Month: February 2024
News24 | ‘I still have nightmares’: Former Wilgenhof students describe horror initiation practices
The vice-chancellor, Professor Wim de Villiers, announced that an investigation had been launched, which would include an advocate and academic experts assessing the seized items and documents.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Teacher arrested for alleged rape of 11-year-old girl at elite girls’ school in Pretoria
A 34-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting and raping an 11-year-old girl at an elite girls' school in Pretoria.
Continue ReadingNews24 | The big succession: Looking for new blood at SARS, SARB and the finance ministry
The government's biggest and most important financial authorities do not have a large pool of new leaders to draw on.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Court slams ‘opportunistic’ Transnet for trying to back out of R34m fence tender
The Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed Transnet's "opportunistic" application to set aside a R34-million security fencing tender.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘There are no big players here’: How Hugo Broos got the best out of Bafana Bafana at Afcon
Hugo Broos has brought a sense of brotherhood to the Bafana Bafana team, where every player is held accountable, and no one is given preferential treatment, laying the foundation for their good showing at Afcon.
Continue ReadingNews24 | EXCERPT | News24’s Book of the Month for February is Bloke Modisane’s SA classic, Blame Me on History
Blame Me on History by William 'Bloke' Modisane is News24’s Book of the Month for February.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pieter du Toit | Ramaphosa’s dangerous game: Attacking democracy and using Gaza as a moral shield
The president and the ANC are treading dangerous ground when they equate legitimate political activity in an election year to a plot by Western powers, writes Pieter du Toit.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pandor asks ICC prosecutor why a warrant for Putin and not Netanyahu, but he ‘couldn’t answer’
International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor says the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) prosecutor "couldn’t answer" when she asked why he was able to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, but not for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Modack trial accused in ‘minor’ crash in cop vehicle on way to court
One of the accused in the Charl Kinnear murder trial was involved in a "minor" collision on Tuesday when the cop vehicle he was in crashed on the way to court on Tuesday.
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