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A new export levy will increase the cost of fuel for South African importers, who buy up to 24% of both petrol and diesel from India.

News24 investigative journalist Jeff Wicks is a joint winner of the inaugural Ninety One For Tomorrow Award, sharing the R1 million prize with Daily Maverick journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh for his exceptional contribution to investigative journalism in South Africa.

Unless government steps in to soften the blow, fuel prices will increase by up to R11.63 per litre on Wednesday, 1 April - adding thousands of rands to household budgets for the month.

Sunday’s Legends Derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates has been cancelled.

US President Donald Trump denied being “desperate” to make a deal with Iran on Thursday, as he mixed threats with diplomacy in a push to wrap up his war in the Middle East.

The UN General Assembly has passed the resolution on transatlantic slavery despite opposition from the US and European countries.

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The Eastern Cape holds a particular interest for Ford, and this year the rally supports schools in the Nelson Mandela Bay and Sarah Baartman district.

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The South African Weather Service has forecast scattered thundershowers in most parts of the country, but with severe thunderstorms in Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State.

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A fearless, fiercely independent voice who challenged power across decades of struggle, exile and democracy, Terry Bell leaves behind a legacy of principled dissent and tireless advocacy, writes Alide Dasnois.

Pakistan has emerged as a key intermediary between Iran and the United States to try to secure talks to end their war in the Gulf.

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said negotiations with Israel under fire would amount to “surrender”, as the Iran-backed group launched attacks and Israel said it was expanding a “buffer zone” inside Lebanon.

The KwaZulu-Natal government of provincial unity will not shield its IFP-led partner, which has come under scrutiny over questionable contracts and spending in two municipalities.

While other countries that depend on fuel imports have embraced work-from-home policies in an effort to deal with rocketing prices and supply shortages, the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has confirmed this is not South Africa’s position.

France has, under pressure from Washington, revoked an invitation to President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend the G7 summit in Evian in June, the Presidency confirmed to News24 on Thursday.

As Chinese car brands surge from 3% to a targeted 15% of South Africa’s automotive market, Friday Briefing examines whether this boom represents an economic opportunity or a threat to local manufacturing and the country’s already strained $11.3-billion trade deficit with China.

Australia has temporarily banned visitors from Iran, claiming that the United States-Israeli war on the country has increased the risk that Iranian passport holders could refuse or be unable to fly home once their short-term visitor visas expire.