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Ralph Stanfield is seen during one of his previous court appearances. (Jaco Marais/Netwerk24) Cape Town businessman Ralph Stanfield and his alleged associate Johannes Coetzee have been charged with the murder of Hard Livings gang boss Rashied Staggie. Staggie was shot dead in London Road, Salt River, on 13 December 2019. His twin Rashaad was shot and set alight in the same road in 1996 by People Against Gangsterism and Drugs.The break in Rashied’s murder was revealed by prosecutor Frank van Heerden when Stanfield and Coetzee appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court via an online Teams link from their respective prisons,…
The dollar slumped to its lowest this year on Friday versus the yen while gold hit a record high as investors ratcheted up bets for a super-sized Federal Reserve interest rate cut next week.The rand strengthened by more than 1% to R17.7609/$ on Friday morning. After hitting R19.31 in February this year, the rand reached a year-high of R17.62 at the end of last month.Traders raised bets back to 45% for a 50-basis point US rate cut on September 18, according to LSEG data at 0510 GMT, from about 28% before articles in the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal…
Queendom resumes filming on 23 September, but Paramount Africa and Clive Morris Productions remain silent on the source of new funding.Cast and crew faced severe financial hardships, with some selling belongings to afford food and one unable to pay for a parent’s funeral.Paramount Africa and BET Africa executive Monde Twala has not responded to media inquiries about the unpaid cast and crew scandal.Paramount Africa’s financially troubled telenovela Queendom on BET Africa, which was forced to halt production at the end of May, has resumed filming. However, Paramount executives and producers remain tight-lipped about the behind-the-scenes turmoil that left the cast and crew…
11 of the City of Cape Town’s waste management vehicles were hijacked over a period of nearly three months . (Facebook/City of Cape Town) Eleven of the City of Cape Town’s vehicles have been hijacked.The hijackings took place in less than three months and four suburbs.In the most recent incident, a staff member was assaulted.In less than three months, 11 of the City of Cape Town’s waste management vehicles were hijacked and there was an attempt to hijack a 12th.Mayco Member for Urban Waste Management Grant Twigg said the 12 incidents took place in Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Happy Valley and Mfuleni.The…
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Former public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has died. He had been hospitalised since Tuesday.In a statement, President Cyril Ramaphosa said: “We have lost an outstanding leader, whose unassuming persona belied the depth of intellect, integrity and energy with which he undertook his activism, his duty as a parliamentarian and his roles as a member of Cabinet.”Gordhan was 75. We live in a world where facts and fiction get blurred Who we choose to trust can have a profound impact on our lives. Join thousands of devoted South Africans who look to News24 to bring them news they can trust every…
The Blues won the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific title after beating the Chiefs in the final at Eden Park. (Phil Walter/Getty Images) The head of Super Rugby said on Friday there would be new additions for the 2025 season including a six-team format in the knock-out stages and a “lucky loser” slot in the semi-finals.The changes come after the top competition for franchises in New Zealand and Australia was reduced to 11 teams following the demise of the debt-ridden Melbourne Rebels this year.The 2025 season, which kicks off next February, has been expanded to 16 rounds with each team…
Characterising the government of national unity as anything other than 10 parties working together, is just whistling in the wind, President Cyril Ramaphosa told the National Council of Provinces in reference to recent remarks by DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille.
Pravin Gordhan, who served in various Cabinet positions between 2009 and 2024, and was also the first commissioner of the South African Revenue Service, will be remembered for his strong resistance against the Zuma-Gupta state capture project.