News24 spent the morning with professional rope technician Yanga Gwe, one of the figures Capetonians will see every so often dangling from the outside of the city's skyscrapers.

They may have been rescued from Gaza's most notorious zoo, but two lions which found sanctuary in South Africa, still have a long road to recovery ahead of them.

Marelize Horn, 19, the Namibian woman who rode her bicycle into rugby posts in a video that went viral in March, completed a 5km cycle race in Irene, Gauteng, at the weekend, but not without hitting the dirt a few times.

At 99 years of age, Eusebia Leonor Cordal has decided to go back to school. Leonor had to give up education when she was young because of family issues. Now she has started to attend the Laprida's Primary School for Adults and hasn’t missed a day ...

Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten speaks to reporters in Eastwood, commenting on the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Mr Shorten is asked if Australia "should be doing anything to stop his extradition to the United States". Mr Shorten s...

President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled two new trains at Cape Town Station as part of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa's (PRASA) efforts to improve commuter services.

The two giant pandas at the San Diego Zoo, Bai Yun and Xiao Liwu, will be returning to China at the end of the month. The last day to see the pandas will be April 27.

An AP investigation finds that Yemen’s massive cholera epidemic was aggravated by corruption and official intransigence. Both the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and the U.S.- and Saudi-backed government impeded efforts by relief groups.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s almost seven-year asylum inside London’s Ecuadorian embassy could soon be at an end, with the Australian facing expulsion within "hours to days".

The Alexandra township near Sandton was shut down on Wednesday as people demanded basic services from the DA-led municipality. Aerial footage captured the events from above.

Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng premier candidate Solly Msimanga on Thursday set alight hundreds of e-toll statements outside the Sanral offices in Centurion.

Dr Mustafa Farouk from the Federation of Islamic Associations New Zealand tells a New Zealand parliamentary committee taking public submissions on new gun laws that the proposed changes are just a starting point. "I'm here to represent some of th...

"I'm pressed!" said a woman so desperate for the loo that she urinated on the floor of an FNB branch in Kempton Park, Gauteng.

The carcass of a whale shark measuring 5m was removed from Long Beach in Kommetjie, near Cape Town, on Monday.

The man convicted of abusing and murdering his former girlfriend's son, Baby Daniel, in 2016 has been sentenced to life in imprisonment, while the child's mother was sentenced to 20 years behind bars.

Police are looking for two male suspects who were involved in an armed robbery of a watch worth R100 000 in Midrand on Sunday.

ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has stood at the "head of a well-organised state-capture network" in the Free State for almost a decade, this according to a new book by journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh.

Following the discovery of four bodies shortly after a taxi shootout in the vicinity of the Hout Bay Sports Field on Monday morning, Imizamo Yethu residents spoke out about the ordeal.

President Cyril Ramaphosa's son Andile has continued to reveal details of his business relationship with the controversial company, Bosasa, from which his own company received R2m.

ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe expressed disdain for a call from ANC veterans and stalwarts for those who were implicated in corruption to voluntarily remove themselves from the party's lists.

A security guard is recovering in hospital after he was shot and robbed of his belongings while on patrol in Mackenzieville, Nigel.

What can Hlaudi do for you? The leader of the African Content Movement Hlaudi Motsoeneng on Thursday invited voters to the unveiling of its manifesto on April 6.

Seven trucks were set alight by unknown suspects in the early hours of Thursday morning on the N3 between Mooi River and Estcourt.

A group of male trigger-happy taxi drivers fired a hail of bullets in the air scaring motorists near Eastgate, east of Johannesburg on Wednesday.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has ruled on five complaints against EFF leaders Julius Malema and Godrich Gardee, finding that none of the utterances referred to the body legally constitute hate speech.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) released its findings on the investigation into complaints of hate speech against EFF leader Julius Malema on Wednesday.

South Africa must ensure that its institutions are protected and remain committed to its constitution if it is to overcome the last decade and become competitive in the global economy, says Francis Fukuyama, world renowned political scientist.

DA leader Mmusi Maimane has instructed all DA-led municipalities to formulate and execute disaster plans to mitigate against infrastructural damage caused by load shedding.

Rob Packham played hide and seek with the media in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday after his trial was postponed to 15 April.

One Pretoria mom got much more than she bargained for during a recent trip to the North West, when a Mozambique spitting cobra unexpectedly reared its head from a toilet her daughter was using.

Mozambicans have found refuge at Samora Machel Secondary School following the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai.

Some residents in remote parts of Mozambique are forced to fight each other in order to have something to eat following the destruction left by Cyclone Idai.

