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Financially distressed municipalities owe the Auditor-General more than R1 billion in audit fees. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/QyzcXYx

On Thursday night, a Cape Town street resembled something out of an action movie, with bullets flying past homes, residents running for their lives, and a police takedown of the alleged members of a suspected extortion racket. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/D5WYBju

Die Groot Twis is a unique Afrikaans Western puppetry comedy short film by Johann Vermaak, blending kung fu and retro themes. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/cl9rJMs

Xoliswa Ndoyiya, former president Nelson Mandela's chef of 22 years, has been awarded top honours at the 2024 FOOD XX awards. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/KsX6L9N

Nicklaus Kruger reflects that Professor Brian O'Connell’s story is a beacon of hope and a reminder that with dedication and belief in one's mission, even the most daunting challenges can be overcome. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/kyHVnzG

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa approved a law to set up a new agency that will develop and manage the country’s water infrastructure and attract financing for new projects. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/5W7DNSv

Fatherhood, family, history, queerness, cities and hauntings are among the topics to be discussed at the upcoming Open Book Festival in Cape Town. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/2b4Davj

The latest investment insights and market developments. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/MjI8u9N

Parents of a 16-month-old child whose thumb had to be partially amputated at the upmarket Bizi Babies Play Stimulation Centre in Somerset West, say that despite their child making a full recovery, they are still looking for answers about the incident. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/Dr75ilT

Coming to a library, community centre or cafe near you, the Cape Town chapter of the global Silent Book Club movement is gaining traction online and across the city. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/PaYLojc

If you haven’t yet installed home solar, it’s too late for a tax credit. But there’s still a chance to claim some sizeable benefits for business tax installations. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/EuDgxJ8

AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini says the suspension of the Ithala Bank licence will have devastating consequences on the livelihoods of thousands of his subjects who depend on the bank to conduct their business and social enterprises. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/GwJdyLf

A man has managed to escape unharmed after he jumped out of a car just seconds before it was hit by a train at a level crossing in the Table Bay Harbour Railway Yard in Cape Town. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/NM0VozD

A popular skateboarder from Athlone, who did a magnificent flip into the Guinness Book of World Records last year, has earned his 10th international medal. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/MhzuZGQ

Farmer Zachariah Olivier, 60, and his two employees - Adriaan De Wet, 19, and William Musoro, 45 - appeared in the Mankweng Magistrate's Court after the decomposing bodies of two women were found in a pigsty on the farmer's property. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/cu2CTvG

Pick n Pay has rolled out 33 new bigger e-waste bins for consumers to dispose of their electronic waste, creating job opportunities for people living with disabilities. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/A4qUhO2

The group's production fell as operational issues at South Deep in South Africa hit hard, while cold weather delayed progress on ramping up the Salares Norte copper project in Chile. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/q3QLrPa

Parents in some parts of Cape Town fear for their children's safety after they were alerted to a letter in which scholar transport drivers were instructed not to pick up children older than 10 so that they would be forced to use minibus taxis. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/gL43HBp

An East London family are praying for a miracle after their 10-year-old daughter was crushed by a telephone pole in a freak accident while she was making her way to a friend's house in Christmas Rock. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/pafMlQJ

The police have been asked to account for its failure to supply a quarterly report on the action taken to investigate attacks against long-haul buses. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/fsbv6qj

Lukhanyo Am's return to full fitness suggests he and fellow Springbok outside centre Jesse Kriel could be on a collision course as the battle for positions intensifies in the world champions' ranks. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ExzH29W

A teenager pleading for mercy from an angry mob baying for his blood promised that if they spared his life, he would reveal who killed a 23-month-old toddler in January. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/dK3pvk2

Annual consumer price inflation sank from 5.1% in June to 4.6% in July – the lowest level since July 2021, and within a whisker of the SA Reserve Bank's target level of 4.5%. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/zF2VQEG

South Africa’s correctional services facilities cannot accommodate the ballooning prison population. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/n9ExWSu

With some schools cutting their athletics programmes in favour of rugby and cricket, athletics doesn’t have the same talent production as its counterparts. Track + Field is aimed at addressing just that. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/T1ivUdV

A couple from Italy stopped at a nearby Spar at around 12:30 for some essentials. That's when they discovered Gqeberha's "friendly" reputation is not always deserved. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/Uiksc7o

Debt of around R70 billion has prevented Sasol from paying a final dividend as results were hit by touch market conditions. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/VBE9zwC

South African mixed martial arts fighter Dricus du Plessis defeated New Zealand's Israel Adesanya in the UFC 305 main fight in Perth on Sunday. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/o7ZHgSP

The latest SweepSouth report has revealed a cost of living crisis, job losses and heightened anxiety for domestic workers. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/H2NQBJm

Six men have been killed after unknown men opened fire at a residence in Umlazi, Durban on Saturday. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/vnXxmFE

Infamous criminal Thabo Bester accomplished his jail break by not only faking his own death in Mangaung, but bribing corrupt policemen to release him from a holding cell in Laingsburg from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/LPGkqTi

Gold topped $2 500 an ounce for the first time on Friday, bolstered by hopes the US Federal Reserve is edging closer to cutting interest rates. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/oKPWBmC

