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As revealed by the 2016/17 Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Annual Report, irregular expenditure at IPID has climbed by 740 percent. The report specified that irregular expenditure at the department, which was created as a watchdog to investigate complaints against the South African Police Service and municipal police services, totalled R21.5 million. It was buttressed that the 21.5 million irregular expenditure at IPID consists majorly of R12.7 million from 2015 and R6.3 million...

According to Economic Freedom Fighters' president Julius Malema, blacks are illiterates, unemployed, plagued by drug abuse and, are dying because of the evils of White South Africans. The EFF leader was speaking at his party's memorial service in honour of the late famous Cuban leader, Fidel Castro when he made the assertion. He declared whites the devil troubling black South Africans saying they have destroyed the lives of black people...

As Nelson Mandela is remembered, American business magnate, entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, and programmer Bill Gates, calls on South Africans to work together to ensure a better and clear future for the African Continent as he delivered his message to commemorate Nelson Mandela day. The Microsoft co-founder who was delivering the Nelson Mandela memorial lecture at the University of Pretoria on Sunday night said obstacles in the path of African youths needed to be cleared...

Blue Whale online suicide game is a sick internet game invented by a 21-year-old Russian named Philipp Budeikin. The lethal game reportedly brainwashes vulnerable teens by compelling them to complete certain tasks - ranging from watching horror movies to staying up by 04:20 all nights and then harming themselves. Teenagers who have access to the game are usually compelled to stick to it over a period of 50 days. At the end,...

While celebrations were still going on over the birth of new ANC top officials with "the new Mandela" in the person of Cyril Ramaphosa as the President, a part of the country stayed at war over the 68 delegates' missing votes. As a result, the election of the new ANC top six leadership structure stood the risk of being challenged as a larger number of the delegates called for a...

The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) has shared reasons why they won't be celebrating the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as the new president of the African National Congress (ANC). The league's president, Bathabile Dlamini, while addressing the media said the organization "is not and cannot be proud of the outcome" because the ruling party has failed the women of South Africa. Check Out: Cyril Ramaphosa Biography - Wife, Children and Family Dlamini...

African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) president, Bathabile Dlamini, ANC Youth League (ANCYL) leader Collen Maine and former deputy Minister of Higher Education Mduduzi Manana, have all been elected to the ruling party's National Executive Committee (NEC). Despite public outrage and growing calls for Bathabile, who also doubles as the Social Development Minister, to be fired for being incompetent, the controversial women leader finally made it to the NEC. Minister Dlamini...

The screenshot of what could be classified as one of the funniest break-up text messages ever is going viral on Twitter. The weird breakup message was uploaded on Twitter as a means of shaming the "former boo" by the recipient’s best friend. It would appear that the guy, known as "Bobo" wasn't getting what he bargained for in his latest relationship - and he decided to end it with a text message....

A quick reminder not to dare God as South African pastor dies following 30 days fasting. Late pastor Alfred Ndlovu reportedly died of malnutrition following a dry fasting that lasted for 30 days. The pastor met his end as he embarked on the journey of no food-no-water to emulate Jesus Christ's 40 days and 40 nights fasting. 44-year-old Alfred Ndlovu allegedly left home for the spiritual journey on 17 June. Just like Jesus, Ndlovu left the things of the world...

A South African man Emlyn Culverwell and his Ukrainian fiancée have been jailed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for more than a month after it was found they were expecting their first child out of wedlock. Culverwell, 27, from Port Alfred in Eastern Cape, had rushed his fiancée Iryna Nohai, 26, to Medeor Medical Centre on January 29, after she complained of stomach cramp. Culverwell and his fiancee were subsequently arrested by police authorities...

Following the nasty damages of the Fees Must Fall protest, Acting National Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Khomotso Phahlane says the police is ready to battle it out with the protesters should they resume their protest next year when schools are expected to resume for the academic year. Believing that the tactics used by the police during Fees Must Fall protest in the past months were spot on, General Khomotso Phahlane stressed...

South Africa's official opposition party said SABC has again, refused to air their election ads. The refusal to air DA's election Ads according to the party is the "latest example in a string of cases that patently illustrates how" the public broadcaster has been hijacked. BuzzSouthAfrica learned that SABC told DA that it has no available slots for political advertisements at the moment due to delays in the IEC’s...

2013 has finally ended, and it’s that time again when we like to take a look back over the year and see just what resonated most with you, our dear readers by listing all the things that made it a great year —in movies, books, business, entertainment and much more. We started this blog about 5 months ago (July 2013) with the main purpose of educating and entertaining at...

Say hello to our new, fully responsive website A guide to the next generation of BuzzSouthAfrica.com - When Buzz South Africa (BSA) officially launched in 2014, the stated mission was to cover the ins and out of Business, Entertainment, DIY and Listicles, among a few other topics. Since then, the mission has expanded, both in scale and in scope. BSA editors are now obsessing over all the aspects of what’s going...

Founding member of Lawyers for Human Rights, Advocate Jules Browde has passed away. He gave up the ghost on Tuesday at the age of 98. Significantly, the legal luminary was an eminent member of the Johannesburg Bar, a long-serving human rights activist and Jewish communal leader. Jules Browde's Profile Remarkably, in the course of his career stretching over more than half a century‚ he was Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo's legal lifeline‚...

Despite receiving many backlashes and opposition from a handful of political parties, the South African Politician Awards finally held, as earlier announced, on the eve of the State Address. The event, which was organized by a company called Jozi Media, held at Cape Town's Cape Sun Hotel on Wednesday night. Politicians were nominated to different categories including the Parliamentarian of the Year, Best Dressed Politician, Woman in Politics and Best...

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), the Southern African nation's national statistical service, whose aim and goal is to produce timely, accurate, and official statistics for the government such as official demographic, economic, and social censuses and surveys, in order to advance economic growth and development, has released its latest Quarterly Employment Statistics for the second quarter of 2017, announcing more bad news for job-seekers. Quarterly Employment Statistics is an enterprise-based sample...

From running for the top spot in the ANC presidential race to withdrawing and endorsing another candidate, the country is in for surprises by leadership stakeholders. National Assembly speaker and outgoing chairperson of the ruling party, Baleka Mbete has withdrawn her candidacy in the ANC presidential race. Mbete announced her decision to back off in the hotly-sought race on Saturday while speaking at the ongoing conference. While her decision to withdraw...

The leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Julius Malema has taken a swipe at the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) for being unresponsive to people and events in the country. The loud-mouthed opposition leader, while speaking to residents of Jabulani in Soweto on Tuesday evening, accused the ruling party of losing touch and consciousness with the poor masses. He also claimed that the ANC has nothing to offer...

Angry municipal protesters have hit the Executive Mayor for the Baviaans Municipality in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape with a knobkierie. The victim, Ewald Loock was attacked on Friday in Willowmore when workers forcefully gained entrance into his office. Narrating the incident Lock said a group of rowdy, striking workers accompanied by members of their family forced their way into the mayor's office and destroyed property. “I tried to address them...