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South Africa needs more BEE
President Cyril Ramaphosa said now is not the time to abandon black economic empowerment, and that the country needs to see these policies as an investment in South Africa’s economic growth.
WEATHER: Severe storms with heavy rain and hail expected TODAY
Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Friday, 20 February 2026.
News24 | ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ actor Eric Dane dies at 53
Actor Eric Dane, who played the handsome Dr Mark Sloan on the hit television series Grey’s Anatomy, died on Thursday aged 53, his family said.
Fuzile defends SA fight choice amid outside pressure
Azinga Fuzile lines up non-title bout against Gingqi at Orient Stadium
LISTEN | Mfenyana eyes global stage after Safta nomination
After 19 years in the industry, Zenande Mfenyana is finally seeing her hard work pay off.
AmaTuks can cause upsets in Nedbank Cup – Kopo
MFC strugglers host Babina Noko in last-16
LISTEN |Zenande Mfenyana eyes global stage after Safta nomination
After 19 years in the industry, Zenande Mfenyana is finally seeing her hard work pay off.
Gran’s body dumped in bank over funeral payout delay
Staff and customers in shock as three women carry body bag into Capitec branch as ‘proof of death’
Gunshots at Mugabe home ‘frequent’, residents claim
A shooting incident occurred at the home of Robert Mugabe’s son in Johannesburg’s Hyde Park, where a 23-year-old gardener was injured. Local residents reported hearing gunshots previously, and the police are investigating the event as an attempted murder, with significant focus on identifying the firearm and the shooter.
News24 | FRIDAY BRIEFING | It’s the economy, stupid (or is it?)
Can South Africa’s unemployment stranglehold be broken and five million jobs created in a decade, transforming SA’s economic future? Join News24 at its On the Record summit in March where possible solutions will be put on the table.
News24 | Description of Renaldo Gouws as ‘malignant echo chamber’ factual – Press Ombud
The Press Ombud has dismissed a complaint by podcaster and political figure Renaldo Gouws over a column written by News24 senior editor Pieter du Toit that referred to him and his podcast as a “malignant echo chamber”.
Freelance journalist detained in Cameroon while reporting for AP on US deportees
YAOUNDE, Feb 19 (Reuters) – A freelance journalist on assignment for the Associated Press was slapped by police and briefly detained alongside three other reporters and a lawyer in Yaounde while attempting to interview Africans recently deported from the United States, two sources told Reuters.
Trump warns Iran of ‘bad things’ if no deal made, sets deadline of 10-15
WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump warned Iran on Thursday it must make a deal over its nuclear program or “really bad things” will happen, and set a deadline of 10 to 15 days, drawing a threat from Tehran to retaliate against US bases in the region if attacked.
Climber is convicted over girlfriend’s death near Austria’s highest peak
INNSBRUCK, Austria, Feb 19 (Reuters) – An Austrian court late on Thursday found a 37-year-old amateur mountaineer guilty of manslaughter over his girlfriend’s death of cold near Austria’s highest summit after he left her to fetch help when she could not go on.
Trump claims Obama revealed classified information when he said aliens are real
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Feb 19 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday accused former President Barack Obama of disclosing classified information when he recently said that aliens were real, but Trump did not cite any evidence to support the allegation.
Africa mourns Jesse Jackson, a global change agent
A gregarious man with a mission, a complex personality, hard-nosed politician, he strode from the pulpits of politics to the precipice of the Oval Office, paving the way along Pennsylvania Avenue for Barack Obama
Leaving is never easy but look at us now
Not long ago, it was unthinkable that the leader of the DA would ever walk up the steps to the Union Buildings
Championing a visa-free Africa
The liberalisation loosens the colonial grip on African life. It allows states to maintain sovereignty while refusing to let colonial lines dictate connectivity