped before-and-after pics.

Now she’s showing off the tighter jawline at the Tony Awards, saying it fixed the gravity damage without changing who she is. It’s a raw reminder that big weight loss wins come with messy side effects, and even outspoken celebs sometimes rethink their rules when life hits their reflection. Real talk on aging, health, and the pressure to look “fixed” in Hollywood.

12/06/2026

A Cartrack worker named Gcina Dhladhla died at the company’s Rosebank offices in Johannesburg. She was 29. Reports say she had complained of feeling sick and exhausted in the days before, with family claiming she handed in sick notes but was still expected to show up. She collapsed in a bathroom cubicle while on duty. A colleague later found her. Cartrack says they gave her immediate help from first responders once things turned serious and strongly denies blocking her from taking leave or ignoring her health.

Now a former controller has spoken out, sharing a manager’s old message that told her she “did not really work yourself to death” after a power outage cut some overtime. The whistleblower described long forced shifts, pressure to keep going even when drained, and a culture that made people scared to push back. On Thursday the Dhladhla family and Cartrack met, called it emotional but useful, and agreed to back independent probes into what happened. Protesters showed up outside the offices demanding answers on working conditions.

12/06/2026

Idris Elba just shut down years of James Bond rumours for good. In a straight-talking GQ interview, the British star says the chatter was never legit and not realistic anyway. At 53, he’s calling it like he sees it: Bond was written a certain way for global audiences, and not everyone out there is ready for a Black man, an African man, stepping into those shoes. “That’s not what they like in their culture. Period.” He wants the franchise kept pure as over-the-top escapism, not twisted into something “woke” to chase modern tastes.

It’s a raw take from a guy who’s done everything from Stringer Bell to getting knighted for fighting knife crime. Elba’s basically saying some markets still won’t buy it, so why force the fit when Bond’s whole point is fantasy? Fans are buzzing some nodding along, others fired up about what it means for representation in big Hollywood icons. Either way, the next 007 hunt just got clearer.