News24 | Gunmen behind deadly ambush at Hartbeespoort petrol station still on the run
A group of men involved in a deadly ambush at a petrol station in Broederstroom, the North West, has yet to be arrested.
News24 | WATCH | Fatal school trip not approved by department, says Gauteng Education MEC
The trip was organised by a non-governmental organisation – Rising Stars Generation – at Rock Falls Adventure Ranch. Ninety learners were on the excursion.
News24 | Cop killed responding to a domestic violence complaint in Western Cape town
Western Cape police are investigating the death of a police officer shot during a domestic violence dispute in Mamre.
News24 | Much-needed donations delivered to Khayelitsha centre that tackles HIV/Aids stigmas
Excited boys and girls lined up at the Khumbulani Health, Education and Resource Centre in Khayelitsha on Thursday to welcome a team of Media24 staffers who brought them much-needed donations
News24 | Fort Hare corruption: Long face-off as detectives battle for 20 days to unlock cellphone
A team of detectives investigating fraud and corruption at the University of Fort Hare battled an accused’s facial recognition feature for 20 days to unlock a cellphone and access what
News24 | ‘That’s not cheap’: R40m to ensure crime-free elections in KZN
More than 17 000 police officers will ensure crime-free voting in political violence hotspot KwaZulu-Natal this election at a cost of R40 million, according to provincial police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla
News24 | WATCH | ‘He was the cutest little thing’: Triple murder claims boy, 3, in gang-infested Gqeberha suburb
On Tuesday night, little Emilio Hutchinson, three, and his grandmother, Ellen Hutchinson, 52, were killed when they were shot by gunmen in the bedroom of their Gqeberha home. Also killed
News24 | Thursday’s weather: Partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions forecast for most of SA
The South African Weather Service predicted partly cloudy and cool to warm conditions for most of the country.
News24 | WATCH | Grievances laid bare: security guards strip naked in protest outside Gauteng health department
Out of desperation, the security women stripped naked, trying to get the Gauteng Department of Health to listen to their plight.
News24 | Gauteng govt wants to evict homeless people occupying abandoned houses at R11bn project
Homeless people occupying some of the incomplete and abandoned 173 houses in the Montrose housing project, in Randfontein, which had been earmarked for military veterans, could find themselves back on
News24 | WATCH | Century-old Epworth Children’s Home in Joburg to close after failing to secure funding
Epworth Children’s Home in Johannesburg, a haven for displaced children for more than 100 years, is closing at the end of May.
News24 | ‘He’d threaten her’ – Residents attack Limpopo man seen pushing mom’s body in wheelbarrow
A 42-year-old man stands accused of killing his 69-year-old mother in Tzaneen, Limpopo, with neighbours claiming he would demand her social grant money.
News24 | Western Cape govt considers administration for Knysna Municipality amid service delivery crisis
The DA-led government in the Western Cape has taken its first step towards putting the embattled Knysna municipality under administration.
News24 | Fort Hare service provider allegedly concealed info about accomplice’s qualifications, court hears
University of Fort Hare service provider Terrence Joubert is alleged to have concealed information that his alleged accomplice, Isaac Plaatjies, had fake qualifications.
News24 | Elections 2024: DA to report ‘manipulative, dishonest’ Ramaphosa to Public Protector – Steenhuisen
DA leader John Steenhuisen has threatened to report “manipulative” ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa to the Public Protector for allegedly using state resources to campaign for the May general elections.
News24 | How a KZN woman escaped death twice and her husband and alleged hitmen were tracked down, arrested
Eastern Cape police have arrested a man and two alleged accomplices in connection with the attempted murder, assault and kidnapping of his 34-year-old wife from Durban last month.
News24 | Taken: Latest Nelson Mandela Bay kidnapping victim found after a week, tied up in chains and hooded
Lu Xiao, the latest victim in a string of kidnappings in Nelson Mandela Bay, was rescued a week after his abduction from his retail store in Kariega.
News24 | Shooting of 5 people in Khayelitsha likely linked to prior murder, says police probing mass killing
Western Cape Police Oversight and Community Safety MEC Reagen Allen has described the mass murder of five people in Harare, Khayelitsha on Wednesday as “horrific” and says it shows the
News24 | Modack’s lawyer rubbishes claim that R3m was offered for murder of lawyer William Booth
Nafiz Modack’s lawyer rubbished a witness’s claim in the Western Cape High Court that he was promised R3 million to kill Cape Town lawyer William Booth.
