Month: February 2025
News24 | SA’s very own ‘Bronchigirl’ Professor Refiloe Masekela wins prized World Lung Health Award
From humble beginnings in Limpopo to the top of the world, the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Professor Refiloe Masekela has been named this year's recipient of the World Lung Health Award to be presented in the US in May.
Continue ReadingNews24 | VW’s Golf returns to SA: This is what it will cost
Volkswagen Golf has returned to the South African market. Volkswagen South Africa announced a line-up of 1.4-litre models that will go on sale in April this year.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Hot and uncomfortable’ in the Western Cape, high-fire risks in 3 provinces amid weather warnings
South Africans have been warned to expect severe weather, from very hot conditions in the Western Cape to thunderstorms in the Eastern Cape and Free State, as the work week draws to a close.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Western Cape Education takes action over WhatsApp group sharing bullying videos
The Western Cape Education Department has launched investigations into the circumstances behind separate graphic videos which emerged this week of pupils being bullied outside of schools in Cape Town.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ex-Gauteng health MEC Brian Hlongwa’s corruption case postponed for accused’s extradition from UK
The corruption trial of former Gauteng MEC Brian Hlongwa and his co-accused has been postponed to, among other reasons, allow for the extradition of another accused from the United Kingdom.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SONA 2025: Ramaphosa was boring and uninspiring, say some opposition parties
Some opposition parties have slated President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address as "boring" and "uninspiring".
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ramaphosa’s SONA highlights progress of non-ANC ministers
While the spotlight was on President Cyril Ramaphosa during the State of the Nation Address, ministers from various parties walked away with big smiles.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ramaphosa punts second wave of economic reform and big infrastructure plans
Ramaphosa plans structural reform for local government and for the water sector in an effort to lift constraints on the economy.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We stand for our shared humanity’: Ramaphosa’s SONA contrasts SA’s values with Trump’s politics
South Africa will not be bullied, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said in his State of the Nation Address after US President Donald Trump and his cronies put the country under pressure this week.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Absolute insult’: Mpofu accuses NPA of racism over Zuma Stalingrad legal strategy arguments
?Jacob Zuma's advocate, Dali Mpofu, has argued it was racist and condescending to assume the former president's legal team was following late advocate Kemp J Kemp's Stalingrad legal strategy in fighting the State's corruption case against him.
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