Police are looking for suspects involved in an ATM bombing and robbery in Delmas, Mpumalanga in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Cellphone footage has emerged online showing the moment after two security guards were shot in a Toyota Land Cruiser on the R21 in Boksburg following a botched gold heist on Wednesday.

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says they understand the frustration loadshedding has put on South Africans and promised that Eskom will get it right in the next few years.

The Emfuleni Local Municipality confirmed that an explosion occurred at the Town Main Substation situated in Curie Boulevard in Vanderbijlpark on Tuesday, 12 March 2019.

More than 120 people have died and many more are missing in Mozambique and Zimbabwe after tropical cyclone Idai hit the southern African nations on Sunday.

Cyril Ramaphosa's early morning campaigning came to a halt on Monday due to continuous delays from Metro Rail.

A video has emerged of boys practising so-called "jungle justice" at Paarl Boys' High School which has been embroiled in allegations of corporal punishment, a practice outlawed in South Africa.

The SA Agulhas II docked in Cape Town on Friday after completing an "unprecedented" expedition to one of the most remote and inhospitable parts of the planet.

When 21-year-old student Zahraa Hendricks joined UCT earlier this year she would never have expected to soon achieve fame on campus for wearing an everyday piece of clothing.

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday honoured "one of South Africa's finest exports," the Soweto Gospel Choir at the Market Theatre Square in Johannesburg.

A lion which escaped from the Karoo National Park is seen in police holding cells in Sutherland, where the animal was finally located. Watch.

The community of Rocklands in Cape Town were up in arms on Monday when a man, visibly injured, was arrested by police for possession of drugs.

The eyesight of 76-year-old neighbourhood watch member Paul Gray was called into question after he failed to immediately identify murder accused Rob Packham as the man he had seen in the car of his slain wife, Gill, on the day of her disappearance.

ANC Secretary General Ace Magashule has defended the inclusion of Bathabile Dlamini, Nomvula Monkonyana and Malusi Gigabaha on the party's lists, despite being implicated in state capture.

The small town of Riviersonderend got the lion's share of the recent rains where 275mm fell on one farm in just under nine hours – flooding fields, destroying fencing, pumps and killing 75 sheep.

Piles of plastic bottles and other debris accumulated on a Durban beach on Monday morning following heavy rain in KwaZulu-Natal. Watch.

Being hit against the head for not greeting. The "five-star treatment" on your back when your homework isn't done. Spanking with a cricket bat - all in the name of "discipline".

An Mpumalanga man is under police guard in hospital after being shot and injured by police at a school.

Over 100 shacks were destroyed by a fire in Alexandra north of Johannesburg on Tuesday afternoon.

Speaking after his birthday celebrations in Ekhuruleni, EFF leader Julius Malema on Tuesday condemned rape being used as a threat.

A University of the Free State (UFS) student has unwittingly opened a virtual can of worms after a video of him cleaning up after protesters went viral.

On Tuesday Bongekile Simelane's parents spoke on her behalf at a press conference as she was too ill to be there.

Self-proclaimed prophet Paseka "Mboro" Motsoeneng has reiterated that he never went to heaven and snapped selfies with Jesus, instead this story was planted by the PR team of another self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri.

The Two Oceans Aquarium launched a rescue operation this weekend after an ocean sunfish was found trapped in the Robinson Dry Dock in the V&A Waterfront.

An elderly man is recovering in hospital after being shot during a hijacking in Welkom, Free State on Friday.

Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Spokesperson Moses Dlamini has denied allegations that Khomotso Phahlane's arrest was a show for the media.

The leader of the Incredible Happenings church, Paseka "Mboro" Motsoeneng, known simply as "Prophet Mboro", told journalists he "cannot allow" pastor Alph Lukau to bring Christianity into disrepute after an apparently staged resurrection.

Fikile Mbalula on Thursday said he is ready to testify at the state capture inquiry.

Judge Gayaat Salie-Hlophe referenced Jason Rohde's history as the former CEO of Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty by comparing the staging of his wife's suicide to the staging of a house by estate agents.

South Africans mock 'resurrection' pastor.

A woman escaped unscathed after she was taken in her car and robbed on Saturday night in the Randburg suburb of Bergbron.

Bosasa liquidator Cloete Murray on Friday took charge at the company's headquarters in Krugersdorp following their voluntary liquidation.

A team of South African Revenue Service officials arrived at Bosasa's head office shortly after noon on Friday to execute a search and seizure warrant.

The South African National Defence Force celebrated Armed Forces Day 2019 on Thursday in Cape Town The SANDF also honoured the bravery of sons and daughters of our country who lost their lives in the fateful 1917 sinking of the SS Mendi.

