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17 Jun

'Tembisa 10': Lawyer confirms mother taken in for psychiatric evaluation

The mother of the 'Tembisa 10', Gosiame Thamara Sithole, has been taken to hospital for evaluation, her lawyer, Refiloe Mokoena, told News24 on Thursday evening.

THE ESKOM FILES | 'False and fabricated': How Eskom officials colluded with construction giants

17 Jun

State Capture: Gigaba tells commission he received SMS alleging wife hired people to kill him

17 Jun

Flags at half-mast as African leaders remember Zambia's late former president Kenneth Kaunda

17 Jun

Tembisa 10: Independent Media, Rampedi demand evidence from govt - to prove their own story

17 Jun

Lindani Myeni killing: Veteran US civil rights activist Al Sharpton throws weight behind family

17 Jun

More news

WATCH | City Power cuts power to home of 'electrocuted' Crosby couple following heated meeting with family

17 Jun

Mpumelelo Mkhabela | Cyril Ramaphosa: Making up Cabinet rules as he goes along

17 Jun

LIVE

LIVE | Covid-19 in SA: 11 767 new cases, 100 more deaths

17 Jun

News24's 'Exodus' series awarded best global podcast of the year

17 Jun

Sibusiso Mjikeliso | White's Bulls dynasty will miss the old Super Rugby prestige, but who knows what Europe will bring?

17 Jun

Special Features

We Remember: Pay tribute to loved ones lost to Covid-19

11 Jun

News24's Covid-19 dashboard: Track the spread, recovery and mortality statistics here

14 Jun

Mothers in Prison: Hair-raising true stories about moms behind bars in SA

10 Jun

Videos

News24's 'Exodus' series awarded best global podcast of the year

17 Jun

PODCAST | Too Many Enemies: Episode 6 - The R1 million puzzle

17 Jun

PODCAST | Too Many Enemies: Exploring the assassination of Wandile Bozwana

01 Jun

WATCH | Part of N2 in KwaZulu-Natal closed following protests

15 Jun

WATCH | Potholes, intermittent water and lights: Service delivery issues in Lichtenburg bigger than Clover

15 Jun

WATCH | Tembisa 10: Decuplets' father not supporting his own family financially, says wife

12 Jun

WATCH | Classes suspended at Witbank Technical High after parents clash over racism allegations

14 Jun

WATCH | Pampoenkraal in eMkhondo: The farm where 4 people have been killed in less than a year

12 Jun

WATCH | Eastern Cape police order investigation into video doing rounds on social media

12 Jun

Ralph Mathekga

is one of South Africa's leading political analysts and author of When Zuma Goes and Ramaphosa's Turn.

Ralph Mathekga | Time to move the provision of public services away from special interests

Qaanitah Hunter

is News24's political editor and the author of Balance of Power: Ramaphosa and the Future of South Africa.

Qaanitah Hunter | ANC faction battles: The political gerrymandering has begun

Adriaan Basson

is the editor-in-chief of News24, an award-winning journalist and author of Zuma Exposed, Enemy of the People, and Blessed by Bosasa.

Adriaan Basson | Something bigger for which Zweli Mkhize should have been fired

Mpumelelo Mkhabela

is a former parliamentary and political correspondent for the Sunday Times and editor of the Sowetan. He works as an analyst in the private sector.

Mpumelelo Mkhabela | Cyril Ramaphosa: Making up Cabinet rules as he goes along

Melanie Verwoerd

is a political analyst, and a former ANC MP and South African Ambassador to Ireland. She is the author of The Verwoerd who Toyi-Toyied.

Melanie Verwoerd | A royal Mkhize mess: A second-hand Land Cruiser bakkie isn't worth a political career

John Matisonn

is the author of 'Cyril's choices: Lessons from 25 years of freedom in South Africa.

John Matisonn | Biden to fight for black voting rights

Mbhazima Shilowa

is a former Premier of the Gauteng Province, trade unionist and Cope leader.

