South Africa News 24

Friday Apr 25 2025 10:58:23
News24 | Stellenbosch Municipality's court bid to make owner fix plot where young couple died fails
The Western Cape High Court has dismissed Stellenbosch Municipality's bid to compel a property owner on Bird Street to rehabilitate a water-filled hole where a teenage couple died. Their vehicle was found submerged in water on the vacant plot in Octo...

Thursday Apr 24 2025 10:22:04
News24 | BMA officials among nine people arrested for corruption at Beitbridge border post
Two Border Management Authority officials are among nine people who have been arrested for corruption at the Beitbridge Port of Entry - one of South Africa's busiest border posts.

Friday Apr 25 2025 10:52:11
News24 | Four life sentences handed down to convicted serial rapist in Mpumalanga
A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to four life terms behind bars for the rape of four girls in Nsikazi and Bushbuckridge between April 2009 and March 2022.

Friday Apr 25 2025 09:12:29
News24 | Durban roads closed as heavy rains continue to lash the metro
Roads have been closed in Durban and surrounding areas, as heavy rain and flooding continued to batter the area on Friday morning.

Monday Mar 24 2025 06:43:29
News24 | Expelled Rasool says SA must mend relationship with US 'without sacrificing our values'
Former South African ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool says the country should mend its relationship with that country amid growing tension.

Friday Apr 25 2025 10:52:29
News24 | A life well lived: Gogo Mdala, a 'library of knowledge', dies at 116 in Soshanguve
Jeri Elizabeth Mnguni, affectionately known as Gogo Mdala, leaves behind a legacy of strength, resilience, and cultural wisdom.

Friday Apr 25 2025 07:59:42
News24 | Scholar transport driver arrested for rape of 5-year-old girl
A Limpopo man has been arrested for allegedly raping a 5-year-old scholar who was part of a group he transported home from school.

Monday Mar 24 2025 04:45:45
News24 | NDPP Shamila Batohi's about-turn in lynchpin extradition case
National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi has done a sharp about-turn on her decision to drop a Constitutional Court case against a celebrity artist accused of dodgy dealings in precious metals, after it left the future of dozens of ext...

Friday Apr 25 2025 04:45:42
News24 | Joburg chief whip's political career thriving despite allegations of extortion
City of Johannesburg chief whip Sithembiso Zungu's career has progressed over the past five years despite allegations of extortion under investigation by the Hawks.

Tuesday Apr 22 2025 06:50:16
News24 | Unity and national advancement will guide Ramaphosa in appointing a US ambassador
Promoting "the unity of the nation and that which will advance the republic" will inform President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision on who to appoint as South Africa's next ambassador to the United States.

Friday Apr 25 2025 05:33:40
News24 | 'We have to work together': Steenhuisen says VAT debacle could have been avoided
In hindsight, the impasse on the now scrapped VAT increase of 0.5 percentage points, which led to a fallout between the GNU's largest partners, the DA and ANC, could have been avoided, says DA leader Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen.

Friday Apr 25 2025 05:55:16
News24 | Ramaphosa, Zelensky back Trump's role in ending Ukraine war amid shaky relations with US
President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Ukrainian counterpart, President Volodymyr Zelensky, both agreed that President Donald Trump could play a significant role in mediating a peace agreement to bring an end to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war.

Friday Apr 25 2025 04:45:42
News24 | 'Tone deaf': Bocelli superfan hospitalised, says organisers failed to ensure accessibility
A woman whose mother, an Andrea Bocelli superfan, missed most of her once-in-a-lifetime experience when she was hospitalised during the Italian tenor's Cape Town performance, says the ordeal could have been avoided.

Friday Apr 25 2025 04:45:42
News24 | Zuma loses latest bid for Downer's removal, then argues for acquittal due to trial delays
Fresh from losing yet another legal bid to force the removal of his corruption prosecutor, Jacob Zuma's lawyers argue that delays in his trial have resulted in the deaths of "crucial" witnesses - and say the case against him should therefore be quash...

Sunday Mar 23 2025 18:09:37
News24 | 'We have remained true to our mission,' says IFP president at party's 50th celebration
More than 30 000 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters gathered at the Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Stadium in Ulundi, northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday, to celebrate the party's golden jubilee.

Thursday Apr 24 2025 22:20:32
News24 | WATCH | Peace, tolerance and remembrance: Holocaust Day commemorated in Johannesburg
Policia Swider is one of 80 000 Jews who died as a result of the conditions in the Warsaw ghetto in Poland and one of six million Jewish people who died at the hands of the Nazis during the Second World War.

Sunday Mar 23 2025 19:49:56
News24 | SSA has no 'Operation Sibonkolo' gunning for ANC cadres, says Ntshavheni
The State Security Agency has distanced itself from what it calls "diversionary tactics" being employed through the allegations presented in the so-called Operation Sibonkolo report.

Thursday Apr 24 2025 20:09:37
News24 | Santaco urges 'compassion' as govt gives taxi industry R408 million in 'Covid-19 relief'
After it came to light that the government budgeted R408 million this financial year as "Covid-19 relief" for taxi operators, the South African National Taxi Council called for "compassion and understanding" from the public.

Sunday Mar 23 2025 13:54:16
News24 | Rasool returns from US after fallout with Trump administration: No regrets, ‘I stand by’ what I said
Former South African ambassador to the United States Ebrahim Rasool says he stands by his comments about US President Donald Trump.

Thursday Apr 24 2025 19:42:54
News24 | Walter Sisulu University student remembered as caring and protective at memorial service
Slain Walter Sisulu University student Sisonke Mbolekwa was described as a caring and protective person by his peers in a memorial service held in Mthatha on Thursday.