A video of a woman being hit by a car while crossing the road in Benoni, reportedly on Monday morning, has been going viral on social media. In the video, the woman is seen crossing the road outside the John Barrable Hall in Northmead, Benoni.

SAPS confirmed that a case of robbery was reported at Muizenberg police station on Tuesday 19 February 2019. The incident allegedly occurred on 9 February at approximately 07:40.

A North West motorist was caught on camera recklessly driving on the R24 in Rustenburg with the attempt to threaten another driver.

Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Police arrested a taxi driver who severely overloaded a minibus taxi on Monday, February 18.

Firefigthers have been battling a large blaze in the Franschhoek mountains since Monday, when it broke out in the Mooiwater area.

He says however, having relatives in very high positions in government justifiably raises perceptions of favouritism. He remains adamant that he is not being favoured by his relationship with President Cyril Ramaphosa and Energy Minister Jeff Radebe.

Clouds of ash could be seen above the Medupi plant in Limpopo on Thursday.

ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule on Tuesday hailed stalwart Mama Rebecca Kotane at her 107th birthday celebration in Soweto.

Two security officers were shot and killed during a robbery in Hillbrow on Monday night.

President Cyril Ramaphosa was in Ethiopia for the 32nd ordinary session of African Union heads of state on Saturday. He met with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates at a gala dinner hosted by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

The newborn baby that was rescued from a stormwater pipe in Durban on Monday morning is in good health, her attending physician has said.

A newborn baby girl has been saved after emergency services conducted a three hour mammoth rescue from a storm drain pipe in Durban.

A motorist was robbed of his Rolex watch in Morningside, Sandton, on Tuesday.

News24 Editor-in-Chief Adriaan Basson and News24 Head of Video Jerusha Sukhdeo-Raath discuss the 'unbundling' of Eskom that was announced in President Cyril Ramaphosa's second State of the Nation Address on Thursday.

Firefighters responded to a blaze that erupted in The Glen area of Camps Bay on Thursday afternoon. Watch.

The start of classes and daily administration operations were delayed at the University of the Witwatersrand on Thursday, after the student representative council (SRC) continued with protest action.

A Sea Point apartment was destroyed in a high-rise fire that was put out before it spread to the rest of the building on Wednesday.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that SA welcomes investors at the Mining Indaba with open arms and has emphasised that SA and Africa are destinations that can offer great value.

Gauteng police have confirmed that the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has been evacuated following the escape of two prisoners on Friday morning.

Motorists and commuters have been warned to avoid several parts of Pretoria West on Thursday owing to protest action that started in the early hours of the morning.

A money truck was attacked by armed thieves after guards were collecting money from a filling station in Kagiso on Monday.

A recording of former Bosasa boss Angelo Agrizzi uttering a string of racist slurs, including the k-word, has been labelled as "extremely offensive and totally unacceptable" by deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo.

A small political party has staged a mock sacrifice of a watermelon on a Cape Town beach in response to the slaughter of a sheep in December.

Police are investigating a case of armed robbery after a woman was robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of the Crowthorne shopping centre last week Wednesday.

Families living in Sea Point, Cape Town evacuated their homes on Sunday evening as the flames that engulfed the lower slopes of Lion's Head near Quarry Hill were coming down on them.

The culpable homicide case against Duduzane Zuma was postponed to March 26 in the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday.

Video of a BMW crashing into a barrier on the N1 in Cape Town and spinning out of control has gone viral online.

An abandoned KwaZulu-Natal newborn found in the bin might soon have a new place to call home. Watch.

A Johannesburg motorist escaped an attempted hijacking outside a complex in Morningside.

Business tycoon Robert Gumede has gifted his 18-year-old son with a Porsche GT3, retailing at around R3 million, for passing matric.

The sleepy town of Schweizer-Reneke in the North West is on tenterhooks after a picture showing black and white pupils sitting separately according to race in a Grade R classroom at the local primary school went viral.

Corruption has become a big issue that has to be addressed by the whole nation, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday.

The OR Tambo International Airport baggage handler who was caught on camera carelessly flinging suitcases from the carousel onto the floor has been suspended.

President Cyril Ramaphosa claimed expropriation of land without compensation and free higher education – policy positions the EFF will claims as its own – as victories for the ANC Youth League (ANCYL).

Lance Minnies came close to losing his life in a deadly 2016 fire and almost gave up on his studies when he recovered. But it was the hope for a better future and the support of caring people at his school that pulled him through.

Starting Grade 1 is a big step for little ones. For Luca (6), getting ready for school took quite some time on Wednesday morning, but he soon got into the swing of things.