Month: May 2024
News24 | Godongwana says he will stay on if asked
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said he is prepared to stay in his current role after the election and urged the country to choose stability over “chaos” by voting for the African National Congress.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Give Israel a fair chance’: No need for international courts, Israel’s top lawyers say
The ICJ didn't order a Rafah ceasefire, anonymous Israeli government officials keep telling journalists, as the nation's lawyers stress there is no need for international justice to get involved.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA records second mpox case in less than a month
A Durban man has tested positive for mpox and is the country's second laboratory-confirmed case in less than a month.
Continue ReadingNews24 | How the ANC wooed its former leaders to join elections campaign
A meeting in April between King Mswati III and ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa at his Mahlamba Ndlopfu official residence in Pretoria sealed the deal for the ANC's former deputy president David Mabuza to join the campaign trail.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘True or false’: UCT law academic accused of Islamophobia over controversial exam paper
A law academic at the University of Cape Town has been accused of setting an exam paper section that portrays "deeply offensive Islamophobic stereotypes and harmful rhetoric toward Muslim and Palestinian students".
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mthatha Airport to resume services after armed men stormed premises amid taxi-related unrest
Operations at Mthatha Airport in the Eastern Cape are expected to "cautiously resume" on Tuesday after flights, car rentals and other services were suspended on Monday amid taxi strike-related unrest.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SEE | New oddly-shaped turbines at Waterfront catch wind from any direction
Wind turbines with an unusual shape have been unveiled at the V&A Waterfront as part of a 12-month pilot project. They're relatively harmless to birds and are said to look like sculptures.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Beacon, Tastic owner Tiger Brands to cut hundreds of products
As part of its efforts to streamline its business, SA’s largest food producer Tiger Brands says it plans to reduce its variants and pack sizes by up to a fifth across its product ranges in the next three years.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Muted Manie silencing goalkicking critics through deeds not words: ‘I just keep on kicking’
Manie Libbok is pleased with his upsurge in goalkicking accuracy and remains thoroughly unperturbed by lingering doubts over his consistency in that regard.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We’d be mad’: IFP’s Hlabisa denounces potential ANC coalition after elections
The IFP has directed Umvoti Local Municipality Mayor Gabriel Malembe to resign from the post after a "coalition" with the ANC propelled him to the position. IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa says this is proof enough there will be no coalition talks with the governing party.
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