Day: January 30, 2025
News24 | New abnormal begins for east DR Congo’s looted Goma after siege
Strewn with rubble from mortar and artillery fire, the eastern DR Congo city of Goma awoke on Thursday to a new abnormal -- hiding from bandits and counting the dead.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cape Town parents shut down mobile school, demanding department build a proper building
A group of concerned parents of pupils who attend the Solomon Qatyana Primary School in Strand, Cape Town, took to the streets this week to demand the Western Cape Education Department deliver on its promise they said it made to build a new school before...
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Feared gang leader’ in Inanda, alleged accomplice killed in gun battle with cops
KwaZulu-Natal police boss Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has cautiously welcomed the death of the "feared gang leader of the notorious Inanda West Gang" during a gun battle with officers on Thursday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump interest in buying Greenland ‘not a joke’, Rubio says
President Donald Trump's interest in buying Greenland is "not a joke," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview on Thursday, adding that acquiring Greenland was in US national interest and needs to be solved.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Woman arrested with ‘captor’ in Soweto for allegedly faking her own kidnapping
Police arrested a 23-year-old woman with her alleged 'captor' in Soweto after it emerged that she had allegedly staged her own kidnapping.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Man appears for allegedly kidnapping, robbing, raping on-duty Limpopo nurses
A 28-year-old man appeared in Polokwane Magistrate's Court for allegedly raping two on-duty nurses at a Limpopo clinic and terrorising women and children in their homes.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Uganda confirms outbreak of Ebola in capital Kampala, one dead
Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | NOTES FROM PRETORIA | Steady as she goes as GNU partners find allies in each other
Former political adversaries are starting to recognise allies in each other as the GNU gets down to the business of governing, writes Pieter du Toit.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Competition Commission gives Nestlé the nod to sell iconic Cremora brand
The Competition Commission has approved the sale of Nestlé's iconic Cremora brand to French multinational Lactalis' SA subsidiary, provided no jobs are lost due to the takeover.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Friday’s weather: Heatwave to persist in some regions, cloudy, isolated showers across SA
Severe thunderstorms are expected over most parts of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Eastern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.
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