Friday, 23 October 2026

Five men were killed and four wounded in three separate Cape Town taxi-related shootings on Thursday. The Western Cape government says it will investigate licensed operators allegedly linked to the violence and seek urgent court orders.

A 13-year-old learner allegedly stabbed two 14-year-old fellow learners at a Somerset West high school shortly before 8am, police said. Both victims were taken to hospital, and no arrest has been made yet.

Former State Security Minister Bongani Bongo's corruption trial, over an alleged 2017 bribe to halt Parliament's Eskom state capture inquiry, is set down to start on 25 January after today's virtual pre-trial hearing.

Pick n Pay has withdrawn its proposed retrenchment consultation process, which threatened around 22,000 store-based employees, after reaching an agreement with its primary labour partner.

The Health Department says 595 gastrointestinal illness cases in the Bronkhorstspruit area were caused by water rather than food, 44% of them children under four. It will open a case over water-quality non-compliance.