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A Pretoria accountant embroiled in a fraud and extortion case involving a prostitute was in the dock in the Gqeberha Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday.

Another learner from a primary school in Gauteng has died due to a suspected foodborne illness while three others have been hospitalised.

The South African Reserve Bank has cut the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.75% at its final Monetary Policy Committee meeting of the year on Thursday.

A patient has died when an ambulance collided head-on with a Volvo trailer truck on the N6 road next to the Kwetyana Location outside East London on Thursday. Eastern Cape transport department spokesperson Makhaya Komisa said the driver of the ambulance and a patient sustained serious injuries.

Renaldo Gouws said he wants justice to prevail.

Agri SA says the global climate change agenda is increasingly recognizing the critical role of agriculture and farmers.

Gqeberha police have shot and killed one suspect and arrested another after they allegedly robbed and hijacked patients and staff at a KwaZakhele clinic. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Siphokazi Mawisa said three suspects allegedly committed the crimes on Wednesday after entering a local clinic and demanded cellphones, car keys and cars.

The International Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas's military chief Mohammed Deif. "The Chamber issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024, the day the Prosecution filed the applications for warrants of arrest," the Hague-based ICC said in a statement.

He knows he does not need to gamble as he seeks to join multiple champions Juan Manuel Fangio (five titles), Alain Prost (four), Michael Schumacher (seven), Sebastian Vettel (four) and Lewis Hamilton (seven).