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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 African pop star Tyla won in the Best Afrobeats category at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York.”This is just so special, but also bittersweet,” she said during her acceptance speech.Taylor Swift won seven awards, including video of the year for Fortnight with Post Malone.South African pop star Tyla won a 2024 MTV Video…

Paramedics tend to Caroline Abrahams’ wounds shortly after the attack. (Facebook/Natasha Evans) 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.

(Danny Froese/Getty Images) South African stocks have their noses in front of emerging-market peers, but glum news from China threatens to weigh on the key mining sector and stymie that outperformance.Johannesburg’s main equity index has climbed about 7% in 2024 in dollar terms, outshining the 4.6% advance for MSCI Inc.’s gauge of emerging-market stocks. Miners aren’t helping, with the sector dragged lower by worries over weaker demand from China, the biggest customer for South Africa’s industrial metals.Iron ore touched the lowest level in almost two years this week, battered by the continued crisis in China’s property market. Seven of the 10…

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. (Qian Jun/MB Media/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.

Department of Justice director-general advocate Doc Mashabane. (DOJ/X) 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.

Suzuki Swift (Motorpress) 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.

Sean Combs aka Diddy attends the celebration for Diddy’s birthday and new album launch at LAVO on 9 November 2023 in London, England. (Dave Benett/Getty Images for TAO Group Hospitality) Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, 54, has been ordered to pay $100 million to a Michigan inmate after a default sexual assault judgment.The lawsuit claimed that Combs drugged and sexually assaulted Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, 51, in 1997 at a Detroit party. The default judgment was made because Combs failed to appear for a virtual hearing on Monday.Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, 54, has been ordered to pay $100 million to a Michigan…

Treatment Action Campaign activist Zackie Achmat has slammed Roman Cabanac as “shameless”, after the chief of staff for Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen described the TAC as a “foreign-funded NGO” whose ARV lawfare was “undemocratic”.

The Crown Gospel Music Awards will be held at Midrand this year. Supplied The Crown Gospel Music Awards will now be held at the Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand.This year, the awards are open to international gospel artists in the US and across Europe.The awards will proceed this year despite the death of its founder, Zanele Mbokazi-Nkambule.For more lifestyle news, go to the News24 Life front page.The 17th edition of the Crown Gospel Music Awards will proceed this year despite the death of its founder, Zanele Mbokazi-Nkambule. Mbokazi-Nkambule died at the Netcare Parklands Hospital in Durban after battling lung cancer. This…

Most complaints made to the Gauteng health department about Helen Joseph Hospital are about patient care and staff attitude. (Luba Lesolle/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.