Month: June 2025
News24 | EU climate investments lagging ‘well below’ target – report
Climate investments in the 27-nation EU are still far below what is needed to transition away from fossil fuels, a new report warned.
Continue ReadingNews24 | UK shifts to ‘war-fighting readiness’, plans to build 12 new submarines – Starmer
Britain announced it will build 12 new attack submarines as it launched a major defence review to move the country to “war-fighting readiness” in the face of “Russian aggression” and the changing nature of conflict.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Body found in dam during search for missing Western Cape teen
While searching for a missing 16-year-old girl on Monday, Western Cape police officers recovered a body from a dam in Paarl.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA could see R870bn in debt savings with a new inflation target
A Reserve Bank research document says a lower inflation target coupled with a revised borrowing strategy could save the government as much as R870 billion in debt-service costs.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘I have never lied’- Groenewald tells Parliament over 3 ‘vanished’ juvenile offenders
Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald has insisted he did not mislead Parliament about the whereabouts of three violent juvenile offenders who vanished from the prison system.
Continue ReadingNews24 | South Korea votes in the ‘most important’ presidential election after martial law turmoil
South Koreans began voting for a new president, six months to the day after ex-leader Yoon Suk Yeol plunged the country into political chaos with his disastrous declaration of martial law.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA economy barely budged in first quarter
2025 didn’t kick off well for South Africa’s economy, with the gross domestic product growing only 0.1%, slower than the 0.4% growth in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Israel kills at least 27 Palestinians near Gaza aid site in third day of chaos
At least 27 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli fire near a food distribution site in the southern Gaza Strip, local health authorities said, in the third day of chaos and bloodshed to affect the aid operation.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sponsored | Spaza shops get free wifi and revamps
inDrive is empowering spaza shops with free Wi-Fi and fresh makeovers to boost local business and digital access.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sponsored | #DriveNowTextLater: Tackling SA’s deadliest driving behaviours
Discovery Insure, in partnership with bp Southern Africa (bpSA), has launched a bold new nationwide campaign: #DriveNowTextLater.
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