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Post Office scandal: Calls for police to investigate after BBC report
Former sub-postmaster and politicians say evidence uncovered by the BBC should prompt criminal inquiry.
FRIDAY, 29 MARCH 2024, 08:06
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Former sub-postmaster and politicians say evidence uncovered by the BBC should prompt criminal inquiry.
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Move comes after meeting between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini.
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Opposition parties have questioned the reliability of electronic voting machines. But experts disagree.
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Israel must do more to ensure Gazans have food, water, and basic necessities, the International Court of Justice ruled in response to a South African request.
South Africa
Situation has worsened in Gaza.
South Africa
The passengers were travelling from Gaborone in Botswana.
South Africa
High traffic volumes are expected as holidaymakers travel to various destinations.
South Africa
Motorists have also been warned to obey the rules of the road.
World
Five Lebanese Hezbollah fighters are said to be among the dead in the attacks in the Aleppo area.
World
Authorities say Ansari died of a cardiac arrest but the circumstances of his death are disputed by his family.
World
The group was investigating Russia’s reported violations in using North Korean weapons in Ukraine.
World
The court in The Hague says Gaza is “no longer facing only a risk of famine” but “famine is setting in”.
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
The Spiritual Crime Prevention Forum has advised churches in South Africa to increase security measures ahead of the Easter weekend.
Business
Municipality blames taxi violence, but Ngqamakhwe’s local taxi association says the facility was never finished.
Business
The commission opened an investigation into Valentine into possible breaches of his ban in 2020.
Business
The sector is seeing an ‘explosion of technology’.
Politics
DA leader John Steenhuisen’s assertion that new political parties are political mercenaries displays his arrogance – the same arrogance that has cost the official opposition dearly in past elections, say analysts.
Politics
Political parties should safeguard the integrity of the May 29th national elections.
Politics
Former president Jacob Zuma faced two major setbacks when he was ruled out of the 2024 general elections and when he suffered his sixth legal loss in his bid to privately prosecute prosecutor advocate Billy Downer and journalist Karyn Maughan.
Politics
City of Ekurhuleni Council Speaker survives a no-confidence motion vote.
Sport
World number one Scottie Scheffler started limbering up for the Masters with a bogey-free five-under-par 65 that put him one off the first-round lead shared by Taylor Moore and Wilson Furr at the Houston Open on Thursday.
Sport
A first-time Pretoria URC final would wink so much more seductively should the Bulls win on Friday, writes Rob Houwing.
Sport
Manchester United enter Dani Olmo race, Newcastle watch Brazil pair Raphinha and Bremer, plus more.
Sport
Fourth seed Elena Rybakina moves into the Miami Open final for the second straight year with a dramatic win over Victoria Azarenka.
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.
Education
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA — Japan needs to expand and deepen its diplomatic and economic relations with Ethiopia through education and people-to-people ties, the country’s ambassador said.
Education
The national debate about so-called woke campuses does not reflect what most college students care about.
Lifestyle
Multi-award-winning house producerDJ Cleo is joining the Radio 2000 family as the host of its Friday show.
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Gagasi FM says presenter Penny Ntuli was still contracted to them when she disclosure how much they were offering to pay her.
Lifestyle
Bad timing? Springbok Cheslin Kolbe’s meeting with Roc Nation Sports founder Jay Z had fans talking about rapper Diddy instead.
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.
Entertainment
Former Gagasi FM on-air personality Penny Ntuli revealed that she was offered a salary of a measly R2,800 by the station.
Science/Tech
Communities on X can be private, and it appears that the social media network will ultimately require age verification for groups that feature adult content.
Science/Tech
Eskom’s board plans to address the dysfunctional work culture by implementing performance incentives to improve employee morale.
Science/Tech
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: They’re vast expanses that can be as big as towns: open landfills where household waste ends up, whether it’s vegetable scraps or old appliances. These landfills also belch methane, a powerful, planet-warming gas, on average at almost three times the rate reported to federal regulators, according to a study published Thursday in the...
Science/Tech
Researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across several genres from 1980 to 2020
You’re not just getting older. Song lyrics really are becoming simpler and more repetitive, according to a study published on Thursday.
Lyrics have also become angrier and more self-obsessed over the last 40 years, the study found, reinforcing the opinions of cranky ageing music...
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
Motoring
Toyota Hilux, Fortuner and Starlet the Japanese carmaker’s top three used models.
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.