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Two Cameroonian Nationals appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Wednesday for allegedly manufacturing counterfeit South African and American currency. Spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha says Jude Yaya Oka and Evans Akor Tiku were arrested in a crime intelligence operation and charged with contravention of the Currency Act and violation of the Reserve Bank Act.

South Africa's beef industry says its optimistic for the future, following “favourable” trade discussions with China.

The country’s economy grew by 0.4% between April and June, Statistics South Africa announced on Tuesday. Seven of the ten production industries recorded positive growth in the second quarter of the year.

The Automotive Business Council says the positive new vehicle market performance in July, could not fuel a sustained rebound in the August sales performance. The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) said aggregate domestic new vehicle sales in August 2024, at 43,588 units, reflected a decrease of 4,9%, from the vehicles sold in August 2023.

A former bookkeeper at Northern Cricket Union was sentenced to an effective 10 years in prison this week for 63 counts of fraud. Prishne Khan, 37, worked at the Union from 2015 to 2017 where her responsibilities included processing payments for various service providers.

At least nine people were killed in as bus crash in a WC mountain pass. Authorities said 16 other passengers were injured.

The prices of all grades of petrol will decrease by 92 cents a litre on Wednesday, according to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.

Mpumalanga police said one suspect was killed and two others wounded in a shootout with police early on Monday morning.

Mpumalanga police arrested a total of 15 people for allegedly stealing chrome.