Month: July 2024
News24 | Three dead, four injured in Cape Town shooting spree
Unidentified gunmen shot three people dead and seriously injured five others in Elsies River, Cape Town, during shootouts that started on Sunday and lasted until Monday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mpox crossing borders in east Africa, new variant amid DRC conflict worrying – experts
Mpox clade I is spreading in conflict-hit parts of the DRC, and has also been detected in neighbouring countries.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mpondoland dagga growers left out to dry
Six years after the Constitutional Court judgment, small-scale dagga growers are sliding deeper into poverty while businesses profit in South Africa’s "cowboy" cannabis industry.
Continue ReadingNews24 | No bail for boyfriend accused of smothering, strangling Gqeberha mom Vicki Terblanche to death
The man accused of taking a pillow and smothering a Gqeberha mother to death after strangling and pumping her full of drugs will remain behind bars.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA population grows past 63 million, female life expectancy now almost 70 years
The South African population has grown by 835 513 in one year to reach 63.02 million people in July this year, Statistics South Africa announced on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘They shot, killed my sister in front of me’: North West tavern massacre haunts eyewitness
With a gun placed to her head, a woman watched helplessly as her sister was shot and killed in a North West tavern.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Two witnesses in decade-old rhino poaching syndicate case, involving alleged kingpin Hugo Ras, dead
Two State witnesses due to testify against one of the largest alleged rhino poaching syndicates uncovered in South Africa have died, which may have an impact on the trial.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Benoni school camp drowning: Law firm finds ‘crucial’ safety measures were ‘not adhered to’
The latest breaking news update brought to you by News24. Daveyton Skills School in Benoni did not apply for the required education department approval for the discipline camp in Centurion where two pupils drowned in April, an independent law firm has found.
Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE | Third child dies, Taylor Swift ‘completely in shock’ after UK dance class stabbing attack
Taylor Swift said she was "completely in shock" on Tuesday after a knife attack at a dance class themed around the US pop star in Southport, northern England, left two children dead.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We were the first ones to do it’: Innovative SA study takes TB testing to people’s homes
One of the biggest challenges in combatting tuberculosis in South Africa is that many people who fall ill with the disease are diagnosed late, or not diagnosed at all.
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