Month: January 2025
News24 | Eskom reports half-year profit surge to R17bn amid load shedding and govt reprieves
Power utility Eskom reported on Thursday that its half-year profit surged more than tenfold to R17.8 billion in its half-year to end September, boosted by higher electricity tariffs, improved cash flow, and state support.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Kagame vs Ramaphosa: ‘Your president put out lies that our president had to correct’
Rwanda has doubled down on its accusations that President Cyril Ramaphosa outright lied about the recent combat in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Meet Uzalo’s ‘Shlobos’ Ntombifuthi Dlamini and Zama Ngcobo: From humble roots to fame as beloved duo
Ntombifuthi Dlamini and Zama Ngcobo, the beloved duo behind MaDladla and MaDongwe on Uzalo, started from humble beginnings but have risen to fame with their undeniable chemistry.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Taxes on e-cigarettes: South Africa must strike a balance between economic arguments and health concerns
The debate on nicotine product taxation involves balancing economic and health perspectives, with a risk-based approach potentially benefiting countries like South Africa struggling with inequality and healthcare challenges.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sikonathi Mantshantsha | What exactly are our SANDF troops doing in the DRC?
South Africa has deployed troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for more than 20 years. Sikonathi Mantshantsha asks why are they dying in a perpetual conflict in an open-ended deployment of no obvious strategic gain.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Andisiwe Makinana | GNU tensions: An absolute necessity for South Africa’s success
Conflict over policy should not be seen as an existential threat to the GNU. The last thing we need are leaders who shy away from conflict and anything else would not be governing in the interest of South Africans, writes Andisiwe Makinana.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Leave party politics out of Cabinet lekgotla, says minister in the presidency
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has advised her Cabinet colleagues to leave party politics at the door when they meet for day two of their lekgotla in Pretoria on Thursday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump fallout: 136 000 babies – many in SA – may be born with HIV by May due to new policy
Almost 136 000 babies are expected to be born with HIV in the next three months, mostly in Africa, because of the Trump administration's "stop work order" on foreign assistance, according to a top research foundation.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘He would have come home last weekend’ – says family of SANDF soldier killed in DRC
Sergeant William Eddy Cola, who was a National Defence Force soldier for more than 20 years, was one of 13 soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Fleming hopes JSK can flip the switch come dusk on Highveld after MI Cape Town favour
Hitting the high mental notes is where it matters for Joburg Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming as his charges prepare to host the Paarl Royals having watched MI Cape Town do them a favour by crushing the Sunrisers Eastern Cape.
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