Day: July 1, 2024
News24 | Farm manager stabbed to death, wife escapes unharmed in pre-dawn attack in Porterville
A Porterville farm manager has been stabbed to death in a predawn attack on Monday that saw a group of armed men storm and ransack the home he shared with his wife on the Tevrede farm in Porterville.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Meet the ministers now in charge of SA’s economy
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the ministers and deputy ministers that will make up South Africa's new Government of National Unity on Sunday night. This is who has been appointed to lead SA's key economic portfolios.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pollard, Libbok give Erasmus Springboks flyhalf selection headache
Will South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus start with Handre Pollard or Manie Libbok at flyhalf for the highly anticipated first Test against Ireland in Pretoria on Saturday?
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Time for confrontation is over’: Steenhuisen calls on GNU to work together to fix SA’s problems
DA leader John Steenhuisen has called on parties in the government of national unity to collaborate and desist from finger-pointing about the country’s problems.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Tyla and Makhadzi’s BET Awards triumph: South African stars secure top honours
South African pop star Tyla won two Black Entertainment Television (BET) awards on Sunday in Los Angeles, California.
Continue ReadingNews24 | School’s out: Police and defence led by teachers in GNU Cabinet shake-up
The critical security cluster ministries of police and defence – both bedevilled by a legacy of resource constraints and state capture – have new leadership in the form of Senzo Mchunu and Angie Motshekga.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Rand rallies below R18/$ as Godongwana retains finance post
South Africa’s rand extended a post-election rally after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a new cabinet that he said would prioritise rapid and sustainable growth.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cape Town doctor sentenced to house arrest for selling, distributing medication worth R5m to US
A Kenilworth doctor has been sentenced to an effective three years house arrest, while being ordered to pay back the R5 million proceeds he made after being found guilty of selling and distributing scheduled medications.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Walking into fire’: Key infrastructure job for new Cabinet blood Dean Macpherson
At the heart of the government's economic stimulus plans are major infrastructure projects. New minister, Dean Macpherson of the DA, has been tasked with a weighty portfolio.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Senzo Mchunu a massive loss to water ministry as former ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina takes over
President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to pull Senzo Mchunu out of the water and sanitation portfolio is a big blow to the sector.
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