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Rassie Erasmus has responded with a team shake-up for the second Test against the All Blacks. After being denied at the gates of Eden Park, the Boks must win in Wellington to keep their title defence alive. An untested backline has been tossed into the cauldron of an All Black…

For our final edition of The Lead this week: it’s getting more difficult for former police minister Bheki Cele to downplay his past meetings with controversial tender don Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala. Investigative journalist Jeff Wicks is our first guest filling in the blanks here. Later in the show, we cross…

In this episode, Bruce Whitfield looks at the possible emergence of “Anglo Teck”, a R900-billion copper giant that would be headquartered in Vancouver. The other big news is Walmart’s decision to launch its own-branded stores in SA. Alec Abraham, senior equity analyst at Sasfin Wealth, unpacks why this may be madness. Also on…

Welcome to this bumper Wednesday edition of The Lead on News24. Our first topic deals with the case of a transgender inmate in Johannesburg Central Prison who is fighting for their right to access the use of women’s clothes and gender-affirming healthcare. Later in the show, a group of Chinese…

The hit on a top Johannesburg insolvency lawyer has reverberated throughout the country’s legal fraternity. Now, while the police attempt to arrest the gunmen who so brazenly snuffed out Bouwer van Niekerk’s life last Friday, details are slowly emerging about the multimillion-rand cryptocurrency trading fund that he was engaged with. Kyle…