Day: December 2, 2025
News24 | Motion of no confidence in Joburg mayor Dada Morero withdrawn
A motion of no confidence in Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero was withdrawn during a full council meeting on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Fill up now: Fuel price hikes confirmed for Wednesday
Petrol prices will increase by 29c a litre on Wednesday, with large hikes in diesel as well.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Dutch King’s apology for slavery accepted in Suriname, ending centuries of colonial shadows
Representatives of the descendants of African slaves and Indigenous peoples of Suriname formally accepted an apology from visiting King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Cape Town law enforcement officers arrested for extorting foreign shop owners
Two City of Cape Town law Metal Theft Unit officers were arrested this week for allegedly extorting and robbing foreign shop owners.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Merafe confirms closure of two smelters; up to 3 000 jobs could be lost
Glencore’s ferrochrome venture in South Africa will idle two smelters and cut jobs because of unsustainable electricity tariffs.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Hegseth authorised deadly boat strike, says White House, critics label it ‘a war crime’
The White House on Monday defended a US admiral’s decision to conduct multiple strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug-smuggling vessel in September, saying he had Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s authorisation, even as critics questioned the legality of a strike on survivors.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Former Lotteries Commission boss Alfred Nevhutanda used Lottery money for holiday mansion
Alfred Nevhutanda, the former chair of the National Lotteries Commission, used Lottery money to build a luxury holiday house in Limpopo, an investigation by the Special Investigating Unit has found.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Restaurant staff lauded after keeping shopper’s forgotten trolley safe for two days
A Johannesburg restaurant has been praised for going the extra mile after discovering a shopping trolley that a customer had left behind and then carefully storing the groceries until the owner was able to collect them.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sunlight liquid smells different — as outcry over ‘new’ green bar forces U-turn
Consumers are not loving Sunlight dishwashing liquid’s new, stronger scent – the second misstep by Unilever, which has had to backtrack on the reformulation of its green all-purpose soap bar, writes Wendy Knowler.
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