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Today’s most notable headlines

Domestic Media

1. Mpofu says NPA falsely claimed Ramaphosa was not named in Zuma’s case against Downer: Ramaphosa has approached the Johannesburg High Court seeking an order to set aside Zuma's attempt to privately prosecute him.
2. Threats of legal action against those illegally sharing De Ruyter’s ebook: The book, which has been two years in the making, delves into De Ruyter’s tenure as the chief executive at the embattled power utility.
3. Pravin Gordhan reveals Andre de Ruyter set up private intelligence operation on his own: - Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has denied claims by former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter that he had urged him to initiate a private intelligence gathering operation.
4. Mbalula meets US ambassador, says he apologised again for outburst: The ANC says its secretary-general Fikile Mbalula met US ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety in the wake of his controversial comments about the docking of a Russian ship in Simon's Town last year.
5. Hijacking and vehicle theft on the up, mostly in Gauteng: Incidents of vehicle theft and hijacking rose 12% and 14% respectively in 2022, as the post Covid-19 pandemic back-to-office trend found criminals spoilt for opportunities to pounce compared to the previous year
6. Durban woman in court for allegedly selling R720 000 house she didn't own to her relatives: Vanishree Nadar is set to appear in the Chatsworth Magistrate’s Court again next week for the continuation of her bail application.
7. Hypertension is a 'silent killer', South Africans urged to go for regular health screening: Hypertension is one of the most severe risk factors for death. It is responsible for almost 13% of all deaths globally. In SA, almost one in three adults live with high blood pressure.
8. Dr Aaron Motsoaledi insists Thabo Bester’s DNA matches that of his mother: Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has shot down suggestions by the opposition that DNA tests be conducted on Thabo Bester, saying the hospital records proved he was born in Soweto.
9. EUSEBIUS MCKAISER | Unemployment entrenches racism and patriarchy, but it doesn't stop there: South Africa is a tough place to be in right now, but it is particularly harsh for black women
10. Fuel prices set to drop in June, says AA: Commenting on unaudited mid-month data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), the Automobile Association (AA) says lower international product prices are the reason behind the predicted decreases.
11. SAA interim boss urges finalisation of Takatso deal: Approval of consortium’s controlling stake is crucial for the airline to regain market share, John Lamola says
12. FIC lays bare money launderers, fraudsters’ flow of cash into SA: Estate agencies, car dealerships and law firms are among the businesses that are often used by money launderers.
13. Big storm brewing over South Africa’s new BEE targets: legal experts: The Minister of Employment and Labour has published the much-anticipated notice identifying proposed national economic sectors and employment equity numerical targets under the Employment Equity Act (EEA).
14. Investors hang up on Telkom after R13bn writedown warning: Writedown charges are roughly the size of its market capitalisation and reflect increasing competition and economy hobbled by load-shedding
15. Rand hedges are doing their thing: The top 10 hedges rose 25% over the past two years, while the rand has plunged 37%. The significant devaluation of the rand against the US dollar over the past two years has placed renewed focus on the capital protection so-called rand hedge stocks offer South African investors.
16. Lack of urgency to fix problems tragic for SA economy, says Ninety One’s Du Toit: After company sees outflows of R237bn for FY23. “I just cry for the country”, those were the words of Hendrik du Toit, CEO of South Africa’s largest listed asset manager, as he bemoaned the country’s economic crisis on Wednesday.
17. Mobile operators call on government to fix load-shedding crisis: The ICT sector has urged the government to find and implement solutions to the energy crisis
18. Salaried South Africans are poorer as monthly income lags inflation: The average salary in SA has weakened due to the underperforming economy, high unemployment and inflation, and the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic
19. No need to read between the lines on AngloGold’s JSE exit: The gold miner's move will benefit shareholders, but it strikes a blow to SA’s credentials as a prime trading hub
20. The rand is at a tipping point: If South Africa continues to support Russia to the extent that it justifies sanctions from the West – or if load shedding continues to worsen – we can expect to see the rand weakening even further than its current levels, says Harry Scherzer, the CEO of Future Forex.
21. South Africa’s digital TV failure — 12 missed deadlines and almost 12 years late: South Africa recently missed its 12th deadline for the switch-off of terrestrial analogue TV broadcasting signals that will mark the completion of the country’s migration to vastly superior digital transmissions.
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23. Why some in SA want to scrap VAT on chicken: “South Africa is stumbling into a hunger pandemic” and needs to remove VAT on chicken so that families can feed themselves properly, a trade advocacy group has told the BBC’s Newsday programme.
24. KFC denies stealing South Africa local dish idea: Fast food giant KFC has dismissed claims by a South African entrepreneur accusing the company of stealing his idea of a local dish known as kota, local media report.
25. Johannesburg, Where Mayors Last Just Months, or Even Only Weeks: South Africa’s largest city is now on its sixth different mayor in 22 months. While politicians argue over power, residents struggle with dry - New York Times
26. South Africa’s flirtation with Moscow risks billions of dollars in US exports: Diplomatic crisis over alleged arms shipments to Russia threatens Pretoria’s prized tariff-free trade access. - Financial Times

