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Five people sought in connection with a string of murders and business robberies were killed during a police shootout in KwaZulu-Natal. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/p2nEO8m

Mountain-biker Alan Hatherly, who became the first South African since 1956 to win a cycling medal at the Olympics, knew he had one chance to deliver on a day he had worked towards for a very long time. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/EVkNedp

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says the country’s transport systems are plagued by several challenges. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/v7SbNtE

He sent his son to school to learn, but on Friday, an Eastern Cape father had to rush to the scene where his son was killed: less than a metre from the gate of his high school in Nelson Mandela Bay. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/WfKl8H7

Strong winds and heavy swells have aided clean-up operations necessitated by an oil spill from a grounded vessel off the West Coast. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/9n8GUbQ

Proteas Test captain Temba Bavuma has viewed the upcoming two-Test series against the West Indies as an opportunity for young players to stake their claim to be part of the team’s future plans. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/XVLTyAJ

Snow in high-lying areas of the Western and Northern Cape is likely on Monday, following yet another cold front. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/73Eenzy

Winless against Australia on their turf, it could just imperil Handre Pollard's bid for the Springbok No 10 shirt in Brisbane, writes Rob Houwing. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/2UFnXCH

A labour law expert answers some of the most frequently asked questions about registering domestic workers with the Unemployment Insurance and Workmen’s Compensation Funds. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/qjwQTrS

Six men and a woman have died after unknown suspects stormed into a tavern and started firing shots at Extension 13, Kanana Location, near Orkney outside Klerksdorp. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/NBLhm3Y

The Blitzboks will expect a hostile atmosphere when they take on hosts France in the Olympic Sevens semi-finals at the Stade de France, the site of World Cup heartbreak after the Springboks defeated Les Bleus last year. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/WgYudL3

They call it the “Republic Mess”, a massive 711mm-diameter pipe that carries water to residents of a vast swathe of Randburg and whose repeated bursts cause misery. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/85VCjFG

Tributes are pouring in for Lesotho-born rapper Malome Vector, who died in an accident in the Free State. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/kctTaWs

France's high-speed rail network was hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF said Friday, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/8ju6ew4

In June, the Western Cape High Court granted a final eviction order for the homeless to be removed from the Cape Town CBD after 30 July, and into one of the Safe Space shelters. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/Ec2Uzai

Weeks after being sworn-in as MP, corruption accused former sports minister Zizi Kodwa has resigned from the national legislature. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/gXRiN92

A specialised monitoring system is being installed to establish the best way to remove a shipwreck on the West Coast. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/E9RXmwo

A file containing grave allegations against pupils at Michaelhouse in the Midlands - one of South Africa's most prestigious and expensive schools - has been sealed thanks to an order from the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ut01IrD

Even more wet weather is headed for Cape Town and surrounding municipalities this weekend, prompting the Disaster Risk Management Centre to put services on standby to deal with any impact. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/DkJGp3x

Exploring the catastrophic impact of placing an unqualified leader in charge of Johannesburg, Qaanitah Hunter delves into the city's accelerated decline and the urgent need for competent governance. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/EFpLN7G

The iron ore miner cut its interim dividend by 17%. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/bizgXER

Motorists travelling to Cape Town's CBD from the city's northern suburbs have had to find dizzying detours or endure long queues of bumper-to-bumper traffic after lanes were closed in both directions on the N1 highway. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/y1MA5ve

The platinum miner cut the interim dividend in line with the drop in earnings from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ptxlh2I

SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter has said South African taxpayers must submit their documents, regardless of how old they are, to ensure they receive any potential returns. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/sYLFGpT

South African golfer Thriston Lawrence is on the verge of history and within a shot of leader Billy Horschel heading into Sunday's Open Championship final round. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/6uizkDy

More than a week into his new role as the chairperson of Parliament's Standing Committee on Appropriations (SCOA), Mmusi Maimane, the leader of Build One South Africa, is already setting ambitious agendas. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/M2IRs5t

The GNU enables Cyril Ramaphosa to implement accountability mechanisms that he could not in the past, hampered by internal ANC dynamics and political survival, writes Natasha Marrian as she reflects on Thursday's Opening of Parliament Address. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/qfPi0y2

The political landscape in Gauteng's councils is marked by increasing strife, suggesting a growing rift between the previous ANC-led coalitions with the EFF and the new GNU national coalition with the DA. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/bKBROQi

Microsoft users were unable to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services on Friday morning. Earlier, a Microsoft cloud services outage grounded planes in the US. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ctmTeiR

An Ethiopian man who has been living and working in Diepsloot, Gauteng, for nearly four years says he fears being arrested each time he walks out of his home because he has been struggling for years to get legal asylum documents, GroundUp reports. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/PAiSqob

Cape Town motorists have been warned that multiple road closures will be in place for the Opening of Parliament Address at Cape Town's City Hall. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/RG41PTJ

South Africa's struggle for relevance on the global stage may just be juxtaposed with the overshadowing American political spectacle, highlighting the challenges faced by President Cyril Ramaphosa's new multiparty government, writes Tony Leon. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/W59TyxF

At face value, the NPA appears to be springing out of the Zuma and capture years. While the agency appears to be on the mend at national level, the same cannot be said for KwaZulu-Natal, argues Sipho Masondo. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/GqjErC5

