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Former Springbok skipper and pundit Bob Skinstad believes criticism over SA's participation in European tournaments is "pathetic and petty". from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/KtI5QOZ

Election results from South Africa have left investors swinging between anxiety over the different permutations that coalition may take and lingering hopes that whatever it is will result in a market-friendly government. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ZRHb8Nd

A tree has fallen onto Rhodes Drive, at the M3, resulting in significant traffic delays in Cape Town. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/A6y74ro

Game farms, luxury holiday homes and cars amounting to almost R60 million were attached on Tuesday following a restraint order granted by the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ND7Tfxs

Gang violence, crime, unemployment and a lack of education are just some of the issues people on the Cape Flats have to deal with. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/VClpeTD

The Lions' United Rugby Championship play-off fate lies in their own hands, but the Sharks can still make qualification for Europe bittersweet. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/JjA52td

A stern warning has been issued to Eastern Cape residents threatening to disrupt voting on Wednesday. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/TuR2bQV

A former principal is optimistic that he will get his job back, after the Cape Town Labour Court ruled that his application to review an arbitration award that confirmed his dismissal should be reinstated for a hearing. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/LVRPd3l

Repairs to the damaged subsea cables that caused internet disruptions in South and East Africa this month are under way less than two weeks after the damage was sustained. Repairs to one cable are done; the other is set to be completed early in June. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/vIoQbXE

Sharks lock Eben Etzebeth said lifting the Challenge Cup was by far his best club rugby memory as he finally added franchise silverware to his glittering collection. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/4l8bAEC

A woman and two men became highly emotional when they were found guilty of human trafficking in Cape Town on Friday, and stand to go to jail for life. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ZvxKpSa

As the ANC's electoral support declines, the need for party reforms to begin impacting on actual governance will be more urgent, writes Natasha Marrian. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/VMJ2K48

Proteas skipper Rassie van der Dussen acknowledges that the West Indies' fast start caught them off guard in the first Twenty 20 international in Kingston on Thursday. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/AsVL25j

Rand Merchant Bank is emulating the World Bank's ground-breaking rhino conservation bond by aiming to use debt markets to raise money to help African wild dog and lion populations. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/CgTFeRB

There’s a widespread belief among investors that stocks, bonds and the rand will keep soaring after the May 29 election. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/QnGL2T0

BHP has just hours to launch a blockbuster bid to buy smaller mining rival Anglo American — or put its audacious takeover plan on the shelf. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/UYIA8qN

Annual consumer price inflation decelerated for a second consecutive month to 5.2% in April from 5.3% in March. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/2e0aV8c

The Rhodes Trust has suspended selecting past pupils from four top schools and their nine partner schools for scholarships in 2025, following concerns for some time that applicants and winners remain "predominantly white", 30 years after apartheid ended. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/kzvqpbI

As the Indian Premier League reaches its business end, News24 looks at how the 17 South Africans performed during the lucrative T20 tournament. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/cpBx4sZ

Coronation now says its outstanding tax obligation to SARS stands at R794 million, up from a November estimate of R761 million, as it awaits a ConCourt ruling on the matter. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/lKOQWJ8

Glen Point Capital co-founder Neil Phillips should serve two years in prison for manipulating the US dollar-South African rand exchange rate, federal prosecutors argued in a court filing. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/NpsKCJc

One of the people hospitalised in a critical condition after the collapse of the George construction site has died of his injuries. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/2ySf1qN

Astral Foods has reported interim earnings at the upper end of guidance as it put a devastating bird flu outbreak behind it and benefitted from load shedding improvements and reduced diesel costs. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/amNp9i2

The search for 11 fishermen missing off the coast of Cape Town has been called off. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/MDUkS0B

If Eskom maintains its current pace of prepaid electricity meter updates, 1.75 million of its prepaid electricity customers will have their meters go dark on the same day in just over six months. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/lSm4Bor

South African golfer Dean Burmester remains in the hunt at the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/9K7VuLP

