Month: March 2025
News24 | ‘Tough team to beat’: White gives Stormers credit after North-South defeat in stormy night at Loftus
With their home record inferior to results on the road, Bulls coach Jake White says he'll use it as preparation for the URC semis and final in a competition where the hosts have never won the decider.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Lungani Zama | Naidoo’s Durban Country Club triumph is a proud South African story
Dylan Naidoo's SA Open win at Durban Country Club is a true South African success story, writes Lungani Zama.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Three people to appear in court in connection with shop owner’s kidnapping in Stellenbosch
Three people are to appear in the Stellenbosch Magistrate's Court on Monday in connection with the kidnapping of a shop owner in Stellenbosch.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘I’m SA’s Gisèle Pelicot’: Cape Town woman fears husband drugged, raped, photographed her
When M* scrolled through her husband’s phone, looking for evidence of his drug use to explain what she considered erratic behaviour, she didn't expect to find photos of herself, naked and unconscious with sexual acts being performed on her.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Gauteng shuts 296 spaza shops in crackdown on unsafe businesses
A total of 296 Gauteng spaza shops and food-handling businesses have been closed down as part of the provincial government's crackdown on illegal and unsafe establishments.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Phillip de Wet | South Africa massively benefitted from foreign aid – and the age of aid is over
Another aid superpower has fallen, taking with it all the indirect benefits South Africa accrued from do-good spending in its neighbourhood, writes Phillip de Wet.
Continue ReadingNews24 | All the 2025 Academy Awards winners
Sean Baker's Anora won big at the 97th Academy Awards, held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on 2 March (3 March for South Africa). Anora also won Best Picture, with Baker hailing the win as a triumph for independent cinema.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Unworkable, unaffordable, unconstitutional’: Private hospitals challenge NHI in legal bid
The Hospital Association of SA wants the NHI set aside as a whole on the grounds that it is constitutionally invalid on several grounds ranging from its financial viability to the unfettered power it would grant the Minister of Health.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Maya on Money | Shockingly small pension income increases show big change is needed
While declining inflation and interest rates are positive for households, the reverse is true for pensioners. Since the rate cuts started in September, pensioners have experienced a 9.3% reduction in their interest income, writes Maya Fisher-French.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Investec’s aggressive plan to grow assets under management
About 65% of Investec's SA-based wealth and investment unit’s R300bn in assets is invested offshore, a sign its wealthy local client base wants to decouple from domestic risks. But the group says it's still "constructive" on local equities and bonds.
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