Day: April 16, 2025
News24 | Durban girl’s alleged killers stole ‘Tsotsi’ library book, TV during house robbery
Wandile Aphiwe Ngcobo, a Grade 11 Durban Girls' Secondary School pupil, ended up dying in a house robbery after opting to stay home to study - and all her alleged killers took was her school bag with a library book, a TV, DStv decoder, and...
Continue ReadingNews24 | OPINION | Tebogo Khaas: Even the best envoy won’t stop Trump’s outlandish claims
The appointment of Jonas or any engagement with the Trump administration should not be misconstrued as an act of desperation or foreign policy voyeurism, writes Tebogo Khaas.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Magashule case heats up; Rivonia motorist in hit and run: Today’s top 7 stories in 7 minutes
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Continue ReadingNews24 | Rescued after a week: Inside the church kidnapping and rescue of US pastor in Gqeberha
When a group of neighbourhood children burst into their home almost a week ago, screaming at the top of their lungs that there were gunmen in the church across the road, an elderly couple grabbed the crying children and locked their doors.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Brits farm murder: Accused don’t dispute driving with victim’s body on back of bakkie
Two of the men accused of beating Dumisani Phakathi to death on a farm in 2023 did not dispute that they were travelling under the cover of night, with his body on the back of a bakkie, partially hidden under black refuse bags.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Gold’s relentless rally powers South African shares to record
South Africa's benchmark stock index headed for a record close as the surging gold price boosted shares of the country's precious-metals miners.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘They’ve got all the money in the world’: Govt courts Middle East for infrastructure push
South Africa plans to open its first overseas office for its infrastructure development agency in the Middle East, aiming to tap into the region's deep-pocketed investors to fund energy, water and logistics projects.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Minister confirms person shot dead at Walter Sisulu University was a student there
The person shot dead at the Walter Sisulu University's Mthatha campus on Tuesday has been identified as Sisonke Mbolekwa – described by his family as kind and gentle.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Godongwana sees no alternative to VAT hike
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana sees no alternative to a tax increase at the heart of a budget impasse that is threatening to unravel the country's governing coalition.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Rivonia motorist still on the run from authorities after hit-and-run caught on tape
Police are still on the hunt for a man who repeatedly drove over his victim after a heated argument in Rivonia, Sandton.
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