Tom Brown
PHOTOS: EFF-Led Protests Outside the US Embassy in Pretoria
On Monday (7 June), members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria (as well as at consulates in...
Blackout Tuesday Posts Inadvertently Blackout Vital Information for #BlackLivesMatter and #BLM Hashtags
Social media users are currently posting blank black images in solidarity with those protesting the death of George Floyd in the U.S. writes Tom...
WATCH The Long, Long Queue for a Liquor Store in Centurion, South Africa
There were queues all over South Africa today, Monday 1 June, as residents lined up to purchase bottles of wine, beer and spirits after...
Female Soldiers Receive ‘Ladies Packs’ in Rare Show of Gratitude to SANDF
In gratitude to the many South African soldiers who are women - and who will be unable to celebrate Mother's Day with their children...
PHOTOS On Lockdown With the South African National Defence Force
"People emerge from their homes as the big military machines roll by. It’s more of a parade than a patrol. It’s something to look...
PHOTOS Poverty Knows No Race as Lockdown Feeding Scheme Delivers
As I accompanied members of a community-sponsored, volunteer-based feeding scheme around Pretoria recently, I saw several communities who might have been of different races....
Township Residents Loot Feeding Scheme and Damage Vehicles
A non-profit feeding scheme today said it would no longer hand out food parcels in a Pretoria township after chaos erupted and looters stole...
Lesufi Visits Homeless Shelter After Escapees Flee with Mattresses
Gauteng MEC for Education and Youth Development, Panyaza Lesufi today visited the Lyttelton Homeless Shelter in Tshwane, following reports of escapees fleeing with mattresses......
PHOTOS Dis-Chem Starts Drive-Through COVID-19 Tests in South Africa
Drive-through tests for the Coronavirus have started at numerous Dis-Chem locations around the country.
At Dis-Chem’s Centurion outlet, where the idea was first prototyped, store...
PHOTOS: Ekurhuleni Clinic Closes After Nurse Tests Positive for COVID-19
The Duduza Clinic near Nigel in Ekurhuleni, South Africa, has been shut indefinitely today - Thursday 2 April - following a resident nurse testing...