Month: December 2025
News24 | Extreme poverty is dropping – but half of SA kids live on the edge
The number of South Africans who live in extreme poverty – going to bed hungry more often than not – has dropped by 5.1 million people over the 14 years until 2023.
Continue ReadingNews24 | SEE | These are the 2026 SA Car of the Year semi-finalists
The South African Guild of Mobility Journalists has announced the semi-finalists for the 40th edition of the 2026 Car of the Year competition.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ANC delegates push NEC to direct GNU to stop anti-transformation, corruption
ANC national general council delegates have asked the party’s national executive committee to send a message to its government of national unity partners: act strongly against government corruption and annihilate anti-transformation voices.
Continue ReadingNews24 | AGOA extension gets its first green light – and SA not excluded yet
A US House committee has voted to extend AGOA for one year, but it must still be approved by the House of Representatives, which might only happen in 2026.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Business confidence soars to 14-year-high on tourism boom
The improvement in business confidence follows an improvement in consumer confidence, pointing to some economic momentum.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Slow cooked pulled beef
Serve over mash or grains with a crunchy leafy salad. Leftovers also make a great filling for sandwiches.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Suspected kingpin, UIF staff targeted in SIU raids over R161m Covid-19 TERS fraud
Raids related to Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme fraud worth R161 million were carried out by the Special Investigating Unit when officials armed with search and seizure warrants pounced in Tshwane and KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Matric pupils at 7 Pretoria schools had access to 7 exam papers in 3 subjects – minister
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says pupils at seven schools in Pretoria had access to National Senior Certificate exam papers in three subjects before they were written.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘ANC will come back’: A confident Fikile Mbalula says the party will win back power
The ANC will win back majority power, secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said as the party concluded the third day of its national general council in Boksburg on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Rand strengthens to best in almost 3 years after Fed cuts interest rate
The rand strengthened to R16,91 against the dollar late on Wednesday night after the US Federal Reserve cut its interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point.
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