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Your brand at the centre of South Africa's biggest turnaround story
Imagine 1 200 of the most powerful people in South Africa gathering for two days to tackle unemployment. Cabinet ministers, top 100 CEOs, major union leaders and leading academics working together. And your brand can take centre stage as they create the roadmap for 5 million new jobs. The News24 On the Record summit, taking place on 19 and 20 March 2026, brings together the country’s key decision-makers. The outcomes are handed over to the national dialogue and the Presidency.
The people behind South Africa's business success
Walk into any successful company and you’ll find the same thing: people who care; people who show up every day, even when times are tough; people who build something from nothing or take something good and make it better. That’s what we’re celebrating at the News24 Business Awards this year. The fourth annual News24 Business Awards takes place on 12 March 2026 at Nasdak in Cape Town.
Experience connection like never before
Connection isn’t an afterthought at this festival – it’s at the heart of every hike, conversation and shared moment. Each year, more than 3,500 outdoor enthusiasts come together for three days of trails, discovery and community, forming bonds that last long after the event ends. From early-morning treks to sunset celebrations, strangers quickly become friends, united by a shared love of the outdoors and wellness.
Entrepreneur shines with disabled employees
“The drive for inclusion in the workplace for people with disabilities was one of the main reasons I started Msi Shoeshine and Services”, says Anda Mthulu. Mthulu and six members of his team are physically disabled, but are determined to improve their lives. His left leg was amputated after a shooting accident that occurred on August 27, 2011. The experience inspired him to start his own business and help the disabled.
Major boost for young cancer patients at Cape Town children's hospital
The Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Rondebosch celebrated an upgraded oncology-haematology unit on Thursday, with the help of a seven-year-old cancer survivor who spoke about the support she had received.
Major boost for young cancer patients at Cape Town children's hospital
The Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Rondebosch celebrated an upgraded oncology-haematology unit on Thursday, with the help of a seven-year-old cancer survivor who spoke about the support she had received.
Law and disorder: feuding attorneys throw the book at each other
Law and disorder: feuding attorneys throw the book at each other News Law firm says Hawks are now involved after one of its directors allegedly dipped into its trust account 28 August 2019 Reading Time: 3 Minutes Article Number: 9 / 25 Philani Nombembe and Khanyisa Tyelela The implosion of a prominent Cape Town law firm has resulted in its five directors communicating through ... lawyers.
Wednesday, August 28 2019
Urgent move to draft rules on protector’s removal Parliament’s justice committee has resolved to ask National Assembly speaker Thandi Modise to instruct the assembly's rules committee to urgently draft rules on how to remove from office the public protector and other heads of Chapter 9 institutions. MPs agreed in just under four minutes on Tuesday to refer the process for removal of the public protector to the rules committee for urgent resolution.
Find puppy love in Khayelitsha as world remembers homeless animals
“Pet overpopulation is an enormous problem. It is absolutely essential to sterilise as many animals as possible. On average, we sterilise 2,500 pets per year,” said communications manager Marcelle du Plessis. A R600 adoption fee is charged for each pet’s sterilisation, vaccinations, deworming and flea and tick treatment, but the money doesn't come close to meeting the clinic's needs. “To run the Mdzananda Animal Clinic costs approximately R6.5m per year.
Human trafficking campaign coming to a clinic and supermarket near you
Human trafficking is real and it is happening in SA, according to the organisers of a new global campaign. The Global Slavery Index says SA has an estimated 155,000 victims of trafficking in South Africa, and the Can You See Me? campaign launched on Wednesday by A21 includes videos, posters and billboards that depict its many faces.
Human trafficking campaign coming to a clinic and supermarket near you
Human trafficking is real and it is happening in SA, according to the organisers of a new global campaign. The Global Slavery Index says SA has an estimated 155,000 victims of trafficking in South Africa, and the Can You See Me? campaign launched on Wednesday by A21 includes videos, posters and billboards that depict its many faces.
Human trafficking campaign coming to a clinic and supermarket near you
Human trafficking is real and it is happening in SA, according to the organisers of a new global campaign. The Global Slavery Index says SA has an estimated 155,000 victims of trafficking in South Africa, and the Can You See Me? campaign launched on Wednesday by A21 includes videos, posters and billboards that depict its many faces.
Fabulous sisters aren't only doing it for themselves, as matric girls get a taste of success
07 August 2019 - 06:00 By KHANYISA TYELELA Thoko Miya of Girl Hype and Fabulous Woman Awards CEO Pontsho Manzi. Image: Fabulous woman awards Thoko Miya's life is dedicated to uplifting young women, and as she accepted an award last week for doing just that, she was doing it again. In the audience as Miya, 26, accepted the 2019 Fabulous Woman Award were 30 matric girls from a township school in Cape Town. The pupils of Sinenjongo High, in Joe Slovo, were VIP guests at the awards.
