Month: February 2024
News24 | Mapisa-Nqakula has 10 days to respond to allegations on Parliament secretary’s ballooning salary
In the dying days of her term, National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula must defend herself against misconduct allegations relating to the controversial salary of Parliament's secretary, Xolile George - the institution's top official.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Mistakes’ at Kendal are being addressed after major outage, says Ramokgopa
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says an outage that saw five of Kendal's units taken offline last week is a "temporary setback" and lessons have been learnt.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Phillip de Wet | On Israel, the US makes it even harder to remember they could be the good guys
At the best of times, America’s mostly positive impact on the world is easily obscured by its mistakes and excesses. With Israel in flux, it is particularly hard to remember the US perhaps isn’t – on average - the bad guys, writes Phillip de Wet.
Continue ReadingNews24 | 74-year-old German tourist abducted and murdered in Limpopo after befriending hitchhiker
An act of kindness from a 74-year-old German tourist appears to have led to his brutal assault and murder in Northam, Limpopo, after he gave a hitchhiker a lift.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Kolisi, Springboks headline strong SA presence nominated for Laureus Awards
The Springbok Rugby World Cup-winning euphoria continues as South Africa were recognised at the 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Kaizer Chiefs boss Johnson apologises to supporters after Nedbank Cup shocker
Cavin Johnson apologised to Kaizer Chiefs' supporters after the club's humiliating Nedbank Cup exit and called for the technical team and players to do some serious introspection if Amakhosi is to end their trophy drought.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Rescue under way for two hikers stranded on Table Mountain overnight
Two hikers who became stranded at Platteklip Gorge on Table Mountain on Sunday night were being brought to saftey on Monday morning by Wilderness Search And Rescue teams.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sasol slumps 6% as it slashes dividend, writes down Secunda
Shares in Sasol fell almost 6% on Monday morning after it reported its interim profit fell by more than a third due amid volatile global economic conditions and domestic pressure in SA.
Continue ReadingNews24 | KZN cop’s fiancée arrested in connection with his murder, almost two years after his death
The fiancée of a murdered KwaZulu-Natal police officer has been taken into custody after being accused of having a hand in his death almost two years ago.
Continue ReadingNews24 | 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.?
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