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• News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: Inside the spectacle that was SONA 2026

  Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting.

• News24 | Cattle at Garden Route dairy farm test positive for foot-and-mouth disease

  Cattle at a dairy farm near Hartenbos on the Garden Route have tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease.

• News24 | OPINION | Alarming new bill tries to ‘police’ nonprofit organisations

  A new draft amendment bill proposes changes to the regulatory framework governing nonprofit organisations which would turn the Nonprofit Organisations Directorate from a largely facilitative body into an enforcement authority with punitive powers, Alison Tilley writes for GroundUp.

• News24 | The prof who wouldn’t look away: Leslie London on poison, the ‘dop system’, and genocide

  A fighter for human rights in the tumultuous years before South Africa’s first democratic elections, Leslie London qualified as a medical doctor in the 1980s.

• News24 | We have beef with foot-and-mouth: Two friends dressed as cows plead for vaccines at SONA

  Two friends, both sons of dairy farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, gathered with a small group of peaceful protesters outside Cape Town City Hall on Thursday afternoon to raise awareness about the impact of foot-and-mouth disease.

• News24 | SONA | Foot-and-mouth disease declared national disaster

  President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared foot-and-mouth disease, which is devastating the farming economy, a national disaster.

• News24 | SONA | Ramaphosa announces establishment of committee to tackle ongoing water crisis

  President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced he will establish a national water crisis committee, which he will chair, to tackle the country’s ongoing water crisis.

• News24 | SONA | Ramaphosa deploys army in gang-ridden Cape Town and Gauteng

  President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the deployment of the South African National Defence Force to help fight gangsterism.

• News24 | Friday’s weather: Storms, flooding risk across multiple provinces; hot, humid in KZN

  Wet weather is expected on Friday, with severe thunderstorms bringing heavy downpours, strong winds, hail and lightning across much of the country, according to the South African Weather Service.

• News24 | UPDATE | Roedean principal resigns as school apologises to King David

  The head of the senior school at top Johannesburg private girls’ school Roedean, Phuti Mogale, has resigned with immediate effect, the school’s board announced on Thursday.

• News24 | Blind woman and trusty dog complete 65km Pondo Trail, raising R300k

  Angela Blackwell and her trusty dog Jaydee have become the first blind-person-and-guide-dog pair to trek the 65km Pondo trail over four days.

• News24 | ANALYSIS | Foot-and-mouth outbreak: Crisis exposes years of agricultural neglect

  Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen may have announced a vaccination strategy and funding redirections to combat the ongoing foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, but Rebone Moerane argues that the government’s decade-long failure to properly support veterinary services has turned a manageable crisis into a R1.8-billion emergency that exposes dangerous gaps in the country’s disease preparedness.

• News24 | Opposition parties to Ramaphosa: Fix municipalities before promising bullet trains

  Municipalities are collapsing and they can’t continue to be a footnote in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address.

• News24 | Out of touch: Opposition rejects Lesufi’s apology, ANC backs him amid Gauteng water crisis

  Opposition parties have not taken kindly to “detached” Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s apology for his comments on dealing with the inconvenience experienced by the water crisis.

• News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: Special panel – Will you fix the water crisis, Mr President?

  Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting.

• News24 | Cape teacher praised after carrying two pupils through flooded corridors

  A Grade R teacher from McGregor Primary School has captured hearts after photographs of her carrying two pupils through flooded school corridors went viral on Facebook following heavy rainfall in the Western Cape on Monday afternoon.

• News24 | Plate of the Nation: 5 delicious South African dishes to cook for tonight’s SONA

  You hear those opening words, “My fellow South Africans,” and you know you’re settling in for the long haul. While the president maps out 2026, we’ve mapped out some kitchen strategy with five dishes that’ll keep you fed, focused, and slightly less likely to throw things at the TV.

• News24 | PODCAST | The Lead: The reality of KZN’s FMD outbreak. Plus: Tony Leon on next DA leader

  Seasoned broadcast journalist Graeme Raubenheimer brings you The Lead, News24’s definitive podcast for in-depth reporting.