Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting. This is The Lead, and this is the South African story.
Joy Ndlovu, an 18-year-old matriculant from Barnato Park High School, is anxious about going home with her matric results due to fear of disappointing her family, despite passing with a diploma. She compares herself unfavorably to her cousins who achieved higher grades and feels uncertain about her future educational prospects due to financial constraints and the pressure of family expectations.
South Africa is on the right track to escape the period of stagnation it has endured for the past decade, with the country’s economic recovery set to take shape in the coming years.
Former world champion Kyren Wilson puts his UK Championship disappointment behind him with some superb snooker to defeat China’s Si Jiahui 6-2 and move into the Masters quarter-final.
A contract justification published in a federal register on Tuesday says that 31 ICE vehicles operating in the Twin Cities area “lack the necessary emergency lights and sirens” to be “compliant.”
Morning fog is forecast for most parts of the country; the day will, however, also bring about thundershowers, while scorching conditions are expected in the Western Cape, Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service.
X’s AI chatbot Grok has facilitated a surge in sexualised content on the platform, specifically the mass production of explicit images created without the subjects’ permission. Its creator, Elon Musk, dismisses this ‘digital stripping’ as a free speech issue.
Scott Adams, who kept cubicle denizens laughing for more than three decades with Dilbert, the bitingly funny comic strip that poked fun at the absurdity of corporate life, died Tuesday. He was 68. From a report: His death was tearfully revealed by his first ex-wife, Shelly Miles, at the start of Real Coffee With Scott Adams. In May, he said on the podcast that he had been diagnosed with...
Positive signs from Maputo and Durban give me reason to hold out hope that our port woes will go the way of load shedding worries. The Port of Cape Town, however, has a particularly worrying challenge – and it’s moving at more than 100km/h.
The groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, say the C.D.C.’s revised vaccine schedule is not based on scientific evidence and will harm the public.