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Lil Nas X and Halle Bailey present Tyla with the award for Best Afrobeats for Water on stage during the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on 11 September 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images for MTV) South African pop star Tyla has responded to online backlash after she asked rapper Lil Nas X and actor Halle Bailey to hold her MTV Video Music Award.Tyla, 22, won in the Best Afrobeats category for her hit song Water on Wednesday at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.Tyla wrote on X: “Y’all make everything weird… I…

Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) The Special Investigating Unit described to Parliament last week how it is cracking down on dodgy medical legal claims.Payouts of medical related claims were R265 million in 2013. This skyrocketed to R2.7 billion in 2023.The SIU says it has uncovered evidence of law firms making fraudulent claims and it has stopped about R3 billion of such claims. For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page.Payments of medical-related legal claims (medico-legal) against the Department of Health ballooned to R2.7 billion in 2023. In 2013, it was R265…

South African singer-songwriter Tyla poses in the press room with the Best Afrobeats award for Water during the MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, on 11 September 2024. (Angela Weiss/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 of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.

Mamelodi Sundowns’ coach Manqoba Mngqithi and his Orlando Pirates’ counterpart Jose Riveiro, pictured with the Bucs’ former assistant Sergio Almenara, will lead their teams in tricky encounters against their COSAFA neighbours. (Lefty Shivambu/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.

President Cyril Ramaphosa (Melinda Stuurman/Netwerk24) President Cyril Ramaphosa has postponed the full implementation of the BELA Bill to allow for further engagements on two clauses over three months. Speaking at the signing of the bill at the Union Buildings, Ramaphosa said he had agreed to pause the implementation of two clauses which deal with school admissions and language. “I am willing to allow those who believe a solution will be found to the two clauses that they believe they have solutions for, to give them the opportunity and delay the implementation of clauses 4 and 5 for a period of three…

Married at First Sight Mzansi couples. (Photo: Supplied/Mzansi Magic) News24 Life deputy editor Kaunda Selisho recaps the events of Married at First Sight Mzansi on her podcast, RealiTea Recap with Kay and goes beyond the moments to give some context to the biggest headlines emerging from the show.Just when viewers thought they had seen the last of the Married at First Sight Mzansi couples, they get to catch up with the four couples a year after filming to answer the burning question, “Where are they now?”On Sunday, 15 September, Mzansi Magic will air a two-hour special episode as reunion…

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and French club Racing 92 have parted ways. (Franco Arland/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.

Pravin Gordhan. (Alon Skuy/Gallo Images/The Times) 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.

Ralph Stanfield is seen during one of his previous court appearances. (Jaco Marais/Netwerk24) Cape Town businessman Ralph Stanfield and his alleged associate Johannes Coetzee have been charged with the murder of Hard Livings gang boss Rashied Staggie. Staggie was shot dead in London Road, Salt River, on 13 December 2019. His twin Rashaad was shot and set alight in the same road in 1996 by People Against Gangsterism and Drugs.The break in Rashied’s murder was revealed by prosecutor Frank van Heerden when Stanfield and Coetzee appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court via an online Teams link from their respective prisons,…

The dollar slumped to its lowest this year on Friday versus the yen while gold hit a record high as investors ratcheted up bets for a super-sized Federal Reserve interest rate cut next week.The rand strengthened by more than 1% to R17.7609/$ on Friday morning. After hitting R19.31 in February this year, the rand reached a year-high of R17.62 at the end of last month.Traders raised bets back to 45% for a 50-basis point US rate cut on September 18, according to LSEG data at 0510 GMT, from about 28% before articles in the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal…