Day: August 7, 2024
News24 | Parts of Joburg without power after veld fires cause a trip at Prospect Substation
A significant power outage plunged multiple areas in the City of Johannesburg into darkness on Tuesday night after the Prospect Substation in Elandsfontein tripped due to veld fires.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Keep him until Christmas: Al Jama-ah wants mayor to stay on as Joburg leadership remains in limbo
Al Jama-ah leader Ganief Hendricks says City of Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda has no intention of resigning.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Luxury Italian flats, bank accounts, and an Opel Kadett: NPA seizes assets worth R53m in Bosasa raid
The National Prosecuting Authority has executed an operation to serve a court order on more than 10 people linked to Bosasa corruption, and restraining assets worth more than R53 million in South Africa and Italy.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Hlophe’s election to JSC like asking fox to guard henhouse, says former top judge
Retired Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Azhar Cachalia says MK Party parliamentary leader John Hlophe serving on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is like asking the fox to guard the henhouse.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mayhem. Pandemonium. Chaos: Witnesses recall pupils’ terror after panga-wielding pastor’s rampage
"It was mayhem. Children and adults ran for cover. Some pupils even took refuge in a container, fearing the armed pastor."
Continue ReadingNews24 | Stop hogging the headlines for all the wrong reasons, Ramaphosa tells ANC deployees, members
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has called on party deployees in government to refrain from hogging the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Yesteryear Test giants: Proteas and West Indies do battle in series for red-ball relevance
The Proteas and West Indies, both yesteryear giants of Test cricket, will look to ignite their respective red-ball fortunes on Wednesday when they meet at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Tony Leon | From chaos theory to market reality: How minor shifts lead to major financial storms
South Africa, a relatively small economy, on the far side of this world, is both exposed to all this global uncertainty and heavily dependent on outside events because of its borrowing needs from international investors. The slightest flap of international butterfly wings triggers local tremors,...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Motsoaledi opens door for new consultation on NHI with ‘massive roadshow’
After several years of refusing all proposals and amendments to the NHI from the industry, health professionals, and political parties, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says he plans "a massive roadshow".
Continue ReadingNews24 | What this week’s turmoil may mean for SA interest rates
A market meltdown on Monday - in response to US recession fears and a dramatic unwinding of Japanese carry trades - may have an impact on interest rates.
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