Новости за 16.04.2024

A Free State traffic officer has been sentenced to five years in prison on two counts of corruption.

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.

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.

Torrential rain flooded roads, homes and malls and briefly halted operations at Dubai's airport as storms lashed the Gulf on Tuesday, after leaving at least 18 dead in Oman.

When Love Kills tells the "tragic tale" of the troubled romance between the late AKA and Anele Tembe and is scheduled for release this week, days after the third anniversary of Tembe's death.

Department of Transport officials condemned the protest action by minibus taxi drivers in the Tongaat area on Tuesday afternoon.

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.

In government versus government, guess who draws the short straw, writes Helena Wasserman.

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 number of its executive committee members from three to four.

Bayanda Walaza's running gait may not come from any sprinting manual, but it often gets him to the finishing line first. So much so, he is currently regarded as the fastest teenager in the world.

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.

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.

Three people were killed during a multidisciplinary law enforcement operation in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

The auction of two prime Cape Town property development sites – the iconic Foreshore Tower and a 2.5ha piece of land at Century City – has been moved out to later this month to allow more international investors to participate.

The US could be forced to revisit its relations with African states where critical minerals used in the manufacture of weapons are sourced.

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 Eid went viral.

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rhulani Mokwena, who until now has held his tongue on poor officiating, let rip on Monday as he slammed referee Jelly Chavani and questioned the quality of SA officials.

The former mayor of Tshwane, Murunwa Makwarela, appeared in the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday in a matter related to his insolvency status.

A woman was allegedly hit by a flying gas cylinder which exploded at a scrapyard in Delft, Cape Town, on Sunday afternoon.

The Electoral Commission of South Africa says uMkhonto weSizwe Party's calls for commissioner Janet Love's resignation over alleged bias are "unfounded".

After paying R468 million in finance costs over 19 years for a R160 million loan to buy a fifth of AVI's fishing division, which helped secure I&J commercial fishing rights for 15 years, Mkhuseli Jack's Main Street 198 was paid "a negligible" R23 419 for its stake on exercise a call option by AVI, which had been the seller and the funder.

Tshwane has cut the electricity supply of the city's South African Revenue Services department.

The family of the slain Liezel de Jager are saddened by the news of Werner de Jager's death.

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 spoke to.

Earlier this month Zimbabwe introduced a new currency, the ZiG, short for Zimbabwe Gold. The move is an effort to stabilise the volatile exchange rate that has roiled the country’s retail sector.