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Daily news update: Senzo Meyiwa post-mortem results, Gauteng crime, Cricket/SABC drama
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In today’s daily news update: Post-mortem results showed Senzo Meyiwa lived for ‘seconds or minutes after being shot’; and crime in Gauteng is up by 4%.
Meanwhile, cricket fans who do not have DSTV or SuperSport have been left disappointed by the SABC, and Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka was identified as a suitable Public Protector candidate.
Daily news update: 30 Aug
South Africa is bracing for a complex weather pattern today which includes everything from extreme fire risks to persistent heatwaves and foggy conditions that could impair visibility on the roads.
Meanwhile, stage 4 load shedding has returned…
Stay up to date with The Citizen – More News, Your Way. Here’s your easy-to-read selection of our top stories.
Meyiwa lived for ‘seconds’
Senzo Meyiwa’s post-mortem results have revealed the former Orlando Pirates goalkeeper did not survive long after he was shot, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday.
The murder trial of five men accused of killing Meyiwa resumed in court on Tuesday, with Dr Johannes Steenekamp taking the stand as a new state witness.
Steenekamp, who is a retired specialist forensic pathologist, examined Meyiwa’s body at the Germiston mortuary two days after his death.
CONTINUE READING: Senzo Meyiwa lived for ‘seconds or minutes after being shot’ – WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: This article may contain details not suitable for sensitive readers
Crime up by 4% in Gauteng
Gauteng’s top cop has revealed the province has contributed 27.9% to the nation’s overall crime stats for the first quarter of 2023/2024.
Provincial Police Commissioner Elias Mawela presented Gauteng’s crime stats for the first quarter dated 1 April to 30 June 2023 on Tuesday.
Overall crime in Gauteng increased by 4%, 4 022 counts more than the same period in 2022.
CONTINUE READING: Crime up by 4% in Gauteng, 9 000 undocumented foreign nationals arrested in 3 months
Big blow for cricket fans
South African cricket fans who do not have DSTV or SuperSport have been left disappointed after the SABC confirmed it will not be broadcasting matches between the Proteas and Australia in the upcoming tour of South Africa.
The Proteas are gearing up to face rival Australia in a three-match T20 series starting in Durban on Wednesday night, 30 August 2023 at 6pm.
The T20 clash will be followed by a five-match ODI series.
CONTINUE READING: Big blow for cricket fans as SABC won’t broadcast Aussie tour
Kholeka Gcaleka gets nod for PP role
Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka has been identified as the suitable candidate to fill the position of Public Protector and will be recommended to the National Assembly.
The parliamentary ad hoc committee tasked with nominating a candidate to replace suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane met on Tuesday to consider its preferred candidate to lead the Chapter 9 Institution.
The meeting comes after the eight candidates were interviewed by members of the committee last week.
CONTINUE READING: Kholeka Gcaleka gets committee’s nod for Public Protector role
Laudium fire
Two women from the Itireleng informal settlement near Laudium allegedly responsible for the deaths of five children in a shack fire are facing five counts of culpable homicide.
Lindiwe Machaka, 39, and Zanele Machaka, 37, appeared at the Atteridgeville Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
The charred bodies of the five children, aged one, two, four, five and six, were found hugging each other in death after the shack they were left in at Itireleng informal settlement went up in flames on Sunday.
CONTINUE READING: Two women appear in court for deaths of Laudium five kids
In other news today:
- – WATCH: Magudumana likely to flee SA if granted bail – State
- – Soshanguve serial rapist sentenced to five life terms and 651 years in jail
- – Trial dates set for accused in R280m Estina scandal
- – AI bias: Algorithms cause harm to minorities in almost every aspect of life
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