Month: February 2024
News24 | Germany gears up for third Steinhoff trial as SA prosecutors remain missing in action
As South African investigators continue to drag their feet in charging anyone connected to Steinhoff, a former executive at the disgraced retailer is set to go on trial in Germany on tax evasion charges.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Carnage in Perth as Proteas women hit new low against firing Aussies
Test debutant Masabata Klaas was the Proteas women's only glimmer of hope as hosts Australia dominated a hot opening day of the sole Test at the WACA in Perth.
Continue ReadingNews24 | IFP and MK Party make gains in KZN by-elections, while PA snatches Western Cape ward from DA
The IFP snatched one ward from the ANC in Newcastle and held on to another in its uPhongolo Municipality fortress, where former president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe Party put up formidable numbers in a fiercely-contested ward election.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Lights back on in Western Cape towns after almost two weeks without power
Electricity has been restored to a number of Western Cape towns after a power outage left Central Karoo towns in the dark for almost two weeks.
Continue ReadingNews24 | OPINION | Bouwer van Niekerk: Where have all the serious people gone in South Africa?
Bouwer van Niekerk reflects on a series of events that have happened in the country, writing that all these incidents point to one thing: we lack serious people in South Africa.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Two SANDF soldiers killed, three injured in DRC rebel attack
Two SANDF soldiers have been killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo following a mortar attack.
Continue ReadingNews24 | JSC agrees to interview judges for 2 SCA vacancies – and will ‘invite’ Unterhalter, Siwendu and Smith
Judges David Unterhalter, Thina Siwendu and John Smith narrowly missed appointment to the Supreme Court of Appeal after a controversial interview process. The Judicial Service Commission has now agreed to 'invite' them to reapply.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ebrahim Harvey | Ramaphosa’s SONA was just an ANC election speech. But he even failed at that
It is very clear that Ramaphosa turned his State of the Nation Address into an ANC election speech and did not address the larger concerns of South Africans who are daily confronted with the palpable failures of the ANC government, writes Ebrahim Harvey.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Proteas hero Bedingham heaps praise on coach Conrad after maiden Test ton
David Bedingham expressed gratitude to Proteas red-ball coach Shukri Conrad for believing in him, while also being happy with himself for making the right choices in his maiden Test ton against New Zealand.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Under-pressure ANC says opposition ‘wants to cling to apartheid wealth’
Feeling the pressure with several surveys showing that it is polling below 50%, and with its former leader Jacob Zuma's new party eating into its support, the ANC suggested that its opponents want to maintain apartheid in the debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of...
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