Saturday, March 8, 2025 from News24 South Africa
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza speaks about managing "boisterous" MPs in Parliament, her ultimate relaxation of watching renovation shows on TV with her husband, and living up to her name "Angela".Saturday, March 8, 2025 from News24 South Africa
Four News24 staff members share the stories that stood out for them among the mad clutter of news from around the world this week.Saturday, March 8, 2025 from News24 South Africa
Onesie wonders, Gaddafi chic, camouflage comedy, and other long threads to freedom... here are stories about “emperors” and their clothes that you can share around the braai.Saturday, March 8, 2025 from News24 South Africa
The postponement of the Budget illustrates the benefit of having multiple parties in government. News24 political editor Andisiwe Makinana writes that if it weren't for the GNU, 17% VAT would be our reality now.Saturday, March 8, 2025 from Mail & Guardian Index Feed
However, the department of water and sanitation says that there is no risk of imminent failureSaturday, March 8, 2025 from News24 South Africa
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality can learn a thing or two from its eThekwini counterpart, which "is now on a journey to recovery".Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
Three men who were found guilty of murdering two police officers and setting them alight in their vehicle in the North West have been sentenced to life imprisonment.Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
South Africa must rethink its anti-Western policy, its implementation of the land expropriation policies, and the controversial Basic Education Amendment Laws Act if it wants to prevent US sanctions.Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
US President Donald Trump has repeated the lie South African farms are being confiscated on his social media platform.Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
South African political parties agree the country's biggest challenges are inequality, poverty and unemployment.Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
Extremely uncomfortable conditions are expected in parts of the Western Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is instituting disciplinary action against staff members who participated in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality's operation to seize pigs in Qonce, in the Eastern Cape.News24 | SA-Ukraine talks: Presidency confirms Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit in April
Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, in Pretoria in April.Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
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.Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
The fatal shooting at the upscale Solo restaurant in Sandton on Thursday evening, in which three people were killed and four others injured, has ignited a debate within the Gauteng legislature concerning the regulation of private...Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
After five-and-a-half weeks of explosive testimonies, surprising witnesses, and an admission by the accused that he would turn State witness against his girlfriend's estranged husband, the Vicki Terblanche murder trial is drawing to a...Friday, March 7, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
The US president’s cuts to health funding could lead to half a million deaths. They’re part of a strategy to condemn and isolate the country On 7 February, less than three weeks after taking office, Donald Trump issued an executive order...Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
A father accused of beating and then strangling his 8-year-old son avoided eye contact with the mother of his son, who stared him down as he stood in the dock in the Pinetown Magistrate's Court on Friday.Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
There were audible sighs of relief from a packed gallery in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Friday when Soshanguve couple Lerato and Sibusiso Mahlangu were jailed for life.Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
The defence in the Joshlin Smith case on Friday questioned detective Sergeant Meyer Milstein about Kelly Smith's medication use around the time her daughter went missing.Friday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
Frustrated by persistent water shortages and inadequate service delivery, ratepayers in eThekwini have threatened to withhold payments unless the City's ongoing water challenges are addressed.Friday, March 7, 2025 from Mail & Guardian Index Feed
If you’re considering drilling a borehole because of insufficient water supply, the first step is to determine whether you can secure a sustainable sourceFriday, March 7, 2025 from Mail & Guardian Index Feed
The water crisis is driving a proliferation of boreholes and water tanks that can deplete the aquifer, cause contamination or acid mine drainage – or hit the Gautrain tunnelFriday, March 7, 2025 from News24 South Africa
If President Cyril Ramaphosa is invited to the White House by US President Donald Trump, then he must go. This was the view of ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula who was speaking at the Fredrich Naumann Foundation Freedom dialogue on...Friday, March 7, 2025 from Mail & Guardian Index Feed
The environment minister said increased poaching in Kruger National Park was of great concernFriday, March 7, 2025 from Mail & Guardian Index Feed
The treasury needs to focus on strengthening revenue collection, efficient allocation and optimisationFriday, March 7, 2025 from Mail & Guardian Index Feed
Industry players have misunderstood women consumers, leading to declining sales and audience engagement, pushing them to offerings in the EastFriday, March 7, 2025 from Mail & Guardian Index Feed
ANC members in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng allege that the reconfiguration of the provincial structures and upcoming branch audits are part of his strategy to strengthen his position for the raceFriday, March 7, 2025 from Mail & Guardian Index Feed
