Month: February 2024
News24 | Mike Procter, SA cricket legend and Proteas’ first post-isolation coach, dies at 77
World cricketing great Mike Procter died in an Umhlanga private hospital on Saturday afternoon.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Bleak picture’: AU leaders urged to tackle litany of crises
African leaders were urged Saturday to step up and tackle the myriad conflicts and political crises blighting the continent of 1.4 billion people.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Dozens detained in Russia as Navalny’s family seek body
Police detained dozens of Russians paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Saturday, as his spokeswoman accused authorities of stalling the release of his body to relatives.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Bulls recover from appalling first half to secure crucial bonus point win over clueless Lions
Even by early-season standards, the play that was dished up here was depressingly poor before the Bulls, buoyed by two gnarled former Springboks in Akker van der Merwe and Marcell Coetzee, tightened up sufficiently to record an important 25-10 victory.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | DA promises social grants increase, end to cadre deployment in ‘rescue plan’ for SA
The DA wants to extend the social grants to include pregnant women and to abolish cadre deployment by declaring political interference in recruitment processes a crime.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Iran unveils air defence systems as Middle East tensions soar
Iran unveiled two new air defence systems on Saturday, state media reported, with tensions high in the Middle East amid the war in Gaza.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Top investors share the toughest lessons they learned
Financial pros share experiences that left a mark—and, more important, what they managed to learn from them.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Outrage after man beats up pregnant woman at Durban’s Pavilion shopping centre
A pregnant woman was allegedly beaten up at the Pavilion shopping centre in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. In the eight-second video shared on social media, a man can be seen landing several vicious blows to the woman's face before a group of men broke up the attack.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Retired Justice Zak Yacoob’s ConCourt work clarified
Retired Constitutional Court Justice Zak Yacoob is assisting the court in drafting memoranda on new cases to address complaints about slow processes at the court, the Office of the Chief Justice confirmed.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Crown prince Birkett closes in on Dusi king throne, Solms and Behn cruise to victory
Andy Birkett and Matthew Fenn, and Abby Solms and Jessica Behn did exactly what was expected on Saturday and duly wrapped up their 2024 Dusi Canoe Marathon titles – but for the men's winners, the stage from Inanda Dam to Durban nearly turned into a...
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