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The first suspect was detained on October 3, 2024. [7] Three suspects were arrested on October 6. [8]On October 9, prosecutors charged 45-year-old Siphosoxolo Myekethe with 18 counts of murder and one count possession of an unlicenced firearm, an AK-47 automatic assault rifle in connection with the shooting, but did not announce Myekethe's motive or connection to the victims.
News24 is an English-language South African news website created in October 1998 by the multinational media company, Naspers. Its team of approximately 100 journalists, [ 1 ] led by editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson, is based in Cape Town , Johannesburg , Pretoria , Durban and Gqeberha .
14 June – Cyril Ramaphosa is re-elected as President of South Africa for a second term. [21] 19 June – Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn in for a second term as President of South Africa. [22] 20 June – Democratic Alliance MP Renaldo Gouws is suspended after old videos of him making derogatory and inciteful remarks against black people emerge ...
Quality of reporting by South African standards is high and is generally a highly regarded source. Defence Web - Good source on African (specifically South African) defence related news. Sunday Times - has published a number of notable exposes. They do sometimes get things wrong but do correct themselves when they do. Owned by Tiso Blackstar Group.
www.news24.com /citypress City Press is a South African news brand that publishes online. Its flagship print edition was distributed nationally on Sunday, and it has a daily newsletter, online platform, and other social media platforms.
Although the legal drinking age in South Africa is eighteen, the tavern reportedly served alcohol to minors. [ 3 ] A promotional Facebook post for the weekend party at the tavern drew media attention after the incident as it concluded with " kuzofiwa" , which, in a party context, is a slang term for, 'It’s going to be a great time'.
South Africa's energy crisis (or load shedding) is an ongoing period of widespread national blackouts of electricity supply. It began in the later months of 2007 towards the end of Thabo Mbeki 's second term as president, and continues to the present.
The Boksburg explosion took place on 24 December 2022, when a fuel tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded underneath a railway bridge in Boksburg, in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, [1] with a death toll of 41 people as of 18 January 2023. [2]