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The Eastern Cape MEC for Social Development Bukiwe Fanta received 1000 food and sanitary hampers on behalf of the flood victims that ravaged parts of Nelson Mandela Bay last month.

A deceased uncle, an admission about being on parole on a murder charge, a road trip to Fort Beaufort, and accusations that a K9 arresting officer had lied about an accused trying to evade arrest.

Young Kenyans on Friday dismissed President William Ruto's decision to sack most of his cabinet, with some warning that they would resume street protests unless he steps down. Ruto has been scrambling to contain the fallout of deadly protests against proposed tax hikes, after last month's peaceful rallies descended into violence and tapped into widespread anger against his government.

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.

Miss Universe continues to advocate a future forged by women. It will be hosting its 73rd Miss Universe pageant in beautiful Mexico for the first time since 2007, according to the news publication The National.

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

Kenyan President William Ruto announced on Thursday the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and consultations to form a "broad-based government" following widespread anti-government protests. The East African nation was left reeling after peaceful rallies last month over steep tax increases flared into deadly violence with police firing at crowds who stormed parliament, leaving it partly ablaze.

A Gqeberha man who has been charged with the murder of his father, made another appearance in the city's magistrates court earlier today.