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SANDF Celebrates Women’s Bravery, Honours Paratrooper Captain Malgas
By Buchule Putini As South Africa observes Women’s Month 2025, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has taken a moment to honour the exceptional courage and leadership of women serving in uniform. Among them, Captain Chavonn Carmen Malgas — known to her peers as the Sky Goddess — stands out as a shining example…
Department Denies Principal’s Involvement in Initiation School Death
By Duncan Mnisi eMalahleni, Mpumalanga — The Mpumalanga Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements, and Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA) has dismissed claims linking an initiation school principal, Mr. Chief Mabena, to the recent death of an initiate. The department says the allegations are false and regrets the misinformation. Investigations found the school was under the supervision…
Highgate Massacre Inquest Resumes After 32 Years of Silence
By Buchule Putini East London — More than three decades after gunmen stormed the Highgate Hotel on 1 May 1993, killing five and injuring seven, the inquest into the massacre resumes on Monday, 11 August 2025, at the Special Tribunal in East London. For years, the attack was blamed on the Azanian People’s Liberation Army…
MK Terminates Floyd Shivambu’s Membership By Duncan Mnisi
By Duncan Mnisi South Africa – Nyiko Floyd Shivambu has announced his resignation from the uMKhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party), calling the decision final and unequivocal. In a formal statement Friday, Shivambu expressed his respect for the party’s internal processes and structures — which he once served as National Organizer and Secretary General — and…