Day: August 28, 2024
News24 | Department of Public Works and Infrastructure to probe leases, moves to dismantle construction mafias
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure will probe thousands of its leases after Minister Dean Macpherson announced an investigation was on the cards.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Junior coal miner MC Mining gets R1.6bn takeover offer from China’s Kinetic Development
The company has finally secured the final tranches of funding it requires to kick off construction at the steelmaking coal mine in Limpopo.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Singh siblings’ arrest, Cape Town snowfall, Ramaphosa wants answers: Today’s top stories in 7 minutes
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Continue ReadingNews24 | Saluting a hero: Family of murdered young man says he sacrificed his life for sister and nephew
Moments before he was violently gunned down mere metres from his back door, a young Nelson Mandela Bay man led his attackers away from the home, where his 4-year-old nephew and sister were inside the house.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Govt struggles to locate all the properties in its vast portfolio
South Africa’s government, the country’s biggest real estate owner, doesn’t have an accurate record of its property portfolio or how it’s being utilised, and a protracted attempt to audit it has so far failed to rectify the situation.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Raging fires burn more than half the grazing land at Eastern Cape game reserve
More than half the grazing land at the Lawrence de Lange Game Reserve, in Komani (formerly Queenstown), was destroyed by raging veldfires on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Will mediation stop dodgy lawyers in SA from milking the health department?
South Africa spends too much money on medical malpractice lawsuits and wants to pursue new ways to settle these cases out of court. Find out how mediation can help solve these disputes quicker and save the health department money.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Thursday’s weather: Beware of turbulent waves, icy conditions in Eastern Cape, KZN
The South African Weather Service has warned of turbulent waves and icy conditions in several regions in the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Nersa rejects criticism from its own senior official over tariffs
South Africa’s energy regulator distanced itself from criticism by one of its senior officials over the body’s handling of electricity-tariff increases.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Lloyd Burnard | Proteas pummelled… how worried should we be after Windies humiliation?
The Proteas were on the wrong side of every contest in another West Indies T20 series whitewash, but how worrying should that return be in the broader context, asks Lloyd Burnard.
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