Farewell, Whitney, farewell

STARS, family and friends mourned Whitney Houston in a spirited funeral service at her hometown church yesterday, a week after the sudden her death whose great voice made her one of the biggest pop stars of her era.   3 Comments

DJ Cleo laid up in hospital

HOUSE music producer DJ Cleo is languishing in Wilgeheuwel hospital, west of Joburg, after undergoing a two-hour appendectomy.   9 Comments

Mbokazi loses court battle

DURBAN socialite and TV personality Zanele Mbokazi- Nkambule last night failed in her bid to to interdict Sunday World from publishing a story containing allegations of "improper conduct" against her.   5 Comments

Zuma not welcome - President snubbed by youth league

THE ANC Youth League has begun to intensify a campaign to isolate President Jacob Zuma as part of its push to oust him as ANC president.   2 Comments

Zuma OKs graft watch

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma seems to have come to terms with Cosatu's decision to launch a corruption watch that will expose corrupt activities both in government and the private sector.   1 Comments

'Smoke screen' - Juju disses 'Pallo's nationalisation report'

JULIUS Malema weighed heavily on the ANC task team that warned the party against the nationalisation of mines, saying its work was influenced by veteran ANC leader Pallo Jordan.   1 Comments

Not fair! Charge them too, wails Juju

ANC spokesperson Jackson Mthembu should have been subjected to a disciplinary hearing, if the ANC was fair on discipline.   0 Comments

No fronting! New act to criminalise B-BEE fraud

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma says the proposed law on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act will criminalise fronting and other forms of empowerment misinterpretations.   0 Comments

Getting it all wired up

THIS week Mzingisi Booi (31) tells us something about his line of work.   0 Comments

A thumbs up for Zuma

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address for 2012 delivered on Thursday has been well received by business and organised labour.   0 Comments

Check out business schools

MUST getting an MBA affect your health and family?   0 Comments

Wake up, you were sold a fairy tale

New research data is in on nationalisation - a Pandora's box hot topic led from the front by the formerly unafraid "manly" and now terribly weak ANC Youth League.   0 Comments

Watch your words, Mr President

What Zuma says in his state of the nation address might help him facilitate a peaceful political afterlife, writes Madala Thepa   0 Comments

Panacea for SA ills

ARE you just as tired of the offensive notion that if - sorry when - Julius Malema finally buggers off under whatever rock he crawled from, poor people will be the losers because he "speaks" for the poor?   1 Comments

It's time to quit delaying tactics

The ANC's national leadership should open the succession debate as soon as possible to avoid a messy conference in Mangaung.   0 Comments
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'A charming man'

On Wednesday January 3 at around 3pm, Modimolle, a predominantly Afrikaans town in Limpopo, lost its innocence. Johan Kotze allegedly went psycho in a house on Kerk Street.   0 Comments

Cheers as evidence is tossed outta court

LAWYERS defending a minor accused of slaying right-wing AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche have spent the past two weeks in the Ventersdorp Circuit Court in North West exposing sloppiness and a lack of foresight by the North West police.   1 Comments

Music world stunned by death of Whitney Houston

Stars and music industry leaders paid tribute Saturday to singer Whitney Houston, who died aged 48 on the eve of the annual Grammys show.   10 Comments

'That'll be 50 Madibas'

FORMER president Nelson Mandela was yesterday honoured on the 22nd anniversary of his release from prison by the Reserve Bank - with the launch of new bank notes bearing his image.   1 Comments

Baby Jake ko'd

FORMER boxing hero Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala and his wife Mapule's bid to keep the wolf from their matrimonial door has been TKOed.   3 Comments

It's a bust - Sisa sends Uyanda packing

MZANSI'S popular fashion icon and Diamond Face Couture designer Uyanda Mbuli is heading for a bitter separation from her husband of 10 years, Sisa Mbuli.   18 Comments

Baby Bassie's on it's way

THE hitherto secret pregnancy of philanthropist, role model and top businesswoman Basetsana Kumalo can no longer be hidden.   10 Comments

Silence of machines - a day in the life of a technical engineer

MEET Zuko Mponto (32), a technical engineer at tyre manufacturing company Goodyear South Africa.   0 Comments

Shame, no pay for Jub Jub's song

HIP-HOP muso Molemo "Jub Jub" Maarohanye has been shouting Ndikhokhele at the top of his voice but the song hasn't paid off.   1 Comments

Maskandi artist back from 'the dead'

KWAZULU-Natal police are investigating a bizarre case - a man claiming to be dead multi-award winning maskandi (traditional Zulu folk music) artist Khulekani Kwakhe "Mgqumeni" Khumalo.   12 Comments

Teacher unions not the cause in dysfunctional education

THE call by National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) chairman Andile Lungisa to de-unionise education cannot be left unchallenged because it distorts facts and paints a very disturbing picture about the role of teacher unions in our education system.   0 Comments

Taking on imperialism

It is strange that after beating Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma over four rounds of voting this week, Jean Ping essentially lost to himself in the last round of voting, writes Vukani Mde   1 Comments

SPECIAL REPORT: Nationalisation will cripple SA

SUSPENDED ANCYL leader Julius Malema suffered yet another political blow as an ANC commissioned report rejects nationalisation of mines, saying the move could lead to "economic disaster" for South Africa and its citizens.   1 Comments

Prosper crushed over allegations

MUSIC promoter and businessman Prosper Mkwaiwa is hopping mad over allegations that his wife Tina got kinky with his former protegé Queen Elizabeth II.   2 Comments