Month: November 2025
News24 | Is Keir Starmer facing a plot to depose him as UK prime minister?
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has sought to distance himself from an unofficial briefing to the media by unnamed “allies” that he intends to fight off a leadership contest, which, they say, could come just 18 months into his premiership.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Des van Rooyen: Weekend special. ‘Gupta minister’. And now, leader of the opposition
MK Party MP Des van Rooyen has been appointed as the official opposition’s parliamentary caucus leader, replacing John Hlophe, who was suspended for promoting none other than Van Rooyen to chief whip without party leader Jacob Zuma’s approval.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump demands probe into Epstein links to Bill Clinton
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he wants the Justice Department and FBI to investigate links between the late alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and former Democratic president Bill Clinton.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Meet the 10 graduates heading to Oxford as Rhodes Scholars next year
Nine graduates from South Africa and one from Botswana have been chosen as the region’s next cohort of Rhodes Scholars, and will fly to Oxford in the UK to begin a brand new chapter next year.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Saturday’s weather: Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain in most parts, with hail in KZN
The South African Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms and heavy rain in most parts of the country – this will be accompanied by hail and damaging winds in KwaZulu-Natal.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Palestinians cleared to enter SA; AG’s landmark move: 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 | China military warns Japan of ‘crushing defeat’ if it intervenes in Taiwan conflict
Japan will suffer a “crushing defeat” by the Chinese military if it tries to use force to intervene over Taiwan, China’s defence ministry said on Friday, ramping up the rhetoric over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about the island.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Automakers, factory workers strike multi-year wage deal
SA automakers say the wage deal will pave the way for new investments and protecting jobs.
Continue ReadingNews24 | 90 000 flee Sudan’s El-Fasher, witness ‘new corpses in the street’, amid RSF, army battle
It took 16-year-old Mounir Abderahmane 11 days to reach the Tine refugee transit camp in Chad, crossing arid plains after fleeing the bloodshed in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Purple power: Rugby hero Siya Kolisi joins SA’s fight against gender-based violence
Siya Kolisi has shown his support for Women For Change’s purple movement.
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