Protesting students face charges of attempted murder after a group of them locked two security guards in a building at CPUT’s Bellville campus before setting it alight. It is reported that one of the guards has since passed away.

Menzi Solomon Shange wrote an opinion piece titled: ‘Some Reasons Why South Africa is Destined for Black Obscurity – from a Black Man’s Perspective’ and he’s made a lot of people very angry.

Interesting that president Zuma would choose to exclude the minister of finance from a task team set up to plot a course for… financing higher education.

South Africans have come together as one in support of embattled finance minister Pravin Gordhan and lambasted the National Prosecuting Authority for choosing to charge him, yet protect Zuma against the 783 corruption charges against him.

The Former ANC MP and struggle veteran dropped a bombshell earlier this year when she claimed the Guptas offered her a job as cabinet minister, kickstarting widespread allegations of state capture and prompting a Public Protector investigation.

Footage has emerged of a student from the University of Stellenbosch threatening other students with a blade, but dropping it and lashing out at those recording him after being confronted.

The ANCWL earlier released a statement offering their condolences to Khwezi’s family… after they vilified her for years for accusing Jacob Zuma of raping her. Well, Sout Africans are having none of it.

Pretty much as thinly veiled as you can get, but this should also serve as a warning to the more criminal elements of the FeesMustFall movement: the cops only have your back if you play by the rules.

Some pretty clever folks believe we’re about to see a comeback as the Rand does the impossible… kick the downward trend and start clawing back territory.

Khwezi, the woman who accused Jacob Zuma of raping her back in 2005, has died.

The SAPS has started its purge of criminal police officers, firing 66 found guilty of everything from attempted murder, kidnapping, corruption, rape and even aiding and abetting a criminal.

Good news everyone, the Top Gear guys are back together with a brand new show and it’s all kinds of awesome.

Only in a taxi “do you enjoy a nap on a stranger’s shoulder.”

Nobody wants you to literally ‘fall’, Mr president. Folks just want you to have your day in court and account for your actions over the last few years.

The ConCourt, where Zuma and his closest allies have faced defeat after defeat this past year, has refused to hear an appeal by the National Prosecuting Authority against reinstating 783 charges of fraud against el presidente.

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe had a few kind words for outgoing Public Protector Thuli Madonsela. Well, more than kind to be honest.

Arguably one of South Africa’s best-loved people, Thuli Madonsela is finishing her seven-year stint as Public Protector while president Zuma has finalised the appointment of Adv. Busisiwe Joyce Mkhwebane

Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s reign as supreme leader of the crippled SABC seems to have come to an end and South Africans on Twitter couldn’t resist throwing a little extra shade.

Trade union Cosatu has slammed the government for developing projects like the Gautrain and bicycle lanes for whites, while poor black people spend up to a third of their income on transport.

In a thinly veiled threat, a female FeesMustFall protester told white students at UCT to join the movement, adding that it was not a request and saying black South Africans have no reason to live peacefully alongside whites.

AngloGold Ashanti chairperson Sipho Pityana believes Zuma’s removal will help our economy recover… yeah, you and almost everyone else buddy.

A member of the board himself, Krish Naidoo in a surprise move broke ranks with the rest of the board who’ve been struggling to protect Motsoeneng throughout Wednesday’s enquiry.

Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has launched an audit of all city employees, effectively shining a light on anyone who’s been appointed under dodgy circumstances.

A voice note doing the rounds at Wits University, reportedly sent by a student protester, says that one white student, whether male or female, must die to get vice chancellor Adam Habib’s attention.

Remember when minister of social development Bathabile Dlamini spent R11 000 a night on a room in Durban’s swanky Oyster Box hotel, well that was just the tip of the iceberg.

Today’s Wits shutdown protests started off quite peacefully, but it wasn’t meant to be. Watch the moment police use stun grenades and rubber bullets on the crowd.

Is it the colour of your skin, using sunlight bar soap for everything from dishwashing to shampoo… or is it your killer sense of humour? Check it out.

Looks like things over at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa aren’t all that peachy.

El presidente might not be great at, well… a sh**load of things, but he sure knows how to shuffle. So here’s a little homage to his famous steps.

Not long ago Johannesburg had a shortage of fire engines that put residents’ lives at risk, but mayor Herman Mashaba’s team made short work of that.

On the whole, the continent moved up by just one point in the last decade, with South Africa showing an overall decline in its good governance rating.