News24 | ON THE ROAD | Swellendam residents fear re-eruption of protests as ‘nothing has changed’ since 2023
Residents of Railton in Swellendam fear that protests could erupt yet again as nothing changed since they last protested against high electricity tariffs in August and September 2023.
News24 | Zuma’s private prosecution against Downer, Maughan removed from court roll
Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution against state advocate Billy Downer and this writer has been removed from the roll, as the former president continues his campaign to challenge its invalidation in
News24 | SA is facing a fast-escalating heroin crisis. And it’s being misunderstood
Between 215 and 425 thousand people were using heroin daily across South Africa in 2020 (at the upper limit, this amounts to over 1% of the country’s entire adult population).
News24 | Mop-up operations in full swing in KZN after heavy rainfall leaves trail of destruction
Mop-up operations are continuing in parts of KwaZulu-Natal after heavy rains battered the province’s South Coast, leaving behind a trail of destruction.
News24 | Cape Winelands firefighters battle raging Du Toit’s Kloof fire
Cape Winelands firefighters are battling a blaze that is burning out of control in Du Toit’s Kloof.
News24 | Elections 2024: Gayton McKenzie says DA’s days as Western Cape government are numbered
A heated exchange has erupted between the Patriotic Alliance and the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape.
News24 | Gauteng teacher’s murder: Man claiming to be ex-husband tried to cash in R4m life cover, says source
Soon after Gauteng teacher Palesa Mofokeng, 33, was shot and killed on 5 April, a claim of R4 million was made to an insurance company, a source has told News24.
News24 | ‘Millions upon millions wasted’: Public Protector details how Mkhwebane bled the coffers dry
Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka says her ousted predecessor Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s demand for a R10 million gratuity “completely ignores the financial wreckage” she caused to the watchdog body.
News24 | Rooiwal tender disciplinary hearing finds top Tshwane officials not guilty on most charges
Senior City of Tshwane employees accused of flouting processes to award the Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant tender to companies linked to controversial businessman Edwin Sodi were found not guilty on
News24 | Joburg Water shock: Grid near collapse as authorities do not have funds to fix ageing infrastructure
Johannesburg is staring a full-blown crisis in the face as the collapse of the city’s water and sanitation grid looks imminent, with concerns authorities do not have the R64 billion
News24 | Free State traffic officer sentenced to five years in jail for corruption
A Free State traffic officer has been sentenced to five years in prison on two counts of corruption.
News24 | Modack denies knowing the ‘hitman’ testifying in murder trial
The trial of Nafiz Modack and 14 others for allegedly being part of a sprawling and murderous racketeering enterprise resumed in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
News24 | Gqeberha shop owner who put up anti-LGBTQI+ sign is ‘using Islam’ as excuse to discriminate – SAHRC
Dawood Lagardien faces possible jail time and a R500 000 fine if he is found guilty of the charges of hate speech, harassment and discrimination.
News24 | Taxi strike in Durban causes heavy congestion on N2 in Tongaat
Department of Transport officials condemned the protest action by minibus taxi drivers in the Tongaat area on Tuesday afternoon.
News24 | Double tragedy: Two boys drown in Centurion after one pupil tried to save the other
One of the boys who drowned in a discipline camp in Centurion was trying to rescue a schoolmate who jumped into the river, said the Gauteng Department of Education.
News24 | Minister, residents raise concerns about Eastern Cape municipality’s ‘illegitimate executive’
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Thembi Nkadimeng has asked the Sakhisizwe Local Municipality in Cala, the Eastern Cape, to rectify the decision it took in 2021 to increase the
News24 | Wednesday’s weather: Early fog expected in some parts of SA, with thunderstorms later
Expect morning fog over the west and south coast of the country, with thunderstorms and rain forecast over the central and eastern interior, according to the South African Weather Service.
News24 | Face off: MK Party dumps Jabulani Khumalo for Zuma’s face on ballot paper
The Electoral Commission of South Africa has confirmed uMkhonto weSizwe Party leader Jacob Zuma’s face will be on the ballot paper on 29 May.
News24 | Three killed, three others arrested after shootout with police in Booysens
Three people were killed during a multidisciplinary law enforcement operation in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
News24 | Radio presenter pulled off air after Eid celebration with Cape Town Mayor sparks controversy
Muslim community-based radio station Voice of the Cape (VoC) has removed one of its presenters from its programme after an image of him and Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis celebrating
News24 | Former Tshwane mayor fails to have fraud case struck from court roll
The former mayor of Tshwane, Murunwa Makwarela, appeared in the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday in a matter related to his insolvency status.
