BMA’s 24% border drop: Why fewer crossings means more drones
South Africa’s Border Management Authority is celebrating fewer crossings. The Americans had the same celebration last year, and their apparatus did not shrink. It came home.
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News24 | Mali defence minister killed, fresh fighting between army and rebels
Mali’s defence minister died after an attack on his house, his family said on Sunday, as the army fought a second day of battles with jihadist fighters and separatist rebels near the capital Bamako and other cities, putting the Sahel nation’s ruling junta under severe pressure.
News24 | London Marathon: Sawe breaks two-hour mark for first time in history, Assefa sets women’s record
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe broke the two-hour mark for the first time in history on Sunday in winning the London Marathon.
News24 | REPORTING NOTES | R22m paid, plant failing: Joburg Water’s contractor web of suspicious billing
News24 investigative journalists Khaya Koko and Azarrah Karrim take you behind the scenes of the latest Johannesburg Water story and the contractors that pocketed millions.
Iran war triggers global shockwaves across energy, food and finance systems, analysts warn
The US-Israel war on Iran is sending shockwaves through global energy, food and financial systems, exposing deep structural vulnerabilities in the world economy, according to the WRI
News24 | Trump shares photo of ‘lone wolf’ gunman at glitzy media gala
US President Donald Trump and other attendees at a glitzy media gala in Washington made a hasty exit after gunshots were fired.
A nugget of hope in the inner city
Remington House, a once-notorious hijacked building in Johannesburg, has been transformed into fully let student housing, illustrating what is possible when intervention is followed through
News24 | Trump evacuated, chaos erupts in ‘would-be assassin’ shootout with Secret Service
US Secret Service agents bundled US President Donald Trump from the stage as shots rang out at a media gala, in what the president later described as an attack by a “would-be assassin”.
News24 | What’s in City Press: Struggle to save ANC-SACP alliance | Liebenberg diamond scheme funded Zuma case
Everything from this week’s edition of City Press in one convenient place.
Scam alert: Quishing joins phishing and smishing surge in SA
Scam warning for SA: Phishing, smishing and now also quishing tactics rise. Learn how to spot QR code phishing and stay safe.
News24 | Mali junta battles ‘terrorist groups’ amid intense fighting
The army in junta-ruled Mali on Saturday battled what it called “terrorist groups” that launched surprise attacks around the capital Bamako and other parts of the West African nation.
Freedom demands more: Making “good trouble” in a world adrift
To realise systemic change, we must insist on accountability at the highest levels of leadership, while also enabling those in positions of power to rise to the demands of this moment
SA marks 32 years of democracy amid deep inequality and joblessness
South Africa’s 32nd Freedom Day highlights both democratic gains and ongoing struggles with inequality, unemployment and poverty