Day: January 3, 2025
News24 | LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Tribute to late US president Jimmy Carter – a volunteer-in-chief
The former mayor of Khayelitsha, Vuyani Ngcuka, writes about his experience working with the late US president Jimmy Carter to build houses in South Africa under Habitat for Humanity in 2002.
Continue ReadingNews24 | The infectious songs that got South Africans vibing into 2025
As South Africans welcomed 2025, the nation's radio stations amplified the rich diversity of local music, highlighting standout tracks and the exceptional talent behind them.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Newlands Test: Selection squeeze on go for Proteas’ Lord’s banquet
Leadup opportunities uncertain for the WTC final, the Cape Town Test may influence Lord’s places in the Proteas’ XI, writes Rob Houwing.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We can see the desperation’: High levels of food poverty in Western Cape municipalities
Western Cape municipalities are experiencing high levels of food poverty. This was highlighted in a provincial government report released by Finance MEC Deidré Baartman.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Three figures at the moment’: 100s already dead on Eastern Cape roads as holidaymakers head home
The Road Traffic Management Corporation says it will intervene to reduce road accidents and fatalities in the Eastern Cape as holidaymakers prepare to return to work and school in the next few days.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | Making waves: Royal Cape Yacht Club Academy to enter all-female crew in Cape2Rio
The Royal Cape Yacht Club Sailing Academy was formed in 2012 to address the lack of access to sailing and the maritime industry for people from disadvantaged communities.
Continue ReadingNews24 | PROFILE | Dr Naing Soe’s vision drives Mamelodi Hospital’s transformation to meet NHI standards
Dr Naing Soe, from Yangon in Myanmar, has been the driving force behind the transformation of one of the biggest public hospitals in Gauteng into the first National Health Insurance (NHI)-ready facility in the province.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Karyn Maughan | 2024: A year of reckoning for South Africa’s once untouchable judges
After nearly two decades, Dr John Hlophe and "drunk judge" Nkola Motata were finally removed from the bench. And, Karyn Maughan writes, this marked 2024 as a year of historic reckoning for previously untouchable judges.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘A fate unworthy of any human being’: Stilfontein zama zama saga heads to ConCourt
Human rights organisation Mining Affected Communities United in Action says to leave people underground in Stilfontein "abandoned in darkness, is to sentence them to a fate unworthy of any human being".
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Crucial’ 150% incentive for SA electric vehicle producers signed into law
A 150% tax incentive for electric and hydrogen-powered vehicle manufacturers has been signed into law. While the incentive should bolster local EV manufacturing, it will only take effect in 2026.
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