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Police and members of the SANDF have strategically blocked communities in and around the shafts from delivering food parcels and water to force them to the surface.

Both women spoke to the media shortly after. Jen told her story in Vanity Fair magazine in the 1990s under the condition of anonymity, but a Harrods security official contacted her to threaten her and her family.

Scores of people living outside the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town were evicted on Friday morning. The Cape High Court granted the order to the Public Works and Infrastructure Department in September.

Wilderness Beach, Herold’s Bay and Victoria Bay have full Blue Flag status, and Leeintjiesklip has Pilot status for the 2024 festive season. Blue Flag is an international coastal management programme that accredits beaches that meet standards of excellence in water quality, environmental management, environmental education and information, as well as safety and services.

They allegedly advertised seven 100g Perth gold bars on social media, each selling for R120 000. According to police, a male buyer purchased the bars for a total of R700 000 but later discovered they were counterfeit upon verifying it in Gauteng.

The inquest into the Enyobeni tavern tragedy in Scenery Park in East London where 21 young people died, sat this week hearing testimony from two former bouncers. Proceedings will resume again on 18 November.

Botswana's opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) has won a majority in parliament and can form the next government.

South African vehicle exports showed a steep decline year-on-year in October as key European markets face their own domestic headwinds.

A 34-year-old extortion suspect was fatally wounded in a shootout with members of the National Intervention Unit in Centane in the Eastern Cape on Thursday.