Month: August 2025
News24 | A month in the dark: Paying Welverdiend residents without electricity for all of July
Despite contributing a staggering 48% of municipal revenue, residents of Welverdiend, a small and peaceful town in Carletonville, Gauteng, have been plunged into darkness since 29 June, with no hope in sight.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Traditional healer arrested after heads of woman and her 2-year-old daughter found
A Limpopo traditional healer faces two murder charges after he was found in possession of two human heads - those of a 34-year-old Limpopo woman and her 2-year-old daughter.
Continue ReadingNews24 | With The Fantastic Four and Superman, superheroes are getting hopeful again and showing strength through empathy
After years of multiverse chaos, grim antiheroes and morally ambiguous storylines, superhero films are making a striking return to their emotional and ideological roots.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Monday’s weather: Winds and rough seas to batter parts of Western, Northern Cape
The South African Weather Service has issued yellow level warnings for damaging waves and strong winds expected to hit parts of the Northern and Western Cape on Monday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | The secrets behind raising the happiest kids in the world: Lessons from Dutch parents
According to a Unicef study, Dutch children are the happiest in the world.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Israel right wing minister Itamar Ben-Gvir prays for victory over Hamas at Al-Aqsa mosque
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem and said he prayed there, challenging rules covering one of the most sensitive sites in the Middle East.
Continue ReadingNews24 | From ‘jaw bras’ to face trainers, experts question the real benefits of face slimming masks
Some refer to them as “jaw bras,” while others describe them as “waist trainers for the face.” Regardless of the label, V-masks have been making waves.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | A Soweto orchestra’s last push to save the music
In a nondescript brick building in the Soweto suburb of Diepkloof, lies a staple in the community – a music school offering young people the opportunity to learn to play string instruments such as the violin, cello and double bass.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Hamas demands ‘fully sovereign Palestinian state’ before it will lay down weapons
Hamas said that it would not disarm unless an independent Palestinian state is established - a fresh rebuke to a key Israeli demand to end the war in Gaza.
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