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A court has, for now, scotched the NFP’s efforts to haul its sole MPL in KwaZulu-Natal, Mbali Shinga, to a disciplinary hearing over her “failure” to remove herself from the parliamentary list, which would effectively mean she is firing herself as an MPL.
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, has registered a criminal investigation against Police Minister Senzo Mchunu following claims of political interference in work carried out by the task team into political killings.
Judge President Selby Mbenenge’s attempt to lead the testimony of his sexual harassment accuser’s former friend – whose statements included claims about Andiswa Mengo’s sex life – has been dismissed by the tribunal tasked with deciding his guilt.
Amid shifting local reforms, a fragile GNU and a volatile global landscape, News24 will co-host a virtual seminar on Tuesday to delve deeper into South Africa’s possible futures and the strategic decisions needed to get us to a better, brighter, tomorrow.
Francois Venter, a big rock climber, once drank tequila with the PhD-holding virologist rockstar Dexter Holland of The Offspring and, more recently, publicly excoriated both the president and the health minister for their inaction on the HIV funding crises. As Sean Christie quickly learned, that’s just how one of the country’s top HIV researchers rolls.
News24 emerged as the standout winner at the 2025 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards, with investigative journalist Kyle Cowan taking home the prestigious Journalist of the Year award for his groundbreaking work on the Murray murders.
Priscila Tobeka Jantjies has been fighting a lengthy battle with the Eastern Cape Department of Health over a promised R500 000 “humanitarian” payment following complications from a tooth extraction that she claimed left her disabled.
While many Western Cape residents continue to sweep out puddles of water that flooded their homes during the devastating rain and gusty winds that wreaked havoc earlier this week, some say this is only the start of what is to come this winter.
First, the ANC-led Impendle Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal failed to pay salaries on time in April and May. Now, another of the province’s local municipalities, IFP-led Jozini, has also failed to pay workers their June salaries on time.
EFF leader Julius Malema has strongly criticised the estimated R700 million price tag for the National Dialogue, accusing the government of prioritising funds for ‘ukukhuluma’ (talking) while neglecting financial support for the youth.