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Wednesday Mar 12 2025 10:56:01News24 | Half-truths, out-of-context claims: Ernst Roets' claims in conversation with Tucker Carlson debunked
The interview was mired in multiple provable examples of misinformation and disinformation.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 09:52:46News24 | Strong ANC push to oust Faku as regional chair and Buffalo City mayor
Tensions between the ANC's Dr WB Rubusana regional secretary Antonio Carels and chairperson Princess Faku have come to a head in the lead-up to next month's elective conference, where Faku's mayoral chain and regional chair position are on the line. ...
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 09:16:37News24 | US funding cuts imperil search for HIV vaccine
A group of leading African researchers trying to develop effective vaccines against HIV is trying to figure out how to salvage their ambitious research after losing funding due to the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 08:33:45News24 | Urgent intervention sought as correctional services budget cuts leave prison livestock hungry
Due to "severe cost-containment measures", the Department of Correctional Services has not fed animals properly at its 21 agricultural correctional centres, according to the NSPCA.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 05:23:52News24 | His childhood dream: See this viral backyard safari park built from cement, wire and water
For Dzulani Trevor Sidogi, the Dzuli Eco-Park is a childhood dream come true, built in the backyard of his one-bedroom house in Tshipako Village, Limpopo, that visitors cannot get enough of.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 04:45:40News24 | 'My life's a nightmare I can't wake up from': SA woman forced to work as scammer in Myanmar
A South African woman being held in a compound in Myanmar, near the Thailand border, says her harrowing experience is like a nightmare she cannot wake up from.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 04:45:40News24 | Battling Rhodes University student receives R180 000 scholarship for first-year studies
Just over a month ago, Liyabukwa Dyantyi prayed a Good Samaritan would come to his rescue and finance his first-year university studies.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 04:45:40News24 | Whirlwind romance, tragic end: Ex-Absa executive charged with fourth wife's murder
They got married after a whirlwind four-month romance. Six months later, she was dead.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 04:45:38News24 | SCA stubs out SARS appeal against interdict blocking CCTV surveillance of cigarette warehouses
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has suffered another blow in its fight to use CCTV cameras to monitor cigarette manufacturers' warehouses after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) dismissed its bid to overturn an interdict blocking the move, f...
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 04:45:38News24 | E-voting will not be a silver bullet, National Treasury official tells IEC conference
A National Treasury official told the Electoral Commission of South Africa's (IEC) conference on electronic voting she is not sure it would lead to cost savings due to the high input costs.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 05:15:21News24 | 'We also add value': Ramaphosa says Africa is not just benefitting from AGOA partnership
South Africa is looking to new investment markets amid a possible axing from the lucrative US trade agreement, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 23:37:11News24 | WATCH | Train carriages on fire in Cape Town CBD amid damaging winds warning
Emergency teams are working to extinguish train carriages that caught fire in the Old Marine Drive area of the Cape Town train line in the CBD on Tuesday night.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 21:50:59News24 | AFU seizes assets of child pornography-accused couple
The Asset Forfeiture Unit seized assets including a luxury vehicle and R647 300 in cash belonging to Darryn Wilken and his girlfriend, Tiona Megan Moodley.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 21:35:42News24 | 'We are hurting': Cape Town dad after daughter gunned down
Family and friends of Imaan Syms are in mourning after the 30-year-old was shot and killed, allegedly at the hands of a lone gunman, in Woodstock on Monday night.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 21:35:42News24 | 'You're undermining Lamola': Malema claims Ramaphosa meeting Musk did not follow diplomatic channels
EFF leader Julius Malema has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of undermining International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola when he spoke to billionaire Elon Musk earlier this year.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 20:55:54News24 | Sending envoys to smooth out US ties 'still our intention' – Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured parliamentarians that he will follow through with his decision to send envoys to the United States to smooth out relations between the two countries.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 20:49:36News24 | Inanda residents are terrified after spate of murders: 'It’s like living in a war zone'
Residents of Inanda, Durban, are in fear of "who is next" after a spate of deaths, allegedly at the hands of a group of trigger-happy teenagers who terrorise the community.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 19:24:07News24 | Vicki Terblanche murder: Accused boyfriend 'driven by hurt', court hears during closing arguments
The role that Reinhardt Leach played in his girlfriend Vicki Terblanche's death three years ago was driven by hurt, his defence attorney told the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha on Tuesday.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 18:40:42News24 | Practising signatures: Alleged serial killer accused of manipulating victim's will
Suspected serial killer Zaheera Boomgaard allegedly practised the handwritten signature of one of her alleged victims, Lynette Mustapha, to manipulate her last will, making herself the sole beneficiary.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 18:30:56News24 | 'I couldn't even say goodbye': Grief-stricken mother reacts to Helen Joseph reports
Reports by the Office of the Health Ombud (OHO) and the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) have found claims that Nicholas van Burick's body lay neglected for hours after his death at Johannesburg's Helen Joseph Tertiary Hospital were "unsu...
