Day: April 1, 2025
News24 | Top cop deployed to oversee investigation in rape case of 7-year-old girl
The national police have deployed their head of Family Violence, Child Protection, and Sexual Investigations to Matatiele in the Eastern Cape to oversee investigations into the rape case of a 7-year-old girl.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Most comprehensive constitutional challenge’: SA Medical Association take steps to curb NHI Act
The South African Medical Association has announced the launch of a "significant legal challenge" against the National Health Insurance Act.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘No axe needed’: Mbalula says parties in GNU may ‘cut themselves out’
The ANC is not wielding an axe, waiting to remove parties from the government of national unity; they will remove themselves.
Continue ReadingNews24 | No VAT hike, no bracket creep: ANC backs ActionSA’s Budget proposal
The ANC supports an ActionSA proposal to amend the Budget by removing the 0.5-percentage-point increase in VAT and giving personal income tax payers full relief for inflation.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Lloyd Burnard | Sacha, Brevis poised for inevitable rise to SA sporting greatness
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Dewald Brevis are poised to become generational superstars in South African sport, writes Lloyd Burnard.
Continue ReadingNews24 | CATCH the cricketing rose that spawns in Khayelitsha’s concrete and leaden violence
The CATCH Trust, based in Makhaza, Khayelitsha, and formerly the Gary Kirsten Foundation, is a cricket rose in a violence-ridden and gang-infested concrete bowl.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Blood, sweat and cheers: A donor’s tale of chasing the Man with the Golden Arm
Jonathan Ancer reflects on 72 blood donations, a life-saving lesson from his daughter’s illness, and the rookie mistake of drinking too much coffee — all while chasing the legacy of The Man with the Golden Arm.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Making HER story: From protege to CEO… how Praisy Dlamini is changing the women-in-wine game
Praisy Dlamini, SA's first woman Cape Winemakers Guild Protege, is now CEO and winemaker at Adama Wines. Adama Wines is 55% black-owned, 30% female-run, and focused on empowering women in the wine industry.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pearl Modiadie’s R250 000 donation sparks hope at Sarah Sibiya’s Tshepang Care Centre
Sarah Sibiya's courageous Tshepang Care Centre in Tembisa received a life-changing gift valued at R250 000, elevating it to new heights.
Continue ReadingNews24 | So-called VIP latrines second most used form of sanitation in SA schools
Ventilated improved pit latrines are the second-most used form of sanitation in South African schools. But an SA Human Rights Commission investigation found in the Eastern Cape, the province where these toilets were most in use, safety concerns remained.
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