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South African Ashleigh Buhai successfully defended her Australian Open title Sunday.

The new established Border Management Authority of South-Africa conducted a sting operation at the Beitbridge Border post on Saturday where 443 children, traveling without guardians were denied entry into the country.

Two women who allegedly fired random shots at a funeral in Tsolo in October this year have been arrested. Spokesperson Warrant Officer Ndiphiwe Mhlakuvana says Bongo Yonela Dipa, 24 and Chumisa Phunguzwa,35, appeared in the Tsolo Magistrates Court on Friday.

Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape was abuzz this weekend with live cultural performances, fashion shows flaunting African print wear and intricate pieces of handcrafted masterpieces on display. The vibrant music alerted the residents of the small town on a hill that the Isingqisethu Cultural Festival was back for the 21st year in a row, with the Department of Sports Arts and Culture and Eastern Cape Cape Parks and Tourism Agency at the heart of the festival.

The body of a woman, estimated to be in her thirties was discovered at an open field near the Ficksburg Correctional Centre on Friday. WO Mophiring says an official from the DCS summoned police to Veldt Street after discovering the body at the corner of their facility.

Police in Ficksburg in the Free State are investigating a murder after a decomposed body was discovered inside a plastic bag, floating in a small dam at the Ficksburg Golf Club on Saturday. Spokesperson Warrant Officer Mmako Mophiring says police received a complaint from the community about a suspicious white plastic bag floating inside the dam.

This brings the death toll for Saturday to 10 following a gruesome accident on the M17 in Gqeberha and a head-on collision on the N2 near Butterworth claiming the lives of six and two people respectively.

Six people have been killed and six injured following a gruesome accident on the M17 highway in Gqeberha. Police spokesperson Captain Andre Beetge says the accident happened at 1.30 am on the stretch of road between Motherwell and Kwazakhele.

Two people were killed and three others injured following a head-on collision on the N2 near Butterworth on Saturday. Provincial Traffic Spokesperson Unathi Binqose says a Toyota Corolla with four occupants travelling from Idutywa collided with a Nissan truck, travelling from the Butterworth direction.