THE PAST 24 HOURS
1 Old SA flag displayed at Springbok Test in New Zealand
2 Durban actress dies in Botanic Gardens car crash
3 Video: #MiguelLouw’s death is proof we live in a sick world, says reverend
4 Security at Durban nature reserves questioned after musician’s murder
5 Numsa in bid to stop Gupta, Zuma asset sale
11 KILLED IN BUS CRASH
THE Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has deployed investigators to Limpopo to assist in investigating the cause of a bus crash that killed 11 people and left more than 30 injured.
The crash happened on the N1 near Mookgopong when the bus, reportedly travelling from Zambia to Gauteng, overturned. Initial reports are that the bus experienced a tyre burst and the driver lost control and veered off the road. | African New Agency (ANA)
FLIGHTS RESUME
SAA WOULD continue its flights between Johannesburg and Hong Kong following Typhoon Mangkhut, the airline said yesterday. Flights were suspended between the two destinations in the past three days.
Typhoon Mangkhut wrecked buildings and shut down the city of Hong Kong. The storm killed dozens of people in the Philippines and was making its way across southern China. | African News Agency (ANA)
GRANDFATHER KILLED
A beloved grandfather from Hanover Park in Cape Town was gunned down while fetching his wife’s tablets at the day hospital on Friday.
The family of Lesley John Paulse, 67, are heartbroken after hearing that the killers shot the elderly man even after he had put his hands up and took off his cap to show his face.
The man, who is fondly known as Boeta Les, is a well-known painter who has lived in his council flat in St. Lucia Court for more than 40 years.
His wife, Veronica, 63, says she is struggling to come to terms with the death of her husband of 46 years.
CONGRATS MARIZANNE
BRIDGETOWN: Cricket SA has congratulated Marizanne Kapp on achieving her 100th wicket in Women’s one-day international cricket.
Kapp reached the landmark when she took the first of her three wickets to help the Proteas win their ICC Women’s Championship match against the West Indies at the famous Kensington Oval in Barbados on Sunday.
She is the third Protea to do this after her teammates, Dane van Niekerk (126 wickets) and Shabnim Ismail (125), and the 18th overall. Her current total of 102 places her 16th on the all-time list. | African News Agency (ANA)
DEFENCE VISIT
DEFENCE Minister Nosiviwe MapisaNqakula hosted her Congo counterpart Charles Richard Mondjo in Pretoria ahead of the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition, which starts this week.
Mapisa-Nqakula said Mondjo’s visit was “in the letter and spirit of the existing warm relations” between Pretoria and Brazzaville. | African News Agency (ANA)
BACK TO JAIL YOU GO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, Maryam, above, and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar have been returned to prison in Rawalpindi. They had been freed on parole for the funeral of Sharif’s wife, Kulsoom, 68, who died in London. | AP/ African News Agency (ANA)