Month: August 2025
News24 | 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.
Continue ReadingNews24 | US warns of heavy gunfire near its embassy in Haiti
The United States on Monday issued a security alert after heavy gunfire erupted near its embassy in Haiti, with the impoverished Caribbean country engulfed by escalating gang violence.
Continue ReadingNews24 | UK teen jailed for a year for torturing two kittens to death
A UK judge on Monday sentenced a 17-year-old boy to one year in prison for the “sadistic” torture and killing of two kittens.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Flood-hit Beijing prepares for new round of heavy rain as rescuers retrieve bodies
Beijing on Monday warned residents in its mountainous suburbs to brace for another round of heavy rainfall, a week after catastrophic floods killed dozens in the deadliest deluge to hit the Chinese capital since 2012.
Continue ReadingNews24 | PODCAST | The Lead: Shades of Babita – another auditor, another hit and more tender billions
This is The Lead, a daily News24 podcast hosted by broadcaster Graeme Raubenheimer, showcasing the best of our journalists’ in-depth reporting.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Tuesday’s weather: Chilly in Western Cape, Northern Cape, with light snow in Eastern Cape
The South African Weather Service has forecast very cold, wet and windy conditions in parts of the Western Cape and the Northern Cape.
Continue ReadingNews24 | MKP vs Ramaphosa; How Emma Powell rattled the DA: Today’s top 7 stories in 7 minutes
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Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE | 10 cops arrested for allegedly ransacking store in Edenvale
Ten officers from the police and the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department were arrested on Monday for alleged corruption.
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