Day: September 30, 2023
News24 | 9 times raging flood waters flicked SA bridges and roads aside
Most modern bridges and roads have stood the test of time, but sometimes floods and storms are so severe and so frequent, that these carefully engineered structures are just flicked aside by ferocious torrents. We look at the destruction caused by nine storms.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Six force majeures and some of the world’s worst ports: Two years of Transnet’s ‘tragic decline’
With a heavy debt burden, plummeting freight volumes and a loss of critical skills, Transnet has faced growing calls for the axing of executives as business leaders grew frustrated with its ongoing failure to thrive.
Continue ReadingYears After Our Divorce, I Helped My Ex-Husband Die. Here’s What I Learned About Love.
"I found that the things fractured by our separation and divorce began to heal."
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court May Soon Eviscerate The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Payday lenders’ challenge to the constitutionality of the agency’s funding has no basis in history and would have chaotic real-world ramifications.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Stick says Springboks ‘in a good space with flyhalves’ ahead of Tonga clash
Springbok assistant coach Mzwandile Stick said Handre Pollard's return to the team for the Tonga game in Marseille on Sunday covered more than just a kicking base.
Continue ReadingFederal Prosecutors Cite Trump’s Milley Attack In Continued Push For Gag Order
Prosecutors pointed to Trump's remarks on former Attorney General William Barr as they reiterated calls for a limited gag order in the Jan. 6 case.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Three killed, 18 feared missing after Zimbabwe gold mine collapse
Three miners were killed and 18 feared buried after a shaft in an informal Zimbabwean gold mine collapsed.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Nick Mallett | Boks cover bases for Tonga as they search for last answers before knockouts
While the Springboks have surely shrugged off the loss to Ireland and are fully invested in Sunday's meeting with Tonga, the lessons from that defeat should be absorbed to provide the side with clarity going into the knockouts, writes Nick Mallett.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Driver attacked by Mashatile’s VIP cops eyes R1.15m civil claim against Cele, Masemola
One of the victims who was injured in an attack by eight Presidential Protection Services police officers in July will be claiming R1.15 million in damages from the South African Police Service.
Continue ReadingNews24 | This is going to hurt: SA braces for $100-per-barrel oil, diesel squeeze
Sustained fuel price increases could stoke inflation and keep interest rates higher for longer as SA heads into an election year.
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