Day: August 5, 2025
News24 | Under pressure, Israel cabinet poised to order complete takeover of Gaza
Israel’s cabinet could authorise a complete military takeover of Gaza for the first time in two decades, media reported, despite international pressure for a ceasefire to ease appalling conditions in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Former New Zealand top cop Jevon McSkimming charged over child porn, bestiality material
New Zealand’s former deputy police commissioner lost the right to anonymity after he was charged with possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.
Continue ReadingNews24 | High Court dismisses Kunene hate speech appeal, gives him a month to apologise to Malema
A full Bench of the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has dismissed Patriotic Alliance suspended deputy president Kenny Kunene’s attempt to challenge the hate speech finding made against him for referring to EFF leader Julius Malema as a “cockroach”.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Furious Brazil judge slams Bolsonaro who treated court ‘like a fool’, orders house arrest
A Brazilian judge placed former president Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest for breaking a social media ban, escalating a dramatic standoff between the court and the politician, who is accused of plotting a coup.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Petrol price relief from Wednesday, but diesel hiked
Petrol prices will be lowered from Wednesday, but diesel users face another substantial hike.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Stellenbosch University confirms student died of meningitis, starts contact tracing
The death of a Stellenbosch University student, whose body was found in his residence over the weekend, was due to meningococcal meningitis.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Boy, 11, drowns after becoming stuck in muddy excavation pit
An 11-year-old Free State boy drowned at a construction site in Odendaalsrus while swimming with two friends.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Alleged serial rapist, murderer arrested after using dating app to lure women
A 37-year-old man who allegedly preyed on women he had lured through a dating app has been arrested on one murder charge and 10 counts of rape.
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