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How Tshwane officials helped a security firm linked to cartels amass R59.1m in a year
Two senior Tshwane officials are implicated in a scandal where over R59 million was paid to service providers for unnecessary security services, with no evidence of increased breaches or risk assessments conducted. Companies linked to criminal cartels, including one with a former deputy mayor as director, benefited from irregular deployments authorized without proper authority.
News24 | Wednesday’s weather: Isolated showers across SA – with severe thunderstorms in 2 provinces
Scattered showers are expected in most parts of the country, while severe thunderstorms are expected in parts of the Eastern Cape and the Northern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.
News24 | Strike on Iran-backed militants in Iraq kills commander, several companions
Airstrikes targeting a site belonging to Iraq’s Shi’ite Popular Mobilisation Forces in the western province of Anbar killed at least 15 fighters, including the PMF’s Anbar operations commander, and wounded 30 others, security and health sources told Reuters.
News24 | Race for DA top job heats up; SA star leads Bridgerton S5: Today’s top 7 stories
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ActionSA files complaints over alleged DA ‘top-up’ payments to cabinet members
A leaked report shows that the DA spends more than R305,000 a month supplementing incomes
South Africa must stop BEE to save its most important industry
South Africa’s mining output has declined over the past two decades, mainly due to unstable and increasingly burdensome government policies and regulations.
Gauteng health struggles to recover debt owed by foreigners
The department is on a mission to recover R4.6bn in outstanding patient fees. Of this total, R2.4bn is owed by individual patients, both South African citizens and foreigners
News24 | No flights, no street lights: Emergency steps taken worldwide as war causes fuel havoc
Countries are taking emergency measures to save fuel as the US-Israel war on Iran continues.
Ramaphosa to crack the whip in the Free State
The president will meet the provincial executive to discuss the state of the province’s municipalities
South Africa’s GDP per capita growth has been zero while other countries blossomed
South Africa’s current GDP per capita trajectory puts it on a concerning path, with an entire generation’s living standards at stake.
WATER EQUITY: Water and gender — Building equitable systems that empower communities and women in SA
South Africa’s growing water crisis is being driven less by scarcity than by failing infrastructure, with nearly half of treated water lost before it reaches users. The consequences are deeply unequal, as unreliable supply entrenches social injustice and places a disproportionate burden on women and girls.
Thysse cousins promise to go full on in ‘family’ match on Saturday
I want the belt; Bryan wants to remain the champion, says Gerhard
Brazen killing of Joburg attorney sparks alarm over targeted attacks on legal profession
The fatal shooting of attorney Chinette Gallichan in the Johannesburg CBD while heading to the CCMA offices has intensified concerns about a growing pattern of violence targeting members of the legal profession
News24 | SA actor Masali Baduza leads groundbreaking Bridgerton S5 love story
South African actor Masali Baduza will take the lead in the fifth season of Netflix’s popular period drama, Bridgerton.
News24 | What we know about Trump’s ‘talks’ with Iran
US President Donald Trump has executed another spectacular about-turn, from threatening to escalate the Iran war to announcing “very good” talks to end it, which were denied by the Islamic Republic.
SA star Masali Baduza takes lead in ‘Bridgerton’ season five
Netflix confirmed the news on Tuesday afternoon that ‘Bridgerton’ was back in production in London for the eight-episode new season premised around the queer love story between Baduza’s character Michaela and introverted middle daughter Francesca.
News24 | WATCH | ActionSA’s James files intimidation case against PA’s McKenzie
ActionSA MP Dereleen James opened an intimidation case against Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader and sports, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie at the Central Police Station in Cape Town on Tuesday.