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News24 | Free State judge has been on sick leave for 8 years, Judicial Conduct Tribunal hears

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 3:39pm
Free State Judge Lepona Joshua Lekale has been earning a judge’s salary and benefits for eight years without performing any duties, because he has been on sick leave.

News24 | Embattled Infantino has CAF’s backing for FIFA re-election: ‘A loyal friend,’ says Motsepe

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 3:27pm
The Confederation of African Football and its 54 members support the re-election of embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who will seek a fourth term at next year’s congress to be held in Morocco.

News24 | Minister promises shorter Sassa queues and R1.5 billion in savings

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 3:25pm
Dina Pule plans to appoint more workers, extend office operating hours, and is targeting 350 000 beneficiaries for review.

News24 | Gonubie residents lash out as Buffalo City praises ‘swift response’ to days-long water outage

News24 South Africa - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 3:23pm
After apologising to Gonubie residents who endured a crippling water outage that lasted for days, the Buffalo City Metro moved quickly to praise its technical teams for their “swift response” to the interruption.

News24 | Gonubie residents lash out as Buffalo City praises ‘swift response’ to days-long water outage

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 3:23pm
After apologising to Gonubie residents who endured a crippling water outage that lasted for days, the Buffalo City Metro moved quickly to praise its technical teams for their “swift response” to the interruption.

News24 | Trump vows tit-for-tat strikes on Iran power plants

News24 World - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 3:09pm
President Donald Trump on Wednesday pledged that the United States would bomb Iranian civil infrastructure every time Tehran fires at ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

News24 | Trump vows tit-for-tat strikes on Iran power plants

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 3:09pm
President Donald Trump on Wednesday pledged that the United States would bomb Iranian civil infrastructure every time Tehran fires at ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

News24 | Matlala trial: State witness rejects claim he accidentally shot taxi boss Sibanyoni

News24 South Africa - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 3:01pm
The defence in the trial of alleged underworld figure Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala has suggested that state witness Bethwell Cele may have accidentally shot taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni during a shootout outside the Centurion Residential Estate and Country Club in August 2022.

News24 | Matlala trial: State witness rejects claim he accidentally shot taxi boss Sibanyoni

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 3:01pm
The defence in the trial of alleged underworld figure Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala has suggested that state witness Bethwell Cele may have accidentally shot taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni during a shootout outside the Centurion Residential Estate and Country Club in August 2022.

News24 | ‘I had my suspicions’ – Mother of slain Vanessa van Rensburg as alleged killer heads to trial

News24 South Africa - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 2:23pm
The distraught family of Gqeberha mother Vanessa van Rensburg, who was murdered, allegedly at the hands of her boyfriend, has said the grief and pain of losing their loved one had deepened more than a year on.

News24 | ‘I had my suspicions’ – Mother of slain Vanessa van Rensburg as alleged killer heads to trial

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 2:23pm
The distraught family of Gqeberha mother Vanessa van Rensburg, who was murdered, allegedly at the hands of her boyfriend, has said the grief and pain of losing their loved one had deepened more than a year on.

News24 | Hunt for murder suspect ends in fatal gun battle in Gqeberha

News24 South Africa - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 2:10pm
Three suspects who engaged in a brazen shootout with police have died in Kwadwesi in Gqeberha.

News24 | Hunt for murder suspect ends in fatal gun battle in Gqeberha

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 2:10pm
Three suspects who engaged in a brazen shootout with police have died in Kwadwesi in Gqeberha.

News24 | French minister quits, then unquits over farm bill dispute

News24 World - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 2:10pm
French Environment Minister Monique Barbut, who handed in her resignation in protest ‌after parliament’s approval of a farm ⁠bill allowing the temporary reintroduction of two pesticides suspected ⁠of harming bees, will remain in the government, government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said on Wednesday.

News24 | Chauke found fit to hold office, as Nkabinde panel clears him of all Batohi accusations

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 2:01pm
Johannesburg Director of Public Prosecutions Andrew Chauke has been cleared of all the accusations levelled against him by former prosecutions head Shamila Batohi, and has been found fit to return to office.

News24 | Judge blocks defence’s last-minute crime scene photo in Cat Matlala trial

News24 South Africa - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 1:42pm
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday blocked the defence from introducing a photograph of the Centurion estate where taxi boss Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni was shot in August 2022 during the third day of alleged underworld figure Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala’s trial.

News24 | Judge blocks defence’s last-minute crime scene photo in Cat Matlala trial

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 1:42pm
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday blocked the defence from introducing a photograph of the Centurion estate where taxi boss Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni was shot in August 2022 during the third day of alleged underworld figure Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala’s trial.

News24 | Too few Muslims here: Randburg residents question need for mosque

News24 South Africa - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 1:27pm
Residents opposed to plans to convert a Randburg property into a mosque argue that too few Muslims live in the suburb to justify the development, and warn that the facility would exacerbate traffic congestion and parking issues.

News24 | Too few Muslims here: Randburg residents question need for mosque

News24 Top Stories - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 1:27pm
Residents opposed to plans to convert a Randburg property into a mosque argue that too few Muslims live in the suburb to justify the development, and warn that the facility would exacerbate traffic congestion and parking issues.

News24 | Lawyer accused of ‘buying’ and raping 13-year-old claims lobola reference was a joke

News24 South Africa - Wed, 22/07/2026 - 12:53pm
Lawyer Carel Schoeman claims that he was joking when he labelled a R25 000 payment to the mother of a 13-year-old girl he is accused of “buying” as “lobola”.
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