Day: February 20, 2026
News24 | Venter back for Lions after ban, Mahashe earns URC debut
Ruan Venter returns from a four-match ban to start as blindside flanker for the Lions in their United Rugby Championship clash against the Sharks at Ellis Park on Saturday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Transnet calls for bidders for Richards Bay commodities terminal
The tender is expected to establish a special purpose vehicle, where Transnet Port Terminals will have a 51% stake and the private partner will have the minority stake.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Mining: Replace mineral resources dept with a world-class body
South Africa’s mining industry, despite contributing nearly R200 billion annually to the fiscus, has declined from 12% to 5.8% of GDP and lost 450 000 jobs over two decades due to regulatory inefficiencies, infrastructure failures, and corruption. What needs to be done to save the...
Continue ReadingNews24 | WATCH | REPORTING NOTES: Inside the new multimillion-rand oxygen-for-hospitals tender
The Development Bank of South Africa has awarded a new R379-million contract to supply PSA oxygen plants to hospitals across South Africa.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Football fanatic goals! SA boy lands dream gig at FIFA World Cup as official ball carrier
A young South African boy from Johannesburg has landed the dream of a lifetime by being selected as one of 104 FIFA World Cup 2026 ball carriers this year.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Trump administration to release ‘files related to alien and extraterrestrial life’
US President Donald Trump said he was ordering federal agencies to begin “identifying and releasing” government files related to UFOs and aliens, a move sought for decades by some Americans.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ actor Eric Dane dies at 53
Actor Eric Dane, who played the handsome Dr Mark Sloan on the hit television series Grey’s Anatomy, died on Thursday aged 53, his family said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Description of Renaldo Gouws as ‘malignant echo chamber’ factual – Press Ombud
The Press Ombud has dismissed a complaint by podcaster and political figure Renaldo Gouws over a column written by News24 senior editor Pieter du Toit that referred to him and his podcast as a “malignant echo chamber”.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Description of Renaldo Gouws as ‘malignant echo chamber’ factual – Press Ombud
The Press Ombud has dismissed a complaint by podcaster and political figure Renaldo Gouws over a column written by News24 senior editor Pieter du Toit that referred to him and his podcast as a “malignant echo chamber”.
Continue ReadingNews24 | FRIDAY BRIEFING | It’s the economy, stupid (or is it?)
Can South Africa’s unemployment stranglehold be broken and five million jobs created in a decade, transforming SA’s economic future? Join News24 at its On the Record summit in March where possible solutions will be put on the table.
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