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Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:40:42 +0000News24.com | JUST IN | Taxi boss' murder stalls MyCiTi N2 Express bus service, sparks fear of industry violence
The City of Cape Town's efforts to restart the MyCiti N2 Express bus route has been derailed after one of the taxi bosses who was party to the agreement was shot dead.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:06:14 +0000News24.com | Expert panel convenes to get all SA children reading as part of 2030 goal
A panel of experts and civil society leaders has been convened to ensure all South African children can read by 2030.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:39:51 +0000News24.com | Gauteng High Court rules that matric results should be published
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the Department of Basic Education should publish the matric results on media platforms.
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Tue, 18 Jan 2022 08:04:35 +0000News24.com | Fugitive who escaped police van in Vosloorus hands himself over, 3 prisoners still on the run
One of the six prisoners who escaped after the police van they were travelling in was ambushed in Vosloorus has handed himself over at the local court.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:41:53 +0000News24.com | Call for investigation after almost 160 firearms lost at Johannesburg police station
Almost 160 firearms have been lost at the Norwood police station in Johannesburg, causing Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police chairperson Tina Joemat-Pettersson to call for action.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:23:37 +0000News24.com | 3 security guards 'seriously injured' during cash-in-transit heist in Mpumalanga
Three security guards have been injured after an unknown number of robbers bombed the vehicle they were travelling in between Badplaas and Barberton.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:07:50 +0000News24.com | Covid-19: Death toll in South Africa climbs by 25, infections increase by 1 691
South Africa recorded 1 691 new confirmed Covid-19 infections on Monday.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:55:49 +0000News24.com | 150 people, including children, rescued in Ladysmith
Some 150 people, including children, were rescued in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, yesterday after the town was flooded following torrential rain in the area over the past two weeks.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:24:49 +0000Businessinsider.co.za | SA’s small towns were hesitant about fibre – now, as Zoom towns, they’re begging for it
South Africa’s small towns have become popular during the pandemic and are now asking for fibre internet, something which they weren’t too keen on previously.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:37:39 +0000News24.com | Trial against husband accused of hiring hitmen to kill his wife postponed
The murder trial against Thabo Stanley Leshabane, accused of hiring hitmen to kill his wife last year, has been postponed to allow the accused to secure a new legal representative.
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 20:31:59 +0000News24.com | Anger (mis)management: North West man says momentary rage to blame for him smashing court's window
A 35-year-old North West man who is accused of smashing the Vryburg Magistrate's Court windows says that his actions were driven by anger.
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:33:31 +0000News24.com | Back to school: Parents up in arms as Limpopo govt still hasn't placed all pupils
On Monday the Limpopo education department was still battling to place a large number of children in schools, with parents gathering at the head office in Polokwane almost every day.
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:33:31 +0000News24.com | Mthokozisi Ntumba: 'According to me, he was shot' – witness tells the court
Lerato Mokoena was the first witness called to the stand on Monday in the trial of Tshephisho Kekana, 27, Cidraas Motseothatha, 43, Madimetja Legodi, 37, and Victor Mohammed, 51.
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.
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:33:31 +0000News24.com | ANC staff down tools over dispute over outstanding wages with party
ANC staffers will no longer report for duty as of Monday because they have yet to be paid outstanding salaries.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:18:17 +0000News24.com | Updated | Scandal at top KZN school
A former staffer at a prestigious KZN Midland’s school has been accused of engaging in “unacceptable behaviour” with pupils.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:30:10 +0000News24.com | 'I need to educate you' - Mbalula lashes out at critics over new driver's licence card machine
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula promised to answer all questions regarding the new driver's licence card machine on Wednesday - and even vowed to show members of the media how the device worked.
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:28:43 +0000News24.com | North West parents charged with murder after their 4-month-old baby dies of malnutrition
The criminal case against a North West couple accused of murdering their four month-old-baby, and severally assaulting two of their other minor children is expected to move to the High Court for trial.
Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:30:10 +0000News24.com | Life Esidimeni: 'There wasn't any process followed', former health official tells inquest
Hannah Jacobus, who was in charge of checking NGO's readiness to receive mental healthcare patients, has admitted that the process was rushed.