Month: February 2025
News24 | New rules proposed for ship-to-ship refuelling to protect penguins, dolphins
Environment Minister Dion George has issued for public comment draft regulations to limit offshore bunkering – offenders could face a R2 million fine.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Zandile Gumede trial: Defence questions forensic firm, seeks whistleblower report admission
The defence for fraud and corruption charged former eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede has applied to have the court compel the State to allow a whistleblower report around the appointment of Integrity Forensic Solutions admitted as evidence in the trial.
Continue ReadingNews24 | State slams Modack ‘ambush’ over late bid to admit ‘badly photocopied’ documents for defence
Alleged gang boss Nafiz Modack's murder trial has been delayed yet again.
Continue ReadingNews24 | He left then came back ‘armed to the teeth’, witnesses describe chaos at tavern shooting over beer
An argument over a beer is said to have led to a shooting spree that left one person dead and four others injured on Saturday morning at the Sgureng Tavern in Sebokeng.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Motsoaledi promises action against high private healthcare costs after 5-year hiatus
Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi has at last agreed to implement some of the recommendations of an inquiry into high costs of private healthcare
Continue ReadingNews24 | Director of SABC’s new media partner faces SIU probe to claw back R25m
The SABC has partnered with a media company whose director is under investigation by the SIU, which is seeking to recover R25.9 million linked a decade-old irregular tender.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘He was traumatised’: Judges tell JSC how Parker repeatedly claimed Hlophe had attacked him
Current and former Western Cape High Court judges have detailed how a "traumatised" Judge Mushtak Parker described being attacked by then-Judge President John Hlophe - an alleged assault he later said he had misremembered.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sasol ditches LNG plan due to cost
Expenditure for Sasol's emissions reduction roadmap has been radically adjusted downward by as much as R15 billion.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sewage in Cape Town’s water: City is ‘compliant’, but what aren’t its tests telling you?
The City of Cape Town last week assured parliamentarians that water quality near marine outfalls – where sewage is pumped into the ocean – remains compliant, but an independent researcher has raised questions over its tests.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cape Town Stadium to host Zamalek? Stormers’ Champions Cup exit a blessing for Stellenbosch
With the Stormers out of the Champions Cup, Stellenbosch FC could get the chance to host Zamalek at Cape Town Stadium in the quarter-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup.
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