Day: February 1, 2025
News24 | OPINION | Rewriting history: The subtle erasure of Jews in Holocaust narratives
Ilan Preskovsky highlights the disturbing trend of diminishing the Jewish identity in Holocaust narratives, emphasising the need to remember Jews were the primary targets of Nazi persecution, and critiques recent events where this essential historical truth is being overshadowed or ignored.
Continue ReadingNews24 | 30 oil-covered penguins rescued, treated as officials investigate mystery spillage
A total of 30 penguins have so far been treated at a Table View sea bird sanctuary after they were found covered in oil at Hout Bay, Noordhoek and Kommetjie beaches in Cape Town.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Wandile Sihlobo | Expropriation Act: 3 key reasons not to panic
We shouldn't be worried about it, but stay vigilant, writes Wandile Sihlobo.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump is getting the lower interest rates he demanded from everyone but the Fed
US President Donald Trump is getting his wish that interest rates drop across the world, just not at home where a strong economy and uncertainty over his own policies have set the stage for the Federal Reserve to diverge from its central bank peers.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Khaya Sithole | Trump and the cost of depending on the US
US President Donald Trump's apparent disdain for key discussions at Davos is a small taster of what lies ahead for the next four years, writes Khaya Sithole.
Continue ReadingNews24 | OPINION | SA must face impact of minimum wage on jobs
The number of people in a statistical sub-sample estimated to have lost their jobs due to the national minimum wage hike in 2024 is 86 000 - a catastrophic number, says Gabriel Crouse.
Continue ReadingNews24 | OPINION | Beneath the earth, above the despair: The hidden cost of Congo’s mineral wealth
Vhahangwele Tsotetsi reflects on how the DRC with its unimaginable wealth—cobalt, coltan, gold, and diamonds has one of the most extended humanitarian crises in history
Continue ReadingNews24 | OPINION | Kath Magrobi: In the age of Trump, the media needs to commit to gender rights now
Kath Magrobi interrogates why, in the age of Donald Trump, women+ voices must be actively defended.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Private jet with 6 on board crashes in suburban Philadelphia, sparking blazes and destruction
A small jet with six people onboard has crashed into a busy Philadelphia suburb, officials have said, showering wreckage over a wide area and sparking blazes that caused extensive damage to homes and vehicles.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | Love is in the air: Cape Town couple gets engaged on FlySafair flight
Passengers on a FlySafair flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg received an extra treat on Saturday, just as the cabin crew served breakfast.
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