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A seafarer reportedly fell overboard a flagged MV Serenity Diva about 70km south of Cape Recife in the Eastern Cape on Monday (Samsa/Supplied) Authorities are searching for a seafarer who reportedly fell overboard a flagged cargo vessel – the MV Serenity Diva – about 70km south of Cape Recife in the Eastern Cape on Monday.According to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa), the Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre (MRCC) in Cape Town reported that the incident was raised by the vessel’s crew at about 03:00 via a distress call.”According to Telkom Maritime Radio, the vessel’s captain was not sure when…
Getty Images/deepblue4you The South African Legal Practice Council has introduced minimum salaries for candidate attorneys in urban and rural areas. According to the Government Gazette notice, those in rural areas should earn a minimum of R6 000 per month or R72 000 per year, while those in urban areas should earn R8 000 per month, or R96 000 per year. More than a third of law firms which took part in a survey pay candidates less than R6 000 a month. For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page.Candidate attorneys are set to earn a minimum of R72 000 and…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana revealed government departments and state-owned entities owed R18.6 billion in rates and taxes. Gallo Images/Brenton Geach 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 transgender woman who claims she was raped when police put her in the same cell as male inmates in 2016 has been trying for years to sue the Minister of Police for damages in the Western Cape High Court. (Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp) A transgender woman brought a civil case against the Minister of Police in 2019, after being raped while in police detention.The minister had six months to file a plea in response to the action. It took 26 months before the minister asked the court to condone the late filing of the plea.The condonation was denied in a…
South Africa’s Benjamin Richardson wants to build on the potential he showed at the Paris Olympic Games (Roger Sedres/Gallo 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.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex at the Escuela Tambores de Cabildo during The Duke and Duchess of Sussex Colombia visit on 17 August 2024. (Eric Charbonneau/Archewell Foundation via 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.
Head of the Investigating Directorate against Corruption (IDAC), Andrea Johnson. (Ditiro Selepe/News24) The Investigating Directorate against Corruption (IDAC) is now a permanent anti-graft structure after long-awaited regulations were gazetted on Monday. The publishing of these regulations, as part of the National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Act, comes more than five years after the ID was established by presidential proclamation. A News24 investigation published last week set out how, without permanence, the directorate was hamstrung in its pursuit of state capture crooks. Up until now, the ID was a temporary, underfunded structure, unable to appoint critically needed investigators to join those who have worked…
ANC Gauteng secretary TK Nciza and Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi. 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 Policeman who fled the scene of an accident which resulted in the death Phumla Mtshali died by suicide at a hotel in Umhlanga Rocks. (Reaction Unit South Africa/Facebook) 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.
Absa’s share price jumped 5% after it announced that CEO Arrie Rautenbach had agreed to take early retirement. (Elvira Wood/Netwerk24) 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.