Wine farm workers sue owner over single-sex hostels
04 August 2019 - 00:00 By PHILANI NOMBEMBE and KHANYISA TYELELA Oak Valley Estates boasts about the "uncompromising quality" of its wine, but the wives of some of the men who tend the vines say it also produces a crop of human rights abuses. As Women's Month began this week, the estate in the Western Cape town of Grabouw was embroiled in a court battle with 42 employees who are demanding the abolition of single-sex accommodation...
Religion 'still getting in the way of teaching human evolution'
Reporting her findings in the South African Journal of Science, Clarisa Sutherland added: "Some teachers experience a conflict between their own religious beliefs and the requirement to teach evolution." The apartheid education system ignored evolution and "the ‘hidden’ curriculum during the time made creationism, patriotism, race relations and religion part of the everyday school experience of white learners,” said Sutherland.
Religion 'still getting in the way of teaching human evolution'
More than a decade after human evolution received fully-fledged status in the school curriculum‚ many teachers either don't understand it or object to teaching it on religious grounds.
Lonely hearts scam that snared American women 'made R4m for Cape Town mastermind'
A man nabbed in a joint operation between the Hawks and the FBI for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting victims of more than R4m through an online dating scam was hauled before the Cape Town magistrate's court on Tuesday. Christiano Ogbeifun, 48, is facing fraud and money-laundering charges. According to Hawks spokesperson Capt Philani Nkwalase, his alleged victims were from the US. He was arrested on Friday.
Lives of young cops at risk in Cape Town as they fight against crime
Six officers killed this year, most below 35 28 July 2019 - 00:00 By PHILANI NOMBEMBE, ARON HYMAN and KHANYISA TYELELA Const Songezo Khetiwe lost his parents at a young age and had to assume responsibility for his family. But the 31-year-old’s life was snuffed out when a gunman opened fire on Khetiwe’s police van in the crime-ridden Cape Flats last Sunday. The bullet left Khetiwe’s two younger siblings and two children without a breadwinner...
WATCH | Online fashion warehouse where the fur comes on staff pets
Not that it’s a mom and pop operation. “We currently have over a million customers signed up. On average, at the Cape Town warehouse facility, 10,000 units are received or sent out daily,” said CEO Karl Hammerschmidt, who founded the company with his wife, Elmien. Their business model means members get designer garments at affordable prices for limited periods, driving repeat visits to the website.
Filmmaker's tale of racial encounter in SA suburbia makes its debut on world stage
Even after explaining his presence, the lingering discomfort clouded the atmosphere and “prevented the two from seeing each other as anything more than society had conditioned us to see”, said Malebogo. “We are all just expected to live in harmony, but there are many micro-aggressions and little nuances that find their ways into that daily life, and when this incident happened to me, I wondered to myself, 'how can I explore this using film?'.
Give expensive cars to the police - not to politicians, says Mmusi Maimane
22 July 2019 - 17:38 By Khanyisa Tyelela and PHILANI NOMBEMBE DA leader Mmusi Maime unpacked the party’s crime-fighting strategy with the Bonteheuwel community on Monday. Image: Philani Nombembe If DA leader Mmusi Maimane had his way, luxury cars would be taken away from ministers and be given to the police. Maimane told the Bonteheuwel community in Cape Town on Monday that metro police needed the "German cars", not politicians.
Give expensive cars to the police - not to politicians, says Mmusi Maimane
By Khanyisa Tyelela and PHILANI NOMBEMBE - 22 July 2019 - 21:45 DA leader Mmusi Maime unpacked the party’s crime-fighting strategy with the Bonteheuwel community on Monday. Image: Philani Nombembe If DA leader Mmusi Maimane had his way, luxury cars would be taken away from ministers and be given to the police. Maimane told the Bonteheuwel community in Cape Town on Monday that metro police needed the "German cars", not politicians.
Cute or incompetent? Twitter titters over model's boyfriend who needs pictures to do the shopping
20 July 2019 - 09:37 By Khanyisa Tyelela Lerato Kgamanyane at the movies on July 19 2019. Image: Twitter/@Rato_K It’s the weekend, and thousands of couples are having that tricky discussion: “Whose turn is it to do the shopping?” For model Lerato Kgamanyane from Johannesburg, the answer is slightly more complicated than most: Either she’ll be at the supermarket, or she’ll be supervising her boyfriend’s shopping on WhatsApp.
Nafiz Modack and his mother back in court on corruption charges
A relaxed Modack joked with his team of burly bodyguards in black suits. His family and security retinue filled half of the public gallery. Govender is serving a four-year sentence in Malmesbury prison. The disgraced former brigadier was found guilty of corruption, in a separate case, alongside former Western Cape police commissioner Arno Lamoer. Modack and his mother handed themselves over to the Hawks two months ago.
