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News24 | DA warns 78% of Joburg bridges are poor or very poor
The DA has said that Joburg’s bridges are in trouble after claiming that 78% were rated poor or very poor by the city.
News24 | Six million taxpayers auto assessed - but tax headaches remain
Auto assessments were introduced eight years ago to simplify the process of filing a tax return for taxpayers with uncomplicated financial affairs.
News24 | How I freed myself from the crude-oil curse by switching to an electric car
There is a psychological shift that happens when the fuel price jumps again overnight, another few cents added while you slept, and you are suddenly paying R26, then R28, then knocking on the door of R30 a litre. It feels like an arbitrary tax on your freedom of movement.
News24 | Death of two African miners could bring down referee of $1 trillion gold market
The industry body that sets the rules for the world’s biggest gold market faces an existential legal battle in a London courtroom next week, in a case that could have far-reaching implications for how the industry polices its supply chain.
News24 | Wendy Knowler tells Rhodes graduates: Assume nothing, check everything
Rhodes University awarded News24 consumer journalist Wendy Knowler an honorary Doctor of Laws on Friday, in recognition of nearly three decades of consumer journalism that held powerful institutions to account and gave ordinary South Africans a voice. Read her acceptance address at the university’s graduation ceremony in full.
News24 | SA’s security cluster confident of ‘safe and secure’ local govt elections
With just over a month left before the local government elections, the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (Natjoints) is confident that the “necessary security measures and operational preparations are in place to support safe, secure and orderly elections”.
News24 | SA’s security cluster confident of ‘safe and secure’ local govt elections
With just over a month left before the local government elections, the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (Natjoints) is confident that the “necessary security measures and operational preparations are in place to support safe, secure and orderly elections”.
News24 | Marques cut his teeth at his gran’s action cricket arena in Roodepoort
If Marques Ackerman makes his long-awaited Test debut for South Africa in the coming month, his grandmother Henna will burst with pride.
News24 | Scottish actor Dougray Scott embraces darkness in local Deon Meyer adaptation, ‘Invisible’
Scottish actor Dougray Scott plays the antagonist, Quintus Wernich, in the upcoming series ‘Invisible’, which is based on Deon Meyer’s 2007 novel ‘Onsigbaar’ (English title: ‘Blood Safari’).
News24 | Scottish actor Dougray Scott embraces darkness in local Deon Meyer adaptation, ‘Invisible’
Scottish actor Dougray Scott plays the antagonist, Quintus Wernich, in the upcoming series ‘Invisible’, which is based on Deon Meyer’s 2007 novel ‘Onsigbaar’ (English title: ‘Blood Safari’).
News24 | Proteas’ hamstring ‘epidemic’ strikes again as De Zorzi is ruled out of first Test
Proteas batsman Tony de Zorzi has joined the growing injury list ahead of the first Test against Australia after being ruled out by a hamstring strain, Cricket South Africa have confirmed.
News24 | Homes burn to the ground as R6.5m Mpumalanga fire station falls into disrepair
Seven years after a new multi-million-rand fire station was built for the people of Matsulu, near Nelspruit, villagers saying neglect and a resourcing problems are seeing their homes burn to the ground.
News24 | Homes burn to the ground as R6.5m Mpumalanga fire station falls into disrepair
Seven years after a new multi-million-rand fire station was built for the people of Matsulu, near Nelspruit, villagers saying neglect and a resourcing problems are seeing their homes burn to the ground.
News24 | 14-year-old twin brothers stabbed to death in their Pretoria home
The bodies of 14-year-old twin brothers have been found with stab wounds in their home in Mamelodi West, Pretoria.
News24 | 14-year-old twin brothers stabbed to death in their Pretoria home
The bodies of 14-year-old twin brothers have been found with stab wounds in their home in Mamelodi West, Pretoria.
News24 | Dobson rues Stormers’ lineout nightmare: ‘You’re just giving up possession’
Stormers boss John Dobson admits a malfunctioning lineout proved their undoing in a 17-13 loss against Edinburgh.
News24 | Battleground ’26: The local government elections
Battleground 2026 is not just another election. It’s a moment in time when the tectonic plates that make up South Africa’s political world will shift and realign.
News24 | Money questions? Answered | How to make your Gmail safe
Why you should not use a free email account for transactions, especially as a small business: Maya Fisher-French explains.
News24 | SA’s weight-loss drug boom spurs new ways to pay
A surge in South Africans’ claims for blockbuster GLP-1 medicines used for weight loss is creating new business opportunities in the booming market as insurers, drugmakers and startups look for ways to make expensive treatments that may require long-term use financially sustainable.
News24 | Absa becomes first African bank to offer Bitcoin, Ethereum custody
Absa has become the first bank on the continent to offer digital-asset custody as it seeks to tap a market estimated at about $1.5 billion (R25 billion).
