News24 Top Stories

On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa will host his Ukrainian counterpart, President Volodymyr Zelensky, for a working visit to the Union Buildings.

In this financial year, the police will spend R2.3 billion protecting so-called very important persons, which is about half a billion more than they will spend on analysing forensic evidence.

The Gauteng Department of Education will dock the pay of teachers and office-based staff who participated in a national march by the South African Democratic Teachers Union on Wednesday.

A string of memorial lectures will follow as ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile embarks on his party presidential bid ahead of its December 2027 national elective conference, News24 has established.

A minibus taxi driver and a commuter had to be freed from the vehicle on Wednesday afternoon after a collision along Kloof Nek Road in Tamboerskloof, bordering Gardens, in Cape Town.

Here are your Lotto and Lotto Plus results.

Deputy Minister of Health Joe Phaahla has said documents necessary for numerous fraud and corruption investigations were not affected by the blaze at the records room at Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital on Wednesday.

With his second term as CAF president well under way, Patrice Motsepe is out to tackle two issues that have plagued African football for decades: corruption and unruly behaviour from spectators at stadiums.

The ANC in the Northern Cape has voted to retain its top five leaders, and the party has once again put its faith in chairperson Zamani Saul, signalling an unfailing grip on the province.

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has accused AfriForum of a vilification campaign in its bid to have Premier Oscar Mabuyane and ANC politician Babalo Madikizela prosecuted in a money laundering case.

The South African Weather Service has warned of severe thunderstorms and widespread showers in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and KwaZulu-Natal.

Outgoing Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie says he'll remain involved in the group's international expansion strategy after he retires on 18 July.

Heineken Beverages, which was formed in 2023 out of the merger of Heineken SA, Distell and Namibia Breweries, says it is sticking with all its SA wine brands and is ratcheting up some wins.

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.

Eighth: it's the URC seat everyone will want only to vacate and the Stormers are the possessors, writes Rob Houwing.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile says that the DA agreed to the VAT increase before the budget was tabled.

The only way she'd be convinced that she was still alive and had any feeling left was to cut herself, and only when she saw the dripping blood would she know that she was still capable of feelings.

The ANC in the Western Cape has temporarily suspended former Knysna mayor Aubrey Tsengwa amid misconduct allegations.

Torrential rains in the Eastern Cape have caused widespread flooding, submerging roads and impacting local travel on Wednesday.

The flu bug has again struck President Cyril Ramaphosa, this time on the eve of an all-important working visit by Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky to the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Thursday.