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News24.com | Proteas ODI skipper Bavuma recalled to T20 squad after rich vein of batting form
Proteas ODI skipper Temba Bavuma said he'll be involved in the forthcoming T20 series against the West Indies in a playing capacity after sitting out Tuesday's third ODI.
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News24.com | JUST IN | UK govt lifts Bain & Co. ban for role in SARS 'capture'
The British government has lifted a ban dating from August 2022, which excluded consultancy firm Bain & Company from bidding for government work.
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The Democratic Alliance says it will will launch a court action to force the Department of Basic Education to eradicate pit toilets at schools across the country.
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Veteran fullback Andries Coetzee's local knowledge will be tapped into as the Lions depart for their URC meeting with Italian heavyweights Benetton this weekend.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa used the opening of his Human Rights Day speech in De Aar, Northern Cape, on Tuesday to take a swipe at the EFF shutdown held on Monday.
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News24.com | Nontsikelelo Zwedala: An unsung hero of the struggle for HIV medicines
She was one of the complainants in a Competition Commission case that resulted in antiretroviral medicines becoming affordable.
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News24.com | Kenya says 238 arrested in day of violent protests
Kenyan police said Tuesday they had arrested 238 people during violent protests over the cost of living which also saw 31 police officers injured.
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News24.com | SA still battling human rights challenges, SA Human Rights Commission says
This year’s Human Rights Day comes at a time when the country continues to battle several human rights challenges, including the power crisis, the South African Human Rights Commission has said.
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One of the projects under consideration is the establishment of a new “Langa Heroes Memorial” along King Langalibalele Road, says Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis.
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News24.com | Substation fault cuts power to Bloemfontein, restoration time uncertain
A power outage that plunged Bloemfontein into darkness on Monday night was caused by a fault at a substation.
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News24.com | EXPLAINER | What is a primary healthcare plan?
A primary healthcare plan can save you having to use state facilities when you want to see a GP, get your eyes checked. You're still not free to see any doctor.
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News24.com | FACT CHECK | EFF claims its protest the 'most successful shutdown' in SA history
It is often said that the first casualty of war is the truth, and perhaps this is the closest South Africa got to war on Monday when the EFF had the "most successful shutdown".
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News24.com | More than 550 people arrested during EFF national shutdown, say police
Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe says the more than 550 people arrested during the EFF national shutdown face charges such as public violence, intimidation, damage to critical infrastructu
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A stunning batting effort from Alan Dawson was not enough as South Africa lost the Over-50 Cricket World Cup final to England at Newlands in Cape Town.
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Investing in education, travelling, buying cars and houses - these are among the ways Lotto winners plan to change their lives after winning big this month.
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Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has conceded that St. Louis City SC midfielder Njabulo Blom will not be part of the national team and has called up a replacement.
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EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu told supporters President Cyril Ramaphosa is a "white project" that must answer for the Phala Phala saga.
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News24.com | Stormers without Nel for top-of-the-table Leinster clash, but welcome back Boks
The Stormers will be without star midfielder Ruhan Nel for their URC clash against log-leaders Leinster in Dublin on Friday night, but they welcome back their Springboks.
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News24.com | How a power outage at Eikenhof pump station affects Joburg's water supply
Rand Water has suffered another power failure at its Vereeniging purification works, which will impact the supply of water in Johannesburg.
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News24.com | Trump indictment in hush payments case expected late Monday or Wednesday - report
Former US president Donald Trump is expected to be indicted by a grand jury late Monday or on Wednesday in a hush payments case involving a porn star, Politico reported on Monday, citing three unident
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News24.com | Top take aways from Zuma vs Downer, Maughan High Court applications
It was a day of arguments in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg, where two applications relating to former president Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of advocate Billy Downer and News24
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News24.com | Proteas seamer Magala signed by IPL outfit Chennai Super Kings - at R1.1m base price
Proteas seamer Sisanda Magala will join the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League starting later this month.
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The South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioner's Association calls on the government to find the perpetrators and ensure its members can work without fear.
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The ANC has thanked South Africans for not joining the EFF’s national shutdown, while the red berets' leader Julius Malema blamed a bus company cancelling its service for the poor turnout.
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News24.com | EFF shutdown: City of Ekurhuleni adopted a 'no-tolerance policy', says mayor
The mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni, Tania Campbell, says law enforcement agencies have been on high alert to ensure the safety of residents and businesses amid the EFF's national shutdown.
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News24.com | WATCH | Here's how we can defuse the 'ticking time bomb' of climate change
Scientists say that more than a century of burning fossil fuels as well as unequal land and energy use has led to global warming of 1.1°C.
