Day: April 22, 2025
News24 | Probe launched after KZN teacher accused of sending explicit messages to 12-year-old girl
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has expressed disappointment over allegations that a senior teacher at Pitlochry Primary School in Westville sent inappropriate and explicit messages to a 12-year-old pupil.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Strong gold, weak oil looks ‘very pretty’ for South Africa
Surging gold and the slide in oil prices are offering some African countries a rare boost, as the region copes with the fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade war and freeze on US aid.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Warning: Damaging thunderstorms, snowfall to hit SA this week
Central and eastern parts of South Africa will be affected by severe weather in the coming days, say meteorologists.
Continue ReadingNews24 | IMF cuts SA’s growth outlook to half of Treasury’s Budget target as Trump’s tariffs bite
Before Donald Trump’s "Liberation Day" tariff announcement, some analysts had hoped that an stable electricity supply and the government of national unity could push SA's GDP growth above 2%.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Second accused to join alleged mastermind in dock for deadly Wynberg court shooting
Alleged high-ranking Junk Funky Kids gang member Abubaker Adams is set to join his co-accused Shireen Matthews in the dock on Wednesday after making a brief appearance in the Wynberg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘We will starve’: Zimbabwe’s national shutdown fails to take off as citizens blame hunger
Zimbabwe's indefinite national shutdown due to start after the Easter weekend - called for by war veterans leader Blessed Geza - failed to take off on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Reports show decrease in fatal accidents over Easter weekend, says transport minister
During site visits in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, Transport Minister Barbara Creecy said that this year’s Easter weekend appears to have seen fewer accidents than in previous years.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Never been to his church’: Rebecca Malope debunks claims after viral Bushiri video
Renowned gospel singer Rebecca Malope has addressed the recent controversy surrounding a resurfaced video of her performing with self-proclaimed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Former Blitzboks coach Norman Mbiko dies
Former Blitzboks head coach and ex-scrumhalf Norman Mbiko passed away at the age of 79 after battling a long illness, including Parkinson's disease.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Fortune tellers, TikTokkers, sangomas: Court hears about the extensive search for Joshlin Smith
After arrests in connection with the kidnapping of Joshlin Smith were made in March last year, fortune tellers, TikTokkers and sangomas - all offering to help - crawled out of the woodwork, the investigating officer told the Western Cape High Court, sitting in Saldanha Bay,...
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