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White Judge rules Malema guilty of hate speech
South African opposition politician Julius Malema has been convicted of hate speech by the country's equality court, following remarks he made at a rally in 2022.Malema, leader of the Economic...Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 05:55hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
'Cellphone thief' kidnapped in Bulawayo city centre
A woman and three men have been accused of kidnapping and assaulting a man they suspected of stealing a cellphone in Bulawayo, in a shocking incident that unfolded earlier this month.The four ...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:10hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Gayton McKenzie takes his anti-immigrants vigilantism to the Limpopo River in Beitbridge
Recklessly xenophobic South African opposition Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie and members of his right-wing party took their anti-immigrants vigilantism to the Limpopo River in Beitbri...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 09:31hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans killed in Diepsloot vigilante killings
TWO victims out of the seven men who were burnt to death in an apparent vigilante attack against criminal activity in one of South Africa's crime-ridden townships are reported to be Zimbabwean citizen...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:17hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabweans killed and set on fire in South Africa
Three Zimbabwean men and a South African were killed and set on fire Thursday last week by a vigilante group that accused them of robbery and murder in Limpopo province.The provincial police s...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Ramaphosa talks tough on killing of Elvis Nyathi
Dear Fellow South African, Twenty-five years ago, our new democratic Constitution came into effect. In adopting this Constitution, we affirmed our commitment to a society based on democr...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 13:19hrs | 28 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
Uloyiko statement on Elvis Nyathi's death
Uloyiko creative team would like to express its deepest condolences to the family of Elvis Nyathi, the Matebeland family and the African family for the the brutal murder of Elvis Nyathi in our country...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 17:03hrs | 3 | by Siphelo Mtshetsha
Ramaphosa condemns killing of Elvis Nyathi
President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the killing of Elvis Nyathi in South Africa's Diepsloot and described it as immoral, racist" and criminal.In a statement shared on the President's websi...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 16:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ELVIS NYATHI DEATH: Activists to shutdown SA businesses in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean activists under the banner of One Africa Movement have threatened to shut down all companies that are owned by South African investors in Zimbabwe over the gruesome murder of one Mbhodazwe ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 11:04hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zim Community in SA statement on death of Elvis Nyathi
It is with deepest sadness that we have learnt of the brutal murder of an innocent Zimbabwean compatriot Elvis Nyathi by a mob who had been going door to door demanding documentation. We have learnt t...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Zim Community in SA
Zapu condemns murder of Zimbabwean in Operation Dudula attack
ZAPU has condemned the murder of a Zimbabwean man in Diepsloot, North of Johannesburg by a xenophobic South African mob hunting foreigners residing in the area.Elvis Nyathi was burnt to death ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean brutally killed in South Africa
A Zimbabwean man was brutally killed in South Africa's Diepsloot area, north of Johannesburg on Wednesday night in ongoing Afrophobic attacks that are mainly targeting Zimbabweans.Mbondazwe El...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's backyard hit by fresh divisions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard, the Midlands province, has been hard hit by fresh turmoil after losing three crucial seats in last week's by-elections with rival factions blaming and threaten...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa calls for end to Dudula campaigns against foreigners
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for an end to campaigns against foreigners, saying these create social tensions and are against the law.He also criticised employers who employ undocumente...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean truckers want to sue Operation Dudula leaders - but can't find them
Legal representatives for the Zimbabwean Truckers Association say they are trying to serve papers on the leaders of the Operation Dudula ('Push away') movement to stop them intimidating and harassing ...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC not cooperating with police
The MDC-Alliance is refusing to co-operate with police detectives assigned to investigate claims that the vehicle carrying party leader Nelson Chamisa was shot at, with no one in the group of vehicles...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC in fresh sanctions shocker
THE opposition MDC Alliance party led by Mr Nelson Chamisa has been burning the midnight candle, fervently agitating for economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies to stay as the p...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UN envoy flies into Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance war
UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteur, Alena Douhan, who arrives in the country today to assess the impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, flies into a storm with the ruling Zanu-PF party and the oppositio...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sphithiphiti Evaluator abused because of her pro-Zuma views
The 36-year-old woman identified as Zamaswazi Zinhle Majozi and known as "Sphithiphithi Evaluator" on Twitter, has finally spoken out about her social media accounts, her political beliefs and her abu...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by The Star
Violent scenes unmasked the facade of South Africa's rainbow nation
With the country mopping up following violent protests in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, the country finds itself divided not only by class but also among racial lines as tensions ran high in some communi...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 14:21hrs | 20 | by Manyane Manyane, Karabo Ngoepe, Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Lessons from SA social unrest
THE turmoil in South Africa following the recent jailing of former president Jacob Zuma and subsequent social unrest characterised by rioting and looting for many other reasons - including deprivation...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Vigilantism grows in South Africa as citizens tackle unrest
Armed community members and vigilante groups have stepped in to tackle unrest in South Africa, taking matters into their own hands and sometimes stoking violence as security forces struggle to restore...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:47hrs | 2 | by AP
Blacks being murdered by Indians in South Africa, SA media on mute - graphic videos
Reports from South Africa are that 15 black people murdered by Indians in Phoenix in the KwaZulu Natala province.Wednesday was the bloodiest in the days of violence and ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 10:01hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Cyril Ramaphosa defends white farmers
Just over a week ago, Brendin Horner, a young farm manager in the Free State, was murdered in an appalling act of cruelty. His killing should anger and upset every one of us. ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 07:01hrs | 4 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
Mnangagwa fortifies his political power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved to consolidate his power yesterday when he appointed his longtime confidante and loyalist Owen "Mudha" Ncube as the country's new State Security minister.He ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 13:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How Mugabe's ZANU-PF and Chihuri's police created the MDC-T Vanguard
In December 2010, Augustine Mahute (26), an MDC-T activist from Matapi Flats in Mbare, was brutally attacked by ZANU-PF youths before they handed him to Matapi Police station.Mahute subseq...Published: 30 May 2018 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Felix Mbonderi Chiroro
2018 Election: The Last Chance or The Lost Chance - What is in it for the Youth of Zimbabwe?
Are you angry that you don't have a job and access to services? Are you angry that poverty and suffering have become the order of the day? Are you angry that you seek your government's audience and no...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 09:20hrs | 3 | by Alfred Towo
DARE mourns Cde Cephas Msipa
We receive news of the death of leader and revolutionary Cephas Msipa with sadness.He represented the vanguard of the revolution and those who remained true to the liberation struggle.Indeed h...Published: 18 Oct 2016 at 09:19hrs | | by Clemence Nhliziyo
SA's most wanted Zim criminal Bongani Moyo's 'rights' violated
Johannesburg - The parading of three re-arrested escapees at a media conference by the authorities was shocking and concerning, lawyers said on Friday.The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) s...Published: 16 Mar 2012 at 05:26hrs | 2 | by Sapa
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