Day: April 5, 2026
News24 | Easter horror: Eastern Cape crash claims seven lives
Seven people died on Easter Sunday in a deadly crash in the Eastern Cape. The crash occurred at around 15:00 on the M17 between KwaZakhele and Motherwell in Gqeberha.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Family Day weather: Disruptive waves forecast along SA coast as storms hit eastern regions
The South African Weather Service has issued a warning of damaging waves expected to disrupt beachfront activities along parts of the coastline on Monday, Family Day.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ‘There will be nothing like it’: Trump threatens ‘hell’ for Iran over Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump threatened in an expletive-laden post on Sunday to strike Iran’s power plants and bridges if it does not reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, after announcing the rescue of an airman in a “miraculous” operation.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ANC veterans slam Lesufi’s cabinet reshuffle, question EFF’s Dunga as finance MEC
The ANC Veterans’ League has slammed Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s inclusion of the EFF’s Nkululeko Dunga in his provincial cabinet.
Continue ReadingNews24 | The battle for Oude Molen: Govt to fight for development after heritage rejection
A heritage assessment was rejected, but the Western Cape Government will appeal.
Continue ReadingNews24 | First European-owned ship openly crosses Strait of Hormuz
A container ship signalling French ownership has exited the Strait of Hormuz, in what appears to be the first known transit by a vessel linked to Western Europe since the Iran war all but shuttered the vital waterway.
Continue ReadingNews24 | US fighter jet shot down over Iran, search underway for crew
A US fighter jet was shot down over Iran and a search and rescue operation was underway for any survivors, a US official said on Friday.
Continue ReadingNews24 | UPDATE | ‘Doctors did their best’: Motsoaledi on death of one of separated conjoined twins
President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed them as “miracle workers”. But on Friday, the team of doctors who separated Limpopo’s conjoined twins on 29 January during complex surgery at Mankweng Hospital were mourning the loss of one of the babies.
Continue ReadingNews24 | I visited Cat Heaven in Cape Town – home to 22 rescues that you can have cake with
Home to 22 rescues, this Somerset West cat cafe provides hours of feline therapy – and great cake and coffee – to raise awareness of the beauty of shelter cats and the need to adopt, not shop.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Five EU nations urge tax on energy firms’ windfall profits
Spain and four other European Union nations have called for a tax on windfall profits of energy companies in response to rising fuel prices due to the Middle East war.
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