Month: August 2025
News24 | Countries seek relief as Trump tariffs upend global trade
US President Donald Trump’s steeper global tariffs came into effect Thursday, leaving dozens of US trade partners scrambling to secure relief from soaring levies that are rewriting global trade practice.
Continue ReadingNews24 | PODCAST | The Lead: Inside Netshitenzhe’s speech on ‘white supremacy’ and a platinum bourse
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Continue ReadingNews24 | Cape Town cop killer sentenced to 8 years
Phindile Christopher Sonyabashe, 61, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for the murder of Constable Xolani Xekethwana, 40.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Friday’s weather: Foggy morning in most provinces; showers in Limpopo, KZN
Morning fog is forecast in at least six provinces while wet conditions are expected in parts of Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Zambezi disaster: Americans evacuated amid new warnings
Zambia played down the potential health risks stemming from an environmental disaster at a mine controlled by a state-owned Chinese firm, after the US ordered the immediate withdrawal of its officials from the southern African nation’s second-biggest city.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump, Ramaphosa talk trade; SAHRC probes podcasters: Today’s top 7 stories in 7 minutes
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Continue ReadingNews24 | PODCAST | Bruce Whitfield’s Business Week: Did Pick n Pay just name its next boss?
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Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump demands new US census excluding undocumented immigrants
US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered officials to work on a new census excluding undocumented immigrants, as the White House presses Republican states to draw more favourable voter maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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 | SA moves to ban microbeads in cosmetics, pesticides — with threat of up to 20 years in jail
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment said on Thursday it would publish draft regulations in a push for a total ban on the production and import of microplastics.
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