By: Mukelani Cele We receive instruction from the beginning of school that life has a very clear, predictable path: you complete your coursework, go directly to higher education, and begin to secure a career. It seems like a conveyor belt of success, a straight line we are all supposed to follow without ever faltering. However, for many of us, that belt abruptly stops, resulting in what can only be called an unintended gap year, a period away from the security of a classroom

By: Ashleigh Mackintosh On July 10 th , 2025, the first case of the spreading Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) was recorded in the Free State. Since then, it has successfully reached all nine provinces in South Africa, with widespread concern. It has left farmers at war as they are not only fighting against the disease but also calling for accountability from the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen. He states we are “chasing” instead of getting “ahead” of the disease spread

By Nomahlubi Charlie On the 13th of March 2026, President Cyril Ramaphosa held a press conference announcing his approval of the deployment of 2 200 SANDF personnel across 5 provinces: Gauteng, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, and North West. The deployment aimed to assist SAPS with anti-gangsterism and illegal mining operations. The deployment timeline is from the 1st of March 2026 to the 31st of March 2027. Despite President Ramaphosa’s announcement of SANDF deployme

By Erin Arends Formula 1 is the pinnacle of motorsport, with 20 of the top racing drivers in the world competing for the Formula 1 Driver Championship title. More often than not, we see teammates turn to rivals as both drivers fight to be victorious. We saw it in the late 1980s at McLaren between Alain Prost and Aryton Senna, the 2013 RedBull duo of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, the infamous battle at Mercedes between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, and now, in 2025, we