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News24 | Lions coach chuffed with team's 'growth', Plumtree laments lacklustre second half from Sharks

Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen said it was important for his side to start their United Rugby Championship campaign with a bonus point, stating that the team is aligned ahead of the season. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/YnxsLdo

News24 | Mitchells Plain shooters get life sentences after killing woman at birthday party

In separate incidents, a woman's throat was slit and police confiscated R5 million worth of drugs. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/IucUhDw

News24 | Kolisi hails record-breaking Eben: 'I can't wait to tell my grandkids I played with Ysterbeth'

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi hailed lock Eben Etzebeth after a 48-7 victory over ill-disciplined Argentina clinched the Rugby Championship for the second time in 12 attempts. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/RYN6GhJ

News24 | EXPLAINER | How a creditor can claim 25% of your salary

If you are unable to settle a debt after a creditor obtains a court judgment against you, the creditor may seek an emolument attachment order. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/xKPpLnM

News24 | Eastern Cape women are selling scrap metal to fund small businesses

Women from three towns in the Eastern Cape collect scrap metals from their rural areas and towns, travel more than 400km to Durban to sell it, and then return to reinvest the money in setting up small businesses. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/iyxXAUh

News24 | Calm Mngqithi, frantic Nabi prepare for big Chiefs-Sundowns showdown: 'We will be the winners'

The contrasting body language of Mamelodi Sundowns' Manqoba Mngqithi and his Kaizer Chiefs' counterpart Nasreddine Nabi gave an indication of where these giants find themselves ahead of showdown. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/9HxaFvZ

News24 | EXTRACT | Nomad Heart by Ian Roberts: Behind the scenes of fame, family and moral dilemmas

Ian Roberts relives his thrilling journey from Hollywood hopeful to South African icon in his autobiography, Nomad Heart. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/Fd4KkGm

News24 | Magistrate subpoenas Westville Prison head and doctor over Thoshan Panday's court absence

The magistrate presiding over businessman Thoshan Panday's corruption case has ordered that the head of Westville Prison and the doctor believed to be treating Panday be subpoenaed to account for his absence in court. from News24 news24/Topstories/rss https://ift.tt/jVNuli2

News24 | Brad Pitt impersonators exposed: Five arrested in Spanish police crackdown on Hollywood hoax

Spanish police arrest five people accused of scamming two women out of 325 000 euros by posing as the Hollywood star Brad Pitt via online and WhatsApp messages. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/fzAg1L0

News24 | More space, tech and safety - Ford's latest Tourneo is an eight-seater van anyone would want

MPVs are making a comeback, and Ford has introduced a brand-new version of its Tourneo van. We drove it to Nampo, of all places, to get a real feel for the new model. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/okdSBnQ

News24 | Alize van der Merwe: Kidnappers make ransom demand

A ransom demand has been made for Alize van der Merwe, just days after she was kidnapped while travelling alone in the Eastern Cape. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/j3unTDP

News24 | From Joburg to Spain: Little Ahana's battle 'of resilience and hope' to say adios to cancer

Ahana Dhanuk has undergone 13 cycles of high-dose chemotherapy, a range of procedures, countless blood tests and numerous scans - and she is only two years old. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/vjX5Vgm

News24 | From TikTok to Hollywood, the irresistible rise of Italy's Khaby Lame

Compared by some to Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton, the most followed TikToker in the world, Khaby Lame, is preparing to launch a film career in Hollywood following his dizzying global success on social media. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/CJNFghe

News24 | EXPLAINER | What to do when someone can no longer manage their finances

An illness, accident or aging can take away a person’s ability to manage their own affairs. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/UX0eK8W

News24 | Lotteries board under fire over alleged corruption, grant graft

Members of the trade and industry portfolio committee have called for the dissolution of the National Lottery Commission (NLC) board. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/xh4MYXf

News24 | OPINION | Benadette Aineamani: Bridging language gap is a critical step in educational reform