News24 | Woman allegedly killed by flying gas cylinder in Cape Town, residents demand action against scrapyards
A woman was allegedly hit by a flying gas cylinder which exploded at a scrapyard in Delft, Cape Town, on Sunday afternoon.
News24 | There is no basis for commissioner Janet Love’s resignation, says IEC
The Electoral Commission of South Africa says uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s calls for commissioner Janet Love’s resignation over alleged bias are “unfounded”.
News24 | Electricity cut to building housing SARS in Tshwane, City claims it’s owed R800 000
Tshwane has cut the electricity supply of the city’s South African Revenue Services department.
News24 | Slain pastor’s family ‘deeply sympathetic’ after death of murder-accused Werner de Jager
The family of the slain Liezel de Jager are saddened by the news of Werner de Jager’s death.
News24 | Ekurhuleni leadership change was about power, not service delivery, councillors say after MMCs’ debut
With the finalisation of the Ekurhuleni mayoral committee comes the takeover by the ANC of the Gauteng municipality from the EFF. This is the unofficial word from four senior councillors
News24 | Elections 2024: PA forms alliance with 5 smaller parties in bid to oust DA in the Western Cape
The Patriotic Alliance has joined forces with five political parties ahead of the general elections next month in a bid to oust the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape.
News24 | 24 years of broken vows, 3 sod-turning ceremonies… and still no homes for East London land claimants
West Bank land claimants say they have endured empty promises for 24 years. After winning their land claim, Buffalo City Metro was supposed to build them homes but nothing has
News24 | uMkhonto weSizwe trademark ceded to ANC, according to CIPC document
The contentious uMkhonto weSizwe trademark at the centre of the copyright infringement court tussle between the ANC and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party has been registered as belonging to the ANC.
News24 | ‘It’s going to get ugly’: Modack’s lawyer claims Kinnear planned to come clean, expose corrupt cops
Nafiz Modack claimed during his murder trial on Tuesday that Anti-Gang Unit detective Charl Kinnear was murdered because he was about to come clean about his and other senior police
News24 | AKA’s parents say book on Anele Tembe relationship is ‘distasteful and opportunistic’
The parents of Kiernan “AKA” Forbes have distanced themselves from a book that contains explosive allegations that the rapper was responsible for the death of his fiancé, Anele Tembe, which
News24 | KZN taxi violence: Three people shot dead, minibus taxi stolen in Inanda
Three people were shot dead during a taxi-related incident in Inanda, north of Durban, in the early hours of Tuesday.
News24 | 24 people killed on Western Cape roads in one week, 64 arrested for drunk driving
Twenty-four people have been killed on Western Cape roads in the space of seven days, according to the provincial mobility department, and as many as 64 motorists have been arrested
News24 | ‘It’s clear that he planned this’: Family believes murder of Durban metro cop was premeditated
The family of slain eThekwini Metro Police Department officer Bianca Khuzwayo believes that her murder was planned.
News24 | ‘We need government intervention’: Heavy downpours leave trail of destruction in Margate, KZN
Chetty said the district could not wait for the government’s rehabilitation process, considering the severe damage to crucial infrastructure, including roads, bridges, water infrastructure and transformers.
News24 | Elections 2024: Rise Mzansi slams DA over Western Cape’s 600 000 housing backlog
Rise Mzansi stepped up its battle against the DA by zooming in on the Western Cape’s growing housing crisis.
News24 | Can the police gamble and lend money? Heated debate in Modack trial over police rules
Nafiz Modack’s corruption trial was on again – just for a day – with heated debate over whether the police are allowed to lend money to the public, accept rewards,
News24 | Court throws out Mr Gay World’s defamation case against 2021 winner
Attempts by the pageant organisers of Mr Gay World to sue and interdict the 2021 winner of the competition, Louw Breytenbach, from speaking out about his short stint as Mr
News24 | Court dismisses ex-spy boss’ R500 000 ‘constitutional damages’ claim over fake qualifications probe
Former top spy Mahlodi Muofhe’s R500 000 “constitutional damages” claim against former Inspector-General of Intelligence Sethlomamaru Dintwe was dismissed with costs.
News24 | ON THE ROAD | Knysna ‘still has a lot to offer’ as residents set about reviving the town
Reports of Knysna’s decay appear to be greatly exaggerated.
News24 | Msunduzi owes creditors almost R2bn as Mchunu vows ‘stern focus’ on water revenue collection
The beleaguered ANC-administered Msunduzi Local Municipality’s debt to Eskom and uMngeni-uThukela Water, among other creditors, has skyrocketed to a staggering R1.9 billion.