Month: April 2024
News24 | Medical care sought for ‘seriously ill’ accused in Rand Water executive murder case
Two of the three men arrested in connection with the murder of Rand Water executive Teboho Joala have serious medical conditions and need urgent medical care, the Lenasia Magistrate's Court has heard.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Man arrested for allegedly ‘exposing himself in his car’ outside Cape Town school
A 32-year-old man has been released on bail in the Simon's Town Magistrate's Court after he was arrested for indecent exposure for allegedly "exposing himself in his car" outside a Cape Town school.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Goldi owner Astral leaps 8% as it flags huge jump in interim earnings
Shares in Astral Foods initially surged more than 8% after SA’s largest producer said it would report a more than fivefold increase in interim earnings, even more than it previously flagged in January.
Continue ReadingNews24 | 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.
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