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Tarina Patel attends the amfAR event during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Hangar Nicelli on September 01, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images for Campari) 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.

ActionSA’s Buffalo City secretary Michele Kay, third from left, with a petition which was handed to Buffalo City metro officials on 29 July. (Sithandiwe Velaphi/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.

Springbok Siya Kolisi and his French club Racing 92 were knocked out of the Top 14 by Bordeaux-Begles at Stade Chaban-Delmas on Sunday. (Franco Arland/Getty Images) Gael Fickou says he will respect Siya Kolisi’s choice if he decides to leave Racing 92.Kolisi is one year into his three-year deal with the French club but has been linked with a move back to South Africa.Fickou says Kolisi’s departure will not affect the team’s preparations for the new Top 14 season which begins this weekend.For more, please visit News24 Sport’s dedicated rugby section.Racing 92 centre Gael Fickou said on Monday he will…

Prishne Khan hid in the freezer. (NPA/Supplied) A former finance manager has been sent to jail for fraud and theft.Prishne Khan, who had been on the run since 2023, was found hiding inside a freezer when police went to arrest her at her new home in Nigel, Gauteng, last week Friday.Khan was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for 63 counts of fraud that resulted in losses exceeding R3 million.A former finance manager who hid inside a deep freezer to evade arrest has been sentenced to a decade in prison for fraud and theft.Prishne Khan, 37, appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in…

Lefifi Tladi, the featured poet at this year’s Poetry Africa 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.

A fire at Garden Route National Park burned around 1 500 hectares after it was ignited in the Tsitsikamma Section of the Garden Route National Park, located north of the Bloukrans Bridge. (SANParks) A lightning strike caused a fire in the Garden Route National Park on Monday.The fire destroyed around 1 500 hectares of the park.The fire is inaccessible by foot so counter-burns and aerial waterbombing are being used to extinguish it.About 1 500 hectares of the Garden Route National Park have been destroyed in a wildfire that a lightning strike caused in the Tsitsikamma section of the park on…

Luis Suarez (Getty Images) Uruguay star Luis Suarez is set to retire from international football.The 37-year-old is Uruguay’s top scorer with 69 goals from 142 appearances.The Inter Miami forward helped Uruguay capture the 2011 Copa America, where he was named player of the tournament.For more soccer news, visit our dedicated section.Uruguay icon Luis Suarez announced his retirement from international football on Monday, confirming that he will hang up his boots following Friday’s 2026 World Cup qualifier against Paraguay in Montevideo.”Friday will be my last match for my country,” an emotional Suarez, 37, told a press conference.”It was not an…

Petrol and diesel prices will be lowered on Wednesday to levels last seen in the first half of 2023. Lisalee Solomons / 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.

KwaZulu-Natal police shot and killed six extortion and murder suspects during a shootout at South Beach in Durban before midnight on Monday. (Supplied/SAPS) Six suspects were killed in a shootout with KwaZulu-Natal police in South Beach, Durban.The suspects were linked to multiple crimes, including the execution-style murder of four men in Tshelimnyama and a triple murder in Mpumalanga township.Police recovered three firearms from the scene, and they will be sent for ballistic testing.Six suspects linked to extortion cases and multiple murders were shot and killed during a shootout with the police in South Beach, Durban, shortly before midnight…

A street view of Damelin’s East London’s campus (Damelin/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.