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[RECAP] Here are the weekend’s top stories

The following stories were our top five trending stories of the weekend.

POLOKWANE – The following stories were our top five trending stories of the weekend.

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Health MEC recalls antibiotics batch following death of 2 toddlers in Maake

Two toddlers admitted to the Dr CN Phatudi Hospital died after receiving three and four doses of Rocephin, respectively.

 

BREAKING: Fire sweeps through SA Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

A fire has gutted the South African Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.

“Police work made me tough, but I never lost my femininity,” says hostage negotiator, Venita

Venita Olivier’s training as a hostage negotiator was intensive and really tough, working in a simulated hostage situation in a corrective centre and at one stage the trainees were kept awake for nearly three weeks.

Police nab syndicate targeting clothing stores in Limpopo

Mojapelo says preliminary investigations have revealed that all the suspects are from Gauteng and are linked to a series of business robberies committed across Limpopo and other provinces.

Unlicensed firearms, ammunition confiscated as police pounce on seven suspects

Police Spokesperson, Constable Maphure Manamela says police received a tip-off on Thursday, 8 August 2019 about unknown suspects offloading firearms from a vehicle at a house near the Five Morgan Plots.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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