Month: June 2024
News24 | Water challenges persist in Johannesburg, despite Eikenhof pumping at 83%
Johannesburg councillors believe there is no real plan to get water back into the taps during ongoing maintenance at Rand Water.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Same again, please: Settled lineup has helped Proteas make World Cup history
Stability in matchday selection has been a key feature of co-finalists SA and India at this T20 World Cup, writes Rob Houwing.
Continue ReadingNews24 | This life with Nthabi Nhlapo | The good, the bad and the ugly of a stronger rand
For those who earn in foreign currencies such as the dollar, an improved rand on the back of GNU talks meant earnings were worth less when exchanged for rands. Nthabi Nhlapo writes it moved the figurative saying, "the high cost of democracy" into the literal.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ray Jennings sees parallels in Proteas’ T20 World Cup campaign and victorious SA U-19 class of 2014
It's taken 10 full years for ex-SA Under-19 stars Aiden Markram and Kagiso Rabada to be on the brink of leading the senior Proteas side to World Cup victory, but Ray Jennings believes they are ready.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Purple patch or purple pain? The blessing and curse of Kalahari sugilite
The Kalahari basin is home to semi-precious purple gem which has been a thorn in the side of manganese miners for decades.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SATURDAY PROFILE | Rand Water’s Mosai: Expect more short-term pain as water woes continue
Rand Water's CEO Sipho Mosai finally invited Muhammad Hussain to a virtual interview last Friday. They spent the better part of the morning talking about Gauteng's water woes and what to expect in the coming years.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Johan Fourie | Lessons in exporting from a wildly successful fruit snack
'Big hit' exports are rare. They represent less than 2% of all export spells, yet remarkably, they account for over two-thirds of a country's export growth. Big-hit makers are usually not one-hit wonders either. What's the secret? asks Johan Fourie.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Writing wrongs: Pollsmoor storytelling course helps turn prison sentences into creative sentences
For a group of inmates incarcerated at Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town, it was a case of art imitating life after some of them wrote short stories based on the shocking crimes they committed.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Rand enjoys biggest gain this year amid optimism about GNU, US rates
The rand rallied on optimism that efforts to create a broad coalition government in South Africa were on track.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Hawks release crime digits: Bloemfontein bandit bust after literally giving cops the ‘middle finger’
In an almost comical twist of fate, a high-stakes cash-in-transit heist in Bloemfontein turned into a slapstick saga of slip-ups and shootouts.
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