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The deadline for individual tax returns is Monday 23 October, unless you are a provisional taxpayer. Laura du Preez explains. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/2Bmu5Zx

Proteas captain Aiden Markram expressed that South Africa's intense seven-run defeat to India in the T20 World Cup final, following a thrilling match in Barbados, was deeply hurtful. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/MaJCxjX

Howard Feldman delves into the experience of an Israeli family as the hostage crisis in Gaza continues. He writes about their personal tragedy and the broader political failures that have intensified their plight. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/uCKBJqO

The rand rallied on optimism that efforts to create a broad coalition government in South Africa were on track. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/hnZSBil

'Big hit' exports are rare. They represent less than 2% of all export spells, yet remarkably, they account for over two-thirds of a country's export growth. Big-hit makers are usually not one-hit wonders either. What's the secret? asks Johan Fourie. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/KUyTkD4

South African foundations founded on the "legacies of eminent freedom fighters" have called on South Africans to participate in a national dialogue. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/YBFg304

The first judge and the first Chapter 9 head to be removed are now both "honourable members" of the very National Assembly that voted to remove them - and this makes the case for electoral reform, argues parliamentary reporter Jan Gerber. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/PCsTzYp

Failed conservation efforts in Africa could result in more than simply the loss of wildlife, ultimately affecting human health. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/pbDA1Kl

Afghanistan cricketer Gulbadin Naib has made headlines after seemingly wasting time during his side's thrilling T20 World Cup Super Eight win over Bangladesh on Tuesday. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/o5JI1SW

The Proteas have the saddest semi-final stories in the history of ICC events and not even the prospect of facing Afghanistan on Thursday in the T20 World Cup semis can allay the fears of the past. In fact, it may worsen them. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/JD4ocRI

Eastern Cape police are on the hunt for four men who opened fire on a truck just outside Kariega in the Eastern Cape while three people were inside the vehicle. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/pm9QHow

The two elderly men who were accused of beating a fellow pensioner to death at a North West old age home reportedly starved themselves to death while in prison. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/5OhXPB8

Brait, the private equity firm partly owned by billionaire Christo Wiese, reported an annual loss as the value of its underlying asset base declined amid a massive recapitalisation and unbundling plan that is meant to unlock shareholder value. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/ZYV9jCk

Six Nations title holders Ireland are motivated enough for their upcoming Tests with Rugby World Cup champions South Africa to not be wound up by barbed comments from Springbok players, assistant coach Mike Catt said on Monday. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/U9TefJ8

The widower of 48-year-old former City of Cape Town official Wendy Kloppers, who was gunned down in her white BMW at a City construction site in Delft last year, has welcomed that an arrest has been made in connection with her murder. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/WLUDbNZ

Business confidence in the agricultural sector has fallen to its lowest level since the financial crisis in 2009, according to the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa's Confidence Index. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/jbGKxFL

Africa's most valuable group, Naspers and Prosus, said a strong showing from Brazil's iFood and its classified business helped it about halve operating losses and achieve profitability in its ecommerce portfolio in its 2024 year. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/xFRQzjT

Zoho, an Indian software unicorn, is growing rapidly in South Africa despite competing in the same space as tech giants like Microsoft and Google. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/eC4UyI1

One of two large milk transport companies in SA short-changed over 25 dairy farmers a collective R90 million. It has been moved out of business rescue into liquidation, leaving farmers with little hope that their debts will be paid. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/E4dFiWL

South Africa star Quinton de Kock said knowledge of Caribbean conditions helped him propel the Proteas to a competitive total as they edged England in a dramatic Super Eights clash. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/azLmWN0

Old Mutual is studying a proposal to give holders of its Zimbabwean stock an option to sell, allowing them to get paid out for shares that have been suspended for four years. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/9Fco7zv

Proteas batter Heinrich Klaasen says the high-pressure situations the team has faced so far bode well for South Africa as T20 World Cup defending champions England await in their bid to make a semi-final berth. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/p9IOvPE

News24 Sport's Herman Mostert highlights five talking points after South Africa's 18-run win over the USA in the T20 World Cup Super Eight phase. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/vpsG1Om

The Takeover Regulation Panel (TRP) has ordered Ascendis Health to issue a supplementary circular and explain while further legal action shouldn't be taken against directors after an investigation made findings related to failures to disclose parties acting in concert. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/rqIYemu

A retired police officer has appeared in an Mpumalanga court in connection with allegations that he tampered with evidence when gold material he had booked in as evidence in an illegal mining investigation went missing last year. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/isqrXYd

The South African Reserve Bank will increase the amount of excess cash commercial lenders can hold with it and earn interest on, in a move toward paying National Treasury a portion of the surplus profits from the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/Zq5PAWC

Conditions have helped, but Ottneil Baartman's level of control is a timely boost to SA's T20 World Cup bowling cause, writes Rob Houwing. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/Ki4IglO

The ANC and DA's unity government emerges from intense negotiations, aiming to sustain political maturity and patriotism. Scepticism remains, but hope for effective governance persists, writes Qaanitah Hunter. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/LKzAWjZ

The latest investment insights and market developments. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/YQquoJ2

Seeing Bryson DeChambeau in contention down the final stretch on a Sunday is box office. He is pure theatre, writes Lungani Zama. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/yFQHqLe

