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News24 | Madlanga gives Matlala two weeks to file statement, postpones testimony to September

News24 South Africa - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 11:01am
In a morning characterised by tense exchanges, criminally accused tenderpreneur Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s advocate said he would only have been able to answer questions about who he “doesn’t know” if he was forced to testify at the Madlanga Commission on Wednesday.

News24 | Madlanga gives Matlala two weeks to file statement, postpones testimony to September

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 11:01am
In a morning characterised by tense exchanges, criminally accused tenderpreneur Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s advocate said he would only have been able to answer questions about who he “doesn’t know” if he was forced to testify at the Madlanga Commission on Wednesday.

News24 | J’activists: the hybrid nature of conflict journalism in Sudan’s ‘silent war’

News24 World - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 10:53am
Female activists are filling the reporting gap in Sudan, but this raises concerns about credibility, protection and oversight, writes Karen Allen in ISS Today.

News24 | Learner’s licence shocker: 83% flunk new test in WCape

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 10:48am
Most driving licence testing centres in the Western Cape began using a computerised system for learner’s licence testing in 2025. In the first few months after it started rolling out, the pass rate in the province fell to 17%.

News24 | OPINION | Land for people, not for parking. Where is the political will?

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 10:15am
With viable land, public support, and more than 60 design proposals already on the table, Cape Town’s affordable housing crisis no longer suffers from a shortage of ideas – only a shortage of political will and firm timelines, write Zacharia Mashele and Zamindlela Mkhwanazi.

News24 | 100th Comrades Marathon in doubt as Athletics SA voids previously approved race date

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 10:00am
After deliberations between Comrades Marathon Association (CMA), KwaZulu-Natal Athletics (KZNA) and Athletics South Africa (ASA), they have agreed that the date of next year’s centenary must be signed off by KZNA.

News24 | Opposition parties to table third motion of no confidence in Nelson Mandela Bay mayor

News24 South Africa - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 9:55am
It’s gloves off in Nelson Mandela Bay as opposition parties prepare to square up for yet another motion of no confidence in Mayor Babalwa Lobishe.

News24 | US ICE agents suspend traffic stops after killing of Colombian man

News24 World - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 9:50am
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has suspended the use of traffic stops to detain immigrants after two fatal shootings by ICE agents, according to media reports.

News24 | SA Rugby not greedy, it’s more viable to host Bok Tests abroad – Alexander

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 9:38am
SA Rugby president Mark Alexander has admitted the decision to play two All Blacks Tests at FNB Stadium in Johannesburg was driven by profit, but defended it as part of a broader strategy to make rugby financially viable and fend off breakaway leagues.

News24 | Kearsney Choir wins double gold at prestigious Hong Kong festival

News24 South Africa - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 9:23am
The Kearsney College Choir has struck double gold at the prestigious World Choral Festival in Hong Kong, winning both categories it had entered and securing a place in the competition’s Grand Prix final.

News24 | Kearsney Choir wins double gold at prestigious Hong Kong festival

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 9:23am
The Kearsney College Choir has struck double gold at the prestigious World Choral Festival in Hong Kong, winning both categories it had entered and securing a place in the competition’s Grand Prix final.

News24 | Tongaat fraud case postponed again

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 9:03am
The Mozambican firm RGS appeared in court on Wednesday for a fourth time in a matter related to a dodgy bank letter, with the case postponed to 31 July.

News24 | Major Cape Town mall ‘open and trading’ despite power outage

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 8:25am
Somerset Mall in Somerset West, Cape Town, is among the casualties of power issues due to theft and vandalism of power lines in the area, Eskom has said.

News24 | Anti-drug activist ‘Mr Moloto’ charged for allegedly torching ex’s car and business signage

News24 South Africa - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 8:23am
Well-known anti-drug activist Tsebe Philemon Moloto appeared in two courts on two separate charges of malicious damage to property after allegedly torching his ex-girlfriend and former business partner’s Toyota Hilux and a signage board at her new business.

News24 | OPINION | Is corporate lobbying writing the rules?

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 8:21am
South Africa’s lobbying problem is not simply about corruption or undue influence. It is about something more pervasive and, in many ways, more damaging: policy capture, argues Lara French.

News24 | Richemont sales surge on robust US demand for luxury jewellery

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 8:01am
Richemont sales expanded nearly twice as much as expected in the three months through June, supported by robust demand among wealthy Americans for its Cartier rings and bracelets.

News24 | ‘Everyone is exonerated’: Opposition MPs unhappy with ad hoc draft report

News24 South Africa - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 7:33am
Opposition MPs railed against what they perceived to be a “watered down” draft report by the ad hoc committee investigating the capture of the criminal justice system, especially as it relates to Senzo Mchunu.

News24 | March and March to use 67 Mandela Day minutes to remove illegal immigrants from Madiba’s province

News24 South Africa - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 7:31am
An Eastern Cape anti-immigrant group has announced plans to use its 67 Mandela Day minutes to “clean” the province of undocumented immigrants in major towns, but police have warned that lawlessness will not be tolerated.

News24 | March and March to use 67 Mandela Day minutes to remove illegal immigrants from Madiba’s province

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 7:31am
An Eastern Cape anti-immigrant group has announced plans to use its 67 Mandela Day minutes to “clean” the province of undocumented immigrants in major towns, but police have warned that lawlessness will not be tolerated.

News24 | ‘Agriculture came to me as a form of rebellion’: Meet the man behind Soweto’s unlikely urban farm

News24 South Africa - Wed, 15/07/2026 - 7:26am
Johannesburg farmer and botanist Phetole Raseropo, known as Soweto’s “Seedling Guy”, turned an abandoned school into a thriving urban farm and seedling nursery, supporting small-scale farmers with affordable seedlings and mentorship.
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