Day: August 25, 2021
News24.com | Van Damme and Steenhuisen at loggerheads over her resignation as an MP
DA leader John Steenhuisen and former DA spokesperson Phumzile van Damme are at odds about why she resigned as an MP in May this year.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | More than half of SA’s sex workers victims of rape, study finds
Early findings of a study by the South African Medical Research Council and the Perinatal HIV Research Unit has found that more than half of sex workers, in a sample of 3 000, have been victims of rape.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Why the extradition of Mozambique’s former finance minister is on hold
The extradition of Mozambique's former finance minister, Manuel Chang, is on hold after Mozambican civil society groups approached a South African court to halt the process.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Free State PPE contract should be set aside, service providers not entitled to a cent, Tribunal hears
The Special Tribunal has heard that companies awarded R39.1 million contracts to supply personal protective equipment (PPE) in the Free State are not entitled to a cent because of non-compliance.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | SA Rugby’s Mark Alexander mum on Erasmus World Rugby case, denies rift within Sanzaar
SA Rugby president Mark Alexander steered clear of the Rassie Erasmus World Rugby saga, saying that they will not be commenting further on the case.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Stumbling block for looters as Samsung disables TVs stolen during unrest
Samsung televisions stolen during the looting last month in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng have been "blocked" so that criminals won't be able to use them.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Patriarchy called out during Nosicelo Mtebeni’s memorial service
Patriarchal and traditional structures such as paying a dowry or lobola for a woman should be interrogated and looked at in a different way, as they make men think they are entitled to women’s bodies.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | The spectacle South Africans saw in night sky probably debris from a rocket – expert
The University of the Western Cape's professor of astrophysics, Carolina Ödman-Govender, said it was likely the Yuanzheng-1S rocket, which was due for re-entry.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | ANC staff set to down tools from Thursday over unpaid salaries
ANC workers claim the management made numerous verbal and written undertakings to address some of their demands by the end of August.
Continue ReadingCarnival Cruise Passenger Dies Of COVID-19 After ‘First Trip Outside The U.S.’
The cruise line said the woman "almost certainly did not contract" the virus on the ship.
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