Month: April 2024
News24 | ‘Spicy Plum’ Kitshoff returning home to the Stormers
Steven Kitshoff will play his rugby in Cape Town starting next season after the Stormers announced on Friday that the Springbok prop had signed a two-year contract with the franchise.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Saturday’s weather: Cold temperatures, heavy rain, strong winds with possible flooding
The South African Weather Service has issued multiple warnings for for severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and waves, and disruptive rainfall leading to flooding over several parts of the country.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SCA finds SSA made ‘material misstatements’ in bid to block release of report on US and ANC
The Supreme Court of Appeal unanimously overturned a ruling – first obtained in secret proceedings by the State Security Agency – which barred Independent Newspapers from publishing the details of its "secret" report on alleged US perceptions of the ANC.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Afrimat’s R1bn acquisition of Lafarge SA appears to be a fait accompli
The proposed acquisition of the South African assets of buildings materials group Lafarge South Africa by Afrimat apparently became fait accompli on Friday when the Competition Tribunal was informed there is no longer any opposition to the deal.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Former officials in Eastern Cape premier’s office in court over R20m tender fraud
The former director-general in the Eastern Cape's Office of the Premier, Marion Mbina-Mthembu, and five others appeared in the Zwelitsha Magistrate's Court on Friday on charges of defrauding the state of R20 million.
Continue ReadingNews24 | International Quds Day: Hundreds of pro-Palestinian supporters take to the streets in Cape Town
"We want the genocide to end," Usuf Chikte from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign [PSC] has said after scores of pro-Palestine supporters came out in Cape Town to mark the annual International Al Quds Day.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Stormers boss relishes fit-again Fourie’s return to face La Rochelle: ‘A no-brainer, our talisman’
Stormers director of rugby John Dobson was happy to call on Springbok World Cup winner Deon Fourie for Saturday's Champions Cup Round of 16 clash against French giants La Rochelle.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Energy regulator approves load shedding protocols up to Stage 16
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has approved the code of practice for implementing load shedding beyond Stage 8.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Proteas’ Marizanne Kapp reprimanded over provocative dismissal of Sri Lanka skipper
Proteas all-rounder Marizanne Kapp has been reprimanded for a code of conduct violation during the third T20 International against Sri Lanka in East London on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | The US can’t afford to cripple SA, says Naledi Pandor in UK op-ed
The United States cannot afford to bring South Africa "to its knees", International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor said on Friday.
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