Funeral service of Olorato Mongale. 2 minutes Olorato Mongale‘s mother, Poppy, says she is holding on to the good memories of her late daughter. She has described her daughter as a fighter, and that it was evident when she saw her body at the mortuary that she fought for her life, as her nails were…
Members of the SACP at Joe Slovo commemoration 2 minutes The General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Solly Mapaila, has reiterated the party’s decision to contest the local government elections (LGE) independently next year. Mapaila spoke during the party’s Augmented Provincial General Council at Polokwane in Limpopo. Mapaila says the SACP also…
[File Photo]A child running from a dark room 3 minutes Young children have called on the Department of Justice to enforce harsher punishment for those that violate children. The children, joined by child protection activists and government officials, marched to the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg to voice their concerns. Enhle Nzimambe a 12-year-old girl from…
Olorato Mongale 2 minutes The state of Olorato Mongale’s body showed that the perpetrator was filled with anger. That’s according to Deputy Police Minister Polly Boshielo who was at the scene where Mongale’s body was found at Lombardy West in Johannesburg last Sunday. Boshielo was speaking at Mongale’s funeral service at City Hall in Bloemfontein….
3 minutes World Boxing will introduce mandatory gender testing for all boxers in its competitions, the body said yesterday, adding that Paris Olympics gold medallist Imane Khelif will not be allowed to compete until she undergoes such a test. The global body, which will oversee boxing competitions in the 2028 Olympics after being granted provisional…
Olorato Mongale being remembered by friends, family including lecturers from both Rhodes university and Wits university, June 1, 2025. 2 minutes Fellow students and colleagues say Olorato Mongale took a stand against gender-based violence. Speaking at her funeral service underway at the City Hall in Bloemfontein, they say Mongale was a born leader, with a…
Handover of the remains and reburial of Thabo Mosala. 1 minute The late political activist Thabo Mosala’s remains have been repatriated and reburied at his hometown in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. Mosala died while in detention in 1976 at Butterworth during the Apartheid era. His passing was recorded as a natural death which left…
1 minute The Special Official Category 1 Funeral for ANC stalwart Gertrude Shope is underway at the Great Hall at WITS University in Johannesburg. President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the eulogy. Ma Shope, as she was affectionately known, passed away on Thursday last week at the age of 99. Shope will then be laid to…
CAF Champions League Trophy. 2 minutes Former Mamelodi Sundowns forward Sibusiso Vilakazi believes it will require some magic from Downs to win the tie and become the first South African club to win a second CAF Champions League title. Vilakazi is confident with Sundowns personnel to produce magical moments and add a second star to…
FILE: Wits University student Olorato Mongale. 3 minutes Family, friends and the community will gather at the City Hall in Bloemfontein in the Free State today to bid farewell to 30-year-old Olorato Mongale, who was murdered and her body dumped at Lombardy West in Johannesburg. The search for Mongale started last Sunday, two hours after…
