Day: January 26, 2024
News24 | WATCH | ‘My mother’s grave is gone’: Farm workers distraught after cemetery ‘mowed down’ to make roads
Sitting helplessly on top of the spot where his mother's grave should have been, Isak Pietersen struggles to contain his tears and sighs hopelessly as he desperately tries to discern how many of his family members' graves are missing.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Ziyakhala!’ Exactly who is Ngizwe Mchunu and why is he a cult-like figure to those around him?
Social media personality Ngizwe Mchunu, who recently caused a stir by vowing to stop EFF president Julius Malema from addressing the party's manifesto on 10 February, is again hogging the headlines.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘She wouldn’t wake up’: Family recounts nightmare school trip drowning of 12-year-old Latoya
Latoya Temilton, 12, had dreams of becoming Laerskool Queenswood's next head girl, but that dream ended in tragedy when she drowned during a school excursion at a resort in Olifantsfontein on the East Rand.
Continue ReadingNews24 | OPINION | After years of pain, let’s rejoice in Bafana’s small continental improvement
Bafana Bafana's last 16 Africa Cup of Nations qualification is an achievement within itself and, when paired with some of their Afcon lows, it's something worth shouting about, writes Khanyiso Tshwaku.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Darling Dricus lays down intriguing marker for SA sport: Is talking politics still a no-no?
By all accounts, the large crowd that assembled at OR Tambo International were not only grateful for Dricus du Plessis' achievement, but arguably also his airing of their own frustrations.
Continue ReadingNews24 | FRIDAY BRIEFING | 2023 matric class gets a B for improvement, but is education dept making the grade?
In this week's Friday Briefing, we ask if the 2023 matric results show that the education department is finally on the right track to improving the country's education outcomes, or whether it is still finding its way.
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