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- News24 | UPDATE | Two ANCYL members shot dead, 5 others injured in Katlehong
Two ANC Youth League members were gunned down in Katlehong, Ekurhuleni, on Tuesday evening.
- News24 | Boksburg couple murders: Court hears of ‘plot’ to kill co-accused who pointed out bodies
One of the men accused of killing couple Jessica Rabe and Yudistan Pillay is plotting to kill his co-accused, the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court heard on Tuesday.
- News24 | Gauteng traffic chief Samuel Mashaba dies amid suspension over cocaine bust testimony
Suspended Gauteng Traffic Police Chief Inspector Samuel Mashaba has died.
- News24 | Cosatu’s Zingiswa Losi admits federation ‘out of touch’ as leadership race intensifies
Outgoing Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi has conceded the federation is out of touch with the masses despite doing “great work” in Parliament on behalf of domestic workers, farm workers, and artists.
- News24 | SA milk glut: Biggest price cuts in 10 years hit farmers
Samilco, which represents dairy farmers in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape, says farmers are caught between declining raw milk prices and input costs rising towards “an all-time high”.
- News24 | Teen held for allegedly stabbing girl, 6, multiple times wore Columbine massacre-style shirt
Police in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with the attempted murder and assault of a 6-year-old girl at a school in KwaDukuza on Tuesday.
- News24 | MK Party cancels final rally ahead of 4 November elections as Zuma remains in hospital
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party has cancelled its final rally ahead of the 2026 local government elections and announced an investigation into discrepancies in the Independent Electoral Commission’s final councillor candidate list.
- News24 | Mauritius imposes curfew after unrest over police shooting
Mauritius announced a curfew in some parts of the country on Tuesday night, following unrest over the shooting of a woman by a police officer.
- News24 | ‘He sent people to kill Tebogo’: Court hears recording linking Sibiya to Thobejane plot
Self-proclaimed “blesser” Serge Cabonge has claimed, on a recording played in Shadrack Sibiya’s bail proceedings on Tuesday, that the former top cop, whom he describes as “a killer”, sent hitmen to assassinate actress Tebogo Thobejane.
- News24 | The new Bulls recruit: Young Giliomee looks to pick the brains of a certain Bok duo
It is certainly not a slight on the Sharks, but Luan Giliomee’s move from Durban to Pretoria didn’t just come with a change in climate, but a change in environment that includes Springbok duo Handre Pollard and Willie le Roux.
- News24 | EFF kicks off court bid to reverse impeachment committee decision on evidence leader
Lawyers for the EFF have argued that there was no “rational decision” for the parliamentary impeachment committee to rescind its recommendation of advocate Thandazani Griffiths Madonsela SC as evidence leader.
- News24 | Proteas’ capitulation: ‘Mistakes we made out there were mental,’ says Bavuma
Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma acknowledged that while Australia were brilliant in their 214-run victory in the first Test match of the series, South Africa lost the mental battle in their defeat.
- News24 | Missing Gqeberha teen Allegra Styles located after five days
After five days of desperate searching, 14-year-old Allegra Styles of Gqeberha has been found safe and unharmed.
- News24 | Mauritius rocked by riots; Bombshell audio at Sibiya bail hearing: Today’s top 7 stories
News24 brings you the top stories of the day, summarised into neat little packages. Read through quickly or listen to the articles via our customised text-to-speech feature.
- News24 | ‘If I had been any closer, I would have been hit’: DJ Don Design on AKA and Tibz shooting
The man seen standing in front of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend, Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, as the two embraced moments before they were killed, believes that had he been any closer, he might have been hit by a stray bullet.
- News24 | R1.6bn coal tender earns correctional services a disclaimer audit opinion
A dodgy R1.6 billion coal tender is the reason for the Department of Correctional Services’ disclaimed audit opinion.
- News24 | Crusaders biker accused of killing MAC’S member has ‘lengthy police profile’, court hears
Brian Smith, the Crusaders Motorcycle Club member accused of killing a MAC’s Motorcycle Club biker at a Pretoria East bar, allegedly has a string of police cases opened against his name, from pointing a firearm to assault and attempted murder.
- News24 | Inseta CEO’s dramatic fall: Fraud findings, police referral, summary dismissal
The Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority’s embattled CEO, Gugu Mkhize, has been summarily dismissed after she was found to have acted fraudulently and dishonestly, illegally inflating her remuneration package by more than R265 000 annually.
- News24 | EXTRACT | ‘Underdogs’: Two friends, one chicken shop, and the birth of Nando’s
In this extract from Underdogs by Vusi Thembekwayo and Michael Hinton, the origins of Nando’s are traced back to a peri-peri chicken shop called Chickenland.
- News24 | OPINION | Dignity drowned in sewage: When municipalities fail the constitutional promise
Across the Northern Cape, North West and Free State, collapsing sanitation infrastructure is reducing constitutional dignity to an empty promise, writes Henk Boshoff.
- News24 Business | Eskom aims to avoid load shedding this winter - or limit it to Stage 2 at most
If unplanned breakdowns remain 13 000 MW, Eskom could avoid load shedding altogether this winter, for a second year in a row.
- News24 Business | Govt in talks with the PIC over its investment in struggling Daybreak Foods
The government is "engaging" with the Public Investment Corporation about its investment in embattled state-owned poultry player Daybreak Foods, saying appropriate steps will be taken to protect stakeholder interests and ensure accountability.
- News24 Business | 'Exclude the rich and foreign nationals from RAF claims' – Collins Letsoalo
Collins Letsoalo, the CEO of the Road Accident Fund, wants its fund to benefit the poor against reckless drivers who, he says, are indemnified from being sued for causing accidents.
- News24 Business | OPINION | Legal lessons for SA employers about stressed, depressed workers
Recent judgments offer critical insights into managing mental health issues related to misconduct, incapacity and constructive dismissal, write Fiona Leppan and Kgodisho Phashe,
- News24 Business | SEE | These blocks made of recycled glass, building waste, may soon be found throughout SA
Three organisations have partnered to showcase and display a block made from recovered glass and building rubble waste.
- News24 Business | Govt's ad about lion hunting is misleading, watchdog finds
SA's Advertising Regulator has said that a recent lion hunting radio ad from government's Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment was misleading after it incorrectly grouped all lion breeding and hunting as illegal.
- News24 Business | Tequila vs spirit cooler: Booze brand must change misleading label, ad watchdog demands
The Advertising Regulatory Board has ordered alcohol brand Cactus Jack to change its labelling within 90 days, after ruling it misled customers into thinking they were purchasing pure tequila instead of just a spirit cooler.
- News24 Business | Wendy Knowler Win of the Week | The floral flop that Netflorist insisted was 'correct'
When one of his employees suffered a personal loss, Cape Town businessman Paul Francis ordered a R700 bouquet of flowers to be sent to him via Netflorist. But what was delivered came as an unpleasant surprise, writes Wendy Knowler.
- News24 Business | Liqui Fruit ordered to change wording about local farms
The Advertising Regulatory Board has instructed PepsiCo-owned Liqui Fruit to remove or amend wording on its website that implies the fruits it uses are all sourced from local farms, ruling this is misleading.
- News24 Business | Money questions? Answered | The defunct VAT hike and your bank fees
Maya Fisher-French explains how the VAT hike would have impacted banking fees - and why Capitec customers would have experienced a 7% fee increase.











