28% of South African Schoolgirls are HIV Positive – Motsoaledi

Smanga Kumalo — The number of HIV positive South African schoolgirls is significantly higher than that of boys, a recent report revealed.  According to the report, at least 28% of South African schoolgirls a... Read more »

Let it go

“You did a terrible thing but it doesn’t make you a terrible person” – Dr Bailey; Greys Anatomy. I’ve never had trouble accepting this sentiment. Unless you are the spawn of Satan, a mass murderer, ch... Read more »

Benni could have been faking injury

There are speculations that Orlando Pirates striker Benni McCarthy may have been faking his injury over the past 3 months in order to avoid being coached by Rodger De Sa. McCarthy and De Sa had an altercation d... Read more »

Reeva’s Ex Speaks About Their Last Meeting

It’s been almost a month since Valentine’s Day when Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed by her fairly-new boyfriend, South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius. During his bail application, OscarR... Read more »

Stock theft led to the killing of six family members in KZN

On Saturday morning six family members of the Mkhize family were brutally shot and killed by five gunmen masquerading as the police in Muden, near Greytown in KZN. Five of the victims were brothers and the sixt... Read more »

Footprints in the Dust: My Camino de Santiago

I walk a long road, dust swirling about my feet as they trace the footprints of thousands that have come before me. High on the peaks of the French Pyrenees, I move through purest whiteness. The silhouette of a... Read more »

Gunmen kill six family members in KwaZulu-Natal

Men armed with AK-47s shot and killed six family members on Saturday morning at Itshekane in Muden near Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal. The motive of the shootings is still unknown. It is reported that this incident t... Read more »

Oscar Pistorius Wants Bail Conditions Relaxed

It looks as if Oscar Pistorius’s defense team is quite intent on getting him as close to ‘free’ as they can. The team has not been idle since Oscar’s bail hearing last month. Oscar Pisto... Read more »

Less Meat Worries for South Africans

It seems the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies was on point when he reassured South African consumers that the meat products available in the country were not harmful to human health. This comes after a... Read more »

Curiosity Resurrected the Cat – Scientists Contemplate Recreating Extinct Species

Andrea Teagle – The Tasmanian Tiger has been extinct since 1930. Yet curious scientists may be on the brink of finding ways to see these and other extinct animals roam the earth again. A public Ted xConfe... Read more »