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McLaren’s Lando Norris looks on in parc ferme during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit.. (Mark Thompson/Getty Images) Seven days after he was forced to retire following a collision with Red Bull’s series leader and three-time champion Max Verstappen at the Austrian Grand Prix, the 24-year-old Briton said he was “fed up” with making excuses. 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…
The brutal murder of Aphiwe Ngcobo came to light when her father was alerted by a neighbour about a suspicious figure leaving his home. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images) In the space of eight months, Mondli Ngcobo stood before two open graves.Still recovering emotionally from burying his wife, Nosipho, whom he had been married to for 18 years, Ngcobo had to bury his 17-year-old daughter, Aphiwe, after she was brutally murdered and raped.In an interview with News24 on Sunday night, Ngcobo recounted the devastating journey and immense sorrow of losing two loved ones in such a short space. South Africans need to be…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images) While SA has reached 100 days without load shedding, the electricity system is still vulnerable and further power cuts can’t be ruled out, says President Cyril Ramaphosa.Last Friday marked 100 days since South Africa last experienced load shedding. This is the longest continuous period without load shedding since 2020.While this is a welcome milestone, it is not a reason to relax. Our electricity system remains vulnerable and we cannot yet rule out a possibility of further load shedding.Rather, this milestone provides encouragement for us to do more and…
Community members protest during the court appearance of the four suspects implicated in the disappearance case of Joshlin Smith outside at Vredenburg Magistrate’s Court. The Grade 1 Diazville Primary School pupil was last seen on 19 February wearing a light blue T-shirt and light blue denim shorts. (Theo Jeptha/Gallo Images/Die Burger) As the amount of time since the disappearance of 6-year-old Joshlin Smith surpasses 100 days, police are waiting for the results of tests conducted on one of their most recent leads – an item of clothing found a few weeks ago.Western Cape police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie said:…
A fast-growing Nigerian founded fractional share investing platform has launched operations in South Africa. (China Photos/Getty Images) A fast-growing Nigerian founded fractional share trading platform that will compete in the same market as EasyEquities has launched operations in South Africa.Bamboo, founded by Nigerian entrepreneur Richmond Bassey in 2019, will allow South African users to invest money in over 3 000 US and Nigerian-listed companies.Like EasyEquities, Bamboo is a fractional share investing platform, meaning that users with limited means have access to expensive stocks by buying a percentage of a share. South Africans need to be in the know if we…
Executive director for Rural and Farmworkers Development, Billy Claasen, at the property where the attack took place. (Screenshot) While Western Cape police are hunting down the men who ransacked a farm house in Porterville and stabbed a farm manager multiple times, the provincial health department is probing why no doctor was available when the bloodied 65-year-old victim was brought in. Gerhard Nel died of his injuries. He was rushed to the Lapa Munnik Hospital just after 01:00 on 1 July after five men forcefully entered the home he shared with his wife, 63-year-old Barbara, at the Tevrede farm. South Africans need to be in…
Standard Bank has to pay a former employee R1.7 million for unfair dismissing her in December 2023. (Gallo Images/Brendan Croft) The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has ordered Standard Bank to pay almost R1.7 million in compensation to a former employee it concluded was fired over a string of unsubstantiated claims, ranging from racism to harassment.In a damning ruling, senior CCMA commissioner Eleanor Hambidge awarded the bank’s former global markets compliance head, Christine Lawson, nine months’ salary after it fired her on 19 December 2023. She also found the investigation into Lawson to be “materially flawed” as it was based…
Councillor Mzwakhe Mbatha. (ActionSA/Supplied) Two ActionSA party members of the Newcastle Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal are at loggerheads over the alleged abuse of a municipal vehicle, with both accusing the other of using vehicles to “pick up women”. Controversial municipality chief whip and ActionSA councillor Mzwakhe Mbatha is yet again in the spotlight, after his driver – ActionSA Osizweni sub-region chairperson Sizwe Mokoena – was suspended over the alleged abuse of the municipal vehicle.In his defence, Mokoena said Mbatha would use the vehicle for his personal movements and would also pick up women. South Africans need to be in the know if…
SA Taxi is trying to convince lenders to restructure its debt. (RapidEye/ Getty Images) SA Taxi, the minibus taxi financier owned by JSE-listed Transaction Capital, is still locked in negotiations with lenders about a long-term debt restructuring solution.Its interim results for the six-months to end-March stated that SA Taxi has obtained covenant waivers until the end of June to allow for a debt restructure. Transaction Capital CFO Mark Herskovits then also warned in May that this meant the business only had a few weeks before it had to cease disbursing loans altogether and potentially operations overall.Herskovits told News24 on Friday that…
The alleged cocaine shipment was apparently lost at sea off the coast of the Western Cape. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images) Cocaine with an estimated street value of more than R1 billion, the Bulgarian mafia, a Colombian cartel and top 28s gang associates feature in an international drug deal that appears to have gone awry off the shores of Simon’s Town leading to shootings, kidnappings and a high level-police investigation. An alleged Western Cape crime lord and his associate have now been kidnapped in what has unfolded as a Hollywood-style tale that involves a missing shipment of cocaine.Four sources close to the investigation…