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Joe Sibanyoni’s alleged victim denies borrowing money from him
The complainant in the extortion case against Mpumalanga minibus taxi boss Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni denies borrowing money from Sibanyoni
News24 | Khat’s out of the bag: Dutch ‘drug mule’ nabbed with 40kg contraband at OR Tambo
A Dutch national has been arrested at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg with khat worth R240 000 neatly concealed in his luggage.
News24 | Sea Point wheelchair act of kindness now climbs past R1.7m in donations
A simple act of kindness in the rainy streets of Cape Town has warmed the hearts of millions across the country and even the globe. Chad Nathan’s emotional encounter with a disabled homeless man Sidney Miller has now raised more than R1.7 million for Sidney.
Joburg given 14 days to fix financial crisis or face court action
Pressure mounts on Johannesburg as civil society group demands urgent intervention
ANALYSIS | Three months in, is Trump losing the Iran war?
US President Donald Trump may have won just about every battle against Iran, but three months after attacking the Islamic Republic, he now faces a bigger question: Is he losing the war?
News24 | Meta to SpaceX: How dual-class shares keep founders in control
The dual-class share structure outlined in SpaceX’s IPO filing, which grants CEO Elon Musk outsized control, has revived one of Wall Street’s oldest debates — that of corporate governance.
Senegal president sacks PM Sonko, dissolves government after months of friction
Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Friday dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government
ANZIO JACOBS | SA lacks political will to end violence against children
The national action plan risks stalling without funding and political commitment, writes Anzio Jacobs.
Death toll jumps to at least 82 in China coal mine blast
The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi province has jumped to at least 82
THE INTERVIEW: The Glass Island: An exploration of humanity’s failings through surreal autobiography
The calm of Patricia Schonstein’s home stands in stark contrast to the turmoil beyond it. In The Glass Island, her eighth novel, that dissonance comes into focus, as global violence and moral urgency find expression within her fiction.
News24 | The Weekender | Stolen guns, the journey of 3 drops of oil, rooibos desserts, and Jimnys
How stolen state weapons are slipping into criminal circulation across South Africa; the journey of three imaginary drops of oil; that box of rooibos in your kitchen could provide you with your just desserts; and how an old “deadly” bottled water hoax has persisted… and shapeshifted.
Whale strike risk rises as shipping surges off SA coast
Scientists warn that increasing global shipping traffic rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope is intensifying overlap with whale habitats off South Africa’s west coast, raising the risk of vessel strikes
NPA appeals against magistrate’s orders in Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni case
Mpumalanga director of public prosecutions Sonja Josiah Ntuli on Friday filed an application for leave to appeal against the orders granted by chief magistrate Tuletu Tonjeni in the case involving Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni and others on Monday.
News24 | Trump says he will not attend son Donald Trump Jr’s wedding
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not attend the wedding of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, because he has to stay in Washington for government business.
Economic Turbulence: Consumer commission calls FlySafair’s overbooking tactics ‘unconscionable conduct’
The National Consumer Commission has officially referred FlySafair to the National Consumer Tribunal for what an investigation into flight overbooking has revealed to be ‘unconscionable conduct’.
WEATHER: Severe storms with heavy rain and HAIL to hit SA
Curious about what the skies hold? Discover the latest outlook for all nine provinces across South Africa this Saturday, 23 May 2026.