One southern African liberation party has been forced into a government of national unity. Will more follow? Join News24's upcoming webinar on Tuesday, 16 July, for expert opinion on the government of national unity and our new era of regional relations. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/tR0KoZ9

A student was so determined to pass his law degree cum laude that he went to the High Court to set aside a university's decision not to award him the qualification with distinction. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/gZ5q1FT

South Africa's Kgothatso Montjane and Japan's Yui Kamiji secured a memorable victory at Wimbledon on Sunday, clinching the wheelchair women's doubles title in impressive fashion. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/5uO12HW

A Cape Town baby was safely returned to his family after he was kidnapped during a hijacking on Saturday and found abandoned hours later. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/jKkVpTu

A Stellenbosch University scientist is part of a team that unearthed a dog-sized dinosaur that roamed the Earth 99 million years ago, and the find could reveal a lot about the planet's changing climate. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ZPkwDpW

Three police officers have been arrested in connection with a robbery at a Free State petrol station. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/4a6rv3g

The explosive affidavit deposed by convicted fraudster Tshifhiwa Matodzi has confirmed major aspects of advocate Terry Motau’s investigation report into the collapse of VBS Mutual Bank in March 2018. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/CQJxURF

A Soweto woman has been accused by her neighbours of hiding the unlicensed gun her 11-year-old grandson allegedly used to accidentally shoot and kill himself. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/9DC5MeX

An increasing trend in local offices appears to be a switch toward quirky titles designed to elevate certain roles and attract talent. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/PjdBEa2

Debate situation nowadays over the modest physiques of Bok wings Cheslin Kolbe and Kurt-Lee Arendse? Non-event, writes Rob Houwing. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/YGLhElV

Residents in Sedibeng are up in arms over two proposed open-cast coal mines in Springfield and Vlakfontein. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/s3P1fF4

In case local consumers are wondering, SA’s largest online retailer, Takealot, has not teamed up with rival Chinese platform Shein. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/j7pROHl

The relaunched Showmax will have its first price increase since unveiling the new version of MultiChoice's video streaming service. However, the prices of its two bundled packages will remain unchanged. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/SDJxMTc

Belinda Lock, 65, was unresponsive after hitting the ground at Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha around 13:30 on Monday. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/RQYEINT

Multiple areas have reported flooding in Cape Town, after a night of heavy rain. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/vitdxeV

Black frost hit crops in Limpopo, with a key farmers’ organisation warning of looming food shortages in the region. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/fBDAIuz

South Africa’s state-owned electricity firm Eskom may post an annual loss as high as R15 billion in the latest year, the Financial Times reported, without saying where it got the information. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/9nQtWA1

South Africa’s energy ministry plans to secure funding approval soon for a 2,500MW nuclear power plant in its efforts to increase electricity generation capacity. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/NOf4ngd

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus praised the impact loose-forwards Siya Kolisi and Pieter-Steph du Toit in Saturday’s 27-20 win over Ireland at Loftus Versfeld. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/xN1pzfP

The Springboks' win over Ireland may have been the kind only a mother would love, but it achieved the more pressing matter of finally beating the Irish for the first time since Rassie Erasmus took over. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/j5QJMAD

Two teenage boys and a 22-year-old man died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Limpopo on Thursday when they put a braai stand in an enclosed room in an apparent effort to find warmth. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/DrTJQix

Using a 20l bottle and pipes lying in their family's backyard, these learners built a DIY green stove to tackle unsustainable waste management and power cuts affecting their communities - and powered it using waste like cow dung and cabbage. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/430u7JN

It's official. The Eastern Cape economy has entered a recession. The largest contributors to the negative growth were construction, manufacturing and mining. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ov0EDtx

A Portuguese businessman who was kidnapped in South Gate, Johannesburg, last week, has been reunited with his family in the police's second rescue operation this week. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/N1uIc2e

The timing of the Cabinet swearing in ceremony meant there was no minister to sign off on the fuel price cuts. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/xE1o6KN

Rhulani Mokwena has revealed he felt his "hand was forced" following the shocking announcement of his departure from Mamelodi Sundowns on Wednesday. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/KxOX1h2

New All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson said on Thursday that star playmaker Beauden Barrett took being named on the bench for the first Test against England "like a pro". from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ubmHcl8

The distraught mother of a missing South African National Defence Force soldier thinks her son may be dead and his body dumped somewhere on the Lohatla base in the Northern Cape. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/s8RC0eu

The strike-hit operation is among those acquired by Implats when it gained control of Royal Bafokeng Platinum last year. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/xXvBUPE

All three major opposition parties underestimated Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC, and consequently overplayed their cards, thereby unintentionally affording him a rite of passage, writes Sipho Pityana. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/dFtnLxv

The prospect of another Trump presidency fuelled talk of tax cuts and a fresh spike in inflation, pushing up yields and denting hopes for interest rate cuts. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/Tgj0P7U

South African central bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago welcomed the reappointment of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in the new coalition cabinet unveiled by the president this week. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/McuDNZS

The GNU is an opportunity for all South Africans to work together more closely and with greater purpose to ensure that we build a South Africa for all, writes Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/XxN9DeE