Day: August 7, 2025
News24 | Johannesburg broker Mark Kretzschmar faces new R30 million fraud charge
Johannesburg financial broker Mark Kretzschmar is expected to be charged in another fraud case involving R30 million, this time in Bedfordview on the East Rand. He handed himself over to police on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SAHRC probes podcasters for calling coloured people ‘incestuous’ and ‘crazy’
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it has been inundated with complaints about comments in an episode that described coloured people as “incestuous”, “crazy” people who “sleep with their siblings”.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cherry and cream cheese pastry twists with lemon-rosemary sugar
These pastry twists are so easy to prepare and make the perfect appetizer.
Continue ReadingNews24 | JD Vance meeting to discuss ‘Epstein strategy’ cancelled after news leaked
A dinner for senior administration officials at Vice President JD Vance’s residence to discuss topics including the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case has been canceled after news of it leaked, a source familiar with the matter said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ramaphosa speaks to Trump on the phone amid global tariff imposition
Amid ongoing global tariff impositions, President Cyril Ramaphosa had a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning.
Continue ReadingNews24 | After decades-long struggle, court order, Primrose Modisane finally has a birth certificate
Stateless since birth, she was called a “border hopper” by Department of Home Affairs officials.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Grok, is that Gaza? AI image checks mislocate news photographs
An image AFP photojournalist Omar al-Qattaa shows a skeletal, underfed girl in Gaza. But when social media users asked Grok where it came from, the artificial intelligence chatbot was certain that the photograph was taken in Yemen nearly seven years ago.
Continue ReadingNews24 | As SA’s 30% duty takes effect, Trump celebrates ‘billions’ from tariffs
Higher US tariffs came into effect for dozens of economies Thursday, drastically raising the stakes in US president Donald Trump’s wide-ranging efforts to reshape global trade.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Israel bans Muslim cleric from Al-Aqsa Mosque over sermon ‘which contained nothing inappropriate’
Israeli authorities have banned Jerusalem’s top Muslim cleric from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for six months over a recent sermon, his attorney told AFP.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Emergency services on high alert as thunderstorm warning issued in three provinces
Emergency services are on high alert after the SA Weather Service warned of severe thunderstorms in central and northern Gauteng, parts of Limpopo, and most of the Mpumalanga Highveld.
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