The premier has also vowed that the province will be ready to host the G20 summitFriday, March 7, 2025 from Mail & Guardian Index Feed
Hailed as a 'botanical miracle, the critically endangered species emerged in an area previously dominated by forestryFriday, March 7, 2025 from Mail & Guardian Index Feed
Failure in water provision has a ripple effect on other sectorsThursday, March 6, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
President’s decree claims white South Africans being unjustly discriminated against and orders end to foreign aid The state department has ordered an immediate pause on most US foreign assistance to South Africa , according to a cable...Thursday, March 6, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
Stigma, lack of treatment and disproportionate rise of the disease in women draws comparisons with HIV epidemic An alarming rise in obesity in Africa has been compared with the HIV epidemic, with stigma and lack of treatment having a...Wednesday, March 5, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
Cole was a black South African photographer whose work illuminated the reality of life under apartheid, but Raoul Peck’s excellent documentary unearths a life of exile and homesickness Haitian film-maker Raoul Peck won an Oscar...Saturday, March 1, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
Backing of Glencore angers campaigners who have highlighted firm’s environmental breaches in South Africa One of the world’s biggest banks, JP Morgan, has promoted environmental and “sustainable” funds to customers which have invested...Friday, February 28, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
USAid cuts to clinics dispensing antiretroviral drugs will be ‘death sentence for mothers and children’, expert warns Sweeping notices of termination of funding have been received by organisations working with HIV and Aids across Africa,...Monday, February 24, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
Their metamorphosis seems more like a human’s than a butterfly’s – so much is visible, and awkward, whereas the butterfly forms in secret Some species of frog have eyes so sensitive to light that they can detect a single photon. To...Monday, February 24, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
How did Imam Muhsin change the lives of queer Muslims? Jamie Fullerton reports “ As a Muslim, you always question: ‘Have I pleased God, or have I angered him or her?’” Imam Muhsin Hendricks of Cape Town, South Africa, was the world’s...Sunday, February 23, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
Ahead of a career retrospective, Sue Williamson tells how the US pair are dragging her country ‘through the mud’ For more than 50 years, Sue Williamson’s art has been shining a light on South Africa’s problems – first to campaign against...Friday, February 21, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
In Europe and large parts of the US it has been a week of plunging temperatures and heavy snow Severe weather hit South Africa this week, with intense thunderstorms, flooding and reported tornadoes. The South African weather service...Thursday, February 20, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
Sale of the miner, which is now valued at $4bn, may be delayed following ‘really, really difficult’ market Business live – latest updates The world’s biggest diamond miner, De Beers, cost its parent company almost $3bn last year as the...Tuesday, February 18, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
Thailand and Vietnam now often seen as ‘more cost-effective’ than visiting traditional European favourites Holiday companies are reporting a surge in demand for long-haul breaks amid claims that the likes of Thailand and Vietnam are now...Monday, February 17, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
Project Waterworth, which involves cable longer than Earth’s circumference, to also reach South Africa and Brazil Meta has announced plans to build the world’s longest underwater cable project, which aims to connect the US, India, South...Monday, February 17, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
The US president’s bullying of allies and partners is short-termist and will boost Beijing’s power, not Washington’s Donald Trump’s return to the White House is so far proving more nightmarish for US allies and friends than adversaries....Sunday, February 16, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
Police say motive for killing of Hendricks, who ran a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims near Cape Town, is unknown Muhsin Hendricks, considered the world’s “first openly gay imam ”, has been shot dead near the southern city of Gqeberha, South...Friday, February 14, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
Namibia’s first president and ‘founding father’ who led the fight for independence from the apartheid regime in South Africa The first president of Namibia, Sam Nujoma, who has died aged 95, was one of the original liberation leaders who...Friday, February 14, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
Trump’s asylum offer to South Africa’s white minority follows years of AfriForum lobbying on Elon Musk’s behalf Donald Trump ’s offer of political asylum to South Africa’s white minority, just days after blocking genuine refugees from...Monday, February 10, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
Some locals in picturesque district of Bo-Kaap are fed up with influx of visitors, and worry about impact of gentrification After Table Mountain, the candy-coloured houses of Bo-Kaap have become one of Cape Town’s most iconic images, a...Saturday, February 8, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
US president also offers asylum to Afrikaners and criticises law that allows land seizures without compensation in some circumstances The US president, Donald Trump, has signed an executive order to cut financial assistance to South...Thursday, February 6, 2025 from South Africa | The Guardian
US secretary of state repeats remarks by Donald Trump about ‘expropriation of private property’ in African nation The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has accused South Africa of “anti-Americanism” and refused to attend a G20 meeting...