Month: February 2025
News24 | WATCH | Zille, DA handlers must leave ANC affairs alone, Lesufi tells ANC Gauteng supporters
A fired-up Panyaza Lesufi told party supporters some thought the ANC's electoral decline in the May 2024 elections had given them “the right to interfere in the affairs of the African National Congress”.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump accuses South Africa of ‘confiscating’ land, cuts funding
US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted South Africa was "confiscating" land and "treating certain classes of people very badly" as he announced he was cutting off all future funding to the country pending an investigation.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA flautist Wouter Kellerman wins his third Grammy award for collab album Triveni
SA flautist Wouter Kellerman, along with Eru Matsumoto and Chandrika Tandon won a Grammy for their album, Triveni, on Sunday night in Los Angeles.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Across the Atlantic: This SA man rowed 4 000km to the Amazon alone. Here’s why | Part 1
While South Africans around the country were ringing in the new year on 1 January, Gerhard Moolman was in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in a one-man canoe - and he was in trouble.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Fire and ash: Inside Kendal’s decade-long battle to help keep load shedding at bay
Working conditions at the Kendal power station, one of the biggest coal-fired power stations in the country, are at dangerous levels as Eskom pushed to remain load shedding free.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Tensions deepen between DA, FF Plus as election of new Swellendam mayor looms
The relationship between the DA and the FF Plus remains fraught, despite two party leaders stating they have a "good working relationship".
Continue ReadingNews24 | Fewer glitches anticipated, but challenges remain for higher education committee chair
Fewer glitches and less trouble can be expected from the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) this year, but the system still faces mounting challenges, according to the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Tebogo Letsie.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Steinhoff shocker: Even second-tier execs earned more than top SA bank CEOs
Even second-line executives at Steinhoff regularly earned millions of rands more than the heads of some of South Africa's largest listed companies in the years before fraud was uncovered.
Continue ReadingNews24 | EXPLAINER | Can the DA block the budget and shut down govt?
Without a single majority partner, passing the budget can no longer be taken for granted.
Continue ReadingNews24 | MTN, SpaceX, Anglo, and SA army all have different views on SA’s new satellite rules
South Africa's proposed new satellite rules drew a spectrum of responses. MTN doesn't want the rules to go too far, SpaceX thinks they don't go far enough. Anglo American said Starlink is great, and the Department of Defence wants its own satellite system in space.
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