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Heavy rain that may lead to localised flooding, and strong winds are expected for most parts of the Western Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

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A week before the first event of the National Dialogue, the legacy foundations, touted to play a key role in the initiative, announced that they would not participate on 15 August and that they withdraw from the preparatory task team.

The University of Cape Town will open its doors to the Department of Higher Education and Training for its investigation into the alleged discriminatory awarding of marks.

Four people were shot in two separate incidents in New Brighton, Gqeberha, on Thursday night.

An inmate died and four officials were injured during a “violent assault on officials during unlock procedures” at a Western Cape prison on Thursday.

Limpopo police are searching for a man who stabbed another man during a heated argument over a trolley outside a supermarket in Church Street in the Polokwane CBD.

This is The Lead, a daily News24 podcast hosted by broadcaster Graeme Raubenheimer, showcasing the best of our journalists’ in-depth reporting.

Phindile Christopher Sonyabashe, 61, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for the murder of Constable Xolani Xekethwana, 40.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it has been inundated with complaints about comments in an episode that described coloured people as “incestuous”, “crazy” people who “sleep with their siblings”.

Johannesburg financial broker Mark Kretzschmar is expected to be charged in another fraud case involving R30 million, this time in Bedfordview on the East Rand. He handed himself over to police on Wednesday.

The SA National Editors Forum has condemned an alleged attempt to bribe Daily Maverick investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh by suspended Independent Development Trust CEO Tebogo Malaka and her spokesperson.

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment said on Thursday it would publish draft regulations in a push for a total ban on the production and import of microplastics.

This is The Lead, a daily News24 podcast hosted by broadcaster Graeme Raubenheimer, showcasing the best of our journalists’ in-depth reporting.

Heavy rain that may lead to localised flooding, and strong winds are expected for most parts of the Western Cape, according to the South African Weather Service.

News24 brings you the top stories of the day, summarised into neat little packages. Read through quickly or listen to the articles via our customised text-to-speech feature.

A week before the first event of the National Dialogue, the legacy foundations, touted to play a key role in the initiative, announced that they would not participate on 15 August and that they withdraw from the preparatory task team.

The University of Cape Town will open its doors to the Department of Higher Education and Training for its investigation into the alleged discriminatory awarding of marks.

Four people were shot in two separate incidents in New Brighton, Gqeberha, on Thursday night.

An inmate died and four officials were injured during a “violent assault on officials during unlock procedures” at a Western Cape prison on Thursday.

Limpopo police are searching for a man who stabbed another man during a heated argument over a trolley outside a supermarket in Church Street in the Polokwane CBD.

This is The Lead, a daily News24 podcast hosted by broadcaster Graeme Raubenheimer, showcasing the best of our journalists’ in-depth reporting.

Phindile Christopher Sonyabashe, 61, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for the murder of Constable Xolani Xekethwana, 40.

The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says it has been inundated with complaints about comments in an episode that described coloured people as “incestuous”, “crazy” people who “sleep with their siblings”.

Johannesburg financial broker Mark Kretzschmar is expected to be charged in another fraud case involving R30 million, this time in Bedfordview on the East Rand. He handed himself over to police on Wednesday.

The SA National Editors Forum has condemned an alleged attempt to bribe Daily Maverick investigative journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh by suspended Independent Development Trust CEO Tebogo Malaka and her spokesperson.

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment said on Thursday it would publish draft regulations in a push for a total ban on the production and import of microplastics.