Day: June 27, 2023
News24.com | Slow train coming? Plan to devolve passenger rail systems to metros on track for end of year
The Department of Transport plans to gazette a devolution strategy this year to enable metros to run passenger railway systems.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Wednesday’s weather: Thundershowers to hit parts of SA as cool, cold conditions persist
Brace for severe thunderstorms, disruptive rain, and wind as well as hail in some parts of the country, warns the South African Weather Service.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Ex-Eastern Cape DA leader Nqaba Bhanga shown door for calling Helen Zille racist
Calling a DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille a racist proved to be the final nail in the coffin for former Eastern Cape party leader Nqaba Bhanga.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | ‘Alien objects’ in sewage system responsible for Umhlanga Beach closures – City
Alien objects have been found to be responsible for the pump station failure that led to the closure of Umhlanga's Main and Bronze beaches. The City has reopened both beaches, but several others remain closed due to high levels of contamination.
Continue ReadingConvicted Jan. 6 Rioter Tells Trump: Stop ‘Using’ Me
Pamela Hemphill, a 70-year-old "ex-MAGA Granny" who served jail time for her role in the Capitol riot, went viral for her retort to the former president.
Continue ReadingSupreme Court Makes It Harder To Convict Someone For Online Threats
The case revolved around Facebook messages a man sent to a local singer.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | ‘He told her that she was still fresh’: Gauteng teacher fired for sexual misconduct
A Gauteng teacher has been fired after an arbitrator found him guilty of sexual misconduct for demanding sex from a pupil, among other offences.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | No more ‘first come, first served’ as Eskom issues new rules for grid access
Eskom has issued interim rules to help it deal with grid access constraints, particularly only making allocations to projects that can demonstrate they are shovel-ready.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | EMPD officers honoured after driving cash-in-transit van, foiling robbery
Two Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department officers have been commended for their bravery a decade ago when, in their quest to foil a heist, they drove a cash-in-transit van.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Unravelling the mystery: SA builds capacity for cutting-edge DNA sequencing technology
A facility in South Africa is building capacity to allow for next-generation sequencing, a technology touted by the World Health Organisation as being critical to the future of healthcare.
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