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The African National Congress (ANC) which has ruled South Africa since the end of apartheid three decades ago lost its majority in May elections, forcing it into a coalition.

Martin Hibbert and his daughter Eve sued Richard Hall for harassment and data protection breaches over his assertions in several videos and a book that the attack at the Manchester Arena, which killed 22 people, was staged. The pair suffered life-changing injuries in the attack, carried out by an Islamist extremist in May 2017, which also left some 100 others injured.

A Gqeberha woman who allegedly hurled acid into a teenager's face appeared briefly in the Gelvandale Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

The Hawks on Wednesday arrested a ninth suspect in connection with a diamond investment scam. Spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Lumka Mahanjana says the arrest followed as a result of a prosecution-guided multi-disciplinary operation with the Hawks in the Northern Cape.

Three people have died in an accident involving a Toyota sedan with four occupants and a bakkie with two people inside.

On Tuesday, the municipality’s Electricity and Energy Directorate said, “In light of the recent flooding in and around the metro, we urge all customers experiencing house flooding to switch off the main switches on their distribution boards as a precautionary measure.

Consumer inflation has dropped for the fourth month in a row, easing to 3.8 per cent in September. Stats SA says this is the lowest inflation print since March 2021, when the rate was 3.2 per cent. 

The #HandsOffMyPorn campaign is aimed primarily at men, who are four times more likely to report watching porn than women, according to the Institute for Family Studies.

Police in Gqeberha are searching for the gunmen who shot and killed five men in a shack in New Brighton on Tuesday night.