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A section of the N1 between the N7 exit and Sable Road was closed to traffic on 22 July 2024 in Cape Town. (Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais) Weather warnings for wind, flooding and fires are in place for coastal provinces.A cold front is due to make landfall in the Western Cape on Tuesday.Meanwhile, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape have been warned of increased risk of wildfires.Multiple weather alerts are in place for South Africa’s coastal provinces, leaving authorities on high alert for floods and fires.In the Western Cape, an Orange Level 6 warning for damaging interior winds has been…

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Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images) Poor audit outcomes in local government continue unabated, with only 34 of South Africa’s 257 municipalities obtaining clean bills of health.Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke, released the 2022-23 consolidated general report on local government audit outcomes on Tuesday, saying that no meaningful improvement occurred over the first two years of the current term.Maluleke has called on “all roleplayers in the accountability ecosystem to work deliberately and with urgency towards a culture of performance, accountability, transparency, and institutional integrity that will ultimately result in a better life for the people of South Africa”.More to follow. We…

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More than 150 allegedly undocumented foreign nationals have been arrested during a police raid in about six buildings around the Durban CBD. (Sakhiseni Nxumalo/News24) South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we’re about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.

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Photo of pinned Kigali on a map of Africa. (DK_Photos, Getty Images) South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we’re about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.

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Mariah Carey at the Recording Academy Honours Presented By The Black Music Collective held at the Fairmont Century Plaza on 1 February 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Mark Von Holden/Billboard via Getty Images) Singer Mariah Carey has confirmed to US media that her mother, Patricia, and sister, Alison, died on the same day over the weekend.”My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day,” Carey, 55, wrote in a statement to US media.”I feel blessed that I was able to…

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Cape Town Urban Waste Management MMC Grant Twigg said it was unfortunate that executive director of Urban Waste Management, Luzuko Mdunyelwa, was officially dismissed. (Supplied) South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we’re about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.

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Jaecoo J7 features a classic two-box design, without any crazy styling creases. (Lance Branquinho/News24) South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we’re about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.

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