In a surprising turnaround, the ruling party has decided that all of its senior members and leaders will undergo random audits, including members deployed to SOEs like the ABC.

Motsoeneng has given the judicial system and effectively the constitution a solid middle finger, but does he really give a toss?

FeesMustFall protesters were having none of their classmates’ studiousness, preventing scores of students from getting to class on Monday morning as politicians were meeting to find a solution.

Wow, so the person representing South Africa in Singapore is a convicted drug smuggler and former cabin crew for South African Airways.

He says he’s got a loan to pay for the Nkandla upgrades, so does his bank… but nobody seems to be able to find any proof that it actually exists.

South Africans and the internet, at times a match made in comedy heaven. #Friyay!

Zimbabwe’s PDP opposition party has accused oll’ batty Bob Mugabe of breaking his own laws by owning more than one piece of land… go figure.

UCT student and former model Djavan Arrigone, who took a leak on a taxi driver from the balcony at Tiger Tiger, has been sentenced to 200 hours community service.

He might not be SABC COO anymore, but the untouchable Hlaudi Motsoeneng still takes home one hell of a salary.

Ominous much?

Protesters have set fire to buildings at the University of Johannesburg’s Bunting Road Campus, reportedly leaving three lecture halls in flames.

Gauteng premier David Makhura and Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba have agreed to quit their squabbling and focus on what’s important.

Home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba – the Instagram minister as Malema so lovingly christened him – is in talks with EU ambassador Dr. Marcus Cornaro to relax visa requirements for South Africans looking to travel to Europe.

Former Buffalo City mayor Zukisa Faku’s career as MP is no more, after she was found guilty of fraud and theft during her term.

Even as the ANC prepares to step in and sort out the SABC “embarrassment”, newly reappointed GE Hlaudi Motsoeneng brags about how much money he’s going to be splashing out in his new(old) position.

The ruling party’s parliamentary caucus has said that it will not tolerate Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s “unlawful” reappointment as GE of the national broadcaster and that action will be taken against the SABC board.

After failing to secure Tshwane in the elections, some within the ANC’s Gauteng provincial government reportedly want to take the city away from the DA/EFF coalition by putting it under provincial administration.

According to Front National leader Hannes Engelbrecht, the white South African population will dwindle to less than a margin in less than a decade.

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe’s not been all that forgiving of the students protesting against university fee increases.

Sbu Ndebele’s time down under is coming to an abrupt end after reports that he’d accepted in the region of R10 million worth of bribes while he was transport minister.

An armed robber reportedly tried breaking into a mosque in Newtown, Johannesburg when he was confronted by a guard who wasn’t having any of it; the attacker repeatedly stabbed the guard who subsequently died of his injuries.

Hlaudi lives to fight another day, this time as the man overseeing 80% of the SABC’s income.

The ANC in Tshwane has disrupted council proceedings, broke through a glass door in protest and accused mayor Solly Msimanga of cadre deployment and corruption…

DUT students clashed with the SAPS as groups of #FeesMustFall protesters brought the Durban CBD to a standstill.

Straight off the bat, Trevor beat almost every news channel in the US to calling the very first lie in the presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and The Donald.

The ruling party is adamant that claims of its “war” against the Independent Electoral Commission are false and that it has the utmost respect for Chapter 9 institutions.

Details around the incident are still sketchy, but it’s being reported that armed robbers shot and killed a man, before the community decided to strike back… hard.

The SABC has blamed South Africans refusing to pay their TV licences on its poor financial performance and vowed to get tough with TV Licence collections in future.

The Central Intelligence Agency must really have this terrorism thing under control, as it seems they’ve got more than enough time to meddle in SA’s affairs… if you take the ANC Youth League’s word for it anyway.

Divisions within the greater ANC are yet again boiling to the surface as the mother party supports the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling against former COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s appointment, but the Youth League wants him to remain in his position.

Yeah, it’s pretty much every bit as entertaining as you’d imagine it to be.

A “stress free” Hlaudi Motsoeneng took advantage of an already captivated crowd of mourners at Mandoza’s funeral, and proceeded to talk about himself and his job.

The Democratic Alliance seems to think there’s something fishy about the appointment of mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane… the same man who pushed for a judicial inquiry into why the banks booted the Guptas.

So it turns out eMalahleni’s new mayor didn’t have a change of heart after all, and will still be using municipal funds to buy herself a R1.5 million Lexus.

Besides putting other people’s lives in danger, you also look like a complete fool.

