Month: June 2024
News24 | Reality check for Blitzboks ahead of Olympic qualifiers: ‘It is time for us to deliver’
Springbok Sevens coach Philip Snyman bemoaned his team's inconsistency after they finished sixth in the HSBC SVNS Grand Finale in Madrid, Spain on Sunday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Eastern Cape floods: ‘It was scary’ – motorist on collapsed road as heavy rain claims 6 lives
Hundreds of residents, including an 80-year-old woman, had to be evacuated as heavy rain continued to cause havoc in parts of Nelson Mandela Bay and Buffalo City in the Eastern Cape.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘A theatre of openness’: IEC officially declares 2024 election results as free and fair
The declaration of the results follows objections by some political parties, who alleged there were irregularities with the IEC's results-capturing process.
Continue ReadingNews24 | FIRST TAKE | Ramaphosa jokes, preaches unity as ANC loses majority
Setting the tone for an intense week of horse-trading, President Cyril Ramaphosa has pleaded with parties to 'find common ground' in carving out a coalition government, writes Adriaan Basson.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Monday’s weather: Flooding and disruptive snow predicted for the start of the week
The South African Weather Service issued severe warnings for multiple provinces, including the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Inflammatory at most’: Zuma’s comments do not meet incitement threshold, says expert
While former president Jacob Zuma's warning against declaring the national election results may be seen as inflammatory, it does not meet the threshold of incitement, according to a criminal law expert.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cyril Ramaphosa | The 2024 election has revealed our democracy is strong, robust and it endures
In his speech after the 2024 election results were announced on Sunday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that South Africans have demonstrated through their votes clearly and plainly, that our democracy is strong, it is robust and it endures.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Coalition talks: Helen Zille, Tony Leon to lead DA’s negotiating team
DA leader John Steenhuisen has vowed to keep a coalition of the ANC, EFF and MK Party out of government.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘No room for threats of instability’: Security cluster warns against election results disruption
The Electoral Commission of South Africa said it would announce the 2024 national and provincial election results at 18:00 on Sunday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Two arrested for murder after 69-year-old man’s body found in KZN sugarcane field
KwaZulu-Natal police arrested two parolees in connection with the murder of a 69-year-old man who was reported missing earlier this week.
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