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No-go for whites in BEE deal?
05/09/2008 11:06
News24 User Tshepo Matjila grapples with the suggestion that poor whites be allowed to join the Vodacom Yebo Yethu share offering, in line with the basics of BEE.


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Shock at 27.5% for Tito
05/09/2008 08:22
News24 User Len van Heerden finds it outrageous that Tito Mboweni received a 27.5% salary increase when he told us all to tighten our belts.
  • Mboweni gets 27.5% pay hike
  • PARTIAL ECLIPSE: A partial lunar eclipse was visible over South Africa on August 16. (Fred van Leeuwen, News24 User)

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    Zimbabwe: What now?
    04/09/2008 11:05
    One News24 User wonders what the way forward is for Zimbabwe when the MDC and Zanu-PF disagree on such pivotal points when it comes to who governs the country.
  • Mugabe: Deal expected soon
  • Zim talks unlikely to resume soon
  • Zim still blocking aid agencies


  • Depoliticise municipalities?
    02/09/2008 14:32
    News24 User Lindani Gumede proposes that local governments around South Africa be depoliticised, so that they can start getting some real work done!
  • ANC NEC to discuss Khutsong
  • KZN fires to cost millions
  • Salga defends councillors


  • De Villiers' 'life is rugby'
    02/09/2008 08:22
    News24 User Peter Neill says well done to Peter de Villers and the Springboks, and calls on rugby fans to stop being so divisive.
  • 'Regrets - I've sure got a few'
  • Jantjes set to pip Montgomery
  • De Villiers 'is no saviour'


  • Get this on your mobile phone!
    01/09/2008 14:01
    News24 User Paul van der Schyff slams companies who use and abuse cellphone subscribers' through the marketing of gimmicky mobile services and competitions.

    'We need an Obama'
    01/09/2008 08:31
    News24 User Pitso Tsibolane found hope for South Africa in the words of Barack Obama.
  • Celebrities over the moon
  • Oprah moved to tears
  • Gore: Obama is new Lincoln


  • Ramaphosa our sole saviour?
    29/08/2008 08:34
    News24 User Ndumiso Khoza found Cyril Ramaphosa's rousing speech about the fight against crime to be just what he needed to feel better about the future.
  • Ramaphosa: Our new struggle


  • Obama: Have your say
    29/08/2008 13:46
    Did you watch Barack Obama's speech? Let us know what you think of the Democratic Party's nominated US Presidential candidate.
  • Celebrities over the moon
  • Oprah moved to tears
  • Democratic Convention Videos
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  • The gift of life
    28/08/2008 10:23
    News24 User Arthur Maisela tackles the taboo of organ donation among black South Africans.
  • Kidney trading to be legalised?


  • Too many cases for ConCourt?
    28/08/2008 08:26
    News24 User Lindani Gumede expresses his frustration at the way criminal court cases inevitably land up in the Constitutional Court on appeal.
  • ConCourt fears unfounded
  • ConCourt hears Scorpions case


  • Prepared to fail matric?
    27/08/2008 08:24
    News24 User Lindani Gumede fears schools can no longer cope with the responsibilities of both raising and educating children ignored by their parents.
  • Schoolboy held for having gun
  • Schoolboy 'planned a bloodbath'
  • Parents worried about school


  • Q&A with Cape Town Kid
    26/08/2008 16:05
    Many assume she's a 'he'. Regular MyNews24 commenter Cape Town Kid tells us more about her life and what she thinks about the future of SA.
  • Q&A with Len van Heerden
  • Q&A with Alicia
  • EXCLUSIVE: Q&A with Kolobe


  • Team SA 'amateurish'
    26/08/2008 13:27
    News24 User Wes Marais was disgusted by stories from Beijing about how poorly members of Team South Africa were treated by administrators and coaches.
  • Sascoc blames poor funding
  • 'Blame the swimming coaches'
  • Beijing: Mixed fortunes for SA


  • Culture or crudity?
    26/08/2008 08:12
    News24 User Louis van Rensburg finds it amazing that parents would cheer on their young children when they dance to sexually suggestive tunes.

    How to win a rugby match...
    25/08/2008 12:24
    MyNews24's rugby guru Peter Neill tells us why he is still backing Peter de Villiers as Springbok coach.
  • R5m to get rid of Bok coach
  • Div defends his game plan
  • Coach: Boks tired and flat


  • 'Easy now, Essop'
    22/08/2008 09:00
    News24 User Brandon Faber does not want to see the 2010 Soccer World Cup fail, but believes it's everyone's right to form their own opinion on the issue.
  • 'Whites want SWC to flop'


  • Looking back on xenophobia
    21/08/2008 11:06
    News24 User Grace Kadzere wonders if a lack of education has anything to do with xenophobia in South Africa.
  • 'Most immigrants reintegrated'
  • Judges discuss refugee case


  • Election will be won on race
    20/08/2008 15:34
    News24 User Madibeng Kgwete believes a true non-racial election process requires a brave leader willing to risk being labelled a sell-out.
  • KZN voter numbers plunge
  • Diepkloof, we've got a problem
  • Think before you vote


  • Highways 'not for walking'
    20/08/2008 11:01
    News24 User Louis van Rensburg respects the rights of pedestrians, but wonders if that should extend to those walking illegally on highways.
  • Two killed in motorbike crash


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