Year: 2025
News24 | BRICS rift hinges on push to make SA permanent member of UN Security Council
Egypt and Ethiopia — two newer additions to the bloc named for original founders Brazil, Russia, India, China and later South Africa — balked at the group’s backing of South Africa for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Man found sleeping next to human bones accused of violating his relatives’ graves
A 29-year-old man was arrested in Masoyi, near White River, after human bones, believed to have been dug up at a cemetery, were found in his bed, according to Mpumalanga police.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pretoria man on trial for allegedly murdering his wife by poisoning a meal he made for her
Phillip Maleka fervently denies murdering his pregnant wife in their Atteridgeville home by poisoning a tinned fish and porridge meal he admitted to making for her.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Lungani Zama | ‘Boss Baby’ IPL heroics show there’s no age limit when it comes to talent
A fourteen-year-old scoring a blistering century in the IPL is just crazy, writes Lungani Zama.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Blow to MTN as R77bn lawsuit over Iran licence can now be heard in SA
The Supreme Court of Appeal has cleared the way for a Turkish telecoms group to argue that MTN used bribery and corruption to edge it out of winning Iran's first private mobile licence.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Tony Leon | Our labour minister missed the memo that SA is open for business
The recent row over the VAT increase obscured some of the real issues which go to the heart of the economic policies which have added layers to the mountain of unemployment which disfigures our national landscape and have cratered our economy, writes Tony Leon.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Budget 3.0: Godongwana’s fresh blueprint to plug a deeper revenue hole
Treasury has said the new Budget - expected to be delivered in May - will contain an updated growth forecast, and will outline revised revenue projections.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Tony Leon: How Zille helped keep the DA in the GNU
Former DA leader Tony Leon has written the insiders' account of the early days of the GNU and it makes for a riveting read.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Only 19% of SA’s teachers vetted against sex offenders’ register
Despite a Department of Basic Education directive that all officials and educators, including those in office- and school-based posts, must be vetted against the National Register for Sex Offenders, only 19% have been vetted nationally.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Treasury ‘wasted’ at least R2.4m on postponed Budget, EFF says Godongwana must pay it back
The National Treasury spent almost R2.4 million on service providers for the 19 February Budget speech that was postponed at the eleventh hour.
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