Year: 2025
News24 | Ad watchdog sanctions DStv over ‘misleading’ promo
The Advertising Regulatory Board has sanctioned DStv over an advert it found to be misleading - now, the ad must be withdrawn or amended.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Claims of a previous assault against men accused of murder on North West farm
Two of the men accused of beating Dumisani Phakathi to death on a farm in the North West had allegedly previously assaulted someone else on the same property.
Continue ReadingNews24 | An exhausting 33 000 choices a day: How timing and routine beat decision fatigue
The average adult makes up to 35 000 decisions daily, and understanding how decision fatigue affects these choices can help you better protect your mental energy.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Deadly shooting at Walter Sisulu University sparks calls for accountability
Walter Sisulu University faces mounting pressure after a deadly incident in which a residence manager allegedly shot and killed a person during a confrontation with students protesting against poor living conditions at the Nelson Mandela Drive campus in Mthatha on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Qaanitah Hunter | Why VAT increase won’t happen, the GNU will survive… and what happens next
The ANC has realised that raising taxes in the current economic climate is not the hill it wants to die on and that it has to find alternative funding, writes Qaanitah Hunter.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Lloyd Burnard | Msunduzi ‘klapped’ by karma after failing Maritzburg’s football community
Pietermaritzburg has failed its residents by allowing PSL football to slip through the cracks of the city, writes Lloyd Burnard.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Transnet’s wage war: 26 000 workers vote on strike that could cripple logistics
Transnet's biggest union, the United National Transport Union, has begun balloting members to consider strike action after last-ditch wage talks with Transnet fell through this week.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Tony Leon | When historical amnesia meets Trumpian politics: Mashatile’s assault on the GNU
As Colin Eglin's centenary passes unnoticed, Paul Mashatile employs Trumpian tactics to undermine institutions others built. The contrast is stark, writes Tony Leon, from principled constitutional craftsmanship to power-hungry opportunism masquerading as progress.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Film board team’s gruelling task of scouring 177 000 of images to close child porn cases
The Film and Publication Board's child protection officers are currently combing through more than 177 000 images to help law enforcement agencies close three child porn cases.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Curro discloses details of ‘inappropriate conduct’ by intern teacher at Mbombela school
Curro has laid bare details of a disciplinary hearing involving a teacher intern charged with "grossly unprofessional and inappropriate conduct" against a pupil who attended its high school in Mbombela, Mpumalanga.
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