Day: February 26, 2024
News24 | Nick Hedley | What SA could do with Eskom’s enormous diesel budget
Eskom has an eye-watering diesel budget that quite literally goes up in smoke. Nick Hedley ?takes a look at how that money could be spent elsewhere.?
Continue ReadingNews24 | Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh resigns
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Monday he was resigning to allow for the formation of a broad consensus among Palestinians about political arrangements following Israel's war against the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Denny, Lancewood owner Libstar surges after R120m insurance boost, second-half improvements
Food producer Libstar, the owner of Denny Mushrooms and Lancewood cheese, said on Monday insurance proceeds from its a fire that destroyed one of its mushroom facilities could help lift earnings by a quarter in its year to end-December.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cheetahs hand troubled Sbu Nkosi a lifeline under Frans Steyn’s mentorship
Sbu Nkosi's return to top-flight rugby will be at the Cheetahs, where his former Bok team-mate and now the franchise's director of rugby Frans Steyn will take him under his wing.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Broken streetlights: Residents live in fear as criminals take advantage of dark suburbs
There's been a noticeable increase in crime in some Cape Town suburbs - including crime and gang hotspots - as street lights remain out of order, some for several years, due to burnt or stolen cables.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Christo Wiese returns to diamond-hunting roots in hopes of finding the ‘big one’
Retail tycoon Christo Wiese is spending a large portion of his time on his mining business, which he says has already turned up a $10 million pink diamond.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Oh boy! Cops step in to deliver baby on side of the road
Two Mpumalanga police officers have safely delivered a baby on the side of the road in Secunda.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Boks: Wisdom of Wales ‘loosener’ underscored
Saturday served a reminder that it would have been crazy for the Springboks to go in "cold" against Ireland in July, writes Rob Houwing.
Continue ReadingNews24 | The coolest paint in town – Limpopo military bases are already feeling the chill
Cool-surface paint is being rolled out at military bases in Limpopo – and it's one of the largest projects of its kind to be implemented in sub-Saharan Africa.
Continue ReadingNews24 | France in Six Nations rut, still haunted by Rugby World Cup loss to Springboks
Ever since France's agonising defeat to South Africa in October's Rugby World Cup quarter-final, Les Bleus' head coach Fabien Galthie and his players vowed to come to terms with the loss and move on.
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