Month: October 2024
News24 | WATCH | ‘National day of action’ is the first salvo against the GNU, says Cosatu
Cosatu's deputy president, Mike Shingange, said the government of national unity meant power was being handed back to white people.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Bravery at Bloubergstrand: Hero jumps into sea, quick-thinking beachgoers unite to save drowning duo
A Heideveld man has been hailed a hero after he risked his life to save a young girl and a man from drowning when rip currents swept them deeper into the sea at Bloubergstrand in Cape Town on Saturday afternoon.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cell out: 63 pupils at Joburg school answer call to surrender smartphones in happiness experiment
A total of 63 pupils from a high school in Johannesburg have volunteered to stop using their cellphones for the next five weeks in a move that could make the institution a phone-free zone.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Hamas fails, Hezbollah succeeds in escalation on 7 October anniversary
World leaders offered sympathy, but not unconditional support, to Israel on the anniversary of the Hamas massacre.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Adriaan Basson | The Middle East needs a Mandela to say ‘stop’
A year after the 7 October attacks on Israel by Hamas, peace seems to elude because there is no Mandela figure willing to rise above their sectarian interests, writes Adriaan Basson.
Continue ReadingNews24 | R3 billion every 24 hours: This is what a Gauteng Day Zero could cost the economy
Experts predict the country's economic hub could, in the next few years, experience a Day Zero situation.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA grid crisis: New National Transmission Company to open door for private sector
The new company has an ambitious five-year grid expansion plan, but it has not quite figured out how it will fund it.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Gauteng health’s R1.2bn scandal: Ex-MEC Hlongwa’s alleged corruptor a step closer to extradition
The wheels of justice are finally turning for graft-accused former Gauteng health MEC Brian Hlongwa and his co-accused.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘I was a pig’: Trusted bodyguard and bagman who turned on steroid dealer Brian Wainstein
The Brian Wainstein murder trial resumed on Monday with testimony from the man who says he helped plot the murder of the illegal steroid dealer who trusted him to guard his house and collect his money.
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