Continental Media

* Burundi ex-cop seeks to become Greece’s first black MP
* Four killed in attack on US convoy in Nigeria
* Death toll in Sudan’s clashes rises to 822 - doctors union
* Canada denies welcoming Kenyans for jobs
* Ghanaian influencer pleads not guilty to US romance scam
* Kenya cult deaths rise to 211 as exhumation resumes
* Burundi's ex-cop seeks to become Greece’s first black MP

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Today’s most notable headlines

Domestic Media

1. SA's quiet push for 'virtual' Putin visit to solve ICC arrest warrant dilemma: The South African government and its Russian counterparts are engaged in high-level talks that could see President Vladimir Putin avoid travelling to South Africa to avert a diplomatic fallout over the International Criminal Court’s warrant of his arrest...
2. Putin will be arrested if he visits, says a South African opposition leader: Premier of the Democratic Alliance-governed Western Cape province says he will order local police to seize the Russian president. Telegraph
3. ‘If Winde wants to meet his maker, he must try and touch Putin’ – Malema: Putin is expected to visit South Africa in August for the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit.
4. ICC U-turn: ANC making it up as they go along? The ANC and its president, Cyril Ramaphosa, had the country scratching its head and questioning its foreign policy this week when they seemed to do an about-turn on South Africa’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. ..
5. Ramaphosa is turning South Africa into a laughing stock, again: Former president Jacob Zuma was the butt of many jokes for his seeming inability to master big numbers, leading to unkind comments about the South African presidency and making of it a laughing stock. Little did we know there was more to come. ..
6. ANC’s Putin-ICC hot potato: In a move that will set South Africa on a collision course with the International Criminal Court (ICC), the ANC plans to push through legislation that indemnifies heads of state from arrest while on South African soil.
7. ANC rivalry behind Gauteng agency fights too hot to handle: The ongoing battle between Gauteng Economic Development MEC Tasneem Motara and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency board carries the undercurrents of the longstanding rivalry between ANC provincial chairperson Panyaza Lesufi and his election challenger Lebogang Maile.
8. Eskom secrets scare authorities: Government institutions are contemplating the existence of serious security breaches at Eskom, after it emerged that former CEO André de Ruyter allegedly kept the country’s intelligence services in the dark when he secretly procured private funding to initiate a covert operation at the national power producer.
9. Pacina claims its R2.1 billion KwaZulu-Natal school nutrition programme is still binding: Pacina Retail, the company that won the tender as the main supplier for the R2.1 billion KwaZulu-Natal schools nutrition tender says it has not pulled out as publicly claimed.
10. Two ra**sts escape from South African prison: South African authorities have launched a manhunt for two convicted ra**sts who've escaped prison in the Eastern Cape province. Siyabulela Khohliso and Athini Mzingelwa are said to have absconded from the sports grounds of Ngqeleni Correctional Centre on Thursday afternoon. BBC
11. SECOND GROUP OF SAFRICANS EVACUATED FROM WAR-TORN SUDAN ARRIVE HOME: The group were reunited with their families after a grueling few days which saw them first evacuated from Sudan to neighbouring Saudi Arabia.
12. Ramaphosa’s pledge of improved, affordable power supply a cheap shot: The president cannot control the price of electricity and has no input in terms of cost.
13. ‘National shutdown’: Truck drivers gear up for protest on SA’s major routes: Here's what we know so far about the national truck drivers protest which is set to take place on Sunday 30 April.
14. Load shedding is wreaking havoc on household appliances in South Africa: n April last year, TrendER/infoQuest, an online research provider in South Africa, looked at the effects of load shedding on South African consumers. One year later, the survey noted several major increases in several areas relating to damages.
15. South Africa’s $8.5 billion transition showpiece starting to look more like a cautionary tale. It was meant to be the climate justice blueprint, the deal that showed how rich countries could help developing economies end their reliance on coal and go green
16. International Monetary Fund’s dire Eskom warning: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that South Africa’s electricity crisis poses a significant threat to the country’s fiscal health. It also said Eskom must reduce its reliance on government funding.
17. Load-shedding to reduce GDP by 2%: Load-shedding is expected to reduce South Africa’s economic output by 2% in 2023. However, the local economy is becoming more resilient to its effects.
18. South Africa has a governance crisis – not an energy crisis: South Africa is rich in energy, both in terms of natural resources and human resources. The central issue is the question of how those resources are used, which is political. Energy analyst, Chris Yelland, said that the current crisis in South Africa is not an energy crisis but rather a crisis of government.
19. A scramble for Africa’s gas and critical minerals. Who wins? Europe is turning to Africa’s gas, while the US, China and Russia are racing for economic influence on the continent.
20. South Africa’s most valuable football clubs: The most valuable club in the DStv Premiership is Mamelodi Sundowns, with a value north of R500 million, followed by Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs, Cape Town City FC, and Sekhukhune United.
21. Mampara of the week: André de Ruyter: Perhaps electroshock therapy would loosen his tongue