South Africa News 24
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 10:56:01News24 | Half-truths, out-of-context claims: Ernst Roets' claims in conversation with Tucker Carlson debunked
The interview was mired in multiple provable examples of misinformation and disinformation.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 09:52:46News24 | Strong ANC push to oust Faku as regional chair and Buffalo City mayor
Tensions between the ANC's Dr WB Rubusana regional secretary Antonio Carels and chairperson Princess Faku have come to a head in the lead-up to next month's elective conference, where Faku's mayoral chain and regional chair position are on the line. ...
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 09:16:37News24 | US funding cuts imperil search for HIV vaccine
A group of leading African researchers trying to develop effective vaccines against HIV is trying to figure out how to salvage their ambitious research after losing funding due to the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 08:33:45News24 | Urgent intervention sought as correctional services budget cuts leave prison livestock hungry
Due to "severe cost-containment measures", the Department of Correctional Services has not fed animals properly at its 21 agricultural correctional centres, according to the NSPCA.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 05:23:52News24 | His childhood dream: See this viral backyard safari park built from cement, wire and water
For Dzulani Trevor Sidogi, the Dzuli Eco-Park is a childhood dream come true, built in the backyard of his one-bedroom house in Tshipako Village, Limpopo, that visitors cannot get enough of.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 04:45:40News24 | 'My life's a nightmare I can't wake up from': SA woman forced to work as scammer in Myanmar
A South African woman being held in a compound in Myanmar, near the Thailand border, says her harrowing experience is like a nightmare she cannot wake up from.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 04:45:40News24 | Battling Rhodes University student receives R180 000 scholarship for first-year studies
Just over a month ago, Liyabukwa Dyantyi prayed a Good Samaritan would come to his rescue and finance his first-year university studies.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 04:45:40News24 | Whirlwind romance, tragic end: Ex-Absa executive charged with fourth wife's murder
They got married after a whirlwind four-month romance. Six months later, she was dead.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 04:45:38News24 | SCA stubs out SARS appeal against interdict blocking CCTV surveillance of cigarette warehouses
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has suffered another blow in its fight to use CCTV cameras to monitor cigarette manufacturers' warehouses after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) dismissed its bid to overturn an interdict blocking the move, f...
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 04:45:38News24 | E-voting will not be a silver bullet, National Treasury official tells IEC conference
A National Treasury official told the Electoral Commission of South Africa's (IEC) conference on electronic voting she is not sure it would lead to cost savings due to the high input costs.
Wednesday Mar 12 2025 05:15:21News24 | 'We also add value': Ramaphosa says Africa is not just benefitting from AGOA partnership
South Africa is looking to new investment markets amid a possible axing from the lucrative US trade agreement, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 23:37:11News24 | WATCH | Train carriages on fire in Cape Town CBD amid damaging winds warning
Emergency teams are working to extinguish train carriages that caught fire in the Old Marine Drive area of the Cape Town train line in the CBD on Tuesday night.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 21:50:59News24 | AFU seizes assets of child pornography-accused couple
The Asset Forfeiture Unit seized assets including a luxury vehicle and R647 300 in cash belonging to Darryn Wilken and his girlfriend, Tiona Megan Moodley.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 21:35:42News24 | 'We are hurting': Cape Town dad after daughter gunned down
Family and friends of Imaan Syms are in mourning after the 30-year-old was shot and killed, allegedly at the hands of a lone gunman, in Woodstock on Monday night.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 21:35:42News24 | 'You're undermining Lamola': Malema claims Ramaphosa meeting Musk did not follow diplomatic channels
EFF leader Julius Malema has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of undermining International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola when he spoke to billionaire Elon Musk earlier this year.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 20:55:54News24 | Sending envoys to smooth out US ties 'still our intention' – Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured parliamentarians that he will follow through with his decision to send envoys to the United States to smooth out relations between the two countries.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 20:49:36News24 | Inanda residents are terrified after spate of murders: 'It’s like living in a war zone'
Residents of Inanda, Durban, are in fear of "who is next" after a spate of deaths, allegedly at the hands of a group of trigger-happy teenagers who terrorise the community.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 19:24:07News24 | Vicki Terblanche murder: Accused boyfriend 'driven by hurt', court hears during closing arguments
The role that Reinhardt Leach played in his girlfriend Vicki Terblanche's death three years ago was driven by hurt, his defence attorney told the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha on Tuesday.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 18:40:42News24 | Practising signatures: Alleged serial killer accused of manipulating victim's will
Suspected serial killer Zaheera Boomgaard allegedly practised the handwritten signature of one of her alleged victims, Lynette Mustapha, to manipulate her last will, making herself the sole beneficiary.
Tuesday Mar 11 2025 18:30:56News24 | 'I couldn't even say goodbye': Grief-stricken mother reacts to Helen Joseph reports
Reports by the Office of the Health Ombud (OHO) and the Office of Health Standards Compliance (OHSC) have found claims that Nicholas van Burick's body lay neglected for hours after his death at Johannesburg's Helen Joseph Tertiary Hospital were "unsu...