Day: March 16, 2025
News24 | WATCH | R6m to pave less than 1km – Free State municipality’s desperate move to ‘cover up’ tender scandal
Heavy-duty construction equipment was accompanied by dozens of workers, including surveyors, operators, drivers, and general workers who turned the area into a construction site.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Has the government forsaken SA wine? Ermm… what’s new?
The government's 6.75% excise duty increase adds pressure to an already struggling wine industry. However, the inalienable truths remain: It's going to be more expensive, there will be casualties, but mostly, we will endure (with very good wine).
Continue ReadingNews24 | Man arrested for 17-year-old schoolgirl’s murder in Mbombela
A man has been arrested for the murder of a 17-year-old schoolgirl after she was found inside a house, under a duvet cover with a rope around her neck in Extension 16, Kanyamazane, in Mbombela on Friday afternoon.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mondli Makhanya | Motsoaledi’s NHI intransigence: Time for Cyril to bring out the sjambok
President Cyril Ramaphosa is keeping the door open for further negotiation on the form and structure of the NHI, but what good faith is there if his own health minister barrels on and invokes conspiracy theories when shutting down any alternative views?
Continue ReadingNews24 | North West MEC jets off to Italy, skips Human Rights Commission scholar transport probe
Education MEC takes seven senior officials to attend the National Special Olympics in Italy, which cost the department more than R1 056 969, skipping an SAHRC probe into the dire state of scholar transport in the province.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cash-strapped navy blows millions on luxury cars
The cash-strapped navy acquired six luxury Audi Q5 vehicles worth about R5 million to transport its admirals and high-level visitors with the "necessary dignity."
Continue ReadingNews24 | NPA wants to prove that Shepherd Bushiri bought a luxury plane using laundered money
The National Director of Public Prosecutions has compounded woes for fugitive pastor Shepherd Bushiri as it seeks to prove that he bought aircraft with laundered money.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | Renaming of Sandton Drive will probably escalate tension with US
On Thursday, most City of Johannesburg council members voted against a DA motion to rescind the renaming of Sandton Drive, where the US consulate is located, to Leila Khaled Drive.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Motsoaledi: ‘Trump doesn’t owe us a cent’
"For me, it is a wake-up call for our country and for the African continent as a whole. We must not let the crisis pass (in terms of an opportunity to become independent)."
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | Mashatile defends VAT increase as temporary fiscal measure to prop up economy
In an interview with City Press, Deputy President Paul Mashatile stated that another VAT increase was unlikely in the next financial year, despite Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's initial proposal for further hikes.
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