Continental Media

* We can't stay in Sudan forever, says government minister
* No food or shelter for refugees entering Chad - IRC
* Mali: Protesters demand exit of UN peacekeeping force
* Burkina Faso: NGO says Karma 'massacre' death toll is at least 136
* Fighting rages in Khartoum, but envoy sees sides more open to talks
* A Sudanese woman's race to the border after giving birth
* Head of regional force tackling east Congo violence resigns, Kenya denies
* Zimbabwe opposition party leader jailed
* GOLD MAFIA: Ghana President demands apology and retraction from Al Jazeera over US$100m claim

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Today’s most notable headlines

Domestic Media

1. NO POLITICIAN IS SPECIAL BEFORE THE LAW, SAYS MASHATILE: Deputy President Paul Mashatile said President Cyril Ramaphosa was co-operating with law enforcement and other state agencies in relation to the theft of more than $500,000 from his Phala Phala Farm.
2. RAMAPHOSA SAYS GOVERNMENT IS STILL MULLING OVER PUTIN'S VISIT TO SA: An arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court has been issued against Putin, who is scheduled to visit the country for a BRICS summit later this year.
3. Ramaphosa and Geingob avoid Phala Phala in bilateral talks: This was confirmed by Ramaphosa during a media briefing after the heads of state and their delegations met behind closed doors during Geingob's state visit.
4. Gordhan, Mantashe take on Ramokgopa during cabinet meeting: Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s is said to have learnt the hard way that he was playing with the “big bulls” during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday as Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan sent him packing with his tail between his legs
5. ‘Why wake up the dead?’ Ramokgopa’s decisions and credibility as minister questioned: 'We have all clearly seen the constant failure of these coal-fired power stations. Eskom has told us time and time again that they are failing.'
6. Cele claims NPA’s ID cleared him in R102 million spy equipment saga: The equipment was bought by the police in 2019 without obtaining the required exemption certificate.
7. COALITION GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE PEOPLE, SAYS MASHATILE: Deputy President Paul Mashatile called on coalition governments to "put people first" instead of pursuing narrow political interests which have caused instability in some of the country's key metros.
8. ANC, EFF alliance remove Mogale City mayor in no confidence vote: Tyrone Gray was removed as Mogale City mayor, by an alliance of ANC and EFF councillors.
9. SIU investigates law firms that received R340 million duplicated from RAF: Instead of returning the duplicate payments to RAF, legal practitioners opted to either keep the money in their trust accounts or use it for their personal benefit.
10. Respiratory virus on the rise, hospitals warned to prepare for paediatric admissions: Prevention measures include the isolation of children with influenza-like symptoms.
11. The ‘business’ of assassination is booming: A few disturbing trends emerge in a new report on contract killings in SA. In 2022, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime recorded 141 assassinations in SA, an average of more than two a week
12. Plan to deal with greylisting underway: SA was put on the greylist recently for falling short of certain international standards for the combating of money laundering and other serious financial crimes.
13. Things will turn around for South Africa: Capitec CEO. Speaking to BusinessTech following the publishing of the group’s latest results, Gerrie Fourie, the CEO of Capitec said that the next few months of the year are tough to call – with things either getting better or getting worse – but in either case, the situation will likely normalise by September or October.
14. South Africa’s strict new BEE and transformation laws – what you need to know: President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Employment Equity Amendment Bill of 2020 into law, heralding a host of new controversial transformation laws that will have a significant impact on businesses and employment in South Africa.
15. Big blow for VAT in South Africa as load shedding claims another victim: During a standing committee on finance on 19 April, the tax authority said that severe and frequent rolling blackouts had cost SARS up to R60 billion in tax collections.
16. Clicks talks expansion plans as it acquires its first 24-hour pharmacy in South Africa: Clicks Group plans to open 50 new stores and 40 pharmacies in 2023 and has acquired its first 24-hour pharmacy in the Western Cape.
17. Talk, talk, talk and nothing: Energy expert Hilton Trollip says that electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s plans are rehashed, and he lacks the executive powers to execute them – leaving him as a type of politically-appointed CEO of Eskom.
18. It’s time for hard fiscal choices, says Reserve Bank governor Kganyago: ‘Today’s excesses cannot be tomorrow’s burden’. Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago urged politicians to make hard, unpopular fiscal choices to maintain the credibility of budgetary commitments as they juggle spending pressures with one of the heaviest debt loads in emerging markets
19. PIC board rebukes CEO Abel Sithole over Ayo deal: The PIC board held an ordinary meeting on Monday where it reprimanded the executives for keeping the board in the dark about the deal
20. MTN pushes for SA mobile virtual network operator dominance: MVNOs — which include Mr Price Mobile and Standard Bank Mobile — constitute about 2% of total mobile subscribers in SA
21. End of Land Rover as a brand? Range Rover, Defender, Discovery to become brands: Not only is the Tata-owned British premium carmaker rebranding itself as JLR as it embarks on an ambitious electric car strategy, but the way we label its products is also set to change in the not-too-distant future.
22. BAIC wants production at Coega plant ‘as soon as possible’: Signs vehicle finance partnership agreement with Absa to strengthen its presence and growth potential in South Africa. Chinese automaker Beijing Automotive Group Co. Ltd (BAIC) is hopeful about commencing production at the group’s vehicle production plant in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) “as soon as possible” following long delays.

