Month: April 2024
News24 | Phillip de Wet | 30 years ago, Rwanda changed genocide. Gaza is on track to change it again
Gaza is different from Rwanda and other suspected genocides since, in the scale of displacement of people within a relatively small area and the siege-like conditions imposed on it, writes Phillip de Wet.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘May this be the last child to drown’: Latoya Temilton’s family shares pain of losing a child
The family of Latoya Temilton, the pupil who drowned during a school excursion camp, says they hoped a lesson will be drawn from her death and no parent should ever experience the pain of losing a child.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Rwanda to send more troops to Mozambique as South African soldiers prepare to leave
Rwanda plans to put more boots on the ground in Mozambique's oil-rich Cabo Delgado when the SADC Standby Force in Mozambique withdraws in about two months, a senior Rwanda Defence Force commander has disclosed.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Make Floyd Shivambu the finance minister’: Malema states demand for coalition with ANC
EFF secretary-general Marshall Dlamini says the party will only agree to a coalition government if possible suitors accept its three cardinal pillars: Land expropriation without compensation, free education and the nationalisation of mines.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sanlam bulks up its insurance interest in India for R2bn
Africa's largest insurer Sanlam said on Friday it has taken controlling stakes in the insurance business of its joint venture in India. The R2 billion in acquisitions comes as the company eyes the massive potential of the world's most populous nation and looks to diversify...
Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE | GDE says preliminary probe in Curro career day post shows ‘error in judgement’ but no racism
The Gauteng Department of Education says a preliminary investigation into an alleged racist social media post by Curro found that there was no racist stereotyping by the school.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Stretched resources, heavy workload for IPID officers due to increase in police shootouts
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has launched an investigation into a police shootout that left nine suspected robbers dead in KwaZulu-Natal.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘He was sort of ahead of his time’: Former coaches pay tribute to late Chiefs defender Luke Fleurs
Casey Prince and Kaitano Tembo, who were there in the formative years of Luke Fleurs, have spoken glowingly about the late Kaizer Chiefs defender.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Stellenbosch University to rerun convocation executive committee election after threat of lawsuit
Stellenbosch University has agreed to hold fresh elections to fill vacant posts on the executive committee of the convocation, after the institution was threatened with legal action by a group that was previously disqualified from participating in the process.
Continue ReadingNews24 | April showers: SA Weather Service warns of cold, rain and potential floods in coastal provinces
The SA Weather Service has warned of cold temperatures, widespread rainfall and possible flooding in parts of South Africa this weekend.
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