Month: June 2025
News24 | Home affairs has left a quarter of a million people waiting years for birth certificates
At least a quarter of a million people have been waiting years for their applications for late birth registration to be processed. And this is a conservative estimate, the Children’s Institute says in its papers, which have been filed at the Western Cape High Court.
Continue ReadingNews24 | US in ‘strong in pursuit of a peace deal’ with Iran, says Defence chief Hegseth
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told Fox News that President Donald Trump was still aiming for a nuclear deal with Iran even as hostilities have escalated between US ally Israel and Tehran.
Continue ReadingNews24 | OPINION | Alternative energy may, ironically, save fuel stations
Installing renewable energy systems and upgrading a fuel station to offer alternative energy charging facilities and the supplementary services to go with them will undoubtedly future-proof a fuel retailer’s business, write Karen Keylock and Sashen Singh.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump complains EU not offering fair trade deal, Japan being ‘tough’ too
US President Donald Trump suggested Japan was being “tough” in trade talks and the European Union had not yet offered what he considered a fair deal.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Busisiwe Mavuso | Unions treat govt as an endless ATM
The Transnet wage deal shows that unions prefer protecting their members’ privileges over the economic well-being of the country, writes Busisiwe Mavuso.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Oil climbs after Trump’s Tehran warning, Sasol now up 80% since April
Oil prices jumped on Tuesday after US president Donald Trump call for Tehran residents to evacuate.
Continue ReadingNews24 | 12 EFF supporters killed in crash between bus and truck in KZN
Twelve EFF supporters died in a collision between a bus and a truck on the R34 near Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘War on civilians’: Russia drone and missile strikes kill 14 in Ukraine
Waves of Russian drones and missiles struck districts across the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, killing 14 people and injuring 44, according to the interior ministry.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Italian museum hunts ‘idiotic’ tourists for smashing Swarovski ‘Van Gogh’s Chair’
An Italian museum has launched a manhunt for the most unlikely of outlaws - two clumsy middle-aged tourists who managed to almost wreck a work of art while posing for photos.
Continue ReadingNews24 | PODCAST | Listen Up! Mark Barnes, Tim Cohen talk global politics, local sports
Welcome to Listen Up! A regular podcast from acclaimed businessman Mark Barnes and senior editor Tim Cohen discussing the biggest news items of the week.
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