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The fast food outlet KFC has caused a stir on social media after announcing the temporary closure of some stores due to the ongoing loadshedding.

Police in George have opened up an inquest docket after a 10-year-old girl drowned at the Main Beach in Wilderness.

Police in Gqeberha are investigating a case of murder after a man was stabbed to death in Bluewater Bay last night. Spokesperson Captain Gerda Swart says Swartkops police were summoned to a crime scene in Hillcrest Drive at 6.30 last night where they found the body of a man in his thirties.

Police in the Free State are investigating a case of assault after two teenagers were assaulted by a group of adults at a holiday resort in Maselspoort on Christmas Day.

Two men are expected to appear in court tomorrow following their arrest inside the Kruger National park on Christmas Day. A spokesperson for police Brigadier Selvy Mohlala says the men aged 25 and 43 entered the park in stolen vehicles via the Numbi gate and pretended to be holidaymakers.

The Death toll in Saturday's explosion in Boksburg has risen to 18. The Department of Health in Gauteng says nine of the deceased were staff members of the Tambo Memorial Hospital.

Police in Hofmeyer in the Eastern Cape have opened up an inquest docket after three young women died inside a tavern on Christmas Day.

A tragedy unfolded in Beachview in Gqeberha on Christmas Day when a teenager got washed out of the tidal pool by a big wave. A spokesperson for the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Craig Lambinon says various roleplayers were called out to the tidal pool at 5 pm where extensive efforts were made to find him.

A teenager is expected to appear in the Kariega Magistrates Court this week after allegedly killing his mother's boyfriend on Christmas Day. Police Spokesperson Captain Gerda Swart says a 34-year-old woman and her 25-year-old boyfriend went to visit the accused in Moo Valley in Despatch on Christmas day when an argument broke out between the couple.