France scrum-half Maxime Lucu kicked 16 points to send Bordeaux-Begles to the French Top 14 semi-finals after a 31-17 home play-off win over Racing 92 on Sunday. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/bZr8c4u

Five men have been arrested in connection with the bombing of a cash-in-transit van in Benoni on Saturday. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/vfzd1lO

Two people were killed and 12 others injured when a bus crashed into a bridge pillar on the N3 between Villiers and Warden on Saturday. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/U56h80X

Cape Town beachgoers were left gobsmacked when an unknown man accidentally drove his car into the ocean at the Oceana Power Boat Club in Granger Bay, near the V&A Waterfront, on Sunday. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/GUVPidD

Big South African firms - including Nedbank, Massmart through Game, Pick n Pay, and Wesgro - have experimented with using Roblox, a type of early metaverse, to launch games or campaigns. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/9K7xWUt

There are critical distinctions and implications between forming a coalition government and a government of national unity. Mcebisi Ndletyana details why a coalition approach would be better for South Africa, based on past experiences and current political needs. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/NpTgkML

"Good faith" and "building consensus" will form key parts of the modalities of the government of national unity, according to a draft statement of intent which ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula circulated to political party negotiation teams. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/xo1HT0f

Musk hails ‘awesome shareholder base’ after vote to restore compensation deal rejected by US judge. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/PdcWIuv

The IFP says the ANC's decision to strip eThekwini metro's Mxolisi Kaunda of his mayoral chain had nothing to do with its decision to form a coalition with the ANC, DA and National Freedom Party. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/0XPWL1j

In one of the stranger turns of events in the URC, no sooner had the might of Leinster turned up at Loftus than they had reached for the safety blanket of underdogs for their semi against the Bulls. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/bFZ84q7

South Africa faces a political crossroads after the ANC failed to secure an outright majority in the watershed 29 May general election. News24's editors unpack the state of play. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/Mj4Qt7Y

Ruby and emerald miner Gemfields, which also owns Fabergé, leapt almost 11% on Tuesday when it announced that former De Beer CEO Bruce Cleaver as its new chair. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/6dy4e2r

A truck driver was arrested for allegedly stealing coal destined for the Eskom’s Arnot power station in Mpumalanga and selling it for R6 000. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/NXIBPGl

The V&A Waterfront has features a first-of-its-kind café made mostly out of waste material - changing perceptions on building methods. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/XQTiaG0

Oceana has increased its interim dividend by half on strong profit growth, thanks to a solid performance from its Lucky Star canned fish brand and its US operations benefiting from record fish oil prices. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/19wAuVG

Civil rights organisation AfriForum said on Sunday it will look to interdict the National Energy Regulator of South Africa from considering municipalities' applications for electricity tariff increases that lack the necessary cost studies. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/cO7QhgA

The Hawks in Mpumalanga are seeking public assistance with information that could lead to the arrest and recovery of firearms and money looted during a cash-in-transit robbery. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/oIbuwVE

Political parties in South Africa must start taking political posters erected for the elections down soon, or face big fines. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/cKDRg7N

The Department of Basic Education has confirmed it will no longer give first preference to recipients of a government bursary for teacher appointments. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/SLfx7D6

Seven of the nine people allegedly involved in tax fraud totalling R653 million are set to appear in the Ladybrand Magistrate’s Court in the Free State on Monday after they were arrested between Thursday and Friday. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/b7GAKB4

Secondhand overcoats and other heavy-duty jackets are increasingly in high demand by informal traders looking to launch their own small businesses reselling products bought wholesale from some of SA’s biggest coat importers. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/RO5HWkc

The DA's framework document for negotiations with the ANC sets out that the party will be interested in a governance agreement if it is based on crucial tenets of the Constitution. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/fpQheV1

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has arrested a 48-year-old Johannesburg Flying Squad sergeant for allegedly raping his girlfriend. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/iqC31Su

An initiative in Hout Bay is using creativity to keep plastics out of the environment - having already repurposed 92 124 plastic bread bags. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/lwn9uJv

URC boss Martin Anayi has heaped praise on the South African teams' involvement in the competition. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/HtdYULR

Heavy rains, damaging winds and hail have claimed the lives of five people in the eThekwini metro, while dozens more were injured and about 1 200 displaced. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ikual0Y

Instead of speedily setting up solar power systems as promised, some clients of Sun Smart Solar and Hello Solar say the companies only delivered a litany of excuses, a refusal to pay refunds, and, in some cases, threats. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/y5Hk8s0

Mamelodi Sundowns' coach Rhulani Mokwena apologised to the club's supporters and the board for failing to win the Nedbank Cup, defeated in a final he felt his team had no business losing. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/7ykZVJm

Two people have died in Kariega after persistent rain in the last few days flooded large parts of Nelson Mandela Bay, with many residents unable to leave their homes. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/6dXLOIS

A coalition government is on the cards for South Africa following the 2024 election results. Mpumelelo Mkhabela reflects on three coalition models that are worth considering by political party negotiators. Each model has its benefits and disadvantages. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/mZ6TH4C

Details of a mediator’s attempts to restore peace and stability to a school rocked by protests after its principal was fired for misconduct have been laid bare in court documents by the Western Cape Education Department. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/C7Dj80g