Month: March 2024
News24 | Two SANDF soldiers die in the DRC
A South African National Defence Force soldier in the Democratic Republic of the Congo used a service weapon to shoot another soldier and then shoot themself, according to the SANDF.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sikonathi Mantshantsha | In mining, it feels like SA is the poor cousin at a family event
The South African government is failing its mining companies and the whole economy at many levels, the effects of which are now impossible to hide, says Sikonathi Mantshantsha.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sikonathi Mantshantsha | In mining, it feels like SA is the poor cousin at a family event
The South African government is failing its mining companies and the whole economy at many levels, the effects of which are now impossible to hide, says Sikonathi Mantshantsha.
Continue ReadingNews24 | PICTURES | Dirty, dusty and broken – what a team of international experts witnessed at power stations
Groups of international experts crisscrossed provinces, visiting each of Eskom's 14 ageing coal-fired power stations. They were often met with degradation and filth.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Party leader’s repeated ‘Eastern Cape’ references not about geography but a coded ‘racial trope’
Cape Coloured Congress president Fadiel Adams' often threatening references to a City of Cape Town municipal manager as being "from the Eastern Cape" have been found to constitute unfair discrimination, hate speech and harassment by the Equality Court.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Stage 13 load shedding? Government kept enormity of Eskom crisis secret for months
A group of international experts recommended immediate and urgent steps to improve the performance of Eskom power stations six months ago – all of which raised the possibility of higher load shedding levels than ever before.
Continue ReadingNews24 | AKA’s alleged assailants implicated in attack on taxi boss’ wife 3 weeks after rapper’s murder
Just three weeks after allegedly murdering AKA, three of the seven suspected assailants allegedly attacked the wife of a KwaZulu-Natal taxi owner and killed a man she was travelling with.
Continue ReadingNews24 | HELLO WEEKEND | A love letter to Lagos: Inside Disney’s Iwájú
The latest edition of News24's weekly digital weekend magazine is stuffed full of interviews, reviews, excerpts, and in-depth stories. Enjoy the read.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We are recovering’: Gcaleka on how Public Protector is being depoliticised – and rebuilt
Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka says the watchdog body has started "recovering" from the damage of its "dented image" – but says "institutionalising" its operations is crucial to ensuring that it can't be politicised again.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ISIS receives money via SA – including from Joburg robberies, reports claim
The Counter ISIS Finance Group warns that a network of informal brokers in South Africa are routing funds to Islamic State branches in Central Africa .
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