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Sun, 16 Jan 2022 11:13:36 +0000News24.com | Council chaos: Joburg ANC caucus turns to Cogta MEC as DA lays assault charges against councillors
ANC caucus leader Mpho Moerane has written to Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Lebogang Maile, raising concerns over council speaker, Vasco da Gama's conduct that led to Thursday's chaotic council sitting being halted.
Sun, 16 Jan 2022 10:18:49 +0000News24.com | KwaZulu-Natal teenager missing at sea at Blythedale beach, presumed dead
A 19-year-old teenager who went missing at a Blythedale beach in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday evening, is presumed to have drowned.
Sun, 16 Jan 2022 09:56:43 +0000News24.com | JMPD security officer killed, robbed while out on patrol in Soweto
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department have expressed their sadness and shock at the fatal shooting of a security officer while on duty on Friday night in Phase 7, Tshepisong, in Soweto.
Sun, 16 Jan 2022 07:20:51 +0000News24.com | Parliament fire: Zandile Mafe rubbishes claims he is a trained operative
Parliament arson-accused Zandile Mafe has rubbished social media claims he is a trained operative, saying the first he knew of the fire was when the police woke him up.
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Sat, 15 Jan 2022 20:04:01 +0000News24.com | Mpumalanga cops rescue kidnapped Pakistani national, alleged trafficker still at large
Mpumalanga police rescued a kidnapped Pakistani national following an operation on Thursday.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 19:11:23 +0000News24.com | Traffic officials gear up for another busy weekend as holidaymakers head home
Scores of holidaymakers are expected to hit the roads on the way home as the academic school year kicks off for coastal schools next week, and the working world returns to normal.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 17:53:48 +0000News24.com | Burglars target state capture whistleblower Themba Maseko’s home
The former CEO of the Government Communications and Information Systems (GCIS), Themba Maseko, woke up to intruders inside the roof of his Sandton home in the early hours of Friday.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 18:30:29 +0000News24.com | Cape Town's Monkey Town centre refutes SPCA animal violation allegations
Cape Town's tourist attraction, Monkey Town in Somerset West, has rubbished allegations made by the Cape of Good Hope SPCA after the organisation inspected the centre where they found the centre had violated 14 clauses of the Animal Protection Act.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:10:05 +0000News24.com | 2 of 6 men who escaped from a police van in Vosloorus rearrested
Two of six fugitives were rearrested on Friday night after the police van they were travelling in was ambushed by three men with assault rifles in Vosloorus on Friday morning.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 14:08:33 +0000News24.com | Mafe gets go ahead for urgent challenge to psychiatric evaluation
Zandile Mafe will challenge his referral for psychiatric evaluation in a special hearing on Tuesday, his bail hearing will be heard on next Saturday.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 13:12:39 +0000News24.com | Parliament fire: Zandile Mafe's bail application postponed until next week
Zandile Mafe’s urgent bail application stalled on Saturday as his lawyers brought an urgent application to challenge his commitment for psychiatric observation.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:56:55 +0000News24.com | Parliament fire: Most media refused entry to urgent Mafe bail hearing
The Western Cape High Court barred almost all journalists from Zandile Mafe's urgent bail application in the Western Cape High Court on Saturday.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 10:09:09 +0000News24.com | Police launch manhunt after six shot dead in Durban
Kwazulu-Natal police have launched a manhunt after six men were gunned down in Amaoti on Friday afternoon.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:49:20 +0000News24.com | Appeal court dismisses farmer's claim to privacy after being 'named and shamed' on social media
The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed a farm owner's claim to the right to privacy after he was 'named and shamed' on Facebook for the alleged mistreatment of animals.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:00:28 +0000News24.com | Eight shot dead at an alleged drug house in Richmond, KZN
In an alleged drug related attack, eight people, aged 15 to 41 years old, were killed in a house in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal, on Friday night.
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 18:48:07 +0000News24.com | Covid-19 vaccine myths debunked: Get the facts here
While recent research found that over 71% of South Africans are willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine, government has indicated its concern with increasing reports of vaccine hesitancy.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 05:14:08 +0000Businessinsider.co.za | TAKE A LOOK | This refurbished 5-star lodge near Victoria Falls reopens in March
The Zambezi Sands River Lodge is almost ready to reopen after undergoing an extensive refurbishment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 06:44:14 +0000News24.com | FEEL GOOD | A splash of inspiration: Hout Bay activist offers kids free swimming, breakdancing and life skills lessons
Hout Bay community activist Jeffery Jonkers has been providing 40 children with free educational programmes and swimming lessons.
Fri, 14 Jan 2022 22:56:09 +0000News24.com | Free State premier hands over controversial Vrede Dairy farm project to rightful owners
Free State Premier Sisi Ntombela says the infamous Vrede Dairy farm project has finally been handed over to its rightful owners, after 65 community members were named beneficiaries in the project.