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Anele Sotshisa was shot and killed while on duty at a mine in the West Rand, Johannesburg. (Supplied) The body of a security guard was found at a gold mine near Randfontein, west of Johannesburg, on Thursday morning.46-year-old Anele Sotshisa, who was on the night shift with two colleagues, was killed when gunmen opened fire on them on Wednesday night.Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said the surviving security guards had told them that they had scattered in different directions and had not immediately realised that their colleague had been shot. South Africans need to be in the know if…
The IFP said it remains open to negotiations with the NFP, but no agreement to co-govern at a local government level in KZN has been reached. (Gallo Images/Darren Stewart) The IFP in KwaZulu-Natal has moved to clarify that while its doors are open to negotiate with the National Freedom Party, no agreement to co-govern at a local government level has been reached. Addressing the media at the party’s headquarters in Durban on Friday, IFP MP Mkhuleko Hlengwa said the party was committed to continuing to engage with its political partners in KwaZulu-Natal. “The commitment to engage remains firmly on the table, but as…
The chance of a miscarriage or stillbirth can be 8% higher during extreme weather events like floods, research published in the journal Nature shows.Studies have also shown that long periods of heat are linked to a bigger chance of early births, babies being born too small, or stillbirths. Climate scientists say we’ll see events like this happening more and more as weather patterns start to change because of (mostly) burning of fossil fuels causing the air around the planet to warm.That’s why the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the health department are working on a project that will send early warnings…
Developing currencies gained on the final trading day of an otherwise weak first half marked by surprise election results and uncertainty over where the Federal Reserve will take interest rates. The South African rand and Chilean peso soared Friday, lifting an index of emerging-market currencies 0.2% after core personal consumption expenditures price index in the US slowed, welcome news for those hoping for rate cuts from the Fed in the coming months. Despite the gains, the index closed the first half down 1% in its worst start of the year since 2022. Across the developing world, assets have suffered in recent months due…
Dr Tim Forgan at Tygerberg Hospital. (Biénne Huisman/Spotlight) SA’s public health sector is beleaguered, unsettled by budget cuts, understaffing and divisive NHI legislation.Offering a glimmer of hope is that cutting edge surgical robots were used for more than 600 surgeries at two Cape Town public hospitals.The country’s first public sector da Vinci robotic technology procedure was performed at Tygerberg Hospital in February 2022. Cutting edge robotic surgery may not immediately come to mind when one thinks of public hospitals – but, in a first for public healthcare in South Africa, such systems are being used at two hospitals in the…
GOOD OMENS: Ray Jennings gives a talk to the Proteas team in 2015. The year before Jennings won the World Cup with SA Under-19 side and believes there are parallels with that team and the senior side in the T20 World Cup final . (Duif du Toit/Gallo Images) Ray Jennings sees parallels in the Proteas’ T20 World Cup campaign and that of the 2014 SA Under-19s team. 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…
Rand Water employees and contractors working on water pipelines at the Waterval Depot in Johannesburg on 25 June. (Muhammad Hussain/News24) Johannesburg councillors believe there is no real plan to get water back into the taps during ongoing maintenance at Rand Water.Overall maintenance began on 22 June and is scheduled to end on 29 July.Councillors met with Johannesburg Water at 14:00 on Friday to get an update on the system, but heard there was no estimation of when the water would be back. South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has…
Cape Town (Bob Krist/ Getty Images) The City of Cape Town – SA’s second-largest city – will at last tap into its significant reserves to begin delivering infrastructure to the poorer areas of the city.The city has passed a capital budget that is 80% bigger than that of Johannesburg, despite being nowhere near as wealthy. Cape Town’s tax base is 25% smaller than Johannesburg’s and is smaller by almost a million people.Comparative infrastructure spend figures for the next three years are: South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept…
South African captain and batter Aiden Markram said they’re thinking about the T20 World Cup final as just another game. (Chandan Khanna / AFP) The South African men’s cricket team faces its biggest game in 32 years of International Cricket Council tournament participation when they play India in the 2024 T20 World Cup final at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown in Barbados.The venue is a significant one in South African cricket, for it played host to their first post-isolation Test match in April 1992 when they engaged the West Indies in a poorly attended (the fans stayed away because local…
Hello Weekend, 29 June 2024.The latest edition of News24’s weekly digital weekend magazine is stuffed full of interviews, reviews, excerpts, and in-depth stories. Enjoy the read.’My kind of movie’: Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn on embracing ‘captivating’ Quiet Place prequelBy Leandra EngelbrechtIn A Quiet Place: Day One, the franchise’s universe broadens, transporting us to the origins of its story. This prequel explores the initial arrival of the sound-sensitive monsters on Earth, setting the stage for the harrowing saga that unfolds in the subsequent films.At the film’s heart is Samira, portrayed by Lupita Nyong’o, who revisits the city where she was born…