Day: April 29, 2024
News24 | Xiluva joins Zuma’s MK Party in calling for Constitution to be replaced by ‘parliamentary supremacy’
Bongani Baloyi's Xiluva has joined Jacob Zuma's MK Party in calling for the abolishment of the Constitution as the supreme law of the land to be replaced by apartheid-style "parliamentary supremacy".
Continue ReadingNews24 | Schoolboy rugby: Grey, Paul Roos make hay in the Eastern Cape, Wynberg continue strong season
King Edward VII pulled a fast one on rivals Jeppe in their Johannesburg derby, while Grey College and Paul Roos enjoyed their trips to the Eastern Cape with respective successes over Selborne College and Grey High School.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Firefighters monitor hotspots after Kirstenbosch blaze
Firefighters are attending to several hotspots on the mountain behind Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, after a fire broke out in the area over the weekend.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Phillip de Wet | On behalf of our foreign colleagues: please just vote ANC
A change in government, with new ideas and new names, would be just terrible for the foreign media, so let's please not.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Nick Hedley | The case for gas-fired power is fading fast
In the face of a rapidly changing global electricity market, South Africa's latest energy plan looks like it was written in the early 2000s, says Nick Hedley.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA’s flu rates anticipated to return to pre-Covid levels
While most people who get the flu experience only mild to moderate symptoms, some can get severe symptoms and even die, especially the very young and the old. As Spotlight previously reported, the influenza virus causes around 11 000 deaths per year in South Africa,...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Serjeant at the Bar | South Africa at a crossroads at 30: Populism vs constitutionalism
The weakness of key institutions that were designed to promote the Constitution and its vision after three decades of democracy constitutes a growing threat, argues Serjeant at the Bar.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ICC could seek to arrest Netanyahu this week, some in Israel think
The International Criminal Court is reportedly considering an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, similar to that which prevented Russia's Vladimir Putin from travelling to South Africa.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Real freedom is coming’: Malema stirs ‘ground forces’ to intensify campaigning after bleak Ipsos poll
EFF leader Julius Malema has called on the party's "ground forces" to persevere in the face of a damning recent Ipsos poll.
Continue ReadingNews24 | African leaders seek record World Bank financing to combat climate change
African leaders called for rich countries to commit record contributions to a low-interest World Bank facility for developing nations to help fund their development and combat climate change.
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