Fired HR woman who had a beef with Woolies gets a roasting from judge
The court was told that between 8am and 9am on July 29, 2016, Mlotha put a pack of beef priced at R115.51 into a cooler. Shortly after 2pm, when Woolworths reduces the prices of items approaching their sell-by date, CCTV footage showed her retrieving it, asking a shelf-filler to place a “30% off” sticker on it and putting it into her shopping basket.
Fired HR woman who had a beef with Woolies gets a roasting from judge
The court was told that between 8am and 9am on July 29, 2016, Mlotha put a pack of beef priced at R115.51 into a cooler. Shortly after 2pm, when Woolworths reduces the prices of items approaching their sell-by date, CCTV footage showed her retrieving it, asking a shelf-filler to place a “30% off” sticker on it and putting it into her shopping basket.
Fired HR woman who had a beef with Woolies gets a roasting from judge
The court was told that between 8am and 9am on July 29, 2016, Mlotha put a pack of beef priced at R115.51 into a cooler. Shortly after 2pm, when Woolworths reduces the prices of items approaching their sell-by date, CCTV footage showed her retrieving it, asking a shelf-filler to place a “30% off” sticker on it and putting it into her shopping basket.
Fired HR woman who had a beef with Woolies gets a roasting from judge
The court was told that between 8am and 9am on July 29, 2016, Mlotha put a pack of beef priced at R115.51 into a cooler. Shortly after 2pm, when Woolworths reduces the prices of items approaching their sell-by date, CCTV footage showed her retrieving it, asking a shelf-filler to place a “30% off” sticker on it and putting it into her shopping basket.
Four charged with taxi killings walk free, as judge slams 'hopeless' prosecution
Judge Mbulelo Jolwana freed four men charged with the crimes, saying that although “it is clear they may have been involved in some way”, the state had botched its case “beyond redemption”. Delivering a scathing attack on the police and the National Prosecuting Authority, Jolwana told the Mthatha high court: “The state made no attempt ... to achieve a just outcome.
Mr D Food driver in court after 'raping customer'
Mr D Food CEO Devin Sinclair said the company suspended the driver as soon as it heard about the alleged incident. “A thorough internal investigation was conducted that led to the immediate termination of the driver’s contract, and the driver being handed over to the South African Police Service,” he said.
Widow wins eight-year fight for damages after boerboel killed husband
Judge Johann Daffue said there were two versions of what happened next, but Van Deventer ended up in hospital bleeding from several dog bites. Even though he had cirrhosis and high blood pressure, “the fact remains that he would not have been rushed to hospital ... let alone emergency treatment, was it not for the wounds sustained,” he said. Daffue said Botha must pay damages to Van Deventer’s widow, Adriana, as well as her court costs. Another case will be needed to the damages claim.
How ‘traumatised’ students drowned their Fees Must Fall sorrows
How ‘traumatised’ students drowned their Fees Must Fall sorrows News Fees Must Fall protests drove medical students to drink. Literally 10 July 2019 Reading Time: 2 Minutes Article Number: 5 / 26 Related Articles Next Article Previous Article
How ‘traumatised’ students drowned their Fees Must Fall sorrows
Fees Must Fall protests drove medical students to drink. Literally. This is according to a study at the University of the Free State (UFS). A third of trainee doctors started drinking more as protests reached their height in 2016, the study found, and three-quarters said their academic performance suffered. • For more on this article, please visit Times Select.
Wednesday, July 10 2019
Gordhan challenges another PP report Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan’s lawyers are working around the clock to finish his court application to review and possibly set aside public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s findings on his role in the establishment of the so-called “rogue unit” at Sars. Mkhwebane on Friday revealed the intelligence unit, which she said was created during Gordhan’s time as commissioner, did not have the authority or mandate to establish such a body.
Mr D Food driver in court after customer was 'raped'
Mr D Food CEO Devin Sinclair said the company suspended the driver as soon as it heard about the alleged incident. “A thorough internal investigation was conducted that led to the immediate termination of the driver’s contract, and the driver being handed over to the South African Police Service,” he said.
Wife murderer Rob Packham denied leave to appeal
"It is respectfully submitted that the honourable court misdirected itself in ... finding that all state witnesses were honest, reliable and credible, in circumstances where certain witnesses demonstrated themselves to be untruthful, wholly unreliable and intent on misleading the court," argued Mathewson.
Wife murderer Rob Packham denied leave to appeal
"It is respectfully submitted that the honourable court misdirected itself in ... finding that all state witnesses were honest, reliable and credible, in circumstances where certain witnesses demonstrated themselves to be untruthful, wholly unreliable and intent on misleading the court," argued Mathewson.
Wife murderer Rob Packham denied leave to appeal
"It is respectfully submitted that the honourable court misdirected itself in ... finding that all state witnesses were honest, reliable and credible, in circumstances where certain witnesses demonstrated themselves to be untruthful, wholly unreliable and intent on misleading the court," argued Mathewson.
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