Continental Media

* Most of the arrivals are women and children
* 'It's terror not knowing what will happen next'
* Huge fire in Khartoum after attack on weapons' store
* Head of Sudan army sheds doubt on negotiation hopes
* Nine children killed in Sudan fighting - Unicef
* Sudan conflict affects South Sudan economy – Minister
* RSF leader open to ceasefire over Eid
* Sudan army says 177 Egyptian soldiers evacuated
* Indian herbal medicine sellers in Sudan seek rescue
* US 'troubled' as Tunisia opposition leader jailed
* Anti-gay bill: Uganda's Museveni to meet MPs

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Today’s most notable headlines

Domestic Media

1. ZULU ROYAL HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATED ALMOST R80M FOR 2023/24 FINANCIAL YEAR: The Zulu King’s office falls under the office of the premier and is always allocated a portion of the provincial budget.
2. MIA: Soon Ramaphosa will have to demonstrate willingness and strength to lead South Africa – or else: It has become common for many people to publicly question if our leaders are prepared to actually lead. The obvious focal point of this is President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was elected into office to lead the people of South Africa in times when almost everyone’s lived experience is deteriorating.
3. Decision not to invite South Africa to G7 summit ‘tricky idea’ but ‘wise’: expert: Japan excludes South Africa, opts to have AU at the G7 summit table
4. Winter load shedding is going to be worse than you expect, analyst warns: Intellidex analyst Peter Attard Montalto says that load shedding in the coming winter months is going to worse than many people are expecting – but hopefully, things will only improve from there.
5. ANC/EFF coalition tipped to accede to PA's demands to axe Amad and 'save Joburg mayorship': This follows PA leader Gayton McKenzie's vow to unseat Amad and his admission that his party had “backed the wrong horse” after incoherent media interviews in which Amad is said to have embarrassed the city.
6. CITY OF TSHWANE SAYS RESIDENTS ARE USING WATER FASTER THAN IT CAN BE REPLACED: Water supply has hit critically low levels in some parts of Gauteng after a power failure at a Rand Water station.
7. Cape Town’s R1.2 billion plan to beat load shedding: The City of Cape Town will invest R1.2 billion into a solar PV and battery storage project, which should produce 60MW of renewable energy – potentially shielding the city from one stage of load shedding
8. Branding of potholes – when does it become illegal? Angry residents have been showing frustration at a lack of service delivery by tagging the ANC when they spray-paint bright colours around potholes to alert drivers to the danger
9. NSFAS paid R5.1bn to students who did not qualify for a loan: The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) paid just over R5.1bn to “unqualifying” students between 2018 and 2021.
10. Sudden decision to appoint new SAA board 'stinks' of corruption: Numsa: Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan on Monday announced the appointment of an interim eight-member board, chaired by former tourism minister Derek Hanekom.
11. Analysts question whether Eskom’s debt will ever be paid off: 'If we don’t stop spending money, SA is going to get into serious trouble. We need to cut back on state spending.'
12. Financial services watchdog issues over R100 million in fines: Consumers can now see what the financial services watchdog does to protect their interests when transacting with financial service providers.
13. DPE’s SAA board announcement a ‘shoddy attempt to legitimise illegitimate process’: 'Why replace an interim board, with another interim board, which will have to be replaced anyway, once the Takatso deal is finalised?'
14. Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie downplays 80% rise in impairments: Total net credit impairment charges on gross loans and advances jumped to R6.33bn from R3.51bn
15. Former Tongaat CFO fined R6m, barred for 10 years from boards: JSE investigation finds Murray Munro failed to comply with important provisions of listings requirements
16. Behind South Africa’s ‘zero percent’ economy: The country’s economic growth this year, or the lack of it, will depend largely on the severity of load-shedding. But now a new constraint — political instability — is starting to cloud its prospects
17. Capitec CEO scores a massive payday: According to Capitec’s single-figure report, CEO Gerrie Fourie’s pay amounted to R62.09 million for 2023 – a 33% decrease from the R92.77 million he received in 2022.
18. Old Mutual sets minimum employee salary at R15,000: The group’s CEO and CFO earned a combined R56.5m in 2022
19. MTN retains pole position as SA’s most valuable brand: Group’s brand value rises 24% to R74.3bn in 2023, almost twice that of second-placed Vodacom
20. Steinhoff saga: Markus Jooste doesn’t show to face charges: Little doubt the German court will issue a warrant for his arrest. Steinhoff shareholders are looking to authorities in Europe for justice in what has been described as the largest corporate scandal in South Africa.
21. The FSCA’s role in getting SA off the grey list: And keeping South Africans and their money safe from those with nefarious intentions: Gerhard van Deventer – Financial Sector Conduct Authority.

Continental Media

* Soldiers loot homes in Sudan capital, say witnesses
* Aid workers attacked and sexually abused, says UN
* Sudan health system at risk of collapse - aid group
* US speaks to Sudan's rival generals
* State-owned radio still off air in Sudan
* US diplomatic convoy attacked in Sudan - Blinken
* Iraq 'ready' to host dialogue between Sudan rivals
* Guinean fishermen suffer unidentified burns at sea
* Jammeh stalwart charged with crimes against humanity
* Tunisia bans Ennahda from meeting as its leader held
* Nigeria approves malaria vaccine after Ghana

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Today’s most notable headlines

