Year: 2025
News24 | 9 LIVES | National police commissioner ignored fraud warnings in R360m SAPS tender scandal
The award of a R360-million SAPS tender to state-procurement doyen Vusimusi Cat Matlala was riven by irregularities, misrepresentation and scandal, according to an internal audit. Top cop Fannie Masemola was warned about this in January and advised to cancel the tender. He didn't.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Race for rare earths: SA has promising projects… and one has US govt support
Steenkampskraal - a former Anglo American-owned mine that has been out of production since the 1960s - is reportedly progressing toward production.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘My good reputation’ is being destroyed, says suspended Stellenbosch municipality director
Stellenbosch municipality’s suspended Corporate Service director, Annalene de Beer, has approached the Cape Town Labour Court in a desperate bid to get her job back.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Adriaan Basson | Is the DA ready to govern?
Is the DA ready to govern the country in 2029, if it becomes the largest party, and who is likely to become president? Adriaan Basson details the scenarios.
Continue ReadingNews24 | City of Cape Town tells researchers to ‘educate themselves’ amid water project feud
The City of Cape Town and a team of water researchers are in disagreement over the management of the proposed Faure New Water Scheme.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA ‘overachieving’ on ideology, but underachieving on economic reality – PSG CEO
PSG Financial Services CEO Francois Gouws says the GNU needs to thrash out policies that are more friendly to foreign investors or risk leaving South Africa stuck in a poverty and unemployment trap.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Second suspect arrested for murder of taxi boss at Wynberg Magistrate’s Court
Western Cape police have arrested yet another suspect for the brutal murder of taxi boss Dingalomoya Cintso, who was shot dead inside the Wynberg Magistrate's Court over a week ago.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pope Francis died after suffering stroke, cardiac arrest
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, the Vatican said, ending an often-turbulent reign in which he sought to overhaul an ancient and divided institution.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Easter tragedy: Security guard, LGBTQIA+ activist among 6 people found dead in Cape Town
It was a bloody Easter weekend in Cape Town after five people were shot dead and six others hospitalised for gunshot wounds in separate incidents across the city. A sixth body was also discovered, but no obvious wounds were found to determine the cause of...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pope Francis gave women Vatican roles, but held back on wider changes
One of the most long-lasting impacts of Pope Francis' pontificate may be his appointment of more women than ever before to top Vatican positions.
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