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News24 | Water crisis: Presidency defends Ramaphosa’s decision to establish yet another task team
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s affinity to resolve crises by establishing task teams has again come under the spotlight.
FRIDAY, 29 MARCH 2024, 13:59
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s affinity to resolve crises by establishing task teams has again come under the spotlight.
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As increasingly frequent and ferocious attacks kill civilians, Odesa is calling for promised US air defences.
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The man, who targets lone women in the early hours, is “highly likely” to have more victims.
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UN warns of deteriorating situation as M23 rebels continue to make gains, displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians.
South Africa
Authorities are still combing the scene for more bodies.
South Africa
Mariam Sonko works on training female farmers who traditionally have no access to education, explaining their rights and financing women-led agricultural projects. Sonko’s training center now employs over 20 people, with support from small organizations like the Agroecology Fund and CLIMA fund. In one week, Sonko and her team trained over 100 women from Senegal,… Read More »‘We Are the...
South Africa
An investigation published by the UK-based human rights group Rights & Accountability in Development (Raid) and the Kinshasa-based NGO Afrewatch said that women and girls living around cobalt mines reported experiencing irregular menstruations, urogenital infections, vaginal mycoses and warts. According to the report, “a paediatrician, who has been recording patients’ data since 2016,...
South Africa
The Mastercard Girls4Tech program is celebrating ten years of showing young girls the opportunities available to them in STEM careers. Over the years, this program has evolved from a simple curriculum to a comprehensive platform that nurtures and mentors many young girls from their formative years through to their entry into the workforce. Starting with… Read More »Creating Awareness of...
World
The star-studded event was projected to raise $26m, as the Democrat extends his fundraising lead over Donald Trump.
World
He was unhurt after a drunk driver collided with his armoured vehicle, police say.
World
Donald Tusk warns of a “pre-war era” and speaks of the most critical moment since World War Two.
World
Prestigious Harvard University said Wednesday it had removed human skin from the binding of a book held for over 90 years at one of its libraries.
Africa
In the first three months of this year, about 190 schools have been closed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province.
Africa
Joseph Boakai tells the BBC he is trying to change the mindset of those who think government is a way to get rich.
Africa
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio delivered the annual lecture in African Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, in the US, this week.
Africa
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, speaks to the BBC.
Business
South Africa has come up with a novel strategy to protect and expand its already abundant wildlife herds: It wants people to eat more of the animals.
Business
A new ruling from SARS shows exactly what components are covered by its Section 12B renewable tax incentive.
Business
Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Friday its profits more than doubled in 2023, as it ramps up efforts to bounce back in a year that saw the company apparently defy US sanctions with the release of a high-end smartphone.
Business
Swiss chocolatiers have a battle on their hands as Easter rolls around, with surging cocoa prices sending their costs soaring and consumers cutting back as inflation hits their pockets.
Politics
The former president and his personnel are unscathed after an accident on Thursday
Politics
MK head of elections in the province, Musa Mkhize says Zuma was a target.
Politics
Tselane says Pillay’s decision was taken to protect the integrity of IEC.
Politics
Zuma has suffered a sixth legal loss in his bid to privately prosecute Downer and Maughan
Sport
By tying 1st on the African Qualifying series, humble Muizenberg surfer Paul Sampson is on the WSL Challenger Series. Here’s what comes next.
Sport
The DStv Premiership returns this Easter long weekend after a break for FIFA internationals with seven matches scheduled.
Sport
Liverpool defender Andy Robertson tells Football Focus about how he is approaching the three-horse Premier League title race and Jurgen Klopp’s final season in charge.
Sport
All Blacks flanker Ardie Savea says not winning the World Cup stings but says he is looking forward to playing the Springboks twice.
Education
With the exception of Brown University, some other highly selective schools saw a record rise in the number of students who applied for admission.
Education
Fundamental restructuring must happen, along with an honest debate about what – and who – higher education is really for
Imagine a beach before the tsunami. Out at sea, the wave is gathering force, yet on the sand people are still sunbathing, blissfully unaware. That’s how it feels, one professor tells me, to be working in higher education. Academics by their nature don’t look outwards...
Education
Union says cuts will make the ‘creative powerhouse’ unrecognisable and risk ‘unprecedented industrial unrest’
Staff at Goldsmiths, University of London have voted to strike over plans for an “almost incomprehensible” number of redundancies, a trade union has announced.
More than 87% of University and College Union (UCU) members at the south London institution voted for strike action in a ballot...
Education
The parents were worried about crime, but the university said that the move raised concerns about training and experience, and that security was better left to its own police force.
Lifestyle
‘RHOPTA’ star Mel Viljoen broke her silence on the Tammy Taylor Nail scandal in an exclusive statement to ‘The South African’.
Lifestyle
Dogs primarily cool down through panting and sweating from their paw pads; they have minimal sweat glands elsewhere.
Lifestyle
Australian singer-songwriter Dan Tredget is aiming to become the first person to busk at every London Underground station.
Lifestyle
Here’s why you can count yourself very lucky to spot the rare albino squirrel in South Africa. More details below …
Entertainment
Entertainment
Artists, music lovers, media colleagues and honoured guests got together for the unveiling of the Metro FM Music Awards 2024 nominees on Wednesday evening in Bryanston, Johannesburg.
Entertainment
Winners of each category will receive R50 000. The Song of the Year winner will walk away with R150 000.
Entertainment
Ahead of the Easter Weekend, Spotify released figures that reveal that young people are big consumers of faith music.
Science/Tech
If you thought Disney’s app looked different this week, you’re right. Welcome to the dull days of streaming.
Science/Tech
Residents say that since they’ve been forced to pay for electricity it has become impossible to make ends meet.
Science/Tech
Lyle Smith reports via StorageReview.com: Proxmox has introduced a new import wizard for Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE), aiming to simplify the migration process for importing VMware ESXi VMs. This new feature comes at an important time in the industry, as it aims to ease the transition for these organizations looking to move away from VMware’s vSphere due to high renewal costs. The new...
Science/Tech
Two new books offer radically different approaches to how people should think about smartphones and social media.
Motoring
Our double cab bakkie did not break a sweat with a ton of cargo on the back.
Motoring
Same engine moving bigger bakkie through the air will result in slower sprint time.
Motoring
Motoring
There were several international and local factors that contributed to the increases in petrol and diesel prices
Health
Women with premenstrual disorders are much more likely to have birth-related depression, researchers say.
Health
Cases of trisomy 18 may rise as many states restrict abortion. But some women choose to have the babies, love them tenderly and care for them devotedly.
Health
A federal judge is expected to rule soon on whether the government must provide shelter, food and medical care to minors while they await processing.
Health
The new regulation reverses a Trump-era policy that expanded access to health plans with fewer benefits than those sold on the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces.
Nature
Plans to end lion breeding began more than a decade ago as the practice of releasing tame big cats into small enclosures and having them shot by hunters for a fee spawned the term ‘canned hunting’ and attracted international condemnation.
Nature
South Africa may import significant amounts of white maize, used to make a staple food, for the first time since 2017 as the El Niño weather pattern withers the crop
Nature
Nestle SA plans to spend R2.5 billion ($132 million) over the next five years to improve growth and development of emerging local businesses across East and Southern Africa.
Nature
South African farmers are expected to harvest 19.3% less maize in the 2023/2024 season compared with the previous one, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Tuesday.