Day: March 11, 2026
News24 | US ambassador backtracks; Flight costs soar as jet fuel price surges: Today’s top 7 stories
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Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE | US ambassador backtracks on ‘Kill the Boer’ comment, now respects SA court ruling
US Ambassador to South Africa Brent Bozell has backtracked on his comments that he does not “care” about the South African court ruling that “Kill the Boer” is not hate speech, saying now that he respects the finding.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Hezbollah returns to guerrilla warfare as it awaits full-scale Israel invasion of Lebanon
Lebanon’s Hezbollah is applying lessons from its last war with Israel as it braces for a possible full-scale Israeli invasion and protracted conflict, returning to its roots in guerrilla warfare in south Lebanon, four Lebanese sources said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Meet the rehab team bringing wheelchairs, repairs and hope to rural areas
In deep rural KwaZulu-Natal, a physiotherapist and a paraplegic peer supporter travel dusty roads to repair wheelchairs, counsel families and restore dignity to people with disabilities – one home visit at a time.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Samancor plans job cuts despite reduced power price, union says
An estimated 2 400 jobs could be eliminated across Samancor’s smelting operations and corporate offices, the National Union of Mineworkers said.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Department of Health DG suspended following directive from Ramaphosa
Department of Health Director-General Sandile Buthelezi has been placed on precautionary suspension following his arrest on charges of fraud and theft.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Thousands of white expats head back to SA despite Trump’s ‘persecution’ claims
Thousands of white South Africans are coming back to South Africa, despite Donald Trump’s statements that the white minority is being persecuted by the country’s black majority government.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Gauteng health dept CFO failed to act on flagged Tembisa Hospital contracts – DA
The DA’s Gauteng health spokesperson, Jack Bloom, has claimed that former provincial Department of Health CFO Lerato Madyo was paid to leave the department and never held to account for the R2.3-billion Tembisa Hospital scandal.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Container ship hit as Iran chokes Strait of Hormuz amid war with US, Israel
A container ship was hit off the coast of the United Arab Emirates by an unidentified projectile, a British maritime security agency reported, as Iran retaliates across the Gulf in response to US-Israeli strikes.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Fuel rationing fears: Key SA refinery closed, but govt says ‘no immediate risk’ of supply crunch
Amid a global scramble for fuel, the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has said there is no immediate risk of fuel shortages in South Africa.
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