Western Cape police have arrested a 17-year-old boy for the murder of Overberg High School pupil Deveney Nel. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/nuUTf7D

The mpox outbreak in Africa is yet another example of how infectious diseases perceived to be "someone else's problem" and affecting mainly poor, developing countries may suddenly pose unexpected global threats. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/gRM4h78

There was a hush as South African artist and art mentor Esther Mahlangu's famous painted BMW art car was carefully hoisted out of the Iziko National Gallery in Cape Town for its journey to Johannesburg as part of her retrospective exhibition. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/EhZ8JeU

Floyd Shivambu has resigned as the EFF's deputy president. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ReVymYL

Eastern Cape motorists have been warned to travel cautiously on the roads after the SA Weather Service issued two warnings - both Level 6 - for winds and waves. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/pxdGD1X

South Africa’s state-owned rail company needs R12.2 billion and five years to upgrade equipment to revive performance of its main export coal line, according to an internal report. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/MvJbqLp

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says the discovery of a facility possibly carrying out military-related firearm training on a farm in Modimolle, Limpopo, raises "serious concerns". from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/KycEADV

Sunday marks the fourth day since 17-year-old Medhi Narjissi, disappeared after being swept away by strong rip currents. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/e5SkFMl

Mia's parents Liesel and Schalk le Roux and her boyfriend of three years, Luke Ten Oever, felt nothing but joy at her Miss SA 2024 win, all agreeing that Mia deserved it and will do the country proud. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/j8FxfN4

Mia le Roux was crowned the new Miss SA on Saturday, and while she may have flown under the radar for some, the Sasolburg-born and Oudtshoorn-raised beauty queen has been a firm favourite for many, as she chased the crown. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/usJgYt1

Manqoba Mngqithi will see a mirror image of himself when he looks at the opposition's bench on Sunday afternoon in Mamelodi Sundowns' MTN8 clash with Polokwane City at Lucas Moripe Stadium. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/tr3xdbm

Cape Town police have temporarily called off the search for 17-year-old French rugby player, Medhi Narjissi, who was swept out to sea while swimming at Diaz Beach at Cape Point on Wednesday. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/m3jUKAr

Colin Booysen's part-heard bail application stalled in court this week, quashing hopes that he might be home for the long weekend, in the latest in a long line of high profile arrests by the police. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/cIp1xnb

An Australian woman breakdancer ridiculed on social media for her unique Paris Olympics routine has hit back at her critics. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/MpG91QN

Following the arrest of 95 Libyans at a military training camp in Mpumalanga, there are several questions the South African intelligence community must answer for, writes Heidi Swart. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/9GRSQcY

The Press Ombudsman has found that the publication by The Sunday Independent newspaper and IOL of an abusive opinion piece has caused "severe harm" to the personal and professional reputation of News24 journalist Karyn Maughan. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/cMXkWZE

SA’s largest poultry producer Astral Foods said on Thursday that its CEO Chris Schutte will retire in January next year after 16 years at the helm. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/hr9b8ka

Springbok assistant coach Rassie Erasmus confirmed that Springbok captain Siya Kolisi is in line for a move back to South Africa, with the Sharks being the intended destination. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/52UVxHP

A 54-year-old man was shot dead, allegedly by stock thieves, on the Drakensberg mountains at the weekend. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/nBQmokr

Petrol prices are currently on track for very small cuts at the start of August, with a mixed outlook for diesel. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/qE4xQSB

Eskom's prepaid meter update project is losing steam, which might indicate mass meter fraud among its prepaid customers. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/K2zCiqW

Sprinters Akani Simbine, Shaun Maswanganyi and Benjamin Richardson gave Team SA a positive start on day 8 of the Paris Olympics in France, with all three advancing to tonight’s 100m semifinals. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/h5HjrYw

Vergenoegd Löw, one of the country's oldest working farms in Stellenbosch has been using Indian Runner ducks since 1984 to fight pests, among other solutions that work with nature and not against it. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/YZgmEhz

Hidden in the rugged mountains of Lesotho, scientists have unearthed a startling discovery of an ancient lake that once teemed with life, before the harsh winds of climate change blew in. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/pwHuehm

The gloomy forecasts for South Africa over the past few years may yet be proven wrong. Schalk Louw explains. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/NvclUnd

Momentum Health says even if National Health Insurance (NHI) costs were restricted to primary healthcare it would still cost about R363 billion a year. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/ikb4Ewu

Hardly a minute after City Power technicians disconnected power from Kanana informal settlement in Rabie Ridge, Gauteng, some residents were already reconnecting power to their shacks. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/tnahzXK

The DA has accused the FF Plus of 'stabbing them in the back' after they were ousted from power in the Oudtshoorn municipality in the Western Cape. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/ShLW7u2

Iga Swiatek was accused of being "insincere" by Danielle Collins after a stormy Olympics clash on Wednesday in which the Pole was left struggling to breathe after being felled by a pile-driver backhand by the powerful American. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/pGB4CQD

The steelmaker's interim losses widened by 240% and net borrowing climbed 18%. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/1ug0CB9