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Friday Apr 25 2025 10:58:23
News24 | Stellenbosch Municipality's court bid to make owner fix plot where young couple died fails
The Western Cape High Court has dismissed Stellenbosch Municipality's bid to compel a property owner on Bird Street to rehabilitate a water-filled hole where a teenage couple died. Their vehicle was found submerged in water on the vacant plot in Octo...

Thursday Apr 24 2025 10:22:04
News24 | BMA officials among nine people arrested for corruption at Beitbridge border post
Two Border Management Authority officials are among nine people who have been arrested for corruption at the Beitbridge Port of Entry - one of South Africa's busiest border posts.

Friday Apr 25 2025 10:52:11
News24 | Four life sentences handed down to convicted serial rapist in Mpumalanga
A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to four life terms behind bars for the rape of four girls in Nsikazi and Bushbuckridge between April 2009 and March 2022.

Friday Apr 25 2025 09:12:29
News24 | Durban roads closed as heavy rains continue to lash the metro
Roads have been closed in Durban and surrounding areas, as heavy rain and flooding continued to batter the area on Friday morning.

Monday Mar 24 2025 06:43:29
News24 | Expelled Rasool says SA must mend relationship with US 'without sacrificing our values'
Former South African ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool says the country should mend its relationship with that country amid growing tension.

Friday Apr 25 2025 10:52:29
News24 | A life well lived: Gogo Mdala, a 'library of knowledge', dies at 116 in Soshanguve
Jeri Elizabeth Mnguni, affectionately known as Gogo Mdala, leaves behind a legacy of strength, resilience, and cultural wisdom.

Friday Apr 25 2025 07:59:42
News24 | Scholar transport driver arrested for rape of 5-year-old girl
A Limpopo man has been arrested for allegedly raping a 5-year-old scholar who was part of a group he transported home from school.

Monday Mar 24 2025 04:45:45
News24 | NDPP Shamila Batohi's about-turn in lynchpin extradition case
National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi has done a sharp about-turn on her decision to drop a Constitutional Court case against a celebrity artist accused of dodgy dealings in precious metals, after it left the future of dozens of ext...

Friday Apr 25 2025 04:45:42
News24 | Joburg chief whip's political career thriving despite allegations of extortion
City of Johannesburg chief whip Sithembiso Zungu's career has progressed over the past five years despite allegations of extortion under investigation by the Hawks.

Tuesday Apr 22 2025 06:50:16
News24 | Unity and national advancement will guide Ramaphosa in appointing a US ambassador
Promoting "the unity of the nation and that which will advance the republic" will inform President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision on who to appoint as South Africa's next ambassador to the United States.

Friday Apr 25 2025 05:33:40
News24 | 'We have to work together': Steenhuisen says VAT debacle could have been avoided
In hindsight, the impasse on the now scrapped VAT increase of 0.5 percentage points, which led to a fallout between the GNU's largest partners, the DA and ANC, could have been avoided, says DA leader Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen.

Friday Apr 25 2025 05:55:16
News24 | Ramaphosa, Zelensky back Trump's role in ending Ukraine war amid shaky relations with US
President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Ukrainian counterpart, President Volodymyr Zelensky, both agreed that President Donald Trump could play a significant role in mediating a peace agreement to bring an end to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war.

Friday Apr 25 2025 04:45:42
News24 | 'Tone deaf': Bocelli superfan hospitalised, says organisers failed to ensure accessibility
A woman whose mother, an Andrea Bocelli superfan, missed most of her once-in-a-lifetime experience when she was hospitalised during the Italian tenor's Cape Town performance, says the ordeal could have been avoided.

Friday Apr 25 2025 04:45:42
News24 | Zuma loses latest bid for Downer's removal, then argues for acquittal due to trial delays
Fresh from losing yet another legal bid to force the removal of his corruption prosecutor, Jacob Zuma's lawyers argue that delays in his trial have resulted in the deaths of "crucial" witnesses - and say the case against him should therefore be quash...

Sunday Mar 23 2025 18:09:37
News24 | 'We have remained true to our mission,' says IFP president at party's 50th celebration
More than 30 000 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters gathered at the Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Stadium in Ulundi, northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday, to celebrate the party's golden jubilee.

Thursday Apr 24 2025 22:20:32
News24 | WATCH | Peace, tolerance and remembrance: Holocaust Day commemorated in Johannesburg
Policia Swider is one of 80 000 Jews who died as a result of the conditions in the Warsaw ghetto in Poland and one of six million Jewish people who died at the hands of the Nazis during the Second World War.

Sunday Mar 23 2025 19:49:56
News24 | SSA has no 'Operation Sibonkolo' gunning for ANC cadres, says Ntshavheni
The State Security Agency has distanced itself from what it calls "diversionary tactics" being employed through the allegations presented in the so-called Operation Sibonkolo report.

Thursday Apr 24 2025 20:09:37
News24 | Santaco urges 'compassion' as govt gives taxi industry R408 million in 'Covid-19 relief'
After it came to light that the government budgeted R408 million this financial year as "Covid-19 relief" for taxi operators, the South African National Taxi Council called for "compassion and understanding" from the public.

Sunday Mar 23 2025 13:54:16
News24 | Rasool returns from US after fallout with Trump administration: No regrets, ‘I stand by’ what I said
Former South African ambassador to the United States Ebrahim Rasool says he stands by his comments about US President Donald Trump.

Thursday Apr 24 2025 19:42:54
News24 | Walter Sisulu University student remembered as caring and protective at memorial service
Slain Walter Sisulu University student Sisonke Mbolekwa was described as a caring and protective person by his peers in a memorial service held in Mthatha on Thursday.

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