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Makhadzi at the OR Tambo International Airport welcoming ceremony on 3 July 2024 in Kempton Park, South Africa. (Oupa Bopape/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.
ANC’s Cyril Xaba was elected as the mayor of the eThekwini Metro on Wednesday. (eThekwini Metro Municipality/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.
Spain’s forward #19 Lamine Yamal (C) sits on the bus to leave the stadium after the UEFA Euro 2024 semi-final match between Spain and France at the Munich Football Arena in Munich on 9 July 2024. Spain defeated France by 2-1 and qualified for the final. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) 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…
A patient jumped from the second floor of Livingstone Hospital in the Eastern Cape on Monday. (Black Star/Spotlight) 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.
Lionel Messi of Argentina battles for the ball with Jonathan David of Canada during the CONMEBOL Copa America USA 2024 match between Canada and Argentina at MetLife Stadium on 10 July 2024 in East Rutherford, United States. (Pablo Morano/BSR Agency/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.
Final preparations are made in the Yellow Drawing Room, in the East Wing of Buckingham Palace, London, which is being opened to visitors for the first time this summer, when special guided tours of the Principal Floor will be available to visitors in July and August. (Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images) Buckingham Palace’s East Wing, the room behind the building’s famous balcony, is ready to welcome visitors for the first time.The East Wing has gone through five years of renovations and will be available for viewing on a trial basis to paying customers from next week, according to…
Former VBS chairperson Tshifhiwa Matodzi appeared in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday. (Lucky Morajane/Mthatha Express) The man described as the kingpin behind the brazen looting of more than R2.2 billion from the VBS Mutual Bank has pleaded guilty to 33 charges including theft, fraud, money laundering and racketeering. Former VBS chairperson Tshifhiwa Matodzi appeared in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday, where he pleaded guilty as part of a plea and sentence agreement, which the State said it was satisfied with. He pleaded guilty to stealing R250 million from the bank, by creating fictitious credits for…
US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell (Photo by Chen Mengtong/China News Service 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.
Virgil van Dijk (Lazet/Soccrates/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.
Twelve children were killed in a private scholar transport mini-bus accident in the Kokosi-Wedela area in the Merafong Local Municipality, Gauteng, on Wednesday.The driver, together with 11 pupils from Rockland Primary School and one pupil from Laerskool Blyvooruitsig, were killed in the crash. Seven other pupils required hospitalisation.”It is alleged that the learner transport [vehicle] was hit from behind by a bakkie, causing it to overturn and subsequently catch fire. This horrific accident is alleged to have occurred around 06:45,” said Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture Recreation, Matome Chiloane.”Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident,” Chiloane added.More to…