Month: March 2025
News24 | Lottery ticket sales likely to be suspended from 1 June
Just weeks after issuing a temporary lottery operator licence tender, the minister responsible for the lottery has backtracked and now says he will announce who will run South Africa's lottery and sports pools for the next eight years "on or before Wednesday, 28 May 2025".
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trial dates set for Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor fraud case but no representations, says defence
The defence team in the cyber fraud case against Nelson Mandela Bay Deputy Mayor Gary van Niekerk will no longer make representations in court on his behalf as his trial is set to begin in September.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Maya on Money | How some specialists exploit gap cover to hike their fees
Gap insurance is meant to protect patients from medical shortfalls, but some specialists are exploiting it to inflate their fees. This practice drives up costs, ultimately making healthcare more expensive for everyone, writes Maya Fisher-French.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Coach Snyman takes blame for Blitzboks’ below-par showing in Hong Kong
The Springbok Sevens side's Hong Kong curse continued at the weekend where they had to settle for a lowly ninth place.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Zimbabwe’s streets deserted as mass stayaway shuts down schools, workplaces
Planned protests in Zimbabwe calling for the resignation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa turned into a massive stayaway on Monday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | France’s Marine Le Pen, convicted of embezzlement, also barred from running for office for 5 years
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been convicted of embezzlement and handed an immediate five-year ban from public office, a sentence that will bar her from running in the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals beforehand.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Mission South Africa’: Trump plans to set up ‘refugee centres’ in Pretoria for white Afrikaners
According to a New York Times report, the United States has deployed teams to convert commercial office space in Pretoria into ad hoc refugee centres for white Afrikaners.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Joshlin Smith trial: Police brutality claims, trial delays, damning testimony, and many questions
From allegations of selling missing Joshlin Smith to a sangoma and the accused claiming torture by mystery men, the human trafficking and kidnapping trial has gripped SA.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Phillip de Wet | Maybe poverty was a good thing for SA when Covid-19 hit
A lack of money badly hampered South Africa's ability to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, but half a decade later, it is in a better place than some of those who had the cash, writes Phillip de Wet.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Nick Hedley | How Eskom is protecting its monopoly at SA’s expense
Eskom is making it increasingly difficult for electricity traders and independent power producers to access the grid, raising concerns that it’s deliberately stifling competition to maintain its monopoly. If regulators don’t step in, SA's energy crisis could drag on even longer, writes Nick Hedley.
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