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Daily news update: Budget 2021, SIU probe Mkhize aides and new name for Port Elizabeth

Authoritarianism does not bode well for Rwanda’s future

Mboweni ‘dreaming’ if he thinks e-tolling will work – Outa’s Duvenage

Mboweni needs to make his ‘sweet and sour’ plan work

Daily Covid-19 update: SA records 1,862 new cases, 110 more deaths

Over 221,000 pupils ‘dropped out’ of EC schools from 2016 to 2018

Ipid probe conduct over water cannons use on Sassa beneficiaries

England on the ropes as India take control in third Test

Man Utd boss Solskjaer ‘keeps in touch’ with hotshot Haaland

Ibrahimovic to juggle week of football, music at San Remo festival

SuperSport United and Orlando Pirates share the spoils

Rape charges against ANC councillor provisionally withdrawn

Spin bowlers lead the charge as Dolphins progress to T20 final

Arrows coach Ncikazi blames Sibisi’s injury for Leopards loss

WATCH: Nyoni’s future as a football player hangs in the balance

Alcohol, tobacco industries slam new ‘punishing’ taxes

Budget 2021: Fiscal discipline being used as excuse for abdication of duties – Economist

Rugby

France cleared to face Scotland in Six Nations despite virus outbreak

694 Gauteng pupils still not placed in schools – Lesufi

Mkhize may be summoned to Luthuli House to explain corruption allegations

Rugby

Stormers are ‘excited’ to start new era, says captain Chris van Zyl

Budget 2021: What wasn’t said was the best and biggest news

24 hours in pictures, 24 February 2021

Mboweni’s budget robs Peter to pay Paul, says parties

New homestead found as Ford presents Explorer King Ranch

EFF on SA’s new name changes: Remove apartheid statues and ‘Die Stem’ from national anthem

Hunt sees window of opportunity for Chiefs in neutral venue

World

At least 41 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean – UN

Celebs And Viral

WATCH: Dr Tumi ‘okay’ but shaken after phone snatched

Warriors stun Titans to keep T20 Challenge hopes alive

Budget 2021: Government settles R267m demand for SAA guaranteed letters of credit

Budget 2021: Infrastructure spending receives R226bn boost

Celebs And Viral

Another one for the cancel culture – Studio88 drops MacG

Budget 2021: Tax man targets the rich with new Sars unit

Budget 2021: Budget deficit revised down to 14% of GDP

Budget 2021: Eskom’s three-division split might be completed by 2022

WATCH: Don’t rush Covid-19 vaccine rollout, cautions Dr Imtiaz Sooliman

Tito Mboweni’s budget of hope and despair

Africa

Boko Haram kills 16 people in Nigeria attack

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News

Chief Madzikane II Thandisizwe Diko to be laid to rest on Tuesday

News

Girl (13) raped after school transport bungle

Saftu leaders arrested as they try to force way into Parliament

World

Texas power utility board members resign over mass outages

Read the 2021 Budget Speech in full

Five players knocking on Bafana Bafana door ahead of Afcon qualifiers next month

Crime

Mom slits baby’s throat as she tries to ‘end her children’s suffering’

Police officer not drunk, has medical condition, says SAPS

Travel

WATCH: The robots are taking over, is Joburg’s Hotel Sky the future of hospitality?

Alcazar is the name for June bound seven-seat Hyundai Creta

Budget 2021: Mboweni sets aside R9 billion for vaccines

Here’s what we know so far about Siya and Rachel Kolisi’s new film

Budget 2021: Here’s how social grants will change

Budget 2021: Good news on income tax, bad news on booze, smokes and fuel

Budget 2021: Government slashes spending by a whopping R300 billion

Travel

Water shutdowns are the start of Rand Water’s five-year maintenance plan

Rugby

Chris van Zyl to lead Stormers in first match at new home

Celebs And Viral

WATCH: American comedian angers with township tales of machetes and necklacing

Mpumalanga premier reshuffles cabinet, fires 4 MECs

SIU probing tender irregularities involving Zweli Mkhize’s aides

Celebs And Viral

WATCH: Even Siri has had it with Eskom

EFF attorney demands unbanning of political gatherings

Gqeberha divides social media as some complain of pronunciation

Rugby

Chance of facing British and Irish Lions will lift local players – Van Rooyen

WATCH: Mboweni delivers the 2021 Budget Speech

Leopards coach Seema disappointed with ‘soft’ goal against Arrows

Africa

Ghana gets world’s 1st doses of free Covax vaccines

Swallows coach reveals why he wears a sweater around his neck

Ahead of Budget Speech, workers take to the streets

Horse Racing Bets

Horse racing best bets, Wednesday 24 February 2021

Courts

Ex-police finance administrator sentenced to three years for theft

Bathabile Dlamini’s pension not withheld for political reasons – state attorney

Rugby

Crusaders red-hot favourites before Super Rugby Aotearoa kicks off

Crime

Gauteng police arrest wanted suspects over multiple jewellery heists

WATCH: Lesufi lashes out at ‘disruptive’ communities for bad matric marks