Eccentric, controversial to say the least but does anybody really know what made Michael Jackson tick. He had an enormous amount of musical talent, which shot him to the top of pop music world in the 80′s and helped him build a large fortune. Michael Jackson paid several visits to South Africa, even singing Happy Birthday to Madiba. His fans remained loyal to the end. You either loved him or   Read More ...

Bafana Bafana went down 1-0 to Brazil last night as they missed out on reaching the Confederations Cup Final. Very few people gave us any hope in last nights game but credit must go to the boys for putting up such a brave fight. If Captain Aron did not give away that silly freekick on the edge of the box that Brazil subsequently scored from, I believe we could have   Read More ...

Michael Jackson has passed away. We at InTheNews.co.za are saddened by this tragic news and we would like to pass on our condolences to the Jackson family for the loss of arguably the greatest pop entertainer of all time. Paramedics were called to Jackson’s Beverly Hills home at about midday yesterday (Thursday) after he stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead two hours later at the UCLA medical centre. It is   Read More ...

The inevitable has finally happened! We had known for a while now that the price of electricity in South Africa was going to go up at some stage and today (Thursday) we have gotten confirmation that Eskom has been granted a 31.3% tariff increase by the National Energy Regulator of SA(Nersa). Eskom had wanted a 34% hike but they have to settle for the 31.3% hike. The increase comes into   Read More ...

Gwede Mantashe (ANC Secretary-General) or Jacob Zuma (President of South Africa)? Luthuli House – Headquarters of the ANC or the Union buidings seat of government ? It has been reported recently in the South African press that increasingly, decisions and meetings which should be managed by those in charge at the Union Buildings are taking place at Luthuli House. This raises the question of who is actually in charge? Concerning   Read More ...

Tender Mavundla wasn’t always as well known as she is now, thanks to South Africa’s Pop Idols. But right now she is capitalising on that momentum with the release of her debut album, “Tender Moments.” Born in Port Shepstone, Tender grew up in little village called KwaNositha where she was actively involved in stage plays and a gospel choir. In 1997, things started turning around for Tender, after she won   Read More ...

We are a year away from the start of the FIFA 2010 World Cup but Is the Bafana Bafana team ready to take on the big boys? Well those who watched Sunday’s opening match against the Asian champions Iraq will come away disappointed. South Africa missed three relatively easy chances to create a goal to beat the no 86 in the world especially when Bernard Parker acted in defence rather   Read More ...

Is the recent criticism of Zapiro’s cartoon on the South African elections by Annar Cassam (a Tanzanian, who was formerly director of the UNESCO Bureau at the UN Office in Geneva and consultant at UNESCO/PEER Nairobi.) valid? The cartoon that Cassim has an issue with is the cartoon published in the Mail & Guardian on the 23rd April 2009, showing what lies ahead for the majority of voters who queued   Read More ...

Thanks to the Mail & Guardian, Zoopy.com and others an unedited version of the “Special Assignment” documentary on political satire was made available to the public worldwide via the internet. The programme was posted on the Mail & Guardian’s website at 2.30pm on Wednesday. Within a few hours it almost brought the site down due to the number of hits they were getting. Within the next day, Zoopy.com also put   Read More ...

What has the SABC got to be scared of? For the second time the South African Broadcasting Corporation has pulled the documentary on political satire. Initially planned to be aired before the elections on April 22, it was withdrawn with the so-called excuse that it lacked balance. Slowly the powers that be at the SABC built up the courage and it was announced yesterday that the SABC would air the   Read More ...