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Six Eastern Cape municipal officials, including a suspended accounting officer, appeared in the Qumbu Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday in connection with a fraud and money laundering scheme.

A double squeeze on the rand – a strengthening dollar and surging oil prices – saw the currency weaken sharply on Wednesday, as investors priced in further US rate hikes and fretted over the inflationary fallout of the Middle East conflict.

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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.

Johann Els, chief economist at PSG Financial Services, said the fact that Wednesday’s interest rate hike was a unanimous decision “was more hawkish than I expected”.

Proteas captain Temba Bavuma has voiced concern that South African men are falling short of their fundamental responsibility to protect women, and is demanding that leaders stop talking and start acting.

The Trump administration plans to set a refugee admissions ceiling of 17 500 over the next 12 months consisting “primarily” of South Africans from the country’s white Afrikaner ethnic minority, according to a notice sent to Congress on Tuesday.

Electoral Commission of South Africa chairperson Mosotho Moepya has called on political parties to conduct their campaigns in a manner that restores trust, builds institutional integrity, and demonstrates that the democratic process can be responsive, clean, and accountable.

Electoral Commission of South Africa chairperson Mosotho Moepya has called on political parties to conduct their campaigns in a manner that restores trust, builds institutional integrity, and demonstrates that the democratic process can be responsive, clean, and accountable.

Following a surprise hold in July, the SA Reserve Bank on Wednesday pulled the trigger on the second interest rate hike for 2026.

Johannesburg Water will close Sandton meters on Wednesday night to ensure there is water for Heritage Day on Thursday.

Johannesburg Water will close Sandton meters on Wednesday night to ensure there is water for Heritage Day on Thursday.

Jan Johannes Craemer, 37, was shot twice in the face and neck in room 1201 at the Durban Spa Hotel on 30 November 2015 by his secret lover of three years, Petrus Hendrik van Rooyen, now 54.

Jan Johannes Craemer, 37, was shot twice in the face and neck in room 1201 at the Durban Spa Hotel on 30 November 2015 by his secret lover of three years, Petrus Hendrik van Rooyen, now 54.

Four Cape fur seals trapped in a Cape Town dry dock over several weeks were safely returned to the ocean – two by net, one by staircase, and one by simply swimming home – in a rescue that tested patience as much as skill.

Four Cape fur seals trapped in a Cape Town dry dock over several weeks were safely returned to the ocean – two by net, one by staircase, and one by simply swimming home – in a rescue that tested patience as much as skill.

Convicted killer Petrus Hendrik van Rooyen faced questions from Acting Judge Priscilla Maharaj about why he took his secret lover, Jan Johannes Craemer, to a hotel room where he had hidden a loaded gun if he was genuinely scared of him.

Convicted killer Petrus Hendrik van Rooyen faced questions from Acting Judge Priscilla Maharaj about why he took his secret lover, Jan Johannes Craemer, to a hotel room where he had hidden a loaded gun if he was genuinely scared of him.

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