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Liudmila Chernetska/ Getty Images Sugar prices are surging as fires and drought slam fields in top grower Brazil, threatening higher costs for sweets and desserts.Raw sugar futures headed for their biggest weekly gain in 16 years, as traders digested the extent of crop damage from the blazes and a blistering heat wave in the nation. Sao Paulo state — part of Brazil’s main Centre-South growing region — has faced a record number of fires this August due to a lack of moisture. That damaged cane roots, and may force producers to replant or face a smaller harvest in the…

Mihlali Mpongwana, who plays for Western Province, has put in the miles in cricket that have allowed him to get a foothold in the game and start to prosper. (Darren Stewart/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.

The annual report for the financial year 2022/23 shows that the provincial health department incurred roughly R243 million in unauthorised, irregular and wasteful and fruitless expenses. Poor money management in the Eastern Cape has undermined health service delivery for years. A 2013 report by Section27 says that it may be difficult for the province to ask for a fair share of the health budget if it “continues to contribute to the inefficient, ineffective and unaccountable use of public resources for health”.Keeping people on their medicine is particularly necessary in the Eastern Cape. For example, only 79% of people with HIV in the…

Harrods department store, London, against a grey sky. (Gallo Images / Ruby Soho) 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.

Bradley Cross of Kaizer Chiefs during the Premiership match between Marumo Gallants and Kaizer Chiefs at Free State Stadium last weekend. (Photo by Charle Lombard/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.

The government’s district development model (DDM), which have cost taxpayers R100 million so far, is being sold as an opportunity to unlock governance gridlocks, but even officials admit there is little appetite from some departments.

Cop killer Andile Nyoka has been full of smiles since day one of his trial in the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha. 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.

Nedbank’s headquarters in Sandton, Johannesburg. (Supplied/Nedbank) 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.

Miss SA Mia le Roux at the Sign Language and Music Enhancement Mini Festival at Transoranje School for the Deaf on 10 September 2024 in Pretoria. (Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images) Miss South Africa Mia le Roux will be back in the Western Cape this weekend.She will be visiting her hometown of Oudtshoorn and surrounds.Her itinerary will include a street parade and various events to raise funds for her advocacy work.Miss South Africa Mia le Roux will be returning to her hometown of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape this weekend.This will be her first visit to the Klein Karoo town since being…

Eskom and Sasol have entered into an MoU aiming to secure gas ahead of a supply crisis. (Spooh/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.