Month: March 2024
News24 | Israel’s Netanyahu approves new Gaza ceasefire talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved Friday new talks on a Gaza ceasefire, a day after the world's top court ordered Israel to ensure urgent humanitarian aid reaches people in the Palestinian territory.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Louis Gossett Jr, first Black man to win Oscar as best supporting actor, dead at 87
Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Academy Award as best supporting actor, has died aged 87, a family statement confirmed on Friday without revealing the cause of death.
Continue ReadingNews24 | A ‘peaceful election’: Ramaphosa seeks divine intervention, asks church to pray for IEC
President Cyril Ramaphosa attended a Good Friday service at the Eagle Christian Church in Bloemfontein, Free State. He asked the church to pray for the government, for peaceful elections, and for the Electoral Commission of South Africa.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mounting fears over SABC funding as controversial bill delayed
A decision by Parliament to defer the SABC Bill has made government increasingly worried about the finances of the public broadcaster.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘He’s a special person’: Dayimani shuts out Springbok, contract noise in milestone match
Hacjivah Dayimani will earn his 50th Stormers cap in Saturday's URC clash against Ulster in Cape Town as uncertainty remains over his future at the franchise.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Elon Musk’s Starlink black-market trade is growing fast – also in South Africa
The sheer availability of Starlink on the black market suggests that its misuse is a systemic global problem, raising questions about the company’s control of a system with clear national security dimensions.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Limpopo horror crash: Of the 34 bodies recovered so far, only 9 identifiable – authorities
Only nine of the 34 bodies so far recovered at the scene of a horrific bus crash in Limpopo are identifiable.
Continue ReadingNews24 | John Smit praises ‘phenomenal’ URC: ‘This tournament has really convinced all the doubters’
Former Springbok skipper John Smit was full of praise during a United Rugby Championship media call earlier this week, calling the rise of the tournament and its overall success "phenomenal".
Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE | Jacob Zuma unscathed after car crash, police arrest man for drunk driving
A 51-year old man has been arrested on charges of drunk, reckless and negligent driving after he crashed into former president Jacob Zuma's official armoured state vehicle on Thursday night.
Continue ReadingNews24 | So little game time: Proteas women play ‘important’ final series before T20 World Cup
The Proteas women are in the midst of their final two T20Is scheduled before September's T20 Women's World Cup in Bangladesh.
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