The Stormers are confident that they've adequately prepared for Saturday's important URC clash against Irish side Connacht in Galway. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/CuZYSH1

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ordered the minister of Home Affairs to pay R300 000 to a refugee who was unlawfully arrested at one of the department's offices after he tried to apply for a re-issue of his refugee papers that had been stolen. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ovpQEuy

Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie has accused the DA of inciting violence against his party during campaigns in DA-run wards. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/XCmoaex

South Africa likely achieved a primary budget surplus — where revenue exceeds non-interest expenditure — for the first time in 15 years, setting it on a path to arrest further growth in debt that’s already worryingly high. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/a4pkF1E

If independent candidate Zackie Achmat performs well in theelections, Ebrahim Harvey writes he has a deep and abiding sense that Achmat is going to lay a solid and credible political, ideological and programmatic foundation for electoral support in future polls. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/eEMfzKO

The DA-led Western Cape government has accused Police Minister Bheki Cele of using a community crime imbizo to garner votes for the ANC. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/RuUZEyG

Bulls powerhouse prop Wilco Louw is unperturbed by the changes coming to scrum laws, arguing that, if anything, it will lead to innovation. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/bLlruav

Kagiso Rabada's premature departure from the IPL might be a nervous jolt to the Proteas' system in their build-up to the T20 World Cup, but his apparent leg injury won't affect his availability. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/zIPmi6h

A KwaZulu-Natal police officer, whose act of kindness made her an internet sensation after she was filmed looking after an abandoned child, attributed her actions to simple maternal instinct. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ohnYZVJ

The Stormers are feeling confident ahead of Saturday's URC encounter against "ball-in-hand" Connacht in Galway. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ShcGYQF

All eyes will be firmly on President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday when he finally signs the much-anticipated National Health Insurance Bill into law with a "very special" pen at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/3GbfPlW

Questions around the racial makeup of the Proteas squad travelling to the T20 World Cup next month are valid, but those tasked with running the game are showing some common sense in dealing with an issue that runs deep, writes Lloyd Burnard. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/9ya2VuL

Vehicle dealer WeBuyCars said on Monday that while its April listing in the JSE resulted in a half-year loss, it's still pleased with its operational performance and has managed to cut its debt by a fifth. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/z2dma1Q

News24 Sport's Herman Mostert recaps Round 16 of the United Rugby Championship. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/1cNpS7m

The Junior Springboks probably got away with a 30-28 win against Argentina in their final Rugby Championship match at the Sunshine Coast Stadium on a sunny Sunday as they looked to end their tournament on a high. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/UqHSAb1

Live by Design is a weekly News24 column by Dr Helena Dolny and Mapi Mhlangu on mortality and the conversations around it. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/gIl7cuP

As it turns out, the development of ever-bigger AI training models faces very real physical limitations, with tangible implications for investors, writes Nico Katzke. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/mtKoN4r

Populism is as old as politics itself. It's back in fashion, and today it's evolved to something both more universal and more divisive, says Johan Fourie. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/Og2Q16y

Reverend Michael Weeder recently retired as Dean of St George's Cathedral in Cape Town after 13 years. As he settles into his new home, his own home for the first time in nearly 40 years, he video calls Muhammad Hussain as he tries to figure out how to get the washing machine working. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/CDUhew4

A 5-year-old boy was shot dead in Soshanguve, in the north of Gauteng, on Friday night by hijackers who were targeting his father's bakkie. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/f4tIQMu

Families already apprehensive about news of their loved ones have a long wait ahead of them still, as clearance of the rubble of the collapsed building in George continues. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/1aUeJ9G

Quan Horn is back to reprise his role as the URC's "Iron Man" when the Lions play Cardiff on Saturday. The fullback will also continue laying claim to a place in the Bok team to play Wales in June. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/jGsaJZ4

ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe and other senior leaders have come out guns blazing in defence of the ANC's decision to invite the Zimbabwean ruling party as "guests in South Africa" for the upcoming election. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/qoAUg31

