Month: April 2024
News24 | ‘End times’ crypto evangelist fined R216m by financial watchdog
SA's financial watchdog has fined a serial crypto investor who says cryptocurrencies can be used to survive the "end times" R216 million and debarred him from selling any financial products for a decade.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Proud Plumtree intimates his ‘Weekend Special’ can deliver at Bok level too: ‘Climbing right up’
Sharks coach John Plumtree praised Aphelele Fassi's outstanding performance against Edinburgh and believes his star back has played himself back into Springbok contention.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Easter weekend traffic: Scores killed, many arrested across the country
More than 1 000 road users have been arrested, and 900 cars impounded across the country over the Easter weekend. The weekend saw numerous deadly road accidents across the country.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Drunk driver’ who crashed into Zuma’s motorcade released on bail
A 52-year-old man who faces charges after he crashed into former president Jacob Zuma's armoured state vehicle on Thursday night has been released on R500 bail.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pro-Russia X accounts tout Jacob Zuma’s party, CIR says
An analysis of accounts on social media platform X that have been used to promote Russian interests in South Africa are now being utilised to rally support for a new party backed by former president Jacob Zuma, according to a director at the Centre for...
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Miracle child’ to return home after surviving deadly Limpopo bus crash, victims to be repatriated
The sole survivor of a horrific accident, in which 45 people were killed, is expected to return home to her family in Botswana on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | NPA charges Zuma backer and MK Party leader Visvin Reddy with inciting violence
uMkhonto weSizwe Party leader Visvin Reddy will appear before the Chatsworth Magistrate's Court on Wednesday after he threatened violence should the IEC and the courts take unfavourable decisions against former president Jacob Zuma.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mkhwebane’s ‘very obvious’ conflict of interest tanks process to appoint deputy Public Protector
Months of work to appoint a deputy Public Protector have gone down the drain thanks to ousted Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, now an EFF MP, who failed to declare her relationship with two of the shortlisted candidates.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Judge dismisses Mapisa-Nqakula’s ‘weak’ corruption case claims as ‘pure speculation’
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has struck National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s urgent bid to block her arrest for corruption from the roll, after dismissing her claims that the case against her was weak as “pure speculation”.
Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE | One victim dies after Finland school shooting, 12-year-old suspect held
Three 12-year-old children were shot at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday and one of the victims later died, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the attack taken into custody
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