Day: June 19, 2025
News24 | Sponsored | Standard Bank wins Africa’s best Islamic Bank – Two years in a row
Standard Bank’s Shari’ah Banking has been crowned Africa’s Best Islamic Bank for the second consecutive year at the 2025 Euromoney Islamic Finance Awards. The bank also received the award for South Africa’s Best Islamic Bank.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Eastern Cape transport dept crew robbed while repairing flood-damaged road
A group of armed men robbed construction workers who were sent to repair a flood-damaged road in Cala in the Chris Hani district in the Eastern Cape.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA’s iconic protea flower relocates as climate warms
Apart from the King Protea, almost half of South Africa’s protea species face extinction because of pressures on their habitats in the mountains of the Cape, these include habitat loss to agriculture, the proliferation of invasive alien species and changes to natural fire cycles.
Continue ReadingNews24 | New Zealand coroner raises alarm over ‘perilous’ rugby-inspired collision sport
A New Zealand coroner condemned a “perilous” rugby-inspired sport in which competitors sprint and crash into each other without protective gear.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Netanyahu warns Iran will ‘pay a heavy price’ for hospital strike as Trump mulls US action
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran would “pay heavy price” after a hospital strike.
Continue ReadingNews24 | High Court to decide fate of occupants living in hijacked building in Cape Town CBD
If the Western Cape High Court grants the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure an eviction order against residents unlawfully occupying a building in Cape Town’s CBD, they say they will be left without alternative accommodation.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Eastern Cape floods death toll climbs to 92 as province holds day of mourning
The death toll from last week’s flooding in the Eastern Cape has risen to 92 after the recovery of two more bodies on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | IMF says Zimbabwe’s economy has made ‘significant progress’
The International Monetary Fund said Zimbabwe’s economic progress represents a “regime change,” but declined to say if or when the Washington-based lender would grant it a staff-monitored program.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Israel sirens sound as missiles shot from Iran, countries evacuate citizens from conflict
Sirens sounded across Israel as the Israeli military said it detected incoming missiles from Iran.
Continue ReadingNews24 | amaBhungane | Who went to Paris with Paul? Tenderpreneur joined Mashatile’s France-SA business trip
Sibuyile Magingxa, the co-winner in Johannesburg’s R263-million water tanker tender, and his romantic partner, Lesedi Phala, were part of the South African delegation. Their presence, absent from official records but captured in photos and video alongside Paul Mashatile, exposes a deeper problem: access without accountability...
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