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Wednesday Nov 20 2024 11:42:32News24 | 'For too long', basic flushing toilets still a pipe dream for some of SA's most vulnerable residents
World Toilet Day was celebrated on Tuesday but for many residents in informal settlements, a clean, working toilet is a pipe dream. They still use buckets or head into bushes to relieve themselves because flushing toilets are few and far between in t...
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 09:58:12News24 | 'Should I get an opportunity, I will return underground': Rescued illegal miner wants his gold
Freshly rescued from the depths of the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine, a 36-year-old father says he is willing to risk it all again just to retrieve the hidden treasure that he believes can secure his family's future.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 09:36:30News24 | SA proactive on Palestine but not on Ukraine, says Ukrainian ambassador
Ukraine's ambassador to South Africa, Liubov Abravitova, has called on South Africa to be consistent in its loud calls for world peace.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 09:07:13News24 | Tutu trust demands closure of exhibition at US govt-funded event amid war against Palestinians
In the latest show of support for the Palestinian people, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu IP Trust, tasked with overseeing the legacy of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has demanded the removal of an exhibition in his honour from a global event.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 08:16:07News24 | Free State speaker, treasury in standoff as he holds 'province hostage', blocks mini-budget
Former Free State Premier Mxolisi Dukwana is accused of using his speaker position to "hold the province hostage" until the legislature's "R84 million needs" are met.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 08:30:50News24 | WATCH | 'He would have done great things': Dad mourns son shot dead walking to school in Elsies River
The heartbroken father of 14-year-old Jahmiel van Reenen struggled to contain his emotions when he spoke about his son who was murdered while walking to school in Ravensmead on Tuesday morning.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 04:45:18News24 | Mogale City officials splash out on new BMWs amid ongoing sewage crisis
As Mogale City residents drown in sewage, the political leadership, led by former mayor Danny Thupane, allegedly did not hesitate to purchase three luxury BMWs for the Troika, costing ratepayers R2.3 million.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 08:17:35News24 | Lawyer who paid disabled child's trust only R50 000 of R15m settlement acquitted by legal council
A Legal Practice Council disciplinary committee has acquitted a lawyer - who only paid R50 000 of a R15-million medical negligence settlement to a severely disabled child's trust account - of misappropriating those funds.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 04:45:15News24 | R2bn spent on Cuban training programme, but qualifications not registered in SA, students jobless
An eyewatering R2 billion has so far been spent on the Department of Defence and Military Veterans' flagship Project Thusano, which trains medical students in Cuba, but the programme is not accredited in South Africa, leaving returning students with ...
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 00:49:01News24 | GALLERY | All we do is win! Bafana Bafana bagĀ 3-0 victory over South Sudan
Bafana Bafana secured an impressive 3-0 win against South Sudan in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 21:55:16News24 | Ramaphosa praises 'excellent work led by Brazil', promises to build on it as SA takes over G20 presidency
With a gavel strike on a block of wood and a firm handshake, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva handed over the presidency of the G20 to South Africa on Tuesday.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 06:36:25News24 | Alleged highway robbers who offered ride to hitchhiking siblings arrested after high-speed chase
Three men who offered a ride to hitchhiking siblings before allegedly robbing them were denied bail by the Middelburg Magistrate's Court on Monday.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 20:36:24News24 | Extortion Nation | Extortionists disrupt construction projects worth R51bn in two years
The South African Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors' survey on construction site disruptions found that between 2018 and 2022, more than 287 projects worth R51.6 billion had been disrupted by extortionists.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 20:28:37News24 | William Booth attack: Gang rank 'stars' and a roving communal prison cellphone
Moegamat "Bubbles" Brown denies organising the attempted murder of lawyer William Booth for Nafiz Modack via cellphone calls from Pollsmoor Prison.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 20:20:48News24 | Extortion Nation | Top cop adamant SAPS is winning extortion 'war'
Acting deputy police commissioner Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya is adamant that police are winning "the war" against extortion rackets.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 20:17:26News24 | Extortion Nation | Face-to-face with the most feared man in Mamelodi
Skhala Mabena, the alleged leader of Boko Haram, a feared gang that allegedly engages in a wide range of criminal activities in the Tshwane township told News24 that he would not respond to allegations that he was responsible for rampant extortion.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 11:03:26News24 | Cape Town woman attacked inside e-hailing vehicle
Cape Town resident Cheral-Lee le Roux, 27, believes she was the target of a suspected kidnapping and assault allegedly orchestrated by an Uber driver and four accomplices.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 20:00:50News24 | SAPS Eastern Cape Flying Squad office burgled
The offices of the South African Police Service Flying Squad in Qonce (formerly King William's Town), Eastern Cape, were broken into on Tuesday morning.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 19:54:17News24 | Malatsi defends decision to withdraw SABC Bill as MPs accuse him of disrespecting them
Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi defended his decision to withdraw the controversial SABC Bill, acknowledging that the decision was "unconventional" and "disruptive" as some MPs criticised him for disrespecting the Portf...
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 19:13:02News24 | Western Cape pupils' reading achievement still below 'low international benchmark', committee hears
While the Western Cape is doing better than the rest of the country in terms of reading achievement, it still falls below a "low international benchmark", the provincial legislature standing committee on education heard on Tuesday.
