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The prolific Oscar-winning composer has released a statement detailing his utter devastation over his eldest son's hospitalization due to gastric cancer.

Five people were killed and another seriously injured when two vehicles collided in East London on Sunday night.

Police said 87 people were arrested across the country on charges of public violence since the beginning of deployments of police and SANDF members in response to the national shutdown called by the Economic Freedom Fighters.

The deployment of 3 474 soldiers to support the security forces for Monday's shutdown called by the EFF, is estimated to cost taxpayers, R166 562 058.

A 34-year-old woman will make her first court appearance in the Knysna Magistrates court on Monday after police found 21 kilograms of dagga in her possession. She was arrested on the N2 highway at Sedgefield near Knysna on Friday when Police conducted a roadblock. 

Police are on the hunt for the suspects who killed three men and wounded another. The killings took place on Saturday afternoon in Arcadia. Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu it’s alleged that at about 13:05, police responded to a complaint  of shooting in Hoffman Street in the area.

Police have arrested three of the four suspects soon after they allegedly robbed two German tourists. Police spokesperson Priscilla Naidu says it’s alleged the German couple were awakened in the early hours of Saturday morning while they were sleeping at a guest house in Addo.  

The Tsolo Agriculture and Rural Development Institute will become the first training institution in the country to partner with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation to train animal health technicians to open their own businesses.

The Johannesburg High Court has dismissed an application by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to have the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) national shutdown on Monday declared as “unlawful”.  However, in its ruling on Saturday morning, the High Court did issue an interdict against inciting any form of violence, interruption or shutting down of businesses, public roads and schools on the day.