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Classic Cars from all over the country will be rolling into George next month for the 27th installment of the George Old Car Show.

Almost two-thirds of water-supplying municipalities (94 of 144) were failing to provide clean drinking water to residents in 2022.

ActionSA believes that Gauteng Premier and former Gauteng Education MEC, Panyaza Lesufi, is attempting to distract the South African public from the continued failures of the country's public schooling system which has been plagued by reports of leaked papers and declining standards, by calling for the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) examinations to be scrapped.

Six suspects wanted for a spate of murders, robberies and carjacking were shot and killed in Durban on Thursday. Spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker says police intelligence led them to a house in Inanda, North West of Durban, where officers were greeted by a hail of bullets.

Four men were arrested for the murder of a Gauteng police officer whose body was found in an open field earlier this month.

George, the second largest city in the Western Cape after Cape Town, experienced a bustling holiday season, with accommodation levels reaching 80% to full occupancy. According to the municipality, the busiest period was between the 22nd of December through January 3rd.

A man who managed to convince police that he was a United Nations (UN) ambassador appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on Tuesday. It is alleged that Nhlanhla Sizani, 24, submitted a fraudulent letter with the UN insignia requesting a SAPS escort to polling stations during the 2021 Local Government Elections.

Three security guards have been shot and killed while five other people sustained injuries during a gun battle, allegedly between two taxi associations in the Lusikisiki and Port St Johns areas of the Eastern Cape. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said an 11-year-old boy was hit by a stray bullet in Tuesday morning's attack and taken to hospital where he was receiving treatment.

It is well documented from transcripts from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that Mngomezulu was kidnapped in June of 1985 and forcibly brought back to South Africa due to his political activism. The victim was assaulted, tortured and killed before his body was dismembered using explosives at Sodwana Bay.