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Kgaugelo Masweneng is a journalist and deputy opinions editor at TimesLIVE.

Vocalist and poet Siyabonga Mthembu takes the spotlight at the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra at  Linder Auditorium, Wits University.

WATCH | Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra: An enchanting and heavenly experience

Vocalist and poet Siyabonga Mthembu’s ability to add emotion and self-reflection in his delivery forces one to think deeper and more meaningfully about ourselves as a society.

Despite comprising more than 51% of the population, the department of agriculture, land reform and rural development reported in 2017 that women owned only 13% of farms and agricultural land..

‘Give rural women access to land’: experts

Women in rural areas face challenges such as requiring the presence of a man to claim land or livestock.

He said there’s currently 800 township schools participating in the Wednesday League programme that includes the codes of football and netball.  File photo.

Lesufi promises incentives for athletes, to tackle cancer backlog and eradicate urban hunger

Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi delivered his state of the province address on Thursday.

Baby Shower gift bags have lovingly been put together by Love Story for expectant moms at Dora Nginza Hospital

Eastern Cape hospitals 'compromise women in maternity wards'

The Commission for Gender Equality says there are interdependent challenges in public hospitals in the Eastern Cape’s maternity wards that worsen overflowing, infections and maternal mortality.

Despite comprising more than 51% of the population, the department of agriculture, land reform and rural development reported in 2017 that women owned only 13% of farms and agricultural land..

'Rural women still denied access to land': Gender Commission report

The commission says discriminatory rules and patriarchal norms pose significant barriers for women in rural communities

Three people were killed in a shooting that took place in Braamfontein last week, one of them a student from the University of Johannesburg.

UJ student killed in Braam shooting identified as David Nkosingiphile Nxumalo

The University of Johannesburg student who was killed in a drive-by shooting has been identified as David Nkosingiphile Nxumalo, from Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal.

The City of Joburg and the Joburg Property Company have been found liable for the Usindiso building fire in which 76 people died last August. File photo.

Directors of Usindiso shelter say they feared for their lives

Four women who refused to leave the Usindiso Building after their rehabilitation period had ended have been blamed for bullying other residents and threatening the owners with EFF members.

The department says the biggest challenge is repeat offending.

Sexual assault, overcrowding, lack of expertise on mental health and LGBTQI+ treatment flagged at prisons

A Commission for Gender Equality inspection of correctional facilities has found overcrowding, a lack of understanding on how to cater for LGBTQI+ and mentally ill people, and sexual assault in some prisons to be of serious concern.

Climate change is hypothesised to be impacting the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Stock photo.

Extreme climate, droughts may influence increase in HIV: study

Women in rural areas which have recently experienced drought have increased odds of being infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa as they are also more likely to be living in poverty, according to a recent study.

University of Johannesburg students on campus. File image.

UJ concerned after health department alert about STI surge in areas inhabited by students

The University of Johannesburg (UJ) has expressed concern over the increase in STI infections in Gauteng due to risky sexual behaviour, while experts say the rise can be attributed to low condom usage and low use of sexual and…

'I was consulting and was paid, this is a malicious campaign': Designer Thula Sindi on SIU investigation

Renowned fashion designer Thula Sindi says the allegation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) that he was involved in embezzling a poultry farm grant is slanderous as he provided a service and cannot “forensically audit sources of my…

The City of Joburg and the Joburg Property Company have been found liable for the Usindiso building fire in which 76 people died last August. File photo.

NGO leasing Usindiso lost it when it couldn't pay rent of R499 a year

Helen Botes, CEO of JPC, told the commission of inquiry that the building was captured in December 2019 after the owners of the shelter lost their funding and their contract could not be renewed.

Presley Chweneyagae is embroiled in a money scandal.

'Tsotsi' star Presley Chweneyagae’s foundation 'used to swindle lotteries arts grant money'

A foundation belonging to actor Presley Chweneyagae has been implicated in alleged misuse of National Lotteries Commission funding amounting to R15m which was meant for community upliftment projects.

Inside the Usindiso building in Marshalltown in the Johannesburg CBD after the fire on August 31, which left 77 dead. A witness testified that the building's population swelled from housing 50 women to over 400 people when the landlord left in 2019. File photo.

Usindiso building went from housing less than 50 women to more than 400 people, inquiry hears

A woman who lived in the Usindiso building in Johannesburg when it was still a shelter for abused women says things started changing when the owner of the shelter left.

An aerial view of the scene at Delvers Street in the Johannesburg CBD after the deadly Usindiso building fire in August. File photo.
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LISTEN | 'My pregnant girlfriend died and her body was never found,' man tells Usindiso commission

Musa Hamisi from Tanzania says he lost his eight-months-pregnant girlfriend in the Usindiso building disaster and her body was never found.