Day: February 26, 2024
News24 | Probing mysteries of the dead: Top forensic pathologist looks back as Cape Town gets new mortuary
For 35 years now, Professor Lorna Martin has bent over metal trolleys with saws and scalpels and tools, dissecting bodies, capturing her observations in reports, pondering knots and ligatures, and testifying in court.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Classic cars | Alas, the Avanti was Studebaker’s last roll of the dice
Studebakers had a kind of schizoid appeal growing up in Pretoria in the early 1960s. News24 Motoring classic car writer Stuart Johnston takes us on another great trip down memory lane.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We don’t have the luxury to drop points’: Jose Riveiro wants one thing from Pirates – winning
The Orlando Pirates coach has made it clear that his team can't afford to drop points in the second half of the season after a disappointing start.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Elections 2024: DA going into polls focused on SA’s issues, not so much the rest of the world
Geopolitical risks, such as the conflict between Israel and Palestine, are not among the hot-button issues on the DA's 2024 election platform.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Parachuted’ acting head of Justice College allegedly demands tea and scones from staff
Tea, coffee and scones – this is what the acting head of the Justice College in Pretoria, Neptune Masombuka, is allegedly demanding from staff although there is no budget for it.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mpumelelo Mkhabela | Self-imposed ‘mistakes’ will make 29 May the ANC’s most difficult hill to climb
For every promise the ANC makes in the 2024 manifesto – including creating jobs, economic growth, fighting poverty, rebuilding local government, fighting crime and corruption, improving healthcare and education, building state capacity and expanding access to water – there’ll be a legitimate question about why...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mchunu warns opposition parties against ‘politicising water’ in bid for eThekwini votes
Water and sanitation minister Senzo Mchunu has called on opposition parties to refrain from "politicising" water ahead of the 2024 election.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pick n Pay wins case against key franchisee over nearly R200m debt
The Johannesburg High Court has ruled in favour of Pick n Pay in a case the JSE-listed retailer brought against one of its key franchisees over a nearly R200 million debt it is allegedly owed.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mpumalanga pupils relieve themselves in the bush because school toilets don’t have water
Pupils attending a school in Mpumalanga have to answer the call of nature in bushes after a contractor who built flushing toilets allegedly failed to install a borehole to supply it with water.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Zuma’s MKP fears party ‘collapse’ if it doesn’t abide by IEC rules amid founder’s ‘erroneous’ message
The newly-formed uMkhonto weSizwe Party is frantically trying to attract Electoral Commission of South Africa-required signatures from supporters amid a contradictory message from party founder, Jabulani Sibongiseni Khumalo, who apparently warned against signing the requisite forms.
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