Day: March 28, 2025
News24 | SA research grants potentially on hold, says leaked US govt’s National Institutes of Health memo
A leaked memo for grant management staff of the US government's National Institutes of Health, dated 25 March, instructs officers to hold "all [research] awards to entities located in South Africa".
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ramokgopa takes step forward for private sector to expand SA’s grid
Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has gazetted a decision that would allow the state to procure 1 164km of transmission infrastructure to be developed by the private sector.
Continue ReadingNews24 | GNU in crisis: Rand takes hit amid tensions between DA, ANC
The Democratic Alliance criticised the ANC's reluctance to share control of economic policy, escalating an impasse over the budget that’s strained relations between the two biggest parties in the nation’s coalition government.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Tender tycoon faces liquidation; F1 return to SA gathers speed: Today’s top 7 stories in 7 minutes
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Continue ReadingNews24 | Ramaphosa signs contentious General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill
President Cyril Ramaphosa assented to controversial intelligence legislation that civil society fears could give the state powers to submit almost anyone to invasive security checks.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We thought the SAPS officers would intervene,’ alleges traffic cop embroiled in R20m heist
It's cop versus cop as two Gauteng traffic officers have seemingly turned on two SA Police Service officers in a hijacking, robbing and kidnapping case against the four.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Three suspected CIT robbers killed in shootout with cops in Durban, grenade, firearms recovered
Three alleged cash-in-transit robbers have been killed in a shootout with police officers in Reservoir Hills, Durban.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Budget: ANC rejects DA proposal with end of GNU now a possibility
The ANC and DA have failed to reach an agreement on the budget with a DA negotiator saying the impasse could end the GNU.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cars torched at properties owned by Mnangagwa’s allies as Zim tensions escalate
Several vehicles have been torched at the Harare business premises of close allies of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa as tensions rise in the country ahead of planned protests on Monday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ANC respects court’s decision, questions relevance of ‘Kill the Boer’
While the ANC will not prescribe what other parties can sing or chant, the party does not believe the Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer song is relevant in the current political space, said ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula.
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