Month: February 2025
News24 | WATCH | World Read Aloud Day: Beloved Spud author John van de Ruit entertains kids with poetry
The author of the bestselling four-novel Spud series shows how it's done as he reads poems for kids on video.
Continue ReadingNews24 | NPA’s request for non-Free State judge to decide Magashule, Sodi case turned down
Free State Judge President Cagney Musi says the State has not produced sound evidence to support its request that an "outside judge" should decide the asbestos scam case of the province's former premier, Ace Magashule.
Continue ReadingNews24 | MPs ask for proof that donors influence political parties’ policies
MPs have questioned the notion that mega-donors to political parties could influence policy.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA20’s three wunderkinds: Yes, Cricket SA has noticed… and big Proteas futures await
Cricket South Africa's (CSA) director of national teams and high-performance, Enoch Nkwe, says measures are in place to develop and progress SA20 wunderkinds Dewald Brevis, Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Kwena Maphaka into the Proteas setup.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Fake Van Wyk: Tip-off leads to arrest of man for alleged identity theft lasting almost two decades
For nearly 18 years, a man from Johannesburg was living under the alleged stolen identity of Frederick van Wyk.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Tony Leon | SA’s regional supremacy, once unquestioned, is dented – perhaps irreparably
If you are at the centre of the world, as indeed Donald Trump is, then you can be very demanding or whipsaw with dizzying inconsistency and still maintain the unending engagement, or fear, of all nations, unlike the position South Africa finds itself in, writes...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Joburg considers red lighting by-laws to greenlight ads on traffic lights
Imagine a road with working traffic lights, filled potholes, cleared storm water drains, and intact manhole covers - but slathered in adverts by the companies that fixed them.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘I can breathe now’: Alison Botha’s fight against attackers’ parole is a victory for all victims
When Alison Botha heard the men who had brutally raped and almost killed her were back behind bars, her lawyer says her first response was: "I can breathe now."
Continue ReadingNews24 | amaBhungane | IDT contractor embroiled in health DG bribe allegations won highly suspect tender
A trove of documents obtained by amaBhungane show how the Independent Development Trust appointed a contractor embroiled in bribery allegations involving director-general of the Department of Health Dr Sandile Buthelezi despite obvious warning signs in the procurement process.
Continue ReadingNews24 | NHI breakthrough: ANC agrees with DA not to ‘collapse’ medical aids
The government of national unity has quietly reached an "agreement" on two key aspects relating to the National Health Insurance, News24 can disclose.
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