Educators should move beyond the simplistic view of language as a mere vehicle for instruction. Instead, it should be viewed as a dynamic and multifaceted tool that can be intentionally integrated into every aspect of teaching and learning, writes Benadette Aineamani. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/JS07Xq5

News24 | KZN transport MEC to help coordinate clearing of 'accumulated snow' on N3 Toll Route

KwaZulu-Natal Transport and Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma is expected to make his way to the N3 Toll Route after scores of motorists were left stranded following heavy snowfalls that resulted in the freeway being closed in both directions between Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal and Harrismith in the Free State. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/QEZt92W

News24 | Welcome to SA's 'safest province'... but Limpopo residents disagree

During the release of the most recent quarterly crime statistics for Limpopo this week, police top brass dubbed the province as the "safest province". from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/9i5aRuT

News24 | 'It would be failure if we don't win the Champions League,' Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi admits

Manqoba Mngqithi wants to live up to his name and conquer the CAF Champions League, and has even gone as far as openly admitting that losing the tournament should be considered failure for Mamelodi Sundowns who have a lone star on top of their crest. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/JAIe9xF

News24 | Ebrahim Harvey | The damp squib that is SACP's opposition to ANC coalition with DA

I argue that the SACP's opposition to the GNU will not achieve much and that only when the party and Cosatu leave the ANC-led alliance and stand in forthcoming elections independently, with their own policies and programmes, will they be able to become a major force on the political stage, argues Ebrahim Harvey. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/OjCsXkI

News24 | REVIEW | Two gripping, scary SA thrillers – and a cosy mystery

Three new thrillers: two from SA are violent and gripping; the third mystery is more relaxing to read. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/ZVRYk8S

News24 | Reinventing The Penguin: Matt Reeves and Dylan Clark elevate Batman's iconic villain for HBO spin-off

In HBO's The Penguin, one of Batman's most iconic villains takes centre stage for a dark gangster drama starring Colin Farrell as the titular character. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/1XpRY9K

News24 | WATCH | Can the GNU deliver? Shaping South Africa's economic and development future

South Africa's government of national unity promises positive change, but what exactly is possible? Join this seminar, co-hosted by African Futures at the Institute for Security Studies, News24 and the Hanns Seidel Foundation. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/eIzdToH

News24 | Driving the Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster: A British bakkie for the greatest motoring show on Earth

Ineos recently launched the bakkie version of their Grenadier, the Quartermaster in SA. I thought a British bakkie was the perfect chariot for three South Africans making their pilgrimage to a sacred motoring event. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/QO8CAGK

News24 | What is known about suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt

US media named Ryan Wesley Routh, whom AFP interviewed in Kyiv in 2022 where he had travelled to support the war effort, as the suspected would-be assassin of Donald Trump. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/PlpkeND

News24 | Here's how SA's spaza shops can beat power outages for as little as R165 a day

Spaza shops can overcome frequent power outages with solar PV systems, without major upfront costs. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/PYXDMg0

News24 | Akani Simbine and Prudence Sekgodiso earn big in Diamond League

Sprinter Akani Simbine and middle-distance star Prudence Sekgodiso finished the season as SA’s top ranked Diamond League athletes. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/uloRCBy

News24 | Jonathan Ancer | Pravin Gordhan: A steadfast leader in the fight against apartheid

Pravin Gordhan's life was tied to South Africa's struggle for liberation and he had a hand in a number of watershed moments, taking on different roles and functions as he faced the demands of each new challenge, writes Jonathan Ancer. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/0DS4qOV

News24 | SA is moving away from coal as fast as it can, minister says

Environment Minister Dion George said that in his engagement with German officials, he was told that South Africa was moving away from fossil fuels too slowly. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/cSHeBG7

News24 | Investment update | Beyond the active versus passive debate

The latest investment insights and market developments. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/lUBC0tZ

News24 | John Matisonn | High stakes Trump vs Harris debate offers more heat than light

Neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump gave us much evidence in their first debate that they are equipped to make wise decisions about the wars, famine, accelerating climate change and rising militarisation the winner will confront in office, writes John Matisonn from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/6lT8DXx

