Day: February 17, 2026
News24 | Probe finds Roedean forfeited tennis match with King David because of academic workshops
An independent probe has found that Roedean School forfeited a tennis match against King David High because the fixture clashed with academic workshops scheduled at the same time as the event.
Continue ReadingNews24 | New US ambassador Brent Bozell arrives in SA, amid fraught relations
A conservative media critic picked by US President Donald Trump to be US ambassador to South Africa has arrived to take up his post, the US embassy said, as relations between the countries remain fraught.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Parents want answers after child is killed by falling goalpost at Tembisa school
Angered parents were at the Reagile Primary School in Tembisa on Tuesday where a 10-year-old pupil died after goalposts allegedly fell on him.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Public Protector says senior staff will investigate Gcaleka’s ‘romantic partner’
Public Protector and advocate Kholeka Gcaleka says the distance between her and any investigation in which she may have a personal interest “is as clear as day”.
Continue ReadingNews24 | US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84
US civil rights leader, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, has died at the age of 84.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Parliament ad hoc committee probing Mkhwanazi’s allegations gets another deadline extension
The ad hoc committee investigating KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkwanazi’s allegations now has until the end of March to complete its work.
Continue ReadingNews24 | School tragedies: Boy killed by falling goalpost, 15 pupils injured in transport crash
A 10-year-old boy died when a soccer goalpost fell on him at Reagile Primary School in Winnie Mandela, Tembisa, and 15 pupils were injured in a scholar transport accident between Pretoria West and Hartbeespoort.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Get the files out’: Hillary Clinton accuses Trump of Jeffrey Epstein cover-up
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has accused President Donald Trump of orchestrating a “cover-up” over files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Continue ReadingNews24 | From beat patrol to boot camp: How this Mitchells Plain cop keeps kids off the streets
Instead of switching off after work, Mitchells Plain police officer Constable Sinovuyo Seti changes into training gear, grabs his cones and hula hoops, and steps onto the open pitch in front of his house to prepare for a different kind of duty – one aimed...
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