Day: February 8, 2025
News24 | Two SANDF soldiers killed, 17 injured after military truck overturns in Northern Cape
Two SANDF members were killed and seventeen others injured when their military truck overturned on the R31 road in the Northern Cape.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Joburg grant recipients forced to hire seats outside as system crawls, but Sassa pleads ignorance
SA Social Security Agency beneficiaries waited so long for service at the Johannesburg CBD offices on Thursday that a man started renting chairs to people standing in line.
Continue ReadingNews24 | From viral videos to red carpets: Getting to know Nombulelo Fox, SA TikTok’s entertainment maven
Discover how Nombulelo Fox, a rising star on TikTok and communications consultant, transformed her passion for storytelling into a successful career that bridges the worlds of social media and traditional media.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Five men shot dead, robbed and set alight inside car in Cape Town
Five men were shot dead and set ablaze inside a car in Philippi East in Cape Town on Friday night, Western Cape police said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump halts aid to SA citing ‘racial discrimination’ against Afrikaners and ICJ case against Israel
US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order cutting off aid to South Africa, specifically citing the alleged plight of Afrikaners people who he claimed were suffering under "government-sponsored race-based discrimination".
Continue ReadingNews24 | HELLO WEEKEND | Crowning confidence: Tshego Gaelae’s historic Mrs World win
In this week's edition, Tshego Gaelae's historic Mrs World triumph, Wouter Kellerman's Grammy journey, Ipeleng Selepe's Big Brother fame, SA's IV drip trend, and Soweto's literary oasis await!
Continue ReadingNews24 | Green ID books to be phased out, but don’t panic – they won’t be invalid anytime soon
South Africa's green barcoded identity books, which have retained the same makeup since 1996, have long been part of a phasing-out programme announced by the Department of Home Affairs.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cape Town cops assign detective to investigate Grade 8 pupil’s degrading toilet-bowl bullying
The mother of a Grade 8 pupil assaulted by older boys who ambushed him inside a toilet, pushed his head into the toilet bowl and smeared his face and uniform with faeces, has lodged a complaint with the police.
Continue ReadingNews24 | PR stunts should not be used to measure performance in the GNU, says IFP
The IFP is not a backbencher in the government of national unity (GNU), and public relations stunts cannot be the yardstick for high performance within the multiparty government.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Affidavit claims three of alleged gangster’s black books at the centre of raid on JP Smith’s offices
News24 has obtained the affidavits submitted by the police to court as part of their application for the search-and-seizure warrants at offices belonging to JP Smith and Xanthea Limberg.
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