Author: Silver Sibiya
Family, friends and fans of Hip Hop superstar Kiernan “AKA” Forbes paid a moving tribute in a memorial service held in Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Friday evening. AKA was murdered a week ago outside a popular restaurant in Durban alongside his close friend and former manager Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane The ceremony was a celebratory event with many of his colleagues taking to the stage to perform many of his tracks where they were featured. But the big moment came when his mother Lynn Forbes narrated about the kind of a person her son was. “Today, a week ago…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has turned down the request from the Gauteng Provincial Government to grant the slain hip-hop artist Kiernan Forbes commonly known as AKA a Special Provincial Official Funeral. AKA was killed last Friday along with his friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane outside a restaurant in Durban. The Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi broke the news in a statement that he visited the Forbes family and informed them of the decision by Ramaphosa. However, Lesufi committed that the provincial government would honour the late musician by providing law enforcement, a gravesite at Heroes Acre Cemetery and a South African flag to…
The City of Joburg Speaker Colleen Makhubele, has confirmed that more than 500 families from the Springbok informal settlement, south of Johannesburg, are in need of urgent aid after all their homes and belongings were destroyed during recent heavy rains. Some of the urgent supplies needed include food and clothing, she said. “We have seen children who are not able to go to school because their uniforms are wet. They can’t sleep in their houses because their homes are flooded,” she said. Makhubele together with her office descended on the area to get first hand experience of the dire situation…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent condolences to families of the 21 people who died tragically in a collision between a bus and a cash van in Limpopo on Monday night. The accident, one of the worst to happen on our roads in terms of the number of fatalities, occurred at Mashovhela towards Musina on the N1 highway, near the HF Verwoerd Tunnel. The President said in a statement, he was saddened by the horrific crash and wished all 68 survivors well on their way to recovery. “As compatriots, we are deeply saddened when we experience such a loss of life…
The community of Eldorado Park in the south of Johannesburg is calling for the removal of the local Station Commander Brigadier Mkhacani Maluleke whom it is accusing of incompetence and failing in his duties to stop violence in the area from spiralling out of control. Maluleke was appointed in March last year to replace former Station Commander Peter Henry Van Dyk who died in 2021, August. An anti-drug activist, Dereleen James, accused Maluleke of failing to listen to the community’s concerns regarding the crime and drug activities in Eldorado Park. “We tried so many times to talk to him to…
Several labour union federations and civil society organisations have come together to pressure the government into introducing measures aimed at protecting the poor and to introduce a Basic Income Grant of R1 500 a month. Leaders of the organisation including AMCU, SAFTU, United Front under a banner Cry of the Xcluded held a press briefing in Auckland Park, Joburg on Tuesday demanding among others, the introduction of a basic income grant. Saftu Secretary General Zwelinzima Vavi said they will continue with their demonstrations during the Sona and budget speech set to be delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister of…
Some parents in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni, have temporarily removed their children at the Geluksdal Secondary School, following tensions at the school after last week’s killing of a grade 10 learner, Shawn Mphela, allegedly by gang members. One of the parents, Prince Kopane, said he’s concerned about the safety of his two children adding that all parents are panicking and wondering if their children are safe after the killing of Mphela. “I’m panicking due to the situation that is happening. I want my two children to be removed from school who knows maybe it will escalate (the gang violence),” he said. Another…
As South Africa’s electricity crisis deepens, more organisations are taking to the streets in protest against the government and its management of Eskom’s rolling blackouts which have been increased to Stages 5 and 6 over the last few days. This means residents and businesses are at times forced to stay without electricity for up to 8 hours a day making life unbearable for many South Africans who rely on the power utility for power. The latest march to Eskom’s headquarters in Sunninghill Johannesburg was organised by civil rights groups – #StandUpSA together, NotInMyName and Voice it In Action. The three…
Joined by City Power Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tshifularo Mashava, Amad led a cut-off operation in Roodepoort today as part of efforts to recover some R7.9 billion owed to the metro by residents and businesses. Amad said the city needs to improve its finances urgently because it is in need of revenue. “The entire City is owed about R7.9 billion. You know the City is in a dire need of those finances, we are trying to make sure that we generate revenue so that we stabilise the finances of the City. “Remember these are business institutions, when there is no…
About a thousand residents of Madibeng Community in the North West who live near one of the biggest chrome mines in Brits, Samancor, yesterday handed over a memorandum of demands at the mine’s head offices in Sandton. The residents are demanding that the company stop its corruption tendency and start hiring locals and also invest in the development of their area in line with the company’s Social Labour Plans. Police and Johannesburg Metropolitan Department officers kept the residents in line as at times they were agitated and threatened people who work in the office park they marched to. “We are…