Day: February 22, 2024
News24 | Western Cape murders climb by almost 9%
Murders in the Western Cape have increased by 8.6% year on year, according to the latest quarterly crime statistics.
Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE | Sheriff of the court removes homeless people from Green Point tennis courts
Homeless people who have been living on tennis courts in Green Point have been removed by the sheriff of the court.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Anglo American writes down De Beers by R30bn; says it’s reviewing its assets
Shares in Anglo American rose on Thursday despite it reporting its profits crashed in its year to end-December.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Lesedi FM’s Thuso Motaung has not been ‘dismissed’, only ‘rescheduled’ – SABC
On Thursday, the SABC said Lesedi FM presenter Thuso Motaung had only been 'unscheduled', not dismissed, and would be back on air after a two-week break.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Phillip de Wet | Plausible undeniability: Navalny died while SA was providing cover for Moscow
Alexei Navalny was not murdered in front of Fikile Mbalula, but South Africa knows what it is doing when it pledges friendship with Russia, writes Phillip de Wet.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ex-Brazil star Dani Alves sentenced to four and a half years in jail for rape
A Spanish court sentenced former Brazil international Dani Alves to four and a half years in prison after finding him guilty of raping a young woman in December 2022.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Momentous’ humanitarian aid operation feeds 17 000 after massive Western Cape power outage
Around 17 000 people in Western Cape towns affected by an almost two-week-long power outage have received humanitarian aid, in what has been described as a 'momentous effort' by provincial authorities.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Missing Saldanha Bay girl: Search continues as ‘unfounded’ rumours spread about body in river
The family of a 6-year-old missing Saldanha Bay girl is on tenterhooks after reports emerged that authorities found a body in a river in the area.
Continue ReadingNews24 | The five newbies at camp: Fresh faces who earned Rassie’s attention for Bok look-in
The 43-man Springbok alignment camp taking place in Cape Town has introduced new names that have asked pressing "look at me" questions throughout the 2023/24 season.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Hijacked appointments: ANC’s super cadres – not civil servants – appoint executives to govt, parastatals
Records reveal, for the first time, that the ANC, through its deployment committee based at the party's headquarters in Luthuli House, has complete control over the appointment of senior government executives and that no senior bureaucrat could ever be appointed to any position without the...
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