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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders and two from Israel, which will oblige countries that are signatories of the Rome Statute, including South Africa, to arrest and ship them to the ICC to stand trial. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24's foreign editor, Phillip de Wet, for more on the ICC’s decision.

The Constitutional Court on Monday ruled that former president Jacob Zuma is ineligible and unqualified to stand for election as a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly due to his 15-month contempt of court sentence. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he discusses the ruling with News24 legal specialist writer Karyn Maughan and Dan Mafora, senior researcher at the Council for the Advance...

More than 200 hours later, search and rescue efforts at the site where the five-storey building collapsed in George have been halted and the scene has now been handed over to the police for further investigations. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24 Cape Town metro reporters Lisalee Solomons and Nicole McCain for more updates.

Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo for an in-depth discussion with senior investigative journalist Kyle Cowan. Cowan has spent a year probing the complex corruption network orchestrated by the notorious Singh siblings, Rushil and Nishani, in Ghana. This investigation follows the work of the late liquidators Cloete and Thomas Murray.

The Vredenburg Magistrate's Court has ruled that the accused in the case of missing six-year-old Joshlin Smith will remain behind bars until investigations are concluded. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24 Cape Town metro reporter Lisalee Solomons for more on the case.

The Kirsten Kluyts murder case was meant to resume on Friday morning in the Alexandra Magistrate's Court, but the State has asked for more time to collate more evidence. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24 Joburg metro reporter Alex Patrick for more on the case.

As authorities edge closer to the 72-hour mark in their rescue endeavour in the George building collapse, search efforts have been intensified to find the 44 people who are still trapped under tons of rubble. Listen to News24’s Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24 Cape Town metro reporter Nicole McCain for the latest updates.

Rescue efforts are still underway for a group of construction workers who are trapped under rubble after a five-storey building collapsed on Victoria Street, in George, on Monday. Western Cape Disaster Management authorities are still searching for 39 missing people. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24 Cape Town metro reporters Lisalee Solomons and Marvin Charles for the lates...

The Constitutional Court will hear the Electoral Commission of South Africa's (IEC) challenge over former president Jacob Zuma's eligibility to serve in the National Assembly on 10 May after the Electoral Court ruled in Zuma's favour. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24's specialist legal writer Karyn Maughan for more on the case.

Former president Jacob Zuma is engaged in protracted discussions around trading carbon credits with a Russian NGO, facilitated by a newly established, yet enigmatic Belarusian entity, while sporting a new Belarusian address for his foundation. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24 investigative journalist Azarrah Karim for more on the story.

On Saturday, Iran launched an unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel. The attack comes two weeks after an Israel-suspected strike on Iran's consulate in Syria killed over a dozen people. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24's international editor Phillip de Wet, for the latest updates.

Western Cape emergency services are on high alert following heavy rains and gale force winds brought on by storms in parts of the province on Sunday. Listen to News24’s Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24 Cape metro reporter Marvin Charles, for the latest updates.

Disgraced businessman Markus Jooste's death, by his own hand, on Thursday has left the country astonished as law enforcement authorities were finally on the verge of moving in to arrest him. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to renowned author and editor Rob Rose for more on the story.

An in-depth series by NPO Open Secrets, in collaboration with GroundUp, has revealed how beneficiaries – and their associates – at the heart of allegedly corrupt deals at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) have been living it up while the parastatal is on the verge of collapse. Listen to News24’s Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to Open Secrets’ senior investigator Ra’eesa Pather and leg...

A 32-year-old Lourencia "Renz" Lombaard briefly appeared in the Vredenburg Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of kidnapping and human trafficking in connection with the disappearance of 6-year-old Joshlin Smith. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24 Cape Town reporters Jenni Evans and Lisalee Solomons for the latest on the case.

Four of the nine subsea cables that connect South Africa to the world are currently damaged, as incidents on two different sides of the continent resulted in widespread internet outages in SA on Thursday. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24 business' tech writer William Brederode on what we know so far on the damaged cables.

On Wednesday, Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan announced that the deal to sell 51% of the South African Airways to Takatso Consortium was off the table. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24’s writer at large Carol Paton for more on the story.

Ministers and deputy ministers now have to declare the state of their financial affairs after President Cyril Ramaphosa finally gave the go-ahead on a promise he made six years ago, to conduct lifestyle audits in his Cabinet. Listen to News24’s Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to Siyamtanda Capa, politics reporter at News24.

Five of the seven suspects arrested in connection with the murders of hip-hop rapper Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes and his friend Tebello 'Tibz' Motsoane appeared in the Durban Magistrate's Court on Thursday morning. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24 KZN crime and courts reporter Nkosikhona Duma for the latest on the case.

Police are still searching for the missing six-year-old girl, Joshlin Smith, from Saldanha Bay. Smith went missing nearly a week ago and residents in her community are hoping she is found alive. Listen to News24's Mihlali Ntsabo as he speaks to News24 Cape Town Metro Reporter Lisalee Solomons on what we know so far about the case.

News24 On Air rounds up Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's 2024 Budget Speech in six minutes.

On Wednesday, the Special Investigating Unit implicated well-known South African fashion designer Thula Sindi in its irregular grant payments probe with National Lotteries Commission (NLC). According to the SIU, Sindi, alongside renowned actor and friend Terry Pheto, were some of the beneficiaries of funds from a R5 million grant meant to build a chicken farm. Join News24’s Mihlali Ntsabo as he sp...

The Patriotic Alliance's top brass has moved to suspend the Beaufort West mayor after allegations that he assaulted his fiancée. The party confirmed to News24 that PA leader Gayton McKenzie had instructed Ebenezer Botha to resign.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to deliver the State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening. With the country’s budget deficit totalling almost R300 billion in 2023, President Ramaphosa is expected to update the country on government’s progress in addressing slow economic growth and on the plans to address the country’s ailing state-owned entities, amongst other issues. Here is all you need to...

Mbali Ntuli, founder of Groundwork Collective, is using innovative ways to get young people registered to vote. Ahead of the IEC's final voter registration weekend, Ntuli is encouraging young people to make their voice heard. Listen to News24's assistant editor for politics and opinion Qaanitah Hunter in conversation with Mbali Ntuli about her efforts to get people to vote, her interactions with y...