Mbhazima Shilowa | What's with the secrecy around the SAA deal?

Karyn Maughan

is a specialist legal journalist and author of Lolly Jackson: When Fantasy Becomes Reality.

Karyn Maughan | 'I deny foreign intelligence was involved in Zuma prosecution': Downer hits back

Pieter du Toit

is News24's assistant editor for in-depth news, and the author of The Stellenbosch Mafia and Enemy of the People.

Pieter du Toit | The Forever War: A call to prayer, tolling church bells and an intractable conflict

Opinion and Analysis

Melanie Verwoerd | Section 25: Why the DA should vote with ANC for constitutional amendment

17 Jun

Mbhazima Shilowa | What's with the secrecy around the SAA deal?

17 Jun

The future I dream of | 7 young authors reflect on Youth Day

16 Jun

The Eskom Files

THE ESKOM FILES | 'False and fabricated': How Eskom officials colluded with construction giants

17 Jun

THE ESKOM FILES | 'Please wire instantly 185': How Eskom’s group capital division fleeced Kusile of millions of rand

14 Jun

THE ESKOM FILES | Company linked to former Eskom exec's wife paid R894m of Kusile's R1,3bn accommodation bill

12 Jun

Lifestyle

Back to school: Relearning bicycle maintenance

Want to fix your own bicycle? We attended a Cytech DIY course to learn more about caring for your ride.

17 Jun

Mothers in Prison: 'The day when she had to let go, it was terrible to watch her...'

17 Jun

HIIT workouts: Just 15 minutes of intense activity can improve heart health

17 Jun

Bride kidnapping haunts rural Kyrgyzstan, causing young women to flee their homeland

17 Jun

Rachel's sweet birthday tribute to Siya: 'You really are one of a kind!'

17 Jun

Non-OEM workshops can now service your car, but customers must respect the rules

17 Jun

South Africa

North West premier calls for immediate action after 20 bodies found near mine

North West Premier Tebogo Job Mokgoro has called for immediate action in dealing with illegal mining after 20 dead bodies of suspected illegal miners were found near...

17 Jun

News24's Covid-19 dashboard: Track the spread, recovery and mortality statistics here

14 Jun

N2 closed in fourth day of Garden Route protests over housing

17 Jun

THE ESKOM FILES | Exposing the criminal network responsible for SA's power crisis

14 Jun

Covid-19: Gauteng suspends visiting hours at all public health facilities

17 Jun

Sport24

PRO14 boss hails shunned Cheetahs and Kings as URC dawns: 'We wouldn't be here without them'

Despite no longer being part of the competition, Martin Anayi, the PRO14 boss, praised the Cheetahs and Kings for their role in laying the foundation for SA's new...

17 Jun

Netherlands see off Austria to reach Euro 2020 last 16

17 Jun

LIVE

LIVE | Euro 2020: Netherlands, Belgium qualify for knock-out stages

17 Jun

Proteas captain Elgar on Cricket SA's new beginning: 'We can't go back to what we had'

17 Jun

De Bruyne didn't celebrate out of 'respect' for Denmark fans

17 Jun

Fin24

'No objections' - Anoj Singh says board approved details for Transnet locomotive deal

Transnet's board had detailed meetings that discussed the cost of locomotive procurement, Anoj Singh told the Zondo Commission on Thursday.

17 Jun

Khaya Sithole | A tale of two valuations, scepticism and the eternal pursuit of black empowerment

17 Jun

Kusile power station to be completed by 2025 within its R161bn budget, says Mabuza

17 Jun

LIVE

MONEY LIVE | Gold drops below $1,800 after Fed takes more hawkish turn

17 Jun

WATCH | Unexpected jump in US unemployment claims

17 Jun

Business Insider

France is vaccinating its citizens in South Africa with its own specially imported doses

France is looking to vaccinate some 2,000 French nationals living in South Africa.

