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News24 | UN says deaths in fresh strikes on Gaza ‘appalling’
The United Nations on Wednesday called the deaths in Israel’s new military strikes on Gaza “appalling”, as it urged all sides not to let peace “slip from our grasp”.
News24 | Top investigator back at SARS; ANC won’t budge on BBBEE: Today’s top 7 stories in 7 minutes
News24 brings you the top stories of the day, summarised into neat little packages. Read through quickly or listen to the articles via our customised text-to-speech feature.
News24 | On which legal arguments are the NHI court cases set to turn? Part 2: Right to healthcare services
The NHI Act is facing a slew of legal challenges from multiple organisations. Spotlight spoke ot a slew of legal experts to pin down what specific legal arguments litigants are betting on.
News24 | WATCH | Reporting Notes: How Mpho Mafole was killed
Join us for a roundtable discussion where News24’s assistant editor for investigations, Pieter du Toit, checks in with journalists Sikonathi Mantshantsha and Jeff Wicks regarding the assassination of Ekurhuleni auditor Mpho Mafole.
News24 | Putin defies Trump with second nuclear weapons test in days
Russia has successfully tested a nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered underwater drone, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, defying US President Donald Trump’s warnings with Moscow’s second test of a new nuclear weapons system in just a few days.
News24 | Pollsmoor’s bloody morning: Investigation underway after violent clash kills two
Two inmates have died after what the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has called a “violent occurrence” at Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town on Wednesday morning.
News24 | Anthony Hopkins on quitting booze — ‘A powerful voice spoke to me from inside’
The Oscar winner opens up about his alcoholic past and his estrangement from his only child
News24 | Protests erupt as Tanzania votes without an opposition
Hundreds protested on Wednesday in Tanzania’s largest city, tearing down banners of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and burning a police station, as the East African country went to the polls in elections where the main challengers have either been jailed or barred from standing.

From Miss Universe to motherhood: Where is South African expat Demi-Leigh Tebow now?
Former Miss Universe and South African expat Demi-Leigh Tebow continues to inspire – balancing motherhood, faith and loss while staying proudly South African at heart.
News24 | Violent attacks surge in Mozambique, just as R400bn gas project restarts
An Islamist insurgency that froze TotalEnergies’s $24.5-billion (R410 billion) gas project in Mozambique four years ago is intensifying, just as the French oil major prepares to restart development.
News24 | ‘We have a lot of great people’: Trump says not allowed to run for third term
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is “not allowed” to run for a third term, acknowledging the limits laid out in the US Constitution.
News24 | Designer bags, cars and now liquor: Shauwn Mkhize’s assets keep pouring out for SARS
As reality star and business mogul Shauwn ‘MaMkhize’ Mkhize faces relentless tax woes, the South African Revenue Service expands its focus to auctioning her premium liquor collection.