Day: January 11, 2025
News24 | R1.3bn spent on executive members’ VIP protection since 2020, police minister reveals
Since the 2020/21 financial year, the government has spent R1.3 billion on the VIP protection of members of the executive, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu revealed in response to a parliamentary question, at a time when VIP protectors are again under scrutiny after Deputy President Paul...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Wendy Knowler | The long goodbye: When your cellphone provider makes it really hard to leave
"They make it easy to contract online, but when you wish to cancel, you have to call in," one consumer says. "There should be a law against this." Actually, there is, writes Wendy Knowler.
Continue ReadingNews24 | 47.6°C: This was how hot it was in Limpopo during SA’s hottest year
Last year was South Africa's hottest on record, with temperatures of over 47°C in some parts of the country, and the South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned the same can be expected this year.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ISIS, Bin Laden content found on devices of Sandton man accused of funding terror via bitcoin
Violent extremist material - such as videos, images, articles and speeches by well-known al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden - were among the items found on electronic devices belonging to a Sandton man accused of funding a terrorist organisation.
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