News24 | REVIEW | The Tea Merchant: Jackie Phamotse weaves romance and tragedy into a gripping narrative

The lack of delving and the clear romantic note, with tones of fear of discovery of a crime, all combine in a book that has multiple layers. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/2XlaLWF

News24 | Multiple weekend fires the result of 'extremely dry conditions', SAWS says

A number of fires that raged during the weekend were exacerbated by severe weather conditions, the South African Weather Services has said. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/PMspU9K

News24 | Samthing Soweto's shocking revelations: Lies, unpaid royalties and DJ Maphorisa controversy

Samthing Soweto opens up about Amalanga Awafani controversy, revealing frustrations over unpaid work, unfulfilled promises, and his strained relationship with DJ Maphorisa. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/lFJeg01

News24 | Four suspected extortionists arrested at Johannesburg construction site

Four alleged extortionists have been arrested for allegedly demanding R1 000 daily from construction workers at a site at the intersection of Simmonds and Thorpe Streets in Marshalltown, Johannesburg. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/7lkQpwt

News24 | Months after Tongaat tornado, residents struggle with aid delays, limited resources

Three months after a devastating tornado tore through Tongaat in Durban, the community is still grappling with the aftermath of the storm that claimed 12 lives and left more than 7 000 households severely impacted. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/Y9GUjHp

News24 | GALLERY | No DNA just RSA: Springboks pull off a nail-biting win against the All Blacks

The All Blacks lost The Freedom Cup with the Springboks winning the second rugby Test 18-12 at Cape Town's DHL Stadium on Saturday. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/j9G7DAK

News24 | Lauded SA poet and writer James Matthews, whose poetry was banned during apartheid, has died

Lauded poet, writer and political activist James Matthews, whose poetry was banned during apartheid, has died. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/MEv9ls4

News24 | US 'deeply disturbed': Israeli troops shoot American woman dead at West Bank protest, officials say

Israeli troops have shot and killed a Turkish-American woman who had been taking part in a protest against settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Turkish officials have said. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/ZmE785P

News24 | EXTRACT | 'It becomes dizzying': Best-selling author Matt Haig's new novel, The Life Impossible

Grace inherits a property from a long-lost friend, and heads off to Ibiza investigate ... without a plan or a guidebook from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/PYBdesI

News24 | 14-year-old US high school student kills 4 and wounds 9 in Georgia campus shooting

A 14-year-old boy killed two fellow students and two teachers and wounded nine others in a shooting at a Georgia high school on Wednesday, jolting the United States with the first mass campus shooting since the start of the school from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/G16QpZa

News24 | Police launch manhunt for rapist targeting children walking to school

Mpumalanga police are searching for a rapist who has been preying on children as they walk to school. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/7R8y2mi

News24 | SA, DRC again back China's claim over Taiwan

South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mali and numerous other African countries reiterated their support for China's claim on Taiwan ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which gets under way on Wednesday. from News24 news24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/gmTBCJK

News24 | EXTRACT | News24’s Book of the Month for September is The Super Cadres by Pieter du Toit

How much damage the ANC's devilish ploys did to judges, courts, prosecutors and law enforcement would become clear only much later, reads an extract from News24’s Book of the Month, The Super Cadres by Pieter du Toit. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/sxilmvL

News24 | End of load shedding brings double dose of good news, says Reserve Bank

The end to regular power outages in South Africa may lead to an upward revision to economic-growth forecasts and help in the fight against inflation, the nation’s central bank said. from News24 News24/TopStories/rss https://ift.tt/coBXjd5

News24 | Rassie frets over Kolisi's facial injury: 'I'm not a medical doctor, but I think it is a fracture'

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus tried his best not to hide the concern over the facial injury sustained by captain Siya Kolisi in Saturday's 31-27 win over the All Blacks at Ellis Park on Saturday. from News24 news24/topstories/rss https://ift.tt/CFDmsI3