Month: May 2024
News24 | ‘A nightmare’: Gqerberha residents upset by long wait to cast special vote
Voting at one of the busiest voting stations in Nelson Mandela Bay proceeded at a snail's pace during the special voting sessions on Monday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Middendorp jokes he has a ‘reputation for being useless’ after sidestepping sticky questions
Having a 35-year career in football coaching can be very useful when the media corners you with sticky questions. And Ernst Middendorp, who was more jovial than usual, flexed that muscle perfectly.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘They were thrown away like dogs’: Families of missing KZN men want justice after four arrested
The KwaZulu-Natal families of two young men who went missing a month ago are demanding justice after the arrest of four people from a local private security company.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Guns seized from Eastern Cape taxi operators linked to shooting that claimed three lives
The Eastern Cape government said three of the 43 firearms confiscated from taxi operators and guards in Mthatha over the weekend were directly linked to a deadly shooting incident which claimed the lives of three people in the Ntywenka Village of Nqanqarhu.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Elections 2024: Smooth start to the casting of special votes, says IEC
The Electoral Commission of South Africa reported a smooth start to the casting of special votes on Monday, despite some glitches resulting in voting stations opening late in parts of the country.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ELECTION BRIEF | Ramaphosa’s abuse of bully pulpit reveals depth of ANC alarm
President Cyril Ramaphosa's unashamed abuse of the bully pulpit reveals the depth of the ANC's alarm, who are headed for its worst election result ever, writes Pieter du Toit.
Continue ReadingNews24 | IN-DEPTH | IEC must prevent election integrity challenges by parties like MKP – analyst
Though the MK Party has a history of undermining the IEC, especially in this election cycle, analyst says that the IEC and the police must assure the country through clear messaging on certain incidents that the elections are in safe hands - even if the...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Tuesday’s weather: It will be fine and warm to cool in most of the country
Fine and warm to cool conditions are expected in most parts of the country, as well as high fire danger conditions over the north-central parts of the Northern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Cynical, calculated’: DA to take Ramaphosa to court for ‘abusing office’ in national address
The DA is filing an an application in the Electoral Court against President Cyril Ramaphosa, for violating the Electoral Code of Conduct and the EFF wants an investigating into the "misuse" of the state broadcaster, the SABC.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Development Bank to set up its first biodiversity fund
The biodiversity fund will get R50 million of seed capital from the bank's green fund.
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