Domestic Media

1. DA’s only aim is to feed its obsession against the ANC-EFF alliance: The DA is just running around like a headless chicken in an attempt to isolate many, because of their selfish interests.
2. Ramaphosa’s investment pledges mean little without economic growth, electricity: Have we seen any change in the past five years since the president’s first investment conference or is it all just hot air?
3. STALINGRAD DEFENCE: ZUMA VS DOWNER/MAUGHAN: Indifferent but on track — Zuma’s playing for time strategy pays off again
4. Right of reply: This is what Cape independence means: "Where people don’t vote ANC, they don’t deserve to live in a failed state," said Zille
5. Appeal court frontrunner and female judge accused of being ‘abrasive’ at Judicial Service Commission: Judge Mahube Molemela is President Cyril Ramaphosa’s preferred candidate to be the next head of the Supreme Court of Appeal, and her appointment looks secure after a largely respectful hearing at the Judicial Service Commission on Monday
6. It’s sink or swim for South Africa: No amount of spin or great PR can take away the darkness and cold baths that citizens will wake up to at the height of electricity blackouts in the middle of winter.
7. THOKO MODISE: Merchants of doom wrong about SA being a failed state: “If it bleeds, it leads and if does not bleed it can’t lead,” is a mantra long practiced by merchants of doomsday who buy ink by the barrel. For the uninitiated laymen, this paraphrase refers to a toxic culture in the newsroom that for a story to lead in the pages of newspapers there ought to be blood streaming on the streets, chaos, corruption, crime, loadshedding, unemployment, a poor performing economy and Armageddon.
8. TOM EATON | The reality is badly serious, but the news can be seriously good: It is telling that we consider good news about good people, striving to make SA a better place, common and unremarkable
9. 'Hitmen' allegedly promised R80k from R3m insurance payout: A man allegedly hired by Rosemary Ndlovu's friend and colleague Nomsa Mudau to kill Mudau's husband on Monday told the Kempton Park regional court that though he agreed to carry out the killing he was not planning to do so.
10. Molemela gets JSC nod for SCA president: The SCA judge says she is confident she will command the respect of her senior colleagues
11. THABO BESTER CASE: STATE TO OPPOSE DR NANDIPHA AND 2 OTHERS' BAIL: The two other accused are a former G4S employee and a contracted camera installer at the Mangaung Correctional Centre.
12. German supercars, Gucci, LV, Dior and US Dollars seized in AFU raid connected to 2010 world cup tenders: The Asset Forfeiture Unit and Investigating Directorate (ID) has seized assets worth over R165 million as part of ongoing investigations into fraud and corruption connected to the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
13. THE FINANCE GHOST: Pick n Pay needs your love: The retailer is in one of the most defensive sectors. But that doesn’t mean its position as a consumer citadel is assured
