Month: February 2024
News24 | Commercial banks could soon be disbursing allowances to NSFAS students
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme will be inviting commercial banks to bid for a contract to assist in the disbursement of allowances to students, parliament heard on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘This was no way for him to die’ – sister of US citizen stabbed to death in Green Point
The family of murdered US citizen Phillips Olagoke Allen Bakare said their hearts were in "pieces" when the US Embassy informed them that he had been stabbed to death on Friday morning at the popular Green Point Backpackers in Cape Town.
Continue ReadingNews24 | OPINION | Patient-centred health care: The NHI revolution you deserve
A patient-centred health system will remain an illusion under the NHI unless the public health system is ramped up to better serve users and a clear path is outlined for public-private partnerships, argue Bernard Mutsago and Haseena Majid.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Heartbreak for Tshituka, full circle for Oosthuizen as Lions brace for Bulls
Emmanuel Tshituka could miss what should have been his 50th game for the Lions due to injury, while Etienne Oosthuizen will make his first URC start since coming back from a heart condition ailment.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Foul smell of racism’: Judge orders FIC to hand over Steinhoff, KPMG reports
The equality court has ordered the FIC to share confidential reports of suspicious transactions related to Steinhoff, KMPG and Sekunjalo and other companies with a group of businesspeople.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Clampdown on direct marketing calls in SA starting this week
The Information Regulator (IR) is clamping down on public and private South African entities that have allegedly violated direct marketing provisions, such as improper marketing calls.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Rid our society of illegal guns’: Salga wants random police raids to curb political killings in KZN
The South African Local Government Association in KwaZulu-Natal is calling for random police raids in a bid to remove guns from political assassins.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | KZN woman traumatised after gunmen hijack her Golf GTI from her driveway
Police are on the hunt for four gunmen who hijacked a white VW Golf GTI in Verulam in the eThekwini Metro.
Continue ReadingNews24 | North-West University partially lifts suspension of student who ‘disrupted’ LGBTQIA+ orientation event
The North-West University has partially lifted the suspension of a student who disrupted a first-year orientation on LGBTQIA+.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Amstel owner Heineken takes R10bn hit in SA amid volume declines
Dutch brewing giant Heineken has written down its SA business by €491 million (R10 billion), or 16%, under pressure from rising interest rates and volume declines that have forced it to pick up its promotional activity.
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