Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotichttps://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationFriday Sep 25 2026 00:59:06Thursday Sep 24 2026 17:31:20The South African National Editors’ Forum has welcomed the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s strong statement urging political party leaders and their supporters to ensure and actively facilitate unhindered election-related reporting by the media.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/news/sanef-welcomes-iecs-call-for-political-leaders-to-protect-journalists-ahead-of-elections-20260924-1050Thursday Sep 24 2026 17:31:20Friday’s weather across South Africa includes severe thunderstorms in some regions. The Northern Cape and Western Cape are under a yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms, which may bring excessive lightning, hail and gusty winds.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/weather/fridays-weather-thunderstorms-and-hail-for-northern-and-western-cape-20260924-0942Thursday Sep 24 2026 16:30:26The dispute over the pride flag at Bishops Diocesan College in Cape Town has escalated into a broader governance crisis, with 122 Old Diocesans formally “requisitioning” a special general meeting to vote for the removal of the Old Diocesan Committee.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/schools-hub/bishops-pride-flag-dispute-becomes-governance-crisis-as-alumni-move-to-remove-committee-20260924-0921Thursday Sep 24 2026 16:08:07In Ngcobo, an Eastern Cape town about 85km from Mthatha, Intercape buses will be using the police station as a bus stop in terms of a recent court order.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/news/intercape-secures-court-interdict-after-ngcobo-taxi-strike-20260924-0835Thursday Sep 24 2026 16:07:56Police seized a total of 140 firearms, while a further 135 remained unaccounted for during the arrest of a businessman from Mthatha, in the Eastern Cape, earlier this week.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/crime-and-courts/police-seize-140-firearms-during-arrest-of-mthatha-businessman-20260924-0823Thursday Sep 24 2026 15:51:17The DA in Tshwane has demanded that Deputy Mayor Eugene Modise’s salary be immediately docked for two months because there was no formal indication that the previously approved sanction had been implemented.https://www.news24.com/politics/da-demands-docking-of-deputy-mayors-salary-for-two-months-as-approved-by-tshwane-council-20260924-0943Thursday Sep 24 2026 15:44:31Mexican cartels have been setting up massive methamphetamine laboratories in South Africa, which supply the huge demand for the drug in Australia and New Zealand, investigators say.https://www.news24.com/world/untangling-the-meth-mexican-cartels-set-up-huge-labs-in-sa-to-service-demand-in-australia-20260924-0692Thursday Sep 24 2026 12:27:12The ANC has welcomed the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda’s dismissal of an urgent application challenging its candidate lists for the 2026 local government elections, and has urged Eastern Cape members to close ranks ahead of the 4 November poll.https://www.news24.com/politics/eastern-cape-court-dismisses-urgent-bid-to-nullify-anc-candidate-lists-for-2026-local-polls-20260924-0599Thursday Sep 24 2026 10:00:03Legendary South African artist Irma Stern’s renowned painting, ‘Arab Priest’, has returned to the Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town for a limited time.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/news/see-irma-sterns-arab-priest-artwork-returns-to-cape-town-from-qatar-for-public-display-20260924-0569Thursday Sep 24 2026 09:29:36Battleground 2026 is not just another election. It’s a moment in time when the tectonic plates that make up South Africa’s political world will shift and realign.https://specialprojects.news24.com/News24-Battleground-26-local-government-elections/index.htmlWednesday Sep 23 2026 07:36:11The police had to admit to Parliament on Wednesday that their statistics for crimes against women and children are “inherently not correct”.https://www.news24.com/politics/inherently-not-correct-police-admit-their-gbv-stats-are-flawed-20260923-1159Thursday Sep 24 2026 04:52:24As a young boy, Thembelani Zondo started making small wire cars, inspired by real ones that passed by his home in Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal. Now, at 25, he has built a functioning Bugatti-style car from recycled materials, proudly bearing his surname.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/good-news/vroom-for-improvement-kzn-man-goes-from-wire-cars-to-building-his-own-bugatti-with-scraps-20260924-0394Thursday Sep 24 2026 08:06:40The controversy over the newly approved Foundation Phase National Catalogue has taken a dramatic turn after the Western Cape education department said it will not purchase learning materials listed in the document for 2027.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/education/western-cape-opts-out-of-new-foundation-phase-catalogue-for-2027-20260923-1246Wednesday Sep 23 2026 20:47:16On average, a mass killing in which more than three people die takes place every week in South Africa.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/crime-and-courts/surge-in-mass-shootings-at-least-164-killed-in-38-mass-shootings-this-year-20260923-1070Thursday Sep 24 2026 13:44:30Taxi boss Oupa Bafana Sindane’s lawyers told the Madlanga Commission he would not be able to appear before it this week because he was engaged in the “sacred ancestral initiation journey of the called Isangoma” – and was “in a period of sacred spiritual seclusion”.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/news/taxi-boss-sindanes-lawyers-say-his-sacred-sangoma-journey-prevented-madlanga-appearance-20260923-1192Thursday Sep 24 2026 04:12:49The vibrant geometric patterns that launched Esther Mahlangu’s global career are fading. The thatch roof of the hut she built and painted at Botshabelo is caving in. And the R20 million the Lottery gave to save the historic Ndebele cultural village outside Middelburg? Nobody knows where it went.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/news/botshabelos-heritage-is-falling-apart-place-of-refuge-is-now-a-place-of-ruin-20260923-1092Wednesday Sep 23 2026 18:12:35Two child rape cases have emerged in Limpopo – one of the accused is a teacher, while the other is a 13-year-old relative.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/crime-and-courts/limpopo-police-probe-two-child-rapes-one-an-accused-teacher-the-other-a-teen-relative-20260923-1154Wednesday Sep 23 2026 19:14:58Generative artificial intelligence can potentially pose a risk to South African heritage if used irresponsibly, a panel heard during a heritage month roundtable, hosted by the National Arts Council.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/news/irresponsible-ai-use-could-threaten-sa-heritage-panel-warns-20260923-1058Wednesday Sep 23 2026 17:39:17In Unread’s special midweek edition ahead of Heritage Day, we bring you all the details you need to know about Shadrack Sibiya’s shock arrest for alleged rape and the sexual grooming of a minor.https://www.news24.com/multimedia/unread-shadrack-sibiyas-arrest-for-alleged-rape-and-rassies-bok-shake-up-for-wallabies-20260923-0984Wednesday Sep 23 2026 16:30:50Thursday’s weather across the country features partly cloudy skies with warm to hot temperatures. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in some areas, particularly in the afternoon, according to the South African Weather Service.https://www.news24.com/southafrica/weather/thursdays-weather-fine-warm-with-isolated-showers-for-most-parts-20260923-0837Wednesday Sep 23 2026 16:30:43