Month: January 2025
News24 | SA hit by Stage 3 load shedding; Pretoria, Kigali smoke peace pipe: Today’s top 7 stories in 7 minutes
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Continue ReadingNews24 | Generations of Limpopo residents battle makeshift bridge, but municipality does nothing
Residents of Elias Motsoaledi Municipality in Sekhukhune, Limpopo, fear for their children's lives and education as they struggle to cross a makeshift bridge to get to school.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Saturday’s weather: Temperatures exceed 30°C in some places as heatwave persists
The South African Weather Service has issued severe weather alerts for Saturday, warning of thunderstorms and extreme heat across several provinces.
Continue ReadingNews24 | From Beyoncé to Taylor Swift to Charli XCX: Predictions for the 2025 Grammys showdown
2024 felt like a year that ushered in a new era of pop music, establishing new icons while old titans turned a new leaf.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Malema urges EFF leaders to be ‘ruthless’ against factions
By EFF president Julius Malema's own admission, the party's internal politics were recently marred by factionalism and "infiltration".
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘The more, the merrier’: Duduzane Zuma responds to speculation he’s joined the MK Party
There is growing speculation in the MK Party that former president Jacob Zuma's son, Duduzane, has joined his father's party. Meanwhile, the presence of his own party, the All Game Changers, has dwindled on the ground as well as on social and traditional media.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Lufthansa reportedly flying empty 747s to Windhoek to collect fuel, avoid delays
German flag carrier Lufthansa is reportedly flying empty Boeing 747-8 aircraft from Johannesburg to Windhoek - a 2 200km, three-hour return journey - due to the ongoing jet fuel shortage at OR Tambo International Airport.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Assets hidden under trees? Judge dismisses claim in Louis Liebenberg sequestration case
Diamond dealer Louis Liebenberg’s estate has been provisionally sequestrated after a court found he owed millions in gambling debts. His lawyers claimed hidden assets were stashed under trees in the Northern Cape, which the judge dismissed.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Man facing over 700 charges of child porn possession blames stepson for daughter’s rape, explicit images
An Eastern Cape father, who has been charged with almost 800 counts ranging from possession and distribution of child pornography to the rape of his biological daughter, placed the blame squarely at the feet of his stepson, whom he claims is the "prince of darkness"...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Hawks haul 1 400 people to court in illegal mining, serious crime investigations
More than 1 400 suspects have appeared before South African courts, thanks to work by the Hawks.
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