Day: February 28, 2024
News24 | ‘I asked them to come to the manifesto rally’: Ramaphosa consoles bereaved families
The piercing and trembling cries of a distraught woman echoed through the Mayflower Municipality Building as President Cyril Ramaphosa paid his respects to the families of those who lost their lives when a bus crashed in Dumbe, KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Joshlin Smith: Search scaled down as police urge public to stop spreading rumours
Western Cape police have scaled down their search for 6-year-old Joshlin Smith, who disappeared outside her home in Middlebos Informal Settlement in Saldanha Bay more than a week ago.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Second Roodepoort woman who was set alight dies in hospital
Marishka Davids, one of the women who was doused with petrol and set alight in Florida, Roodepoort, has died in hospital.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ngcukaitobi backs calls for advocate to be investigated over refusal to explain all-white BEE case
Leading advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi has supported calls for a state-appointed advocate, who defied a judge's directive to explain why there were no black lawyers in the BEE case he was arguing, to face a misconduct investigation.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Port chaos: Transnet says Cape Town turnaround beat targets – but cold comfort for fruit exporters
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has said it is aiming to remedy the disastrous start to its deciduous fruit season amid improved vessel waiting and turnaround times. However, executives have said the port is yet to perform optimally.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Batohi building fit-for-purpose NPA amid lack of capability in prosecuting complex corruption cases
While admitting to a lack of capability and capacity in prosecuting complex corruption cases, National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi remains adamant that the foundations are being laid to successfully prosecute those cases.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cadre deployment: DA now sets its sights on regional ANC records
Documents leaked to the DA, showing how the ANC in regions called municipal managers and other senior municipal officials to account to it, motivated the party to extend its fight to obtain the ANC's cadre deployment records to the regions.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We don’t hate white people’: Malema video played to bolster defence in hate speech case
A video of EFF leader Julius Malema calling for more racial diversity in the EFF's leadership was played by his lawyer at his hate speech civil trial in the Equality Court, sitting in the Western Cape High Court, on Tuesday to prove he has nothing...
Continue ReadingNews24 | WhatsApp sisters: Alleged serial rapist’s 37 victims form group to support and love each other
Thirty-seven Gauteng rape victims have found comfort in each other through a WhatsApp group they formed. The social media platform helps the women support each other through their grief. The women connected after the arrest of Sipho Lucas Phiri - the man alleged to have...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Four-Day Series final: Clash of cultures between WP, Lions rekindles red-ball rivalry of old
The Four-Day Series final between Western Province and the Lions isn't just a throwback to old times, but a clash against unions on different ends of the financial and health scale.
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