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Uruguay goalkeeper Sergio Rochet celebrates a penalty kick save during their Copa America 2024 quarter-final against Brazil at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday. (Maciek Gudrymowicz/ISI Photos/Getty Images) Uruguay beat Brazil on penalties (4-2) to reach the semi-finals of Copa America after their game ended goalless on Saturday.Uruguay, who finished the game with ten men after Nahitan Nandez was sent off in the 74th minute, will face Colombia in Charlotte, North Carolina, in their semi-final on Wednesday. South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed…

Planned power cuts happen frequently in Pakistan. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images). Hundreds of people in one of Pakistan’s hottest cities stormed a power station in protest against cuts lasting up to 20 hours a day, police said Friday. The protesters also ransacked the station’s neighbouring administrative office in Thursday night’s incident in rural Sibi, in southern Balochistan province, where temperatures peaked at 45 degrees Celsius.”People stormed the electricity supply office and ransacked it last night and a case has been lodged against them,” police official Anayatullah Bungulzai told AFP, adding that the group numbered up to 800 people.Planned power cuts,…

Springbok flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit had an excellent game against Ireland on Saturday. (Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images) At Loftus VersfeldSpringbok coach Rassie Erasmus praised the impact loose forwards Siya Kolisi and Pieter-Steph du Toit in Saturday’s 27-20 win over Ireland at Loftus Versfeld.Neither scored, but they were employed in a free-running and ranging role on attack, asking difficult questions of Ireland’s defence out wide. 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…

Nine mouse footprints captures on the field tunnel. (Linette Diederiks/Supplied). Tracking the footprints of small mammals can reveal valuable information about changes in their environment, and a group of researchers are working together to develop a specific technology in South Africa to do this.WildTrack is a nonprofit that uses AI, data analytics and field knowledge to safeguard threatened species. Its founders Zoë Jewell and Sky Alibhai from the US, teamed up with South African scientists Nico Avenant – head of the Mammalogy Department at the National Museum in Bloemfontein, Duncan MacFadyen – head of research and conservation at Oppenheimer Generations,…

Andy Murray is embraced by Novak Djokovic during his farewell presentation following the Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Doubles first round match with his brother, Jamie Murray, against Rinky Hijikata and John Peers of Australia on Thursday. (Photo by Shi Tang/Getty Images) British tennis great Andy Murray’s last hurrah at Wimbledon has come to an anti-climactic end after Emma Raducanu withdrew from the mixed doubles event on Saturday.The 37-year-old Murray, a two-time Wimbledon champion, played in what has turned out to be his final match at the grass court Grand Slam this week when he and his brother, Jamie, lost 7-6 (8-6) 6-4…

Preserving important documents and memories of deceased loved ones, such as birth certificates and photographs, is significant in the healing journey of grieving families writes Mapi Mahlangu. (Photo: Getty Images/ Jan Hakan Dahlstrom) Live by Design is a weekly News24 column by Dr Helena Dolny and Mapi Mhlangu on mortality and the conversations around it. In a delicate dance between enduring grief and historical preservation, earlier this year, I embarked on a poignant journey to weave together the untold stories of the Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976. Through the lens of lesser-known relatives of the 43 children whose tragic…

Smoking cooling towers at a power plant. (fhm/Getty Images) It is a perverse reality that Eskom’s largest environmental liability, its ageing coal fleet, might be our greatest asset in solving chronic unemployment and our economy, writes James Brice. Our election outcome, coupled with the absence of load shedding in the medium term, gives South Africa a unique opportunity to build itself out of its economic doldrums. Outside of war, revolution or authoritarianism, large national infrastructure investments have served countries well to generate GDP growth, job creation and productivity.  South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create…

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi in his first Test on home soil at Loftus on Saturday since winning the Rugby World Cup last year. (FJ Meintjes/Gallo Images) Double Rugby World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi hailed South Africa supporters after a 27-20 first Test victory over Ireland in Pretoria on Saturday. “It was very special to be back home after the (2023) World Cup triumph and the full crowd made it beautiful for us,” Kolisi said after the clash of the top-ranked rugby nations. South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has…

Litha Matala, the founder of Level Innovation, told News24 that the wearable technology company will be soft-launching its Level Ring product on Monday ahead of a full launch next month.The Level Ring works like your bank card’s contactless feature, using the same near field communication (NFC) technology. However, payments will only be made when a user’s hand is balled into a fist to prevent someone raising a payment device to a user’s hand without their knowledge.”The Level Ring will make payments when the owner hovers over the payment card machine with a closed fist gesture for four seconds. Therefore, the…

Pieter-Steph du Toit of South Africa (Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images) Let’s be under no illusions… South Africa had to dig extremely deep to smash their three-game losing streak against a resilient Ireland at Loftus on Saturday.The very least the visitors deserved, in the first of two Tests, was to end it within one-score distance of the Springboks at 27-20 because earlier 20-8 and 27-15 advantages in favour of the World Cup-holders during the final quarter had unjust looks about them.In a game where several borderline decisions by referee Luke Pearce and his co-officials went the way of the Boks, they were…