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Billionaire Jared Isaacman exits a SpaceX capsule in Earth’s orbit, in the world’s first private spacewalk on Thursday. (Polaris/X.com/Supplied) The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, which made history when its crew conducted the first spacewalk by non-government astronauts, splashed down off the coast of Florida early Sunday.The Dragon spacecraft landed in the ocean at 3:37 am (0737 GMT), a webcast of the splashdown showed, with a recovery team deploying in the pre-dawn darkness to retrieve the capsule and crew.The four-member team led by fintech billionaire Jared Isaacman launched Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center, quickly journeying deeper into the cosmos…

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus expects Argentina to be a tough nut to crack at home. (Bertram Malgas/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.

Professor Nokuthula Sibiya is Mangosuthu University of Technology’s first woman vice-chancellor. (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.

Tsakani Maluleke, SA auditor-general (Gallo Images/Darren Stewart) 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.

Wreckage of a sedan that overturned and burst into flames, leaving five people dead and one critically injured in Mpumalanga. (Supplied) Five people have been killed and another was rushed to hospital after a car they were travelling in overturned and burst into flames in Mpumalanga on Sunday morning.The car, which was transporting the six people, overturned on D2945 Road, between Mgobobodzi and Madadeni, at about 03:00.READ | Michaelhouse mourns death of Grade 8 pupil and his parents in horrific head-on collision in KZNThe car went up in flames, leaving five people burnt beyond recognition.According to the Mpumalanga Department…

According to Lebohang Tshishonga, owner of a spaza shop in Katlehong, the solar system is convenient and helpful, considering their electricity problems, which can take up to five hours to resolve. (Johanna Horz/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.

The disputed Johannesburg house which Nelson Mandela moved into in 1998 with his wife Graça Machel, towards the end of his presidency. (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.

Sharks coach John Plumtree. (Steve Haag Sports/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.

(Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto/Getty Images) Nigerian saleswoman Ivy Junaid says her daily half-an-hour commute from mainland Lagos to the city’s island business district has changed her life.What was once often a three-hour nightmare drive to work with a pre-dawn start and gnarly traffic has become a quick sprint skimming across the waters of Lagos lagoon by boat.”You can actually get out of bed when you need to. You have breakfast at home, strut in here, strut into the boat and 30 minutes across the water,” the telecoms employee said.”It’s really a life-saving situation for most of us.”Flanked by lagoon…

New Zealand prop Fletcher Newell on the charge against Argentina. (Dave Rowland/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.