Day: February 28, 2025
News24 | Karyn Maughan | Batohi retires as NPA head in 2026 – but who would want to replace her?
Prosecutions head Shamila Batohi promised to end South Africa's culture of impunity but has failed to do so. And, Karyn Maughan writes, the NPA’s competence deficits make the prospect of finding an effective leader to replace her an almost impossible challenge.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | SA’s fastest teen Olympian Bayanda Walaza plans to keep title while tackling university life
Bayanda Walaza, a 19-year-old sprint champion, aims to live up to the title of the world's fastest teenager in 2025 as he balances athletics and academics at Tshwane University of Technology.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Former Stormers coach Kobus van der Merwe dies
Former Stormers and Western Province coach Kobus van der Merwe died after a long illness on Thursday night.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Court sides with Deloitte ex-partner in Tongaat case, but NPA wants to appeal
A court has ruled that the racketeering charge against former Tongaat Hulett auditor Gavin Kruger was irrational due to a lack of evidence.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Bok flyhalf Pollard ends up with Bulls again after bidding war for his services
After months of speculation about his future, Leicester and Springbok flyhalf Handre Pollard has decided to return to the first team that gave him his professional break, the Bulls.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Last-ditch effort to avoid Newcastle, Vereeniging mill closures has failed, says AMSA
ArcelorMittal SA, which had delayed the closure of its long steel business by a month as government scrambled to find a way to save the embattled division, said on Friday it has taken a final decision to close its mills.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Battle of the boy schools: Meet SACS and Rondebosch sprinters who set new 100m meet records
SACS hosted the Rondebosch, Bishops and Wynberg athletics meeting this week - considered the oldest continuous event of its kind in the country - where two young budding sprinters set new 100m meeting records.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | Speeding motorists crashing into Joburg couple’s home drive them round the bend
Jennifer van der Westhuizen has relentlessly campaigned for urgent road safety interventions on Albert Street in Weltevreden Park after several accidents.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Brok Harris’ rugby life may not begin at 40, but what a ride
Having turned 40 last Saturday, Stormers prop Brok Harris felt no need for the obligatory midlife crisis gift. Given that he scrums in the front row at franchise level at that age, who needs a Harley?
Continue ReadingNews24 | Johannesburg deeds office halts operations amid lift breakdowns, ‘challenges with the building’
Property registrations in Johannesburg appear to have ground to a halt after the lifts at the 32-storey building in which the city's deeds office is housed, were shut off earlier this week.
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