17 Jun

Gauteng accounts for 60% of SA's third wave – and its vaccine rollout is slower than Limpopo's

17 Jun

BP just started selling wine at a petrol station – and more to come in Gauteng and Western Cape

17 Jun

TAKE A LOOK | Botswana finds the third biggest diamond ever, after nearly discarding it

17 Jun

City Lodge reopens two rebranded hotels – in Johannesburg business nodes

17 Jun

Channel24

Netflix's no-sex dating show is back with a hot new cast

Ten new sexy singles will put themselves to the test when Netflix's Too Hot to Handle returns.

17 Jun

Luke Evans excited for Beauty and the Beast limited series

17 Jun

The most important film you will watch this year

17 Jun

Nick Cannon becomes a father to twins again

17 Jun

Survivor SA's Pinty on being backstabbed: 'I probably wouldn't have done the same'

17 Jun

World

Gunman attacks Turkey's pro-Kurdish party, killing one

A gunman stormed a provincial office of Turkey's pro-Kurdish party killing a woman and renewing alarm at the heated rhetoric accompanying government efforts to shut...

17 Jun

WATCH | Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, arrest five

17 Jun

LIVE | Coronavirus: latest news on the Covid-19 virus pandemic

31 Mar

US House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq use of force authorisation

17 Jun

Two killed in shooting in western Germany

17 Jun

Africa

TIMELINE | Zambia's founding president Kenneth Kaunda in dates

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first post-colonial president, in key dates.

17 Jun

Gunmen kidnap four Chinese rail workers in Nigeria: police

17 Jun

Zambia declares 21 days of mourning for Kaunda

17 Jun

Tanzania poised to join Covax vaccine-sharing facility - WHO

17 Jun

Policeman killed, students abducted in attack on Nigerian school

17 Jun

Arts24

Mona Lisa up for auction? Not quite

Raymond Hekking spent decades trying to convince the world that the Mona Lisa painting he bought from a French antique shop in 1953 was the real thing.

17 Jun

Yes, people want Jeff Bezos to buy the Mona Lisa and eat it

17 Jun

With the pandemic ongoing, National Arts Festival chooses to evolve

17 Jun

What these three photos can tell us about 16 June 1976

15 Jun

Action Kommandant: An artistic pursuit of justice, from 16 June 1976 and beyond

15 Jun

W24

Amanda du-Pont's lelive African skincare range is just what Mother Nature prescribed

Pronounced "leh-lee-veh", lelive’s name was inspired by Amanda's unofficial Swazi name meaning 'of the nation or world'.

17 Jun

Why FODA (Fear of Dating Again) has been added to our dating vocabulary during the pandemic

17 Jun

Bride kidnapping haunts rural Kyrgyzstan, causing young women to flee their homeland

17 Jun

Salma Hayek meditates with her pet owl who likes wine

17 Jun

Paris Jackson’s long-term anxiety and trauma triggered by ‘camera clicks’

17 Jun

Wheels24

REVIEW | Volkswagen's stylish T-Roc crossover raises the bar in its segment

The Volkswagen T-Roc 2.0 4Motion R-Line in white silver metallic and flash red is not only a mouthful, it's real eye candy and stylistically approaching the art realms.

17 Jun

'People are trying to make up stories' - Bottas pours cold water on 'Merc exit' rumours

17 Jun

SEE | Porsche's latest 911 GT3 receives Touring treatment

17 Jun

Non-OEM workshops can now service your car, but customers must respect the rules

17 Jun

WATCH | Giniel de Villiers goes flying in Toyota's upcoming 197kW GR Yaris - literally!

17 Jun

Parent24

Mothers in Prison: A special investigation into maternal incarceration in South Africa

Parent24 uncovers some hair-raising stats, shares true stories from imprisoned mothers, and speaks to experts and those on the ground to learn more about maternal...

07 Jun

Mothers in Prison: 'The day when she had to let go, it was terrible to watch her...'

