Year: 2025
News24 | Implats slips amid third-quarter hits from heavy rains, safety stoppages
Implats reported a 5% fall in production to 2.6 million ounces for its nine months to end March, weighed down as it reset its operational footprint at Impala Canada. Other factors were low labour activity, heavy rainfall and safety stoppages in SA.
Continue ReadingNews24 | IMF now projects SA government debt to soar far above Treasury estimates
While Treasury has projected that consolidated government debt will fall to 73% of GDP by 20230, the IMF now sees it rising to a record 88.7%.
Continue ReadingNews24 | PODCAST | Driving with J9: Why every South African petrolhead should attend the Knysna Hillclimb
Ian Shrosbree speaks to News24 Motoring editor Janine van der Post about what it takes to pull off the biggest motorsport event in South Africa, the Knysna Hillclimb.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | War cry battles: St Stithians Boys, Jeppe Girls, and Redhill win 5FM’s challenge
South African schools have long been celebrated for their electrifying war cries, a spirited cultural legacy that echoes nationwide across sports fields and school grounds.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Battling the world’s best and meeting a hero: SA’s chess twins back from Greece adventure
Twin chess prodigies Deauwin and Beauwin Rens, fresh from competing at the World Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships in Greece, have returned to South Africa with cherished memories.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Matatiele child rape: Mchunu admits mistake, apologises to principal he wrongly accused
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has admitted that he wrongly identified Jaco Pieterse, the principal of Bergview College in Matatiele, as a suspect in the rape of a 7-year-old - and says he is prepared to apologise to him.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Kruger Park rhino poacher sentenced to 20 years in prison
The Skukuza Regional Court sentenced a convicted Kruger National Park rhino poacher on Thursday to 20 years of direct imprisonment.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Ben Winks | Kill the Boer: What do the courts’ rulings mean for our political discourse?
Do the courts' recent rulings mean that "Shoot the Boer" can never be considered hate speech? Of course not, writes Ben Winks, who reflects on what the judgments mean for our political discourse.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Godongwana created a ‘fiscal and governance vacuum’ through Budget failures, charges EFF
The EFF, in a letter to the National Assembly speaker, expressed "its deepest concern regarding the fiscal and governance vacuum created by" the finance minister's "failure to table a lawful and credible budget before the end of the financial year".
Continue ReadingNews24 | Stellenbosch Municipality’s court bid to make owner fix plot where young couple died fails
The Western Cape High Court has dismissed Stellenbosch Municipality's bid to compel a property owner on Bird Street to rehabilitate a water-filled hole where a teenage couple died. Their vehicle was found submerged in water on the vacant plot in October 2022.
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