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News24 | JR Bogopa traded the stage for the boardroom and found a bigger purpose

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 7:12am
For years, JR Bogopa gave South Africa music to remember. Now, the man behind Gata Le Nna and Show Dem is building something he hopes will outlive the applause.

News24 | Doubts over the future of MyCiTi buses as Treasury ends grant

News24 South Africa - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 6:59am
The City of Cape Town is concerned that its MyCiTi bus network will be severely affected by the national government phasing out the Public Transport Network Grant within the next three years.

News24 | Kenya to fast-track R31 billion Safaricom-Vodacom deal appeal

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 6:37am
Kenya’s Court of Appeal will fast-track hearing an appeal of a ruling voiding the sale of a stake in East Africa’s biggest mobile-network operator in a deal of about R31 billion to Vodacom.

News24 | Rob Houwing | Jasper v Cameron... No 8 battle royale on brew for Boks

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 6:27am
Eighth-man will be the fiercest area of starting pack competition for the Springboks in the buildup to RWC 2027, fancies Rob Houwing.

News24 | Education department slams fake AI article claiming matric paper leak

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 5:57am
The education department has slammed a ‘malicious fake news article generated using AI’ that claims there has been a leak of the National Senior Certificate English Paper 3 exam, saying that it is ‘baseless’ and an attempt to ‘disrupt’ the matric exams.

News24 | Education department slams fake AI article claiming matric paper leak

News24 South Africa - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 5:57am
The education department has slammed a ‘malicious fake news article generated using AI’ that claims there has been a leak of the National Senior Certificate English Paper 3 exam, saying that it is ‘baseless’ and an attempt to ‘disrupt’ the matric exams.

News24 | The Pitch Report | Death of Test cricket in Durban? Kingsmead crowd and misfiring Proteas

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 5:48am
In the second episode of News24’s Pitch Report cricket podcast, Lloyd Burnard and Keanan Hemmonsbey discuss the disappointing crowd attendance at Kingsmead in what was the Proteas’ first home Test since winning the World Test Championship.

News24 | Proteas bat on a different wicket as Conrad shuffles the deck chairs for Australia Test

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 5:41am
South Africa’s batting lineup will have a different look to it when they face off against Australia in the second Test match on Sunday, after a few big selections calls were made on Wednesday.

News24 | As SA motorists suffer, govt’s R10bn for fuel relief sits unused

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 5:39am
A R10 billion fuel relief buffer awarded to the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources remains untouched and has earned almost R342 million in interest while officials weigh how to deploy it.

News24 | Tau introduces new rule to protect takeovers, days after Premier shocker

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 5:28am
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has moved to make it much harder to unwind approved mergers, days after the Competition Commission moved to unwind Premier Foods’ R6 billion RFG takeover deal.

News24 | Half of JSE CEOs earn more than R23m a year, PwC report finds

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 5:27am
Half of the CEOs at the 200 biggest companies listed on the JSE earned more than R23.2 million in 2026, as performance-linked incentives drove the compensation boom.

News24 | Richemont eyes De Beers, but analysts struggle to see the sparkle

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 5:24am
Richemont’s reported interest in buying into De Beers has divided investment analysts.

News24 | ‘I knew something like this would happen’: Ballito teen’s classmate reveals warning signs

News24 South Africa - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 4:15am
A classmate of the 16-year-old boy who broke into an Umhlali school in KwaZulu-Natal and allegedly stabbed a 6-year-old girl multiple times has spoken about how the teen threatened him, racially abused staff and bullied his peers.

News24 | ‘I knew something like this would happen’: Ballito teen’s classmate reveals warning signs

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 4:15am
A classmate of the 16-year-old boy who broke into an Umhlali school in KwaZulu-Natal and allegedly stabbed a 6-year-old girl multiple times has spoken about how the teen threatened him, racially abused staff and bullied his peers.

News24 | Succession | The Race for Joburg Episode 3

News24 South Africa - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 4:10am
Being Joburg’s mayor is often deadly. How does succession work in the ANC? Who wins, who loses and who dies? Welcome to an edge-of-your-seat episode of this live serial about the city and its mayors.

News24 | Succession | The Race for Joburg Episode 3

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 4:10am
Being Joburg’s mayor is often deadly. How does succession work in the ANC? Who wins, who loses and who dies? Welcome to an edge-of-your-seat episode of this live serial about the city and its mayors.

News24 | OPINION | SA’s EV transition has forgotten the driver

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 4:04am
South Africa’s electric vehicle transition is gathering speed, but there is something rather odd about the way we are going about it, writes Sbu Mkwanazi.

News24 | Prince Albert, beyond the pass: How to spend 48 hours in this classic Karoo town

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 3:32am
Although recent flood damage has disrupted classic road trip routes to Prince Albert, it remains an essential small-town Karoo destination.

News24 | FRIDAY BRIEFING | Bordering on chaos: Can SA obey the court without fueling unrest?

News24 Top Stories - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 3:27am
A constitutional law expert, the Home Affairs minister, and civil society voices debate whether the violence that followed the Constitutional Court’s asylum ruling could have been prevented – and who bears responsibility

News24 | ON THE ROAD | ‘This is about votes, nothing else’: Free State municipality builds RDP homes ahead of poll

News24 South Africa - Fri, 16/10/2026 - 3:26am
After 10 years of waiting, the ANC-led Dihlabeng Local Municipality in the Free State suddenly built 90 houses – just in time for the 4 November local government elections.
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