Check out this awesome duo’s fun little tribute to Mandoza.

A High Court ruling in favour of the City of Cape Town has been upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeal, which means no e-Tolls for the Mother City… for now.

Remember the Rhodes Must Fall student who unsuccessfully tried to remove a statue of Rhodes from Oxford University and bragged about making a white waitress cry? Well, he’s making waves again.

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has said that, if he were minister of higher education, he would shut all university campuses for six months, and residences for another six, so students would realise the importance of higher education.

“Anyone who goes to classes, you are going to k*k, we are going to beat you up.”

Do not try this at home, folks.

Shortly after minister Blade Nzimande’s announcement that a maximum university fee increase of 8% will be allowed, students mobilised for a fresh round of #FeesMustFall protests…

Never a dull moment when the EFF’s in parly.

Steven Anderson is not having a great couple of weeks, after being banned from entering the UK and South Africa and now reportedly being deported by our neighbour, Botswana.

In the latest of almost 400 police killings of black men in the USA in less than two years, Terence Crutcher was shot by Oklahoma police after his SUV stalled as he was driving home from class.

Dear leader Hlaudi Motsoeneng has been demoted to just another SABC employee, with far-reaching consequences for the rest of the defunct public broadcaster.

The DA’s Solly Msimanga has said that the new administration will be launching a thorough investigation into R4 billion worth of dodgy tenders handed out under the previous ANC leadership.

As South Africa mourns the loss of music icon Mandoza, here’s video of his hit song “Nkalakatha” live courtesy of of zuluboys youtube channel.

The DA’s new Nelson Mandela Bay mayor’s cost-cutting spree continues, barring all city officials from using business or first class local air travel.

Two journos of the #SABC8 fear for their lives following a decision to take Hlaudi Motsoeneng’s propaganda machine aka the national broadcaster to the Constitutional Court.

Former president and senior ANC member Kgalema Motlanthe has said that the ruling party had better get its act together or risk an eventual death.

The Western Cape’s controversial ANC chairman has resigned as a member of the provincial legislature, on the same day a High Court ruling upheld an order for Fransman appear before Scopa for financial mismanagement charges.

Senior ANC member and businessman Sipho Pityana hasn’t quite finished with Zuma and the current ANC leadership just yet.

What better way to cheer up stressed motorists that with a kiff little dance… and he’s not even getting paid for it, it’s out of the kindness of his heart.

Solly Msimanga believes corruption flourishes behind closed doors, which is why the City of Tshwane will no longer hand out tenders in this manner. It’ll all be conducted out in the open.

So the R1 trillion nuclear build programme has been making the news for all the wrong reasons, but until now it’s all been a bit vague. Watch and learn folks.

After being barred from entering both the UK and SA; a visibly annoyed Steven Anderson posted on his personal Youtube channel that he wasn’t really looking forward to visiting the “so-called beautiful South Africa”, before proceeding hurl childish insults our way.

Trevor’s latest #ViralRant completely and utterly slates The Donald and kinda makes you feel bad for the man; if only it wasn’t so darn entertaining!

ANC stalwart and former finance minister Trevor Manuel has spoken out about state capture and what he calls a lack of experience when it comes to the current government.

The leader of the Gauteng ANC and former Johannesburg mayor slammed the DA’s new Jozi mayor, Herman Mashaba, for putting a stop to the city’s R70 million bicycle lane project; instead redirecting the money to delivering services to the poor in Alexandra.

Even some random truck driver stops in the middle of the road to get in on the action.

Nothing escapes the Daily Show host; have a look as he takes a swipe at deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa’s condom reveal in parly.

Well, would you look at that, a little bit of pressure seems to have prompted the eMalahleni Municipality to do the right thing.

The City of Tshwane ANCYL isn’t all that happy about mayor Solly Msimanga’s decision to clamp down on spending and put an end to the ANC’s BMW spending-spree.

Soon after #ZumaQ&A kicked off the EFF left parliament, but not before Juju got a few words in.

It didn’t take long for the National Assembly to descend into chaos as the EFF and ANC went toe-to-toe in a heckling and shouting match.

Minister Malusi Gigaba has confirmed that ‘kill the gays’ pastor Steven Anderson and his entourage of homophobes will not be allowed entrance into South Africa.

Yeah, we’ve had a few setbacks, but the mere fact that we’re still here and still fighting shows just how robust our economy really is.

That’s right folks, Zuma’s heading back into the gauntlet in just a few hours.