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Proteas star David Miller revealed that defending IPL champions Gujarat Titans, his current franchise team, weren't particularly pleased when informed that the dynamic left-hander would miss their ope
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News24.com | EFF shutdown: 33 arrested at Woolies in Sandton
More than 30 protesters linked to the national EFF shutdown were arrested on Monday after they tried to disrupt the operations of a Woolworths in Sandton.
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EFF leader Julius Malema has described his party’s national shutdown as "the most successful shutdown ever in the history of struggle in South Africa", despite "intimidation" by law enforcement.
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News24.com | Ex-IEC deputy chair's brother murdered in Tshwane after drink was allegedly spiked
The brother of the former deputy chairperson of the Electoral Commission of South Africa, Terry Tselane, has been murdered.
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Fear of looting in Lenasia forced many businesses to remain closed on Monday.
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The EFF's shutdown has not developed into the mass action the party punted, even though it has pre-emptively described the shutdown as a success.
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News24.com | WeBuyCars deal delayed owing to Transaction Capital's share price slump
Transaction Capital, SA's biggest taxi financier, has flagged an up to 46% fall in its core profit measure for its half-year to end-March, with the recent crash in its share price also delaying its pl
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News24.com | EFF shutdown: 87 arrested in 12 hours for public violence, 24 300 tyres confiscated
In a 12-hour period stretching over Sunday night and Monday morning, police have arrested at least 87 people for public violence in connection with the EFF's planned shutdown.
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News24.com | Reserve Bank expected to hike rates again
Central banks in Africa’s biggest economies are poised to raise interest rates this month to contain sticky inflation and deter a selloff in their assets exacerbated by the collapse of US lender Silic
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The EFF has labelled the SA National Defence Force's deployment ahead of its shutdown as a bid by President Cyril Ramaphosa to 'crush the calls for his resignation'.
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News24.com | Saudi F1 drama: Alonso reinstated to podium after Aston Martin appeal penalty
Fernando Alonso took the 100th podium of his career after being reinstated as the third-placed finisher at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
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In fulfilment of its constitutional responsibility to protect the rights of all people, the government will always have measures in place to ensure that everyone who wants to go to work, travel for le
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News24.com | Jacob Zuma vs Downer and Maughan back in court
Two court applications relating to former president Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of prosecutor, advocate Billy Downer, and News24 legal journalist Karyn Maughan are expected to be heard in the Kwa
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News24.com | OPINION | Urgent course correction needed on climate change, economic policy, and NHI
More community-based health services should also reduce the system's greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, writes Louis Reynolds.
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News24.com | 'Street fighter' Perez leads Red Bull sweep in Saudi Arabian GP
Red Bull's Sergio Perez flexed his street circuit muscles with dramatic effect on Sunday by storming to victory ahead of team-mate Max Verstappen at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
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The International Criminal Court last week issued a warrant of arrest for Russia's President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes committed in Ukraine.
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Integrated law enforcement agencies in the Western Cape are on high alert, and tactical deployments are in place, ready for the EFF's planned national shutdown on Monday.
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News24.com | Limpopo man slips and drowns after baptism ritual
A 27-year-old man drowned on Saturday after slipping into the water following his baptism ritual in the Groot Letaba River in Nwamarhanga, Limpopo.
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The Hawks investigation into the diamond dealer and former president Jacob Zuma's benefactor Louis Liebenberg is 'sensitive', Police Minister Bheki Cele has said.
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News24.com | UBS mulls Credit Suisse takeover amid US bank fallout: what you need to know
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News24.com | PICS | EFF shutdown: 'Not in our city' - thousands more tyres removed around Cape Town
The City of Cape Town's law enforcement members have removed more than 2 000 tyres placed around Cape Town - allegedly ahead of the EFF's planned countrywide shutdown on Monday.
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News24.com | Clear thinking Temba channels new coaching confidence into crackling 2023 batting form
Proteas ODI captain Temba Bavuma said a newfound confidence that's come with the appointment of new coaches and clarity of thought has played a role in his rich vein of form for the national team.
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News24.com | UK employers feel the strain of missing skilled workers
BARNSLEY, England, March 14 - Frustrated with England's education system, Simon Biltcliffe spends a lot of time training new hires at his marketing firm in the "soft skills" he and many employers say
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SA's bar and restaurant industry generates annual revenue in the millions. Much of this moves through established bar and restaurant brands, many of which are available to buy and run as franchises.