Another victim of the multi-storey building collapse in George has died - a day after the person was rescued from beneath the rubble. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/vOd3Taq

Musa Kekana – one of three men charged with the hit-style killing of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart last month – has been linked to a murder attempt on former Muvhango actress Tebogo Thobejane. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/Sr7iZRH

The Aids denialist whose efforts to seek the impeachment of Gauteng Judge President Dunstan Mlambo have been rejected by a Judicial Service Commission majority, after he threatened the "most extreme and destructive vengeance" if he didn't "get simple justice". from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/yjURHaZ

The Bulls have secured long-term contract extensions with three key playing members. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/QS9mqsg

The 14 days post the national election where negotiations get under way to form a new government might make the current campaign rhetoric seem like a period of fondly remembered calm and tranquillity, writes Tony Leon. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/uHWqOsE

Media Monitoring Africa previously warned that misinformation and disinformation would be a certainty in the run-up to this year's general election on 29 May. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/Y41M36G

Sharks coach John Plumtree has heaped praise on flyhalf Siya Masuku, who produced a Player of the Match performance in their 32-31 win over Clermont in the Challenge Cup semi-finals over the weekend. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/JItQ1i4

The gas cliff is just 24 months away, leaving barely any time to develop the kinds of projects that will be needed to avoid it, writes Busisiwe Mavuso. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/c2ymnMJ

The commission of inquiry into the deadly Usindiso building fire that claimed 76 lives in August 2023 says the City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Property Company knew about the "appalling conditions" at the building for several years but "did nothing to address the ringing alarm bells". from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/no5M40c

The Springboks were the big winners at the SA Sports Awards held at Sun City in North West on Sunday night. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/jI6uh9d

Wet wipes, tea bags and some toothpastes are among everyday products that leach harmful microplastics into the environment. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/MoeuW2X

The Road Accident Fund says it has been grossly abused by fraudulent claims, particularly from foreigners. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/esJEgtZ

Orlando Pirates coach Jose Riveiro explained what's behind the club's recent good run in knockout competitions, winning three trophies in the last two seasons and in the semi-finals of the Nedbank Cup. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/wgOXDjb

A flight permitting problem in South Africa meant that US tech billionaire Ankur Jain and his bride-to-be were late for their own wedding celebration at the Muhammed Ali Palace in Cairo last week. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/dZWhPTo

Sharks utility back Boeta Chamberlain will play his rugby on the Highveld when he joins the Bulls next month, the Pretoria franchise announced on Thursday. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/lidRqLQ

Kaizer Chiefs coach Cavin Johnson, with a hint of forlorn hope rather than fitful intent, said they have the minerals to match Mamelodi Sundowns, despite their 5-1 loss that handed their Tshwane rivals a league title. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/B6JhawE

Sales of the iPhone fall 10 percent amid growing competition from Chinese rivals such as Huawei. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/zlC3UMi

BHP Group has deployed a team of senior executives to South Africa as the world’s largest miner ramps up efforts to win over government officials, regulators and local shareholders, all of whom could yet determine the outcome of its proposed tie-up with rival Anglo American. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/CApYSxG

Eastern Cape police are on high alert as taxi operators blockade major roads in the province in protest against non-payment of their scholar transport invoices. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/z6kbXgh

GoSolr, a company backed by South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe and the continent’s biggest bank, plans to spend R10 billion to roll out a model of renting solar panels and batteries to homes in the nation plagued by blackouts. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/EQxo8qG

A video circulating on social media shows US president Joe Biden allegedly threatening to sanction South Africa if the governing ANC wins the 2024 elections. But it was generated by an AI tool and should be ignored. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/7KRmnaM

Agreeing to go back to basics by canvassing South Africans' views on addressing pressing challenges, President Cyril Ramaphosa gave the thumbs up to former president Thabo Mbeki's proposal for a national dialogue after the general elections. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/Y4Xj2B8