South Africa News 24
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 11:42:32News24 | 'For too long', basic flushing toilets still a pipe dream for some of SA's most vulnerable residents
World Toilet Day was celebrated on Tuesday but for many residents in informal settlements, a clean, working toilet is a pipe dream. They still use buckets or head into bushes to relieve themselves because flushing toilets are few and far between in t...
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 09:58:12News24 | 'Should I get an opportunity, I will return underground': Rescued illegal miner wants his gold
Freshly rescued from the depths of the abandoned Stilfontein gold mine, a 36-year-old father says he is willing to risk it all again just to retrieve the hidden treasure that he believes can secure his family's future.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 09:36:30News24 | SA proactive on Palestine but not on Ukraine, says Ukrainian ambassador
Ukraine's ambassador to South Africa, Liubov Abravitova, has called on South Africa to be consistent in its loud calls for world peace.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 09:07:13News24 | Tutu trust demands closure of exhibition at US govt-funded event amid war against Palestinians
In the latest show of support for the Palestinian people, the Archbishop Desmond Tutu IP Trust, tasked with overseeing the legacy of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has demanded the removal of an exhibition in his honour from a global event.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 08:16:07News24 | Free State speaker, treasury in standoff as he holds 'province hostage', blocks mini-budget
Former Free State Premier Mxolisi Dukwana is accused of using his speaker position to "hold the province hostage" until the legislature's "R84 million needs" are met.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 08:30:50News24 | WATCH | 'He would have done great things': Dad mourns son shot dead walking to school in Elsies River
The heartbroken father of 14-year-old Jahmiel van Reenen struggled to contain his emotions when he spoke about his son who was murdered while walking to school in Ravensmead on Tuesday morning.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 04:45:18News24 | Mogale City officials splash out on new BMWs amid ongoing sewage crisis
As Mogale City residents drown in sewage, the political leadership, led by former mayor Danny Thupane, allegedly did not hesitate to purchase three luxury BMWs for the Troika, costing ratepayers R2.3 million.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 08:17:35News24 | Lawyer who paid disabled child's trust only R50 000 of R15m settlement acquitted by legal council
A Legal Practice Council disciplinary committee has acquitted a lawyer - who only paid R50 000 of a R15-million medical negligence settlement to a severely disabled child's trust account - of misappropriating those funds.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 04:45:15News24 | R2bn spent on Cuban training programme, but qualifications not registered in SA, students jobless
An eyewatering R2 billion has so far been spent on the Department of Defence and Military Veterans' flagship Project Thusano, which trains medical students in Cuba, but the programme is not accredited in South Africa, leaving returning students with ...
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 00:49:01News24 | GALLERY | All we do is win! Bafana Bafana bagĀ 3-0 victory over South Sudan
Bafana Bafana secured an impressive 3-0 win against South Sudan in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 21:55:16News24 | Ramaphosa praises 'excellent work led by Brazil', promises to build on it as SA takes over G20 presidency
With a gavel strike on a block of wood and a firm handshake, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva handed over the presidency of the G20 to South Africa on Tuesday.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 06:36:25News24 | Alleged highway robbers who offered ride to hitchhiking siblings arrested after high-speed chase
Three men who offered a ride to hitchhiking siblings before allegedly robbing them were denied bail by the Middelburg Magistrate's Court on Monday.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 20:36:24News24 | Extortion Nation | Extortionists disrupt construction projects worth R51bn in two years
The South African Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors' survey on construction site disruptions found that between 2018 and 2022, more than 287 projects worth R51.6 billion had been disrupted by extortionists.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 20:28:37News24 | William Booth attack: Gang rank 'stars' and a roving communal prison cellphone
Moegamat "Bubbles" Brown denies organising the attempted murder of lawyer William Booth for Nafiz Modack via cellphone calls from Pollsmoor Prison.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 20:20:48News24 | Extortion Nation | Top cop adamant SAPS is winning extortion 'war'
Acting deputy police commissioner Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya is adamant that police are winning "the war" against extortion rackets.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 20:17:26News24 | Extortion Nation | Face-to-face with the most feared man in Mamelodi
Skhala Mabena, the alleged leader of Boko Haram, a feared gang that allegedly engages in a wide range of criminal activities in the Tshwane township told News24 that he would not respond to allegations that he was responsible for rampant extortion.
Wednesday Nov 20 2024 11:03:26News24 | Cape Town woman attacked inside e-hailing vehicle
Cape Town resident Cheral-Lee le Roux, 27, believes she was the target of a suspected kidnapping and assault allegedly orchestrated by an Uber driver and four accomplices.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 20:00:50News24 | SAPS Eastern Cape Flying Squad office burgled
The offices of the South African Police Service Flying Squad in Qonce (formerly King William's Town), Eastern Cape, were broken into on Tuesday morning.
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 19:54:17News24 | Malatsi defends decision to withdraw SABC Bill as MPs accuse him of disrespecting them
Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi defended his decision to withdraw the controversial SABC Bill, acknowledging that the decision was "unconventional" and "disruptive" as some MPs criticised him for disrespecting the Portf...
Tuesday Nov 19 2024 19:13:02News24 | Western Cape pupils' reading achievement still below 'low international benchmark', committee hears
While the Western Cape is doing better than the rest of the country in terms of reading achievement, it still falls below a "low international benchmark", the provincial legislature standing committee on education heard on Tuesday.