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Monday, 24 August 2026
Health, politics and hard news dominated the morning, with a colorectal cancer awareness interview, a deep dive on Libya’s post-Gaddafi division, and updates on Zolani Dete’s murder investigation.
- 04:41
Dr Nondobego Koza warned that colorectal cancer is rising in people aged 20 to 49, with U.S. rates up about 3% a year from 2013 to 2022, even as older-adult rates fell.
- 04:49
Persistent blood in the stool, bowel habit changes, abdominal pain, weight loss, fatigue and iron deficiency were flagged as warning signs; screening can start at 45, or earlier with a family history.
- 05:38
Libya was described as still divided 15 years after Gaddafi’s fall, with rival eastern and western authorities, armed militias and oil revenue at the centre of the power struggle.
- 05:01
Eastern Cape police arrested four suspects over boxer Zolani Dete’s murder; one 22-year-old faces murder and attempted murder charges, while a wounded female passenger remains hospitalised.