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News24 brought together leaders from South Africa’s most influential parties and asked them some crucial questions about the country's future. Don't miss the The Leaders Debate when it airs at 20:00 on Thursday 25 April on News24.
A 29-year-old Eastern Cape school principal is being hailed as a hero after steering his under-resourced rural school from 28% matric pass rate to an impressive 88.6% in 2021. |
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With the screams of burning children piercing the night and emergency services still far away, Zikhaya Sithole braved the flames to rescue them. |
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On Saturday, we published a story about philanthropist Bill Gates’ support for SA with Covid-19. We wrongly reported that Gates wants to test a “vaccine” in Africa. This is false. The Gates Foundation will support SA with testing kits and research. We apologise for the mistake.
FEEL GOOD: With only R800, Itumeleng Lekomamyane started a sandwich business to look after his child – he now brings in R20,000 per month |
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Mark Zuckerberg's personal wealth has fallen by nearly $7 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world's richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook's flagship products offline. |
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"I didn't make the South Africa schools (team). It means a lot for me, but also for boys from rural areas, the boys who didn't go to private schools." - Proud Mapimpi reflects on long journey to World Cup glory
Schools will now have to send a report to the police when a pupil who is younger than 16 is pregnant – and if the father of the child is older than 16 (and therefore a rapist), civil and criminal proceedings will have to be followed. |
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SA Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago's daughter, Mmabodiba Kganyago, has bagged eight distinctions in the 2023 matric exams that were administered by the Independent Examinations Board.
Charlize Theron opened up about her Afrikaans heritage
"There's about 44 people still speaking it. It's definitely a dying language; it's not a very helpful language," she said in the interview. |
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Pretoria pupil Aphiwe Hlatshwayo, who achieved six distinctions in her final matric exams, has been accepted to study anatomy at Seattle University in the US, but has turned down that offer for a local university, where she wants to study medicine.
South Africa landed two gold medals at the Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday through long-jumper Ntando Mahlangu and 400m runner Anrune Weyers. |
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Over 150 million YouTube views. More than 4 million Shazams. 41.4 million streams and an average of over 7.5 monthly listeners on Spotify. 238.7 million impressions on TikTok. These are the numbers garnered by Limpopo-born Kgoagelo Moagi’s Jerusalema.
Any minor above the age of 10 who is found guilty of bullying a peer at school can be sentenced to imprisonment. This law was passed in order to prevent the victims of bullying from resorting to suicide, since they can find no support or protection.