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FEEDING THE FUTURE: Daily Maverick and SA Harvest’s food campaign — Restoring dignity and hope this festive season
This year, Daily Maverick and SA Harvest have embarked on their third annual campaign to combat hunger in the Eastern Cape, and we need your help to make it a success. In a heartfelt interview, SA Harvest CEO Ozzy Nel reflects on how this incredible journey began with just R35,000 and a dream — and how it has grown to give hope to thousands of families. Over the past two years, your...
News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: Who killed DJ Warras and why? PLUS, meat prices soar
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.
News24 | Warner spurns Paramount’s R2trn hostile takeover bid
Warner Bros. Discovery’s board doubts if Paramount would be able to afford the buyout, for which it is competing with Netflix.
News24 | Thursday’s weather: Severe thunderstorms to hit KZN, Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
The South African Weather Service has issued warnings of severe thunderstorms across large parts of the country on Thursday.
News24 | West Bank refugees race to salvage belongings as Israel prepares to demolish 25 buildings
Dozens of residents from the West Bank’s emptied Nur Shams refugee camp returned on Wednesday to retrieve belongings ahead of the Israeli military’s demolition of 25 residential buildings there.

2026 FIFA World Cup prize money: Bafana in for huge payday!
Bafana Bafana are guaranteed millions of Rands at the 2026 FIFA World Cup irrespective of where they will finish at the tournament.

A South African icon at 50: Charlize Theron and the confidence of ageing well
South African expat Charlize Theron at 50 is sparking conversation – not for denying age, but for redefining what ageing well really looks like.
News24 | NTCSA seeks new Mozal power deal — if it protects SA consumers
The National Transmission Company South Africa says it remains committed to concluding a new electricity supply agreement with the Mozambican smelter, but only in a manner that safeguards its financial stability and protects electricity consumers.

Christmas Miracle: Anonymous angel pays R132k to free 260 South African families’ lay-bys
Items included school supplies and baby clothing, highlighting how this lay-by kindness directly met people’s fundamental needs.
CAR SALES REBOUND : Rate cuts, low inflation fuel SA’s strongest new car sales in years
South Africa’s passenger car market is revving again, hitting an 11-year quarterly high of 111,697 sales in Q3 2025. With rate cuts, ultra-low vehicle inflation and rising confidence, buyers are swinging back to new cars as Chinese brands accelerate.
IN SO MANY WORDS OP-ED: Year in Review 2025: Rage Bait. Slop. 67
The Words of the Year signal something quite depressing.
News24 | Aid agencies highlight Sudan people ‘living a nightmare in plain sight’ as worst crisis
The humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Sudan, unleashing horrific violence on children and uprooting nearly a quarter of the population, is the world’s most neglected crisis of 2025, according to a poll of aid agencies.
COOLING CPI : CPI slows to 3.5% in November but food inflation accelerates
Inflation’s trajectory in South Africa is braking and with the annual festive season upon us, hard-pressed consumers have some economic news to raise a glass to – though this is also becoming more expensive.

Life sentence for Soweto man who raped his wife’s granddaughter – Clone
Mluleki Zicina raped 14-year-old repeatedly, instructed her to remain silent and promised her money

Beware fake traffic fines via SMS scammers
Fines SA is warning motorists about a surge in fraudulent traffic fine SMSes.
News24 | Angelina Jolie bares her mastectomy scars to champion breast cancer awareness
The Oscar winner had a preventative double mastectomy more than a decade ago