Villagers say they gave up grazing land for solar panels in 2022, but they have not seen any reward

Police in Stellenbosch are investigating the murder of a 77-year-old man, who was fatally stabbed while visiting his son’s grave on Saturday.

The African Union operates within a framework where sovereignty is treated as a static legal artefact, a ‘frozen right’ granted irrevocably at the moment of decolonisation, ignoring the functional, governance-filled reality of Somaliland.

In this candid interview with CDE’s Ann Bernstein, Rudi Dicks, co-leader of Operation Vulindlela and head of the Project Management Office in the President’s Private Office, offers a frank assessment of South Africa’s reform journey since 2020.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired a senior official tasked with economic policy and condemned “incompetent” party members, according to state media, in a rare public rebuke of officials in the secretive state.

A court has ordered a packaging company to reinstate a worker it fired for allegedly stealing a single toilet roll, describing parts of the company’s case as “rather bizarre” and “unbelievable”, and its investigation as “botched”.

European leaders drew a clear line over Greenland on Tuesday, vowing an “unflinching” response to Washington’s threats even as US President Donald Trump said he was ready to hold a meeting in Davos about his plans to take the autonomous Danish territory.

In Gauteng, despite full dams, a water crisis looms as inefficiencies plague the system, and amid calls for rationing arise, political interference complicates solutions… as usual.

While British American Tobacco blames the illicit trade for its exit from local manufacturing, a look at its London ledger reveals a company prioritising multibillion-pound shareholder returns over its South African industrial footprint.

Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting.

US President Donald ‌Trump lambasted Britain’s deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago – including an island with an important US-UK air base – as an act of “total weakness” and “great stupidity” that underlines why he wants to acquire Greenland.

SA Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Tuesday that inflation was on course to ‌meet the bank’s new target of 3% in 2026 as ⁠prices remained stable.