Month: September 2025
News24 | Eastern Cape cops on high alert amid truck torching threats
Eastern Cape police are on high alert after trucking companies reported receiving threats of violence if they used their trucks on the R335 (Addo Road) near Gqeberha.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SA booze now has lower minimum alcohol level – a good thing, says Smirnoff owner
Liquor group Diageo says the amendments to liquor laws to reduce the minimum alcohol by value requirement for spirits from 43% to 40% will boost exports and align SA with global standards. It will also ease the tax burden producers face — which could be...
Continue ReadingNews24 | No interest rate cuts until 2027? Absa economist says SARB is ‘optimistic’ about inflation
Absa senior economist Miyelani Maluleke says that consumers should only expect interest rate cuts by 2027, amid rising consumer inflation.
Continue ReadingNews24 | FRIDAY BRIEFING | Hawks hamstrung: How structural flaws strangle SA’s elite crime-fighting unit
This week’s Friday Briefing provides a sobering reflection on the dysfunction prevalent within what is meant to be an elite crime-fighting force.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Deadly land dispute in northern Ghana kills 31, displaces 50 000
Communal clashes in northern Ghana that started late last month have killed at least 31 people and displaced nearly 50 000, officials said on Thursday, with more than 13 000 fleeing across the border into Ivory Coast.
Continue ReadingNews24 | PODCAST | The Lead: Council chaos in the wild, wild North West, with Siyamtanda Capa
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Continue ReadingNews24 | Friday’s weather: Rain, thunderstorms in 5 provinces; warm in Gauteng, Limpopo, North West
Rain and thunderstorms are forecast for at least five provinces, but it will be partly cloudy and warm in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West, according to the South African Weather Service.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Who will lead NPA? Suspected kidnapping kingpin killed: Today’s top 7 stories in 7 minutes
News24 brings you the top stories of the day, summarised into neat little packages. Read through quickly or listen to the articles via our customised text-to-speech feature.
Continue ReadingNews24 | European leaders brief Trump after summit on Ukraine security guarantees
European leaders on Thursday spoke to US President Donald Trump after holding a summit with President Volodymyr Zelensky on security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a peace accord to end Russia’s three-and-a-half-year war against Ukraine.
Continue ReadingNews24 | PODCAST | Bruce Whitfield’s Business Week: Froneman’s F1 track — and SA’s surprising top wines
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