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Saturday, 24 October 2026
Mostly light Saturday banter, but the news segments led with a Bronkhorstspruit water contamination crisis and Rand Water supply restrictions, plus a Durban murder trial and a Paris shooting.
- 08:01
More than 400 people have reported gastrointestinal illnesses believed linked to unchlorinated water in Bronkhorstspruit, after the treatment plant ran without chlorination for three weeks. The plant manager has been suspended pending investigation.
- 07:00
Rand Water will begin restricting supply to Gauteng municipalities that keep exceeding their allocated consumption. Affected areas may see low water pressure or intermittent supply.
- 07:02
One person was killed and four wounded, including a 12-year-old girl, when a gunman fired from his car in a Paris suburb. Prosecutors are treating it as a potential terrorist attack, and a 39-year-old man was arrested nearby.
- 07:01
CCTV footage shown in the Durban High Court murder trial of rapper Forbes allegedly shows a hitman following him for hours before he was shot outside Wish Restaurant in February 2023. Seven men are on trial.