17 Jun

'Trying to conceive saved my life': 57-year-old US mom discovers brain tumor thanks to pregnancy

17 Jun

Mothers in Prison: 'The ladies do long for their children'

06 Jun

Mothers in prison: 'It was extremely difficult, but I am not sorry that I made that decision'

15 Jun

Health24

How forensic experts used genetic genealogy to help solve a grisly double murder - 16 years later

The grisly 16-year-long double-murder case was solved after investigators turned to genetic genealogy. Professor Tillmar who worked on the case talked to Health24.

17 Jun

What happens if you walk into a vaccination site? We break it down

17 Jun

Covid-19: Delta variant symptoms include headache, runny nose – can feel 'more like a bad cold'

17 Jun

Does a plant-based diet really help beat Covid-19?

17 Jun

Your latest Covid-19 research and news

13 Apr

Tech

We tested Apple’s new AirTag tracking device in SA and it impressed – but has three big issues

There are some South Africa-specific caveats to Apple's AirTags.

16 Jun

Apple is reportedly closer to adding a blood sugar sensor to future Apple Watches

14 Jun

Apple is rolling out Siri to some non-Apple devices - but you might need a HomePod to use it

08 Jun

Apple just unveiled iOS 15 – here are the biggest changes coming to your iPhone

08 Jun

India has asked Twitter to follow tough new social-media laws in the latest stage of the...

06 Jun

Ride24

Bike check - a world champ's Scott Spark RC

Swiss bike. Swiss rider. The Schurter and Scott story gains another chapter with this Spark RC build.

17 Jun

WATCH | Fearless and talented extreme female mountain bikers

15 Jun

The Bicycle Collectors: Matthew Ferguson

15 Jun 2021

Specialized Diverge gets a 1989 makeover

14 Jun

How Joe Biden's 'Boris Bike' was built

14 Jun 2021

Food

Heinz Tomato Ketchup to be discontinued in SA – here’s why

The licence for selling Heinz Ketchup in South Africa will not be renewed.

14 Jun

WATCH | How to make perfect pancakes every time

17 Jun

Spoil your dad this Father's Day at one of these restaurants across the country

17 Jun

Check out these great restaurant specials in Joburg

15 Jun

This chicken and vegetable stew ticks all the boxes for a hearty, healthy winter dinner

14 Jun

City Press

Close-Up | If you were wearing a belt ...

Fred Khumalo on the necessity of wearing a belt.

17 Jun

Kaunda can teach the ANC a thing or two about losing power

17 Jun

Digital Vibes contract: Nehawu president calls on Mkhize to pay back the money

17 Jun

Legal opinion finds MPs cannot hide behind sub judice rule

17 Jun

Kenneth Kaunda: the last giant of African nationalism and independence pioneer left a mixed legacy

17 Jun

Partner Content

Own It: Should your small business be offering discounts?

Join Zoe Brown as Kafui Awoonor takes us through her journey from creating products for herself and how it blossomed into the 'Kafui Naturals' brand empire she owns...

17 Jun

Sponsors of Brave: Meet Pharmacist Thaheir Alli

15 Jun

Why local community news matters

15 Jun

The retirement savings catch-up guide: Making up for lost time

15 Jun

Own it: How small businesses can use AI to effectively run their business

14 Jun

Careers24

The Future of Work and the Triple Threat Tech Professional

04 Jun 2021

Hybrid Jobs of the Future: The Evolution of Careers

29 Apr

Student and young professionals

04 May

Pivoting in crisis: How to build resilience and stay adaptable

04 Jun 2021

The best kept secrets for winning with recruiters

25 Mar 2021

Property24

3 key questions to ask when insuring your home

Being under-insured is a nightmare no homeowner wants to find themselves in. Here's how to ensure you're getting the right cover for your home.

17 Jun

Here’s how much it costs to live in these top Western Cape estates

17 Jun

How to avoid safety and security risks during loadshedding

16 Jun

SA Lifestyle Estates see highest demand in 10 years | Here's where they're most affordable

15 Jun

New boutique development in Cape's Constantia showcases future-forward design

15 Jun

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