Day: March 28, 2025
News24 | Deadline for Sassa gold card switch postponed – again
Postbank has announced that grant recipients will be able to access their April and May grant payments using the SASSA gold card.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Joshlin Smith case: Investigating officer grilled in court over police brutality claims
The two men accused of the 2024 kidnapping of Joshlin Smith deny that statements that given to police were made voluntarily and claim that they were tortured.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Q&A with Glenda Gray | Funding cuts will erase African scientists’ ability to find HIV vaccine
US funding cuts have halted critical HIV vaccine trials in South Africa. Professor Glenda Gray headed up one of these trials but now is searching for funding. She explains in conversation with in-depth writer Muhammad Hussain why this $250m annual loss threatens to erase African...
Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE | ‘Everything started shaking’: 6 dead as earthquake causes panic in Myanmar, Thailand
A strong earthquake struck central Myanmar and people rushed out of buildings in panic in Yangon and also in Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand, witnesses said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Postbank, multi-national company EFT R3.5m deal defers brewing grants crisis by four months
Postbank and EFT, a multi-national company disbursing social grants, have quietly reached an agreement that will see the state-owned entity fork out R3.5 million VAT free each month until July.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘F**k you! That’s what we’re saying’: Republican town hall anger over Trump policies
Booing crowds, a man jabbing his finger and swearing - it is not easy these days for some Republican members of Congress as they face their constituents in town halls dominated by rage over US President Donald Trump's radical cost-cutting policies.
Continue ReadingNews24 | OPINION | SA’s water crisis: Urgent need for institutional reform to prevent further decline
High municipal non-revenue water has a negative impact across the water value chain, writes Sean Phillips.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Cast in memory’: Jesse emotional at unveiling of statue honouring his iconic dad Johnny Clegg
A sculpture of the South African music legend Johnny Clegg was unveiled on 27 March in Cape Town as part of the Long March to Freedom exhibition in Century City.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Putin calls for SA, BRICS, US to help in ‘administration’ of Ukraine during peace talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine could be placed under a "temporary administration" as part of a peace process that could include help from North Korea and other Moscow allies, according to Russian state media.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Stormers v Ulster: Dobson’s charges up against themselves as well as hostile conditions
In a season pot-holed with numerous tests in the form of seven defeats, the Stormers face their toughest in their fixture at Ulster, a team so similar in their output they could be looking in the mirror.
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