Year: 2025
News24 | ‘No one has ever complained’: Dept rejects claims that publishing matric results breaches privacy
The Department of Basic Education says it has never received any complaints from matric candidates who felt their privacy had been threatened by the publishing of their results in the media
Continue ReadingNews24 | EXTRACT | Oliver Schmitz explains how he and Thomas Mogotlane made classic SA movie Mapantsula
Mapantsula was the first South African film to screen in competition at the Cannes film festival, yet it had been made on the fly, guerrilla-style, with a fake script to distract the SA censors. Writer-director Oliver Schmitz and writer-actor Thomas Mogotlane had developed the real...
Continue ReadingNews24 | School’s over! These industries that promise strong career growth
Not sure what to do after matric? Here are three sectors that offer plenty of opportunity - if you’re willing to put in the work.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Dakar Rally champion Sainz pulls out after Baciuska wins marathon stage
Carlos Sainz's defence of his Dakar Rally title ended prematurely on Monday when the Spaniard was forced to pull out after the marathon 48-hour stage won by Lithuanian driver Rokas Baciuska.
Continue ReadingNews24 | 39 babies abandoned in Eastern Cape in 2024 – with week-old girl found after Christmas
Between March 2024 and January 2025, almost 40 babies were found abandoned after birth in the Eastern Cape, according to the provincial Department of Social Development.
Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE | Quake in China’s Tibet kills 53 with tremors felt in Nepal, India
A powerful earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 32 people and collapsed "many buildings" on Tuesday, state media reported, with tremors also felt in neighbouring Nepal's capital Kathmandu and parts of India.
Continue ReadingNews24 | 18 die, baby severely injured in horror crash on Van Reenen’s Pass
Five children are among 18 people who have been killed in a crash on the N3 at Van Reenen's Pass in KwaZulu-Natal.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Christmas Eve robbery: Bolt driver relieved after arrests
The Bolt driver who was attacked and robbed in his vehicle on Christmas Eve in Rylands, Cape Town, is overjoyed that three people have finally been arrested.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Political Killings Task Team accused of targeting lawyers who probed Mabuyane’s ‘fake’ degree
Two lawyers who were arrested by the police's Political Killings Task Team after they exposed Eastern Cape ANC chairperson Oscar Mabuyane's allegedly fake degree say they will sue over the now disbanded unit's "apartheid-style" case against them.
Continue ReadingNews24 | We don’t have money, but smaller 8 January celebrations not due to cash shortage, says Mbalula
The ANC's 113th birthday celebrations will have a different, not-so lavish twist this year.
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