Month: March 2025
News24 | Transnet’s third-party train boost still hamstrung by glaring lack of performance agreements
Without lender protections in place, investment in new trains cannot be unlocked.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Defying differences, bound by love: Michael and Mbali Bezuidenhout found love at the end of tragedy
While the legs and the eyes led to the attraction, it was the determination and drive that sealed the deal for Michael and Mbali Bezuidenhout.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Carol Paton | A govt pension payment holiday is a great idea to balance the budget
The DA has done well to stop the ANC in its tracks from raising VAT. It is imperative for all of us that it also wins the bigger battle: a thorough review of government spending, writes Carol Paton.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Govt to test companies’ appetite for rail and ports this month
The Department of Transport will go to market in March to request information about appetite to participate in the rail, and port sectors.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Don’t let the dogs in: No-dog policy at posh Joburg estate sparks controversy for newlywed couple
The Jackal Creek Golf Estate in Honeydew, Johannesburg, is a no-go zone for dogs, so newly married Glenton Swift and his pet-loving bride can't live together.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Govt departments rack up R4.9bn in unauthorised expenditure in a year, with defence leading the way
In the 2023/24 financial year, national government departments lost R4.9 billion in unauthorised expenditure, R2.9 billion through irregular expenditure, and R161 million through fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Multimillion-rand Gauteng housing project lies fallow, but contractor is already rich
Despite being paid R430 million, a politically connected company has failed to obtain crucial regulatory approval necessary for the construction of the proposed Syferfontein mega housing development to get off the ground.
Continue ReadingNews24 | St Benedict’s College pupil hacks teacher’s school account and looks at pupils’ marks
A St Benedict's College pupil who hacked a teacher's school account after illegally using her password, admitted to looking at other pupils' marks in the system.
Continue ReadingNews24 | US cuts funding to civil society organisations assisting refugees in SA
Just weeks after the United States invited Afrikaners to become refugees, the US Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration has cut off funding to civil society organisations providing services to refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa.
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