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One person was killed and a teenager injured after a gas tank exploded at a scrap yard in Phoenix in Kwazulu Natal on Monday afternoon. Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) received multiple calls from the scrap metal dealer reporting an explosion on his premises.

Five suspected bank robbers were killed in a shootout with police on the N14 highway at Ventersdorp on Monday afternoon.

The much-anticipated refurbishment of the once-popular Bayworld tourist attraction in Gqeberha commenced on Monday, with the demolition of the old tropical tank and part of the predator tank.

The woman accused of allegedly setting a passenger bus alight in Gqeberha earlier this month has to spend another week in police custody because her address could not be verified.

The spotlight will fall once more on the Ikhwezi Lokusa Special School in Mthatha this week, following long-standing reports of neglect and abuse of learners.

The K9 Unit in Gqeberha has suffered yet another loss after K9 Bentley had to be euthanized after suffering from cervical spondylosis. Earlier this month his fellow K9 officer Mufasa was laid to rest after succumbing to cancer.

Forty-two-year-old Paris Hilton has welcomed the arrival of her second child, a baby daughter called London.

Relatives of dozens of Chinese passengers who died when a Malaysia Airlines plane disappeared almost 10 years ago have called for a new investigation.

Detectives from Sandton in Johannesburg have cracked the case of a high school teacher who was murdered while jogging in Parkmore. Kirsten Kluyts, 34, who was a teacher at Delta Park High School, South of Johannesburg was murdered at George Lea Park on 29 October.