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Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube snubbed Friday’s ceremony where President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill. (Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu) 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.

Information management specialist Metrofile reported on Monday it is cutting its dividend for its year to end June on Monday by over a quarter, feeling pressures including that of retrenchment costs in SA and a sizable impairment in Kenya.

Manchester City’s midfielder Bernardo Silva celebrates with team-mates after scoring a goal at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester. (Darren Staples/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.

This picture shows some of the wet abalone that was being processed. (Western Cape police) Police confiscated abalone worth more than R10 million on Sunday. Three suspects were arrested and charged with illegal possession of abalone.The police said this was the province’s biggest abalone bust in recent years. Western Cape police confiscated abalone worth more than R10 million in Rylands, Athlone, during a bust on Sunday night.Officers attached to the Tactical Response Team (TRT) arrested three suspects aged 28, 31 and 53.Police spokesperson Lieutenant Malcolm Pojie said members of the TRT acted on information about an abalone storage facility, which led them to…

Petrol and diesel prices are currently on track for more steep cuts at the start of October, which could push fuel prices to levels last seen before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. The latest estimate from the Central Energy Fund (CEF) shows that the price of 95 unleaded petrol is due for a decrease of R1.26 around a litre, while the wholesale price of diesel could be lowered by around R1.10 a litre. Final prices will only be fixed at the end of September. At the start of this month, petrol and diesel prices were cut by around a rand…

Patrick Kruger bowling against the Windies. (Daniel Prentice/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.

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba. (Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle) 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.

Steady risk appetite propelled an emerging market currency index to a record high on Monday as investors were convinced that the US Federal Reserve would deliver a big interest rate cut in a week marked by other key central bank policy decisions.Rising for the fourth session, the MSCI index for EM currencies scaled a lifetime high, after logging its biggest one-day gain since August 19 on Friday. The stocks gauge hit an over one-week high, rising for the third consecutive day.By midday on Monday, the rand was trading at R17.63/$ – close to its best level since July 2023, when…

Kaizer Chiefs coach Nasreddine Nabi. (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.

President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the BELA Bill into law last week Friday. (GCIS) President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended his decision to sign the controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill.In his weekly newsletter, Ramaphosa said the Constitution obliged him to assent to it.Ramaphosa signed the Bill into law last Friday. President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his weekly newsletter to defend his decision to sign the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill into law.Ramaphosa revealed that despite a meeting last week, some parties in the GNU were “publicly urging” him not to sign the bill, while others said he should. The…