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The skyline of SA’s financial capital, Johannesburg (Getty Images). South Africa has still not done enough to be removed from the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global financial watchdog said on Friday.At the conclusion of a three-day meeting in Singapore, the FATF said that while South Africa had made some progress since it was grey-listed last year, it still had a lot of work to do.The watchdog, which sets global standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, identified several strategic deficiencies that South Africa still needs to address. South Africans need to be in…

Siya Kolisi will lead the Springboks in the first Test against Ireland, but the team is blessed with several great leaders – as well as vast depth, writes Nick Mallett. Rassie Erasmus’ decision earlier in the week to keep Siya Kolisi as captain for the upcoming series against Ireland was perhaps not as much of a head scratcher as some might have perceived.This is mainly due to the Springboks boasting several competent leaders within their squad. 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,…

Ford Transit Custom (Quickpic) In the world of panel vans, the Ford Transit Custom has become an industry leader globally, known for its reliability, versatility, and adaptability.With the latest iteration, Ford has raised the bar by a few notches, blending comfort and convenience with practicality to create a vehicle that meets the needs of modern businesses.Exterior upgrades 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…

The Namaqua National Park is among four of South Africa’s national parks that have been expanded by more than 20 000 hectares to improve conservation. (Katherine Forsythe/WWF South Africa) In four years, South Africa has increased the number of protected areas by 89, increasing the amount of land under protection by around 11 500 square kilometres, a report released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has found.Among the sites that have been added since 2020, are three marine protected areas, three Ramsar sites (wetlands site), 47 nature reserves, seven botanical gardens and 10 biosphere reserves, according to…

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula (Jan Gerber/News24) South Africa is close to concluding discussions on forming a new government, the ANC said. The rand jumped.”Almost done with GNU discussions, in the best interest of all South Africans,” ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula said in a post on X. “It will be done as promised.”READ | COALITION NATION | Ramaphosa’s scathing ‘Dear John’ letter to SteenhuisenMbalula’s statement coincided with Bank of America strategists saying they’ve closed their bearish trade recommendation for the currency as they anticipate a coalition government will be formed by the ANC and the centrist Democratic Alliance.READ | Carol Paton | SA…

0:00 Subscribers can listen to this article South African white-ball national coach Rob Walter. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images) After years of high-profile coaches, it is the relatively unknown Rob Walter who stands on the brink of South African cricket history as he prepares his side for their first-ever World Cup final.The Proteas booked their place in the T20 final with a brutal defenestration of Afghanistan and will now face India in Barbados on Saturday.FIRST TAKE | Proteas tango in Tarouba to break generational World Cup final curses Read this for free South Africans need to be in the know if we want…

South African foundations are calling on citizens to participate in the proposed National Dialogue. (Amanda Khoza/News24) South African foundations founded on the “legacies of eminent freedom fighters” have called South Africans to participate in a national dialogue.”The foundations, as leading social institutions, believe that an urgent, inclusive citizen-led national intervention is required to restore the legitimacy, credibility, and enhancement of the South African democratic project,” said the Steve Biko Foundation’s Nkosinathi Biko.Biko made the call on behalf of the Ahmed Kathrada, Chief Albert Luthuli, Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy, Oliver and Adelaide Tambo, Jakes Gerwel, Umlambo and the Thabo Mbeki…

EFF secretary-general Marshall Dlamini (in black) leaves court after being sentenced. (Jenni Evans/News24) EFF secretary-general Marshall Dlamini has been sentenced in the Cape Town Regional Court to 18 months in prison, suspended for five years, for assaulting policeman Johan Carstens in Parliament in 2019. Dlamini was also sentenced to a fine of R6 000 or three months in prison for malicious damage to property. “I am prepared to accept that, indeed, a lesson had been learned,” said Magistrate Nasha Banwari in pre-sentencing remarks about why she had not chosen a custodial sentence. Dlamini was charged with assault with the intent to do…

Members of the community preparing an initiation hut at the coastal village of kuNombanjana in Centane. (Sithandiwe Velaphi/News24) The Eastern Cape Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has decided to put the brakes on communicating deaths arising from traditional circumcision until the end of the winter season.The decision is the first of its kind as the department previously led campaigns to communicate with the media on awareness campaigns, rescue operations and deaths of initiates in the province.It also previously issued media statements each initiation season to communicate its concerns and campaigns about traditional circumcision. South Africans need to be in…

(Sean Gladwell/Getty Images) Over the past few weeks, as conversations have started and stalled, the reaction of the markets has fixated many people who have tried to draw granular links between currency movements and political events. The problem with such an approach is that it is premised on the habit of seeking to strip the intersectional and complex sum of events that influence currency movements, reducing the complexity to a simplistic model, says Khaya Sithole.Over the past two weeks, as negotiators across the political spectrum sought to concoct a government out of the ANC’s new iteration of a broad church…