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𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛: Residents of Milan, Italy in a protest. A police vehicle is seen being thrown stones and dust bins.
𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒: A taxi has overturned on the M1 South near Woodmead.
Multiple patients have been transported to hospital.
Emergency services are on scene and traffic is affected. Motorists are urged to approach with caution and expect delays.
EFF leader Julius Malema arrives at Letlhabile Stadium for the Madibeng Tshela Thupa Rally. Thousands of supporters gathered to welcome him.
𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒: EFF to open criminal case at Bronkhorstspruit SAPS over water crisis — a day after DA opened case at Pretoria Central.
Nearly 400 ill, over 160 people were hospitalised after City supplied unchlorinated water for 3 weeks. City admits negligence.
𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒: The Bargaining Council has found that the Department of Social Development's dismissal of its spokesperson, Lumka Oliphant, was procedurally unfair.
Oliphant is expected to resume her duties in November.
Former deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya has been denied bail in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng.
He will remain at Pretoria’s Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre until 24 November.
Sibiya resigned from police last week after his arrest.
𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛: Stormy weather leaves its mark: Infrastructure damaged at Reutlwile Junior Secondary School in Soweto, Johannesburg.
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𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒: Tshwane mayor Nasiphi Moya has admitted negligence over the failure to chlorinate the water, saying the metro had run out of chlorine after a dispute with its supplier. This has led to at least 408 people, mostly children, with gastrointestinal illness.
𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒: US president Donald Trump claims that immigrants are leading the wave of protests and rioting in France. The protests began last month demanding better school conditions, rising fuel prices and the cost of living. Trump called Macron’s immigration policy a “big mistake”
𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛: National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola thanks all those who supported him during his suspension.
He returns to office on Monday, 19 October, after his charges were withdrawn.
𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛: Umlazi CIT heist aftermath turns into free-for-all
The main robbers fled, but that was just the first wave. A second group of "lite-version" robbers then arrived at the scene in Umlazi, KZN to help themselves to what was left.
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The Jacob Zuma Foundation has denied reports that the former president and MK Party leader has been discharged from hospital.
The foundation says Zuma remains at Netcare St Anne’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, for a check-up, adding that he was in good spirits.
WATCH: Former President of South Africa and leader of UMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP), Jacob Zuma explains his name 'Gedleyihlekisa'.
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NEWS: The spokesperson for the Jacob Zuma Foundation, Mzwanele Manyi, has criticised the intense media coverage of the former president’s hospitalisation.
In a post on X, Manyi accused the media of fuelling speculation and public anxiety.
NEWS: An alleged associate of Mr Feroz Khan has been shot and killed in Ekurhuleni. A passenger was also injured in the shooting.
According to sources, the incident is believed to be a targeted hit. Police are currently on scene.
More details to follow.
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WATCH: The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape believes that it will still maintain power in the province after the Local Government Elections on the 4th of November, as EC philanthropist and music producer Mlindelwa 'Man-B' Tyekana says, “bazakunya one by one.”
NEWS: Former Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has denied allegations that she asked military contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu for two-million rand to secure her husband’s promotion to South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Surgeon-General.
