Domestic

The Gauteng Department of Education has confirmed the death of a learner from suspected food poisoning.

The Gauteng Education Department said over 60 learners from two primary schools were rushed to hospitals on Thursday after taking ill after eating snacks bought from street vendors.

There's been mixed reaction the National Assembly's recommendation that advocate Kholeka Gcaleka be appointed as South Africa's new Public Protector. While the majority of the political parties supported her appointment during a vote in Parliament on Thursday, the Democratic Alliance, Economic Freedom Fighters and the Freedom Front Plus were opposed.

A reply to a Parliamentary question by the DA has revealed that 417 public service employees are on suspension with pay in both national and provincial departments.

A man charged with the assault of two men in a Klerksdorp shopping centre parking lot is now formally facing charges of murder.

Western Cape police have arrested a 46-year-old foreign national who was caught with foreign currency worth R19 million. Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie says on Friday, police noticed a suspicious vehicle in Goodwood.

SA government calls for an international probe into the bombing of a hospital in Gaza that killed over 500 people and injured more than 1,000 civilians.

Mandeni Police in Kwazulu Natal reached out for help after receiving an unusual visitor.

Two suspects are expected to appear in the Bredasdorp Magistrates Court on Thursday on charges of hijacking, kidnapping and extortion. Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm Pojie says a 25-year-old man and his 42-year-old female friend were hijacked at gunpoint in Gansbaai on Tuesday evening.