Limpopo-based hip-hop artist, Samuel Boomfire Mbuyane, was sentenced to three life terms for repeatedly raping a nine-year-old boy in Driekop village.

Two police officers were among five people killed on Friday after a minibus taxi plunged down a 50m embankment on the N3, near Shongweni West, Durban.

Just a mere four hours after Western Cape top cops visited the crime scene where five people were shot dead the previous day, another two people were shot and killed on Friday night.

Disruptive snow is expected in parts of the Eastern Cape while wet and windy conditions are forecast for Western Cape and Northern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

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The Western Cape is expecting around 20 to 30mm of rain as more severe weather lashes the province this weekend.

A R100 000 reward has been offered by the City of Cape Town to find those responsible to the mass shooting that left five dead and seven hospitalised in various incidents in Mitchells Plain on Thursday.

Three police officers and a traffic officer have been arrested in connection with allegations that money had gone missing during arrests they had made in Johannesburg on Monday.

Two people were killed in a shootout with KwaZulu-Natal police, and two others were arrested on Thursday evening.

Amid shifting local reforms, a fragile GNU and a volatile global landscape, News24 will co-host a virtual seminar on Tuesday to delve deeper into South Africa’s possible futures and the strategic decisions needed to get us to a better, brighter, to...

Police in Lebowakgomo, Limpopo, are investigating a case of reckless and negligent driving involving one of their own officers after a state vehicle allegedly hit two children aged eight and 12.

Two siblings, aged two and eight, died in a drowning accident during a family outing on Saturday.

This is The Lead, a daily News24 podcast hosted by broadcaster Graeme Raubenheimer, showcasing the best of our journalists’ in-depth reporting.

Six initiates and a traditional surgeon were injured when an initiation school caught fire at Maake Village, outside Tzaneen, in Limpopo.

The South African Weather Service has warned of heavy rain, cold, damaging winds, and disruptive snow in parts of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.

A 33-year-old man was shot dead while leaving his home in Avoca Road in Greenwood Park, Durban, on Thursday morning.

A 37-year-old Mitchells Plain woman accused of abducting a days-old Strandfontein baby in a busy Bellville shopping mall last weekend, will remain behind bars for now.

Three men were killed in a shooting in Slovo Park in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, and Mthatha police have launched a manhunt for the perpetrators.

City of Cape Town officials are on high alert as yet another cold front makes landfall in Cape Town.

Francois Venter, a big rock climber, once drank tequila with the PhD-holding virologist rockstar Dexter Holland of The Offspring and, more recently, publicly excoriated both the president and the health minister for their inaction on the HIV funding ...

Limpopo-based hip-hop artist, Samuel Boomfire Mbuyane, was sentenced to three life terms for repeatedly raping a nine-year-old boy in Driekop village.

Two police officers were among five people killed on Friday after a minibus taxi plunged down a 50m embankment on the N3, near Shongweni West, Durban.

Just a mere four hours after Western Cape top cops visited the crime scene where five people were shot dead the previous day, another two people were shot and killed on Friday night.

Disruptive snow is expected in parts of the Eastern Cape while wet and windy conditions are forecast for Western Cape and Northern Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

News24 brings you the top stories of the day, summarised into neat little packages. Read through quickly or listen to the articles via our customised text-to-speech feature.

The Western Cape is expecting around 20 to 30mm of rain as more severe weather lashes the province this weekend.

A R100 000 reward has been offered by the City of Cape Town to find those responsible to the mass shooting that left five dead and seven hospitalised in various incidents in Mitchells Plain on Thursday.

Three police officers and a traffic officer have been arrested in connection with allegations that money had gone missing during arrests they had made in Johannesburg on Monday.

Two people were killed in a shootout with KwaZulu-Natal police, and two others were arrested on Thursday evening.

Amid shifting local reforms, a fragile GNU and a volatile global landscape, News24 will co-host a virtual seminar on Tuesday to delve deeper into South Africa’s possible futures and the strategic decisions needed to get us to a better, brighter, to...

Police in Lebowakgomo, Limpopo, are investigating a case of reckless and negligent driving involving one of their own officers after a state vehicle allegedly hit two children aged eight and 12.

Two siblings, aged two and eight, died in a drowning accident during a family outing on Saturday.

This is The Lead, a daily News24 podcast hosted by broadcaster Graeme Raubenheimer, showcasing the best of our journalists’ in-depth reporting.

Six initiates and a traditional surgeon were injured when an initiation school caught fire at Maake Village, outside Tzaneen, in Limpopo.

The South African Weather Service has warned of heavy rain, cold, damaging winds, and disruptive snow in parts of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape.

A 33-year-old man was shot dead while leaving his home in Avoca Road in Greenwood Park, Durban, on Thursday morning.

A 37-year-old Mitchells Plain woman accused of abducting a days-old Strandfontein baby in a busy Bellville shopping mall last weekend, will remain behind bars for now.

Three men were killed in a shooting in Slovo Park in the Eastern Cape on Wednesday, and Mthatha police have launched a manhunt for the perpetrators.

City of Cape Town officials are on high alert as yet another cold front makes landfall in Cape Town.

Francois Venter, a big rock climber, once drank tequila with the PhD-holding virologist rockstar Dexter Holland of The Offspring and, more recently, publicly excoriated both the president and the health minister for their inaction on the HIV funding ...