Day: February 23, 2024
News24 | Tristan Stubbs stakes massive Proteas claim as he enters pantheon of first-class triple centurions
In joining a select band of SA batters with a first-class triple hundred, Tristan Stubbs may have offset Heinrich Klaasen's red-ball retirement in a heartbeat with his knock in Pietermaritzburg.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA golfer Erik van Rooyen rides two eagles to PGA Tour Mexico Open lead
South Africa's Erik van Rooyen grabbed two eagles in an eight-under-par 63 on Thursday to take a one-stroke first-round lead in the US PGA Tour's Mexico Open.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pastor murder: Residents say faith in justice system renewed as De Jager denied bail
Amanzimtoti residents say the denial of bail for suspected wife killer Werner de Jager has restored their faith in the justice system.
Continue ReadingNews24 | History-making Nonkululeko Gobodo ventures into uncharted political arena
Nonkululeko Gobodo, the first black female chartered accountant in South Africa, has joined politics. On Thursday, on X, Change Start Now leader Roger Jardine shared a video of Gobodo announcing that she had joined the party.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SCA overturns man’s conviction, 20-year jail sentence for rape
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) described the woman who accused a man of raping her as "a jilted lover" and overturned his conviction and 20-year jail sentence.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Fezile Dabi Stadium: Fixing a ‘white elephant’ restores hope for impoverished family
This is the remarkable story of S’busisiwe Sithebe, who took hold of a bad situation and made a success of herself. When a Free State community worked together to fix the dilapidated "white elephant" Fezile Dabi Stadium in Parys, little did they know they would...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Bok star Willemse braces for ‘epic’ Ireland, All Blacks Tests: ‘There’s a target on our backs’
Damian Willemse says the Springboks' 2024 home Tests against Ireland and New Zealand will be "massive".
Continue ReadingNews24 | FRIDAY BRIEFING | Mission overload: SANDF stretched on several fronts
Deployed to two African conflicts and on three domestic missions, is the SANDF capacitated or are they on a kamikaze mission?
Continue ReadingNews24 | We showed ours, now show us yours: ANC demands DA release its deployment records
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula described the DA's bid to dismantle cadre deployment as an "ideological offensive" on the policy.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Karyn Maughan | How Hlophe and Motata’s false racism claims helped them evade accountability
John Hlophe and Nkola Motata have been stripped of their judicial titles and salaries for life after committing acts of gross misconduct. But, Karyn Maughan writes, the fact that it took 16 years for it to happen shows just how effective their false "race card"...
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