Domestic

A leaked 263-page witness statement with annexures, apparently signed by Matodzi on 10 July as part of his plea deal, alleged that Malema and Shivambu were paid not to use the EFF’s political muscle against VBS Mutual Bank.

The Department of Health has confirmed two new mpox cases, bringing the total to 22 reported cases in the country. This increases the total number of positive cases from 20 to 22 since the outbreak of mpox in May this year.

Eastern Cape police have arrested a 34-year-old man who will be charged with the murder of his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend, whose body was found in an open space in Joza township in Makhanda on Wednesday. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Siphokazi Mawisa said Kungawo Nyhweba was reported missing on Monday after she was last seen at her home last Friday.

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has reached an agreement with Ford SA to end a two-week long strike.

Police in Gauteng have made a breakthrough in the murder investigation of former high-jump world champion Jacques Freitag.

Judge Mmonoa Teffo found that former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and director of mental health Dr Makgabo Manamela can be held liable for some of the deaths of the Life Esidimeni patients, on Wednesday.

Twelve learners and the driver of a private scholar transport mini-bus died when their vehicle was involved in a horror accident in Merafong near Carletonville on Wednesday.

On Monday afternoon, the team pounced on the kidnappers where a shootout ensued. One was shot and killed, one wounded and four were arrested and taken into police custody.

Police in Durban have launched a manhunt or two suspects who threw two homemade explosive devices into a Mosque along Kenneth Kuanda Road.