Kedsta News

30/07/2021

Actor and director Shona Ferguson has passed away at the age 47 - May his family have the strength to bear the loss and his soul rest in peace 💔

12/06/2021

Interview: Up Close and Alone Podcast with Lindokuhle Modi. Check out this out below!!

https://kedsta.com/viral-buzz/interview-up-close-and-alone-podcast-lindokuhle-modi/

The Up Close and Alone Podcast is a free audio podcast hosted by South African teen star, Lindokuhle Modi. It is one of South Africa's rising podcasts,

26/04/2021

South Africa, Pretoria – EFF members kneel in protest at the US embassy against the killing of Lindani Myeni.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/eff-protest-at-us-embassy-on-lindani-myeni-death/

26/04/2021

South Africa, Pretoria: The University of Pretoria (UP) is set to host the first Nobel Prize Dialogue in Africa next month.

The event is set to take place May 18, organised by the university and Nobel Prize Outreach.

https://kedsta.com/education/pretoria-varsity-host-first-nobel-prize-dialogue/

26/04/2021

South Africa, DURBAN: THREE people were killed and at least 27 others injured in a crash on the N2 at Tugela Bridge on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast this morning.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/3-dead-27-injured-in-kzn-n2-fatal-crash/

26/04/2021

South Africa, Cape Town – About 100 people took part in an anti-gender-based violence protest in front of the paliament building, on Saturday.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/cape-residents-protest-against-gbv-violence/

26/04/2021

South Africa, Durban – Myeni’s family said that ex-rugby player Lindani Myeni‘s body would be arriving in the country on Friday, after the Consul-General in Miami indicated that the US government had released Myeni’s body.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/slain-ex-rugby-player-lindani-myenis-body-arrives-this-week-in-kzn/

26/04/2021

South Africa, Johannesburg – 43% of the country’s latest aspiring chartered accountants have passed the SA Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica) examination which is a very low percentage.

https://kedsta.com/education/low-pass-rate-for-sa-chartered-accountants-exam/

26/04/2021

South Africa, Cape Town – DA’s acting Western Cape (WC) leader, Albert Fritz, has bashed the SACP in the province for using racial words.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/sacp-and-da-lock-horns-over-allegations-of-racism/

26/04/2021

South Africa, Cape Town – VUSA Rugby Academy will make reading more accessible for children with the launch of a new mobile tuk-tuk library in Langa.

https://kedsta.com/education/langa-introduce-new-vusa-mobile-library-launch/

26/04/2021

South Africa, Cape Town – Medical interns at 2 Military Hospital in Wynberg have stopped working because they have not received salary for work done since January.

https://kedsta.com/health/interns-military-hospital-stop-work-payment/

26/04/2021

South Africa, Pretoria – Nellmapius Community members were shocked and have called for immediate intervention, after children were found playing with drugs allegedly dumped in the area by an unknown bakkie.

https://kedsta.com/health/illegal-dumping-of-drugs-in-nellmapius-comminity-disturbing/

26/04/2021

South Africa, Pretoria – Due to fraud and tax evasion allegations, embattled Limpopo DA leader, Jacques Smalle has been officially suspended.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/embattled-limpopo-da-leader-jacques-smalle-suspended/

26/04/2021

South Africa, JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng police have launched a search after four people were shot dead in two separate incidents in the Slovo Park Informal Settlement near Brixton.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/gauteng-saps-slovo-park-shooting-incidents/

26/04/2021

South Africa, JOHANNESBURG – Klerksdorp in the North West SAPS made a huge drug arrest over the weekend.

According to reports, They seized the narcotic known as cat (Methcathinone), worth nearly R1.5 million.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/saps-in-klerksdorp-seize-r1-5-worth-of-methcathinone/

26/04/2021

South Africa, CAPE TOWN – As University of Cape Town (UCT) students proceed to lectures on Monday, some of them are still trying to graps what happened last week.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/uct-students-after-effect-fire-on-campus-life/

26/04/2021

South Africa, JOHANNESBURG – Transport workers union Untu and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) lock horns over salary hike.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/untu-prasa-over-implementation-of-salary-hike/

26/04/2021

South Africa, CAPE TOWN – During a recent police operation one of Gauteng’s top five most wanted crime suspects has been arrested.

According to reports, he’s accused of being involved in a murder and cash-in-transit heist.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/gauteng-police-arrest-most-wanted-suspect/

21/04/2021

South Africa, Johannesburg – The Hawks have arrested a 43-year-old man wanted in connection with R6m fraud and theft charges in Olivedale, Johannesburg.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/hawks-arrest-alleged-fraudsters-r6m-theft/

21/04/2021

South Africa, Johannesburg – A Zimbabwean man has been convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison in Mayfair, Johannesburg house robbery.

Tinatenda Rasta Tagera was sentenced in the Brixton Regional Court.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/zimbabwean-15-years-joburg-house-robbery/

21/04/2021

South Africa, DURBAN – Police officers who promptly responded to a cash-in-transit (CIT) heist that took place at a Durban mall yesterday has applauded by the police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/cit-heist-police-launch-manhunt-suspects/

21/04/2021

South Africa, Pretoria – A 3-year-old girl died when a fire engulfed her Mpumalanga shack and the mother will face charges of child neglect and culpable homicide.

According to reports, the incident occurred at Siyathuthuka township in Belfast on Monday night, after the mother had left her three children alone in the shack.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/mother-charged-to-court-after-daughter-dies-in-fire/

21/04/2021

South Africa, Cape Town – Former DA Johann Brummer Saw Victory after a 7 Year Court Tussle With Party.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/former-da-johann-brummer-wins-7-year-court-tussle-with-party/

21/04/2021

South Africa, Durban – Zuma’s family has insisted that Zuma will not be sitting in a holding cell.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/jacob-zuma-former-president-jail/

21/04/2021

South Africa, Cape Town – A Khayelitsha taxi owner, Goodman Lomboza was shot and killed, and a woman injured in the shooting perceived to be suspected of taxi-related violence.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/ct-taxi-owner-shot-dead-woman-wounded-in-shooting/

21/04/2021

South Africa, Limpopo: Lufuno Mavhunga was buried in Limpopo on Saturday. At an emotional memorial service on Friday.

Lufuno‘s brother Kenneth recounted the six-hour trip he undertook from Pretoria to Limpopo when the teenager took her life after videos showing how she was bullied and assaulted were widely circulated online.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/lufuno-mavhungas-attacker-denied-bail-bid/

21/04/2021

LONDON – Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal were six of the 12 clubs that signed up to the breakaway competition that guaranteed spots each year and billions of dollars for founding members.

https://kedsta.com/sports/european-super-league-fall-as-all-6-english-clubs-pull-out/

21/04/2021

The jury deliberated less than 11 hours before finding 45-year-old Chauvin guilty of all three charges against him: second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter.

https://kedsta.com/news/world/ex-policeman-derek-chauvin-guilty-of-george-floyds-murder/

21/04/2021

South Africa, CAPE TOWN – Another child’s life has been claimed by the incessant gun violence in Cape Town, this time at Wesbank

According to the report, Police said the alleged shooters are aged 14 and 15.

https://kedsta.com/news/south-africa/teens-arrested-for-murder-boy-in-wesbank/