Domestic

The Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town has urged members of the public to send a formal request to the park if they want to scatter the ashes of their deceased loved ones. SANParks says the park is protected under the National Environmental Management-Protected areas Act 57 of 2003 and a World Heritage Site under the Cape Floral Kingdom.

Sikonathi Mantshantsha will clock in for his last day as Eskom spokesperson on Tuesday when his three-year fixed-term employment contract comes to an end. The state-owned power utility announced Mantshantsha’s separation from the entity in a statement on Monday.

A female paramedic from Limpopo has been shot and killed by her husband in yet another murder-suicide. Spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo says the 44-year-old Mokhapi Phalandwa was killed on Sunday morning.

A motorist who tried to assist a rape victim on the side of the road in Seshego was hacked to death by the same suspects. Spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba says the Provincial Police Commissioner has now instructed his team to hunt down these six men, who are believed to be Zimbabweans.

A toddler from the town of Bokweni in Mpumalanga was reported missing this weekend while attending church with her grandmother. The two-year-old was playing outside the church under a tree when she disappeared.

Police in Bela-Bela are investigating a double murder and inquest after a woman and her daughter were killed by her former boyfriend. Police spokesperson Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo says the double murder and suicide happened on Saturday at noon.

A woman from Hillcrest in Kwazulu Natal is dealing with an unthinkable tragedy after losing her son in a motorbike accident just days after her husband died.

An 84-year-old medical doctor from Kwazulu Natal is the fourth and final person to be arrested in connection with an alleged insurance fraud scam. The doctor was allegedly called out by an undertaker in 2020 to assist in signing a death certificate, which is standard practice.

The Automobile Association of South Africa says significant increases in petrol prices are likely next month.