Month: February 2024
News24 | The Springboks are not for sale, SA Rugby CEO Oberholzer tells country in open letter
SA Rugby has once again sought to drum up support for its private equity partner negotiations via an open letter from CEO Rian Oberholzer.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Parliament slams Hlophe’s ‘last-minute’ bid to block vote on his removal as ‘not strong’
Parliament has slammed suspended Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe's last-ditch application to interdict the National Assembly from voting on his removal from office as "not strong", and it says the application should be struck from the court roll.
Continue ReadingNews24 | The plot thickens: See the latest list of SA celebs exposed in the National Lottery investigation
Several local public figures have been named as beneficiaries of the alleged corruption that has taken place at the National Lotteries Commission.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Designer Thula Sindi: Lotto probe is ‘malicious campaign’
Renowned South African fashion designer Thula Sindi has denied that he stole grant money from the NLC, and says the investigation is a malicious campaign against him.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Groblersdal assault case: ‘A storm in a teacup,’ says lawyer for accused
The lawyer for two of the men arrested in connection with an assault in Groblersdal told the court on Friday that there was no evidence that his clients committed an assault or instigated violence.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Creecy: SA’s climate response fund could be a model for the world
Minister Barbara Creecy says the climate response fund could be a model for the rest of the world to raise finance to help developing nations adapt to climate impacts.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mane attraction: ‘Traumatised and weakened’ lions rescued from Sudan set to arrive in Free State
A pride of 11 lions rescued from war-torn Wad Madani in Sudan is set to find a new home at Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary in Bethlehem, Free State, on Saturday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Failing sewage treatment plants continue to pollute False Bay
While the City of Cape Town is looking at ways to stop pumping untreated sewage off the Atlantic seaboard, its largest sewage treatment works, situated near Strandfontein, is polluting False Bay by failing to treat sewage properly.
Continue ReadingNews24 | EXPLAINER | Who was Alexei Navalny and what did he say of Russia, Putin and death?
Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader, died on Friday after collapsing and losing consciousness at the penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he was serving a long jail term, the Russian prison service said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘This is a historic moment’: DA gears up for manifesto rally at Union Buildings it hopes to occupy
The DA has proclaimed its readiness to host a "historical" election manifesto rally at the Union Buildings in Pretoria – the very office it wants to occupy after the polls.
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