Domestic

The so-called Woolies looter has avoided jail time. Instead, he was sentenced to three years in prison, wholly suspended for five years in the Durban Regional Court on Friday.

Gauteng Police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi has confirmed that police have obtained the Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) footage on the premises of Hoërskool Garsfontein as part of the investigation into the death of Grade 10 pupil Mia Kühn.

The Free State police have released an identikit of an individual whose body was allegedly also claimed by Thabo Bester's girlfriend. Nandipha Magudumana, who is in custody facing various charges on the Bester escape saga, allegedly claimed the body of this unknown individual on 8 April 2022, who was later found by the police on the 28th of the same month last year.

“Our concern is that the stolen cylinder will be dumped next to a road or on a dumpsite or sold to a scrap metal contractor. If this cylinder is opened to release the content, innocent people can die," says the company's Leonard Henning.

Human Settlements minister Mmamoloko Kubayi has admitted that it takes government way too long to build houses for the poor. “We can’t continue to build a house that takes 10 years,” she said on Thursday.

The SA Weather Service said that a strong cold front will hit the Western Cape on Friday evening, moving over the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape.

Legal Aid South Africa said it condemned the bullying and intimidation of its legal practitioners following an incident at a periodical court in Limpopo recently.

At least 16 people, including children, have died following a gas leak in Boksburg on the East Rand. The disaster, linked to illegal mining activities, happened at the Angelo informal settlement on Wednesday night.

Two high school learners from the Ekurhuleni district in Gauteng died this past week after drinking poison. Spokesperson for the Department of Eduction in Gauteng Steve Mabona says a matric learner from Nigel High school consumed poison at her home last week and died on her way to the hospital.