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• News24 | Female suspect arrested after e-hailing driver’s gruesome murder in Pretoria West

  The police have arrested a female suspect after an e-hailing driver was killed, allegedly while inside his car, in Pretoria West on Wednesday.

• News24 | Saturday’s weather: Severe thunderstorms, strong winds, hail for most of SA; hot in KZN

  The South African Weather Service has issued warnings of severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, strong winds, and hail in parts of Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Gauteng, the Free State, and the North West.

• News24 | Ramaphosa promises swift fixes; Eastern Cape horror crash kills 7: Today’s top 7 stories

  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.

• News24 | Manyi, Makhubele and now Mokoena-Zondi: MK Party appoints new chief whip

  The MK Party has announced Mmabatho Mokoena-Zondi as its latest chief whip in yet another leadership change.

• News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: Inside the spectacle that was SONA 2026

  Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting.

• News24 | Cattle at Garden Route dairy farm test positive for foot-and-mouth disease

  Cattle at a dairy farm near Hartenbos on the Garden Route have tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease.

• News24 | OPINION | Alarming new bill tries to ‘police’ nonprofit organisations

  A new draft amendment bill proposes changes to the regulatory framework governing nonprofit organisations which would turn the Nonprofit Organisations Directorate from a largely facilitative body into an enforcement authority with punitive powers, Alison Tilley writes for GroundUp.

• News24 | The prof who wouldn’t look away: Leslie London on poison, the ‘dop system’, and genocide

  A fighter for human rights in the tumultuous years before South Africa’s first democratic elections, Leslie London qualified as a medical doctor in the 1980s.

• News24 | We have beef with foot-and-mouth: Two friends dressed as cows plead for vaccines at SONA

  Two friends, both sons of dairy farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, gathered with a small group of peaceful protesters outside Cape Town City Hall on Thursday afternoon to raise awareness about the impact of foot-and-mouth disease.

• News24 | SONA | Foot-and-mouth disease declared national disaster

  President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared foot-and-mouth disease, which is devastating the farming economy, a national disaster.

• News24 | SONA | Ramaphosa announces establishment of committee to tackle ongoing water crisis

  President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced he will establish a national water crisis committee, which he will chair, to tackle the country’s ongoing water crisis.

• News24 | SONA | Ramaphosa deploys army in gang-ridden Cape Town and Gauteng

  President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the deployment of the South African National Defence Force to help fight gangsterism.

• News24 | Friday’s weather: Storms, flooding risk across multiple provinces; hot, humid in KZN

  Wet weather is expected on Friday, with severe thunderstorms bringing heavy downpours, strong winds, hail and lightning across much of the country, according to the South African Weather Service.

• News24 | UPDATE | Roedean principal resigns as school apologises to King David

  The head of the senior school at top Johannesburg private girls’ school Roedean, Phuti Mogale, has resigned with immediate effect, the school’s board announced on Thursday.

• News24 | Blind woman and trusty dog complete 65km Pondo Trail, raising R300k

  Angela Blackwell and her trusty dog Jaydee have become the first blind-person-and-guide-dog pair to trek the 65km Pondo trail over four days.

• News24 | ANALYSIS | Foot-and-mouth outbreak: Crisis exposes years of agricultural neglect

  Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen may have announced a vaccination strategy and funding redirections to combat the ongoing foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, but Rebone Moerane argues that the government’s decade-long failure to properly support veterinary services has turned a manageable crisis into a R1.8-billion emergency that exposes dangerous gaps in the country’s disease preparedness.