14. MARKET WRAP: Rand weakens the most in a month: Concerns about a global recession and local structural challenges are combining to keep the local currency under pressure
15. Jacob Zuma tries again to get Billy Downer recused: The former president has filed yet another application for the recusal of the lead advocate in his arms deal corruption case
16. Tsakane graveyard serial ra**st convicted of four counts of r**e: The man known as the Tsakane graveyard serial ra**st, Petetona Abel Lebele, was on Monday found guilty of four counts of r**e and four counts of kidnapping by the Pretoria high court, sitting in Benoni.
17. Man arrested for clocking a motorbike at 223km/h on the N1 freeway: A 22-year-old man was arrested after the motorbike he was riding clocked at 223km/hon the N1 freeway near Centurion on Sunday afternoon.
18. Most wanted suspect rearrested after escaping from custody in 2018: Police in Limpopo have arrested a 29-year-old “most wanted” suspect who escaped from police custody in 2018 while being transported to prison in Witbank, Mpumalanga
19. Husband desperate for justice after stone hurled by robbers kills academic en route to CT International Airport: It has been three weeks since Leonie van der Westhuizen (69) died after the attack – when the stone struck her in the head, triggering cardiac arrest – and her husband Gert is desperately looking for answers
20. Dr Nandipha’s legal team confident she will walk scot-free: He could not confirm how his client would plead.
21. It’s sink or swim for South Africa: No amount of spin or great PR can take away the darkness and cold baths that citizens will wake up to at the height of electricity blackouts in the middle of winter.
22. DA will support Joburg mayor Thapelo Amad’s removal: PA leader Gayton McKenzie says Amad needs to go before he causes further damage to Joburg metro, SA's economic and financial hub
23. Sugar sector battles with Tongaat not paying levies: Legislation and industry agreement stipulate that 20,000 canegrowers and six milling companies must contribute
24. Aspen executive decries lack of support for locally made drugs: Departments outside the economic cluster do not easily follow the local procurement programme, says Stavros Nicolaou
25. Derek Hanekom appointed interim SAA chair: Gordhan installs seven other interim board members. Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has appointed a new eight-member interim board for the national carrier SAA with former tourism minister Derek Hanekom taking up the post of chairperson.

Continental Media

* Sudan fighting: RSF and army clash in Khartoum for third day
* Uganda's failure to jail child ra**sts as teen pregnancies soar
* Sudan: Army and RSF battle over key sites, leaving 56 civilians dead
* Fighting intensifies in Sudanese capital Khartoum with over a 100 civilians dead
* At least 33 people killed by gunmen in northwest Nigeria
* 42 soldiers and soldiers' aides killed in two more attacks in Burkina Faso
* Ugandan Ghetto kids make history at Britain's Got Talent
* Influential US jazz pianist and composer, Ahmad Jamal, dies aged 92

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