Day: December 29, 2024
News24 | Mandla N shines spotlight on unsung heroes with Netflix’s Mr Easy Loo
The late businessman Sam "Easy Loo" Maduna, who the Netflix film is based on, was the first black man to start a mobile toilet hire business in the townships.
Continue ReadingNews24 | A gun is used to commit a crime every five minutes in SA: Here are some of the shooting hot spots
Every five minutes, on average, a gun is used to commit a crime in South Africa.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Karyn Maughan | Absence of shame about SA’s GBV culture is killing women – and destroying men
After years of reporting on men accused of raping and killing women and children, Karyn Maughan writes, she has learnt that most perpetrators never admit what they have done, and that absence of shame is dangerous for women – and very damaging to men.
Continue ReadingNews24 | OPINION | A new era for the South African agricultural sector in 2025
The weather outlook for 2025 is positive, with a La Niña system predicted, and – while tractor sales are down – seed sales are encouraging, indicating confidence in fortunes ahead, say John Hudson and Wandile Sihlobo.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | A key change: Cape Town violin programme gives youth in Masiphumelele hope
"When I play the violin, the flow of the music just carries me. I don't know how, but when the music starts, and my ears hear it, I go with the flow," Lewis Nyambaya said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Valley of death: Toddler slain and boy wounded in family panga attack
A 9-year-old boy who survived being bloodied and cleaved by repeated blows with a panga drew back the veil on allegations of a vicious Boxing Day attack involving a man who turned on his family.
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