Day: September 1, 2025
News24 | ‘Nobody believes what we’re saying’: ANC urged to stop fighting over ‘small things’
ANC national executive committee member Bathabile Dlamini has warned party leaders to fight to avoid getting less than 30% support in the upcoming municipal elections.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Putin blames the West for ‘coup’ and ‘attempts to drag Ukraine into NATO’ which led to war
Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to defend his Ukraine offensive to Moscow’s allies, blaming the West for triggering the three-and-a-half year war that has killed tens of thousands and devastated much of eastern Ukraine.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Xenophobic posts wrongly link Pakistan soap video to SA spaza shops
Further stoking persistent tensions in South Africa, social media users are purporting to show undocumented foreign nationals making soap in illegal factories intended for customers of informal supermarkets known as spaza shops. But the claim is false; the video was filmed in a soap factory...
Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE: 800 dead, 2 500 hurt as earthquake hits Afghanistan, rescue operations under way
A massive rescue operation was under way in Afghanistan, after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks flattened homes in a remote, mountainous region, killing more than 800 people, the Taliban authorities said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump troop deployment in Chicago would be ‘an invasion with US troops’, says Governor JB Pritzker
US President Donald Trump’s ultimate aim in sending troops to American cities is to seize control of elections in 2026, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | New Zealand lifts ban on rich foreigners buying homes
New Zealand on Monday said it will open its housing market to wealthy foreigners who invest in local businesses, reversing a previous ban in expectation it will boost economic growth.
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