Day: June 20, 2025
News24 | Edgar Lungu funeral feud; State lottery alarm: Today’s top 7 stories in 7 minutes
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Continue ReadingNews24 | Rethinking screen time: Are we modelling healthy habits for our kids?
News24 Life explores South Africa’s alarming screen time statistics and urges parents to reflect on their habits as a reminder that we need to model healthy technology use for children.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Oil drops, Sasol slumps as Trump delays Iran move
Oil prices retreated Friday while stock markets gained ground as concerns over a war escalation in Iran eased.
Continue ReadingNews24 | UNHCR reports record displacement in West and Central Africa
Nearly 13 million people have been uprooted from their homes in West and Central Africa. The UN Refugee Agency blames migration trends and conflict for creating a “perfect storm” of mass displacement.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Alarm raised over plans for state-run lottery
Critics warn that a state-run lottery could lead to more corruption, given the billions lost at parastatals and government entities.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Durban company owner arrested along with allegedly undocumented foreign truck driver staff
At least 20 undocumented foreign nationals, believed to be truck drivers, were taken into custody on Friday morning as part of an unannounced operation at a Durban mining and logistics company.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Not guilty’: US singer Chris Brown fights UK assault charges in London court
American R&B singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded not guilty in a UK court to a charge stemming from an alleged London nightclub brawl in 2023.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Proteas Test captain Bavuma ruled out of Zimbabwe series
Proteas Test captain Temba Bavuma has been ruled out of the two-match Test series against Zimbabwe due to a left hamstring strain.
Continue ReadingNews24 | One dead, 14 hurt as Russia strikes Odesa, Ukraine drones headed for Moscow shot down
One person was killed and at least 14 were injured when Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa overnight, damaging high-rise buildings and railway infrastructure, local authorities and prosecutors said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Pro-Palestinian activists damage planes at military base in protest of ‘complicit’ Britain
Pro-Palestinian activists in Britain said they had broken into a Royal Air Force base in central